Culinary calendar

Democrats Spring Forth Celebration - Dinner, live and silent auctions, live music and a chance to meet political candidates. Dinner includes an Idaho potato bar, salad and ice cream. No-host bar. Music will be provided by Living Well. Candidates include A.J. Balukoff and Bert Marley. Today, 5-8 p.m., Lake City Center, 1916 Lakewood Drive, Coeur d’Alene. $15/adults; free/children. (208) 660-9612.

Spring Fling Cooking Demo - Spice Trader’s Mercantile and Two Cooks with Love present a class on using spices, balsamic vinegars and extra-virgin olive oils to prepare several dishes. Reservations requested. Thursday, 6-7:30 p.m., Spice Traders Mercantile, 15614 E. Sprague Ave. $45/per person. (509) 315-4036.

Vino Wine Tastings - Friday, Adelsheim Vineyard, 3-6:30 p.m., $10; Saturday, Made in Spokane: Some of Spokane’s Best Wines, 2-4:30 p.m., $15; April 4, Wine of the Month Club Selections, 3-6:30 p.m., $10; April 5, Rhone Varietals Smackdown: Washington vs. France, 2-4:30 p.m., $10. Vino! Wine Shop, 222 S. Washington St. (509) 838-1229.

Wine and Cheese at the Market - Italian Stallions. Reservations are requested. Friday, 7 p.m. Rocket Market, 726 E. 43rd Ave. $20/per class. (509) 343-2253.

Cowboy Music and Poetry - A benefit for the Tumtum Community Center with poetry by Dick Warwick; songs and poetry by Silver Glenn, George Thomsen and Glen Bair; and songs by Western Reunion and Educated Fellers. Dinner will include barbecue pulled pork, baked beans, salad, brownies, ice cream, tea, coffee and punch. Dinner from 6-7:30 p.m. and music at 7 p.m. Saturday, Tumtum Community Center, 6424 Highway 291, Milepost 18, Tumtum, Wash. $12/adults; $9/seniors and children; free/ages 5 and younger. (509) 276-5916.

12th Annual Dinner Auction - Benefit for Camp STIX diabetes programs. This year’s theme is “Share the Experience.” Reception and silent auction at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner and a live auction. Camp STIX is a nonprofit organization which offers a weeklong camp for children living with Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes. Saturday, Mirabeau Hotel and Convention Center, 1100 N. Sullivan Road. (509) 484-1366.

Cooking Classes at the Kitchen Engine - Classes include: Sunday, 2 p.m., Spring Turkey Wellington, $39; Monday, 5:30-7:30 p.m., French Roulade Cake, $45. Kitchen Engine, 621 W. Mallon Ave. (509) 328-3335.

Faith Feast: A Progressive Intercultural Dinner - The dinner will kick off with Japanese appetizers at the Spokane Buddhist Temple, 927 S. Perry St. Then guests will go to Temple Beth Shalom, 1322 E. 30th Ave., for a kosher entrée. The night will finish with a dessert buffet at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ South Hill Stake, 1620 E. 29th Ave. The dinner is a fundraiser for SpokaneFAVS, a nonprofit and nonsectarian online publication that covers community faith and values news. Sunday, 4 p.m. $50; $80/pair. (509) 240-1830.

Cheese Making Class - Learn how to make farmers cheese and cheddar cheese using Spokane Family Farm milk. Class includes a two-hour lecture and demonstration, 1 gallon of milk, one pastry, and a custom drink. Registration is requested. Classes will be at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. April 2, On Sacred Grounds, 12212 E. Palouse Highway, Valleyford. $30. (509) 747-6294.