TGIF

Book signings:

Annie's Bookstore, Spokane; Saturday, Oct. 2

Dick Jensen, Spokane Set in Stone, 1-3 pm

Sam Lien Lo, The Spirit Stills the Storm: From Tyranny to the American Dream, 1-3 pm

Flathead River Conference, Oct. 2-3, Kalispell, MT. Check web site for information: www.authorsoftheflathead.org

Open Mic, Pend Orielle Playhouse, 240 N. Union, Newport, WA, Friday, October 1

Join musicians and others; read your poems or a story

Harrison Third Annual Oktoberfest, Saturday, October 2, 1-7 pm

Harrison City Park. Explore the area, look at the fall leaves, get inspiration for a poem or a story.

Pick apples or pumpkins at an area farm and write a short story about it.

"Mary Arkwright Hutton: The Early Years"; Athol Library, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 6:30 pm, free. (Also Tuesday, Oct. 12., 6:30 pm) Mrs. Hutton worked tirelessly for women's suffrage in northern Idaho and Spokane. She was a boarding house owner in the Coeur d'Alene mining area and the influential, controversial wife of Hercules Mine owner Levi Hutton.