Family calendar
Today
Valley Youth Soccer - Soccer league for ages 4-15. Games in Fall 2010 and Spring 2011. Sign up early to get on teams in your school area. Deadline is today. Spokane Valley. $59. (509) 924-7661.
Spokane Indians Baseball - Indians vs. Vancouver Canadians. All home games start at 6:30 p.m. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana St., Spokane Valley. (509) 535-2922.
Browne’s Addition Summer Concerts - 6-8 p.m. Hot Club of Spokane, toe-tapping hot jazz. Coeur d’Alene Park in Browne’s Addition. Free. (509) 218-9398.
Play and Learn Storytime (Otis Orchards) - For ages 2-5. Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that explore the concepts of math, science, art and literacy. Parents and caregivers are asked to join in for the entire 60 minutes. 10:30 a.m. Otis Orchards Library, 22324 E. Wellesley Ave., Otis Orchards. Free. (509) 893-8390.
Toddler Play and Learn Storytime (Valley) - For ages 18 months-3. Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that explore the concepts of math, science, art and literacy. Parents and caregivers are asked to join in for the entire 60 minutes. 10:30 a.m. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main Ave., Spokane Valley. Free. (509) 893-8400.
Anime (Valley) - For teens in grades six or above. Watch anime episodes, eat snacks and more. 1 p.m. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main Ave., Spokane Valley. Free. (509) 893-8400.
Cap’n Ruby and the Scurvy Dogs Pirate Show (Fairfield) - Part of Summer Reading 2010. For school-age children. Enjoy pirate songs, tales, sign the pirate code of conduct and receive an eye patch. 2 p.m. Fairfield Library, 305 E. Main St., Fairfield. Free. (509) 893-8320.
Water Water Everywhere (Otis Orchards) - Part of Summer Reading 2010. For school-age children. Listen to a presentation about water by the West Valley Outdoor Learning staff. 2 p.m. Otis Orchards Library, 22324 E. Wellesley Ave., Otis Orchards. Free. (509) 893-8390.
Inland Northwest Car Club Scholarship Car Show - Sponsored by Clubs of the Inland Northwest Car Club Council. First 300 special interest cars will be admitted for $5 minimum donation. Scholarships will be presented to this year’s recipients during the event. 6-10 p.m. on Riverside Avenue between Lincoln and Stevens streets in downtown Spokane. (509) 981-7480.
Cherry Pickers’ Trot and Pit Spit - Walk in this 4-mile trot. Event also includes a Cherry Pit Spit contest. Visit www.greenbluffgrowers.com. 7 p.m. Green Bluff, 10321 E. Day-Mt. Spokane Road, Mead. (509) 238-4709.
Friday
“I Saw You” - All ages. Blue Door Players will draw inspiration from the back pages of your favorite newspapers. Audience members are welcome to bring a newspaper clipping they would like to see used in the show. Shows Fridays at 8 p.m., through July 30. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. $9/general admission, $7/children, seniors and students with valid ID. (509) 747-7045.
Spokane Indians Baseball - Indians vs. Vancouver Canadians. All home games start at 6:30 p.m. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana St., Spokane Valley. (509) 535-2922.
Baby Lapsit (Valley) - Enjoy nursery rhymes, songs, and stories. For children up to 18 months. 10:30 a.m. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main Ave. Free. (509) 893-8400.
Saturday
Spokane Indians Baseball - Indians vs. Vancouver Canadians. All home games start at 6:30 p.m. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana St., Spokane Valley. (509) 535-2922.
Spokane Shock Arena Football - Shock vs. Iowa. Spokane Arena, 720 W. Mallon Ave. (800) 325-SEAT.
11th Annual South Perry Street Parade and Fair – Family friendly event to benefit Grant Elementary School P.A.W.S. (PTO) Program and Martin Luther King Jr. Family Outreach Center. 10 a.m. Neighborhood parade between 8th and 12th avenues on Perry Street; 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Perry Street Fair; children’s games, food, contests live music and entertainment in Grant Park. (509) 536-5516 or (509) 443-2319.
Cherry Festival - Visit www.greenbluffgrowers.com for map of Green Bluff growers.
Northwest Renaissance Festival - 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Enjoy entertainment including knights, peasants and gypsies, battle chess, mud beggars, music merriment and jousting. 6493 Hwy. 291, 18 miles north of Spokane, between mile markers 18 and 19, Nine Mile Falls. $9.50/adults, $6/seniors and children, free/age five and younger. (509) 276-7728.
