Spokane calendar
Today
Free home improvement workshops – Offered at Home Depot stores through November. Workshops include: “Power Tools 101: You Can Try It Before You Buy It,” Tuesdays at 7 p.m.; “You Can Install Easy Flooring Solutions, Thursdays at 7 p.m.; “You Can Install a Center-Set Faucet,” Fridays at 7 p.m.; “You Can Weatherize Your Home,” Saturdays at 10 a.m.; “You Can Modify Your Home to Age in Place, Saturdays at 11 a.m.; “You Can Enhance Your Home with Holiday Lighting,” Saturdays at 2 p.m.; and “You Can Have Fun with Color and Faux Painting,” Sundays at 2 p.m. Call (800) 430-3376 or visit www.homedepot.com for more information.
Upcoming
Ninth Annual Silver Tea – Presented by Support for Parents Overcoming Challenges of Spokane, Sunday, 2-4 p.m. at the Spokane Club, 1002 W. Riverside. Tickets are $35 and must be purchased by Wednesday. Call 444-0374 for more information.
Bunka no Hi culture day – Wednesday, 10:15-11:45 a.m., in the commons of the Japanese Culture Center at Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute, 4000 W. Randolph. Call 328-2871 or e-mail jcc@mfwi.org for more information.
Free workshop “Blended Families: Creating Successful Step-Relationships” – Wednesday at the Valley Library, 12004 W. Main, 6:30-8 p.m. Presented by Diana Hornbogen, marriage and family therapist. Reservations required by calling 951-0205.
Eastern Washington University women’s studies conference – Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., in the multi-purpose room in the Pence Union Building on the EWU campus, Cheney. Conference will begin with a showing of the documentary “Journey to a Hate Free Millennium,” followed by a discussion given by Deputy David Lloyd Lewis, the first officer on the scene at the Columbine High School shooting in Littleton, Colo. Visit www.newlightmedia.org for more information on the film. Workshops on racism, sexism, school violence, and homophobia will be held. Contact Jim Mohr at 359-4711 to register.
Lady Shriners’ Annual Bazaar – Hosted by Eiram Court No. 62, Ladies of the Oriental Shrine of North America, Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1435, 212 S. David Road, Spokane Valley. Lunch is available for $6/adults, $3/children age 10 and under, and includes chili, chili dogs, salad, dessert and drink. Contact Naomi Smith at 328-3296 for more information.
Eastern Washington Genealogical Society meeting – Saturday, 12:30 p.m. in the main branch of the Spokane Public Library, 906 W. Main. Program will include a book auction. Contact Shirley Penna Oakes at 276-1740 for more information.
Visit local sites celebrating 100 years – Sponsored by the Spokane Parks and Recreation Department, Saturday, 1-4 p.m. Tour of places and objects in the Spokane area celebrating 100 years. Meet in the lower parking lot of Pioneer Park, 507 W. Seventh. Cost is $13, call 625-6200 to register.
Spokane Parks and Recreation Therapeutic Recreation Services Benefit Breakfast – Sunday, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Knights of Columbus Hall, 302 E. Boone. Call 625-6245 for more information.
Sons of Norway pancake breakfast – Sunday and Nov. 21, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Sons of Norway Lodge, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd. All the pancakes you can eat with scrambled eggs, sausage, juice and coffee. Tickets are $4/adults, and $2.50/children ages 12 and under. Call 326-9211 for more information.
Engineers Forum of Spokane – Monday at the Airport Holiday Inn, 1616 Windsor Drive. Topic will be “Fifteen Years of Volunteer Dentistry Overseas,” presented by Bob Morrow, D.D.S. retired. Lunch will be served at noon for $11; program begins at 12:30 p.m. Call 244-3467 for more information.
Washington Citizens Advisory Committee Spokane River Basin meeting – Nov. 10, 6-9 p.m. in the conference room of the Spokane City Water Department, 914 E. Foothills. Topic will be information regarding the federal and state cleanup of heavy metals and PCB contamination in the Spokane River. Contact Lloyd Brewer at 625-6968 for more information.