Spokane Calendar

Today

Spaghetti dinner – The American Italian Club will host its 38th annual dinner, noon-6 p.m. at Gonzaga Prep, 1224 E. Euclid. The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children. Kids under 6 are free. Baked goods will also be available for purchase. (509) 327-8337.

Pancake breakfast – A meal of scrambled eggs, eggs Benedicts, sausage and pancakes, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Sons of Norway Lodge, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd. The cost is $4.50 for adults and $2.50 for children under 6. (509) 326-9211.

Upcoming

Engineers Forum of Spokane – Kevin Hennessey, board member of the Friends of the Centennial Trail, will speak, noon Monday at the Holiday Inn Airport, 1616 Windsor Drive. Lunch is $13. (509) 244-3467.

Oil consumption and global warming – Journalist and political activist Sonia Shah will speak on her new book, “Crude: The Story of Oil,” 11:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday in Spokane Falls Community College Student Union Building Lounges A, B, and C, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Drive. (509) 533-4197.

Free Thanksgiving dinner – Hosted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1435 served from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the VFW Hall, 212 S. David. (509) 535-9315.

Community Thanksgiving dinner – The free meal is sponsored by Sodexho Campus Services, Gonzaga University and St. Aloysius Catholic Church, served from noon-1:30 p.m. Thursday at Cataldo Hall on the Gonzaga campus, 502 E. Boone. (509) 323-7001.

Friends of Joe Albi – The group supporting the stadium will meet to discuss city plans for the complex, 7 p.m. Nov. 28 at the West Central Community Center, 1603 N. Belt. (509) 475-4474.

Winter Festival – The annual event hosted at the Turnbull Wildlife Refuge includes elk tours, a presentation by the Washington State University raptor rehabilitation program, refreshments and live music, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 2 at the refuge, located three miles south of Cheney on Cheney-Plaza Road. Donations will be accepted, with proceeds benefiting the environmental education programs on the refuge. Call (509) 235-4723 to make reservations for the elk tour or (509) 235-2760 for other questions.