Liberty Lake Pet Day in the Park - The Spokane Humane Society will have animals for adoption during the event. There will be a free Doggy Walk, entertainment and vendors. To view all animals currently available for adoption, visit www.spokanehumane society.org. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 3707 S. Zephyr Road, Liberty Lake. Free. (509) 979-9996.
Family Bicycle Ride - Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes - For ages eight and older. Enjoy an eight-mile ride followed by lunch along the shore of Lake Coeur d’Alene. Pre-registration is required. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Meet at Sacajawea Middle School, 401 E. 33rd Ave. $43/two people, includes transportation. (509) 625-6200.
Barnes & Noble Storytime - Listen to a story from Ian Falconer’s “Olivia” series, make a craft and enjoy a treat. 11 a.m. Barnes & Noble, 15310 E. Indiana Ave., Spokane Valley. (509) 922-4104.
Pitch for the Cure Breast Cancer Walk - Benefiting the Eastern Washington affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. One-mile walk starts at the Hall of Fame Plaza and ends with each participant parading onto the field before the game. Breast cancer survivors will be recognized before the game. All Spokane Indians players will be wearing special pink uniforms and using pink baseball bats, which will be auctioned off during the game in a silent auction. 6 p.m. Avista Stadium, next to Spokane County Fair and Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St., Spokane Valley. (509) 535-2922.
Sunday
11th Annual South Perry Street Fair – Family friendly event to benefit Grant Elementary School P.A.W.S. (PTO) Program and Martin Luther King Jr. Family Outreach Center. 10 a.m., interdenominational worship service in Grant Park. On South Perry between 8th and 11th avenues. (509) 536-5516 or (509) 443-2319.
Cherry Festival - July 10-11 and 17-18. Visit www.greenbluffgrowers.com for a map of Green Bluff growers.
Hot Rod Car Show - Come see Model T’s, Model A’s and all kinds of hot rods. There will also be food, a dunk tank and a jumping castle. Music will be provided by 99.9 FM Coyote Country. Admission is free. 1-5 p.m. Good Samaritan, 17028 E. 8th Ave. (509) 924-6161.
Monday
Toddler Storytime (Valley) - For ages 18 months-3. 10:30 a.m. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main Ave. Free. (509) 893-8400.
Tuesday
Preschool Storytime (Valley) - For ages 2-5. 10:30 a.m. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main Ave., Spokane Valley. Free. (509) 893-8400.
Play and Learn Storytime (Fairfield) - For ages 2-5. Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that explore the concepts of math, science, art and literacy. Parents and caregivers are asked to join in for the entire 60 minutes. 10:30 a.m. Fairfield Library, 305 E. Main St., Fairfield. Free. (509) 893-8320.
Animals at the Library (East Side) - Part of Summer Reading 2010. For school-age children. Learn more about animals from local animal experts. 3:30 p.m. East Side Library, 524 S. Stone St. Free. (509) 444-5331.
Bingo night - Play Bingo the third Tuesday of every month for 25 cents a card. 7-8:30 p.m. McIntosh Grange, 319 S. 1st, Rockford. (509) 535-1165.
Wednesday
Storytime - For ages 2-5. Library locations include: Medical Lake, 321 E. Herb St. (509) 893-8330; Argonne, 4322 N. Argonne Road. (509) 893-8260; Cheney, 610 1st St. (509) 893-8280. 10:30 a.m. Free.
Spaghetti Wednesday Westerns - Classic western movies with spaghetti every Wednesday, through Sept. 7 p.m.-midnight. 3912 N. Idaho Road, 100 yards south of exit 299 from I-90, Liberty Lake. Movie: $5/adults, $3/children age 10 and younger, includes one box of popcorn; Dinner: $7.50/adults, $3/children age 10 and younger. (509) 891-9016.
Ongoing
Spokane Valley Heritage Museum - “On a Wing & a Prayer,” aviation history of Felts Field profiling our local pioneer aviators (Nick Mamer, Jack Fancher, Buell Felts), the formation of the Washington Air National Guard, the 1927 visit by Charles Lindbergh, and “Visionary Women,” women who shaped the history of the Spokane Valley, through Sept. 16. Hours are Wednesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 12114 E. Sprague Ave. $6/adults, $5/seniors, $4/children. (509) 922-4570.
Spokane Valley Junior Soccer Association - 2010-2011 Fall and Spring registration now open. Sign up online or visit office at the Plantes Ferry Soccer Complex. Plantes Ferry Soccer Complex, 12320 E. Upriver Drive, Spokane Valley. Registration prices start at $45. (509) 922-7910.