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Today

• The Blackfoot Library is offering a basic class to help individuals become more “tech savvy” at 1 p.m. today. The class will be held in the Computer Room of the Blackfoot Library, and everyone who needs to learn basic computer skills is welcome. This class is open to all age groups; those interested should contact the Library at 208-785-8628.

• There will be a Site Plan Review meeting at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Iwamizawa Conference Room at Pocatello City Hall.

• The Census Media Subcommittee will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Iwamizawa Conference Room at Pocatello City Hall.

• The Library Board will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Marshall Public Library, 113 S. Garfield Ave. in Pocatello.

• Holy Spirit Catholic School will host an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. today at their campus, 540 N. Seventh Ave. in Pocatello. The public can take a tour of the school, meet teachers and staff, and visit with other parents and students.

• The weekly Move and Shout exercise class for Parkinson’s will be held at 5 p.m. today at Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center, 1071 Renee Ave. in Pocatello. For more information, contact Spencer at 208-604-3393 or stuckisk@gmail.com or visit seimovdis.seimovdis.org.

• The Pocatello-Chubbuck Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon cutting at 5:15 p.m. today at Silvercreek Realty, 315 E. Alameda Road. Bishard Realty has merged and is now part of the Silvercreek family.

• Al-Anon, a group for friends and family members of alcoholics, meets Tuesdays at 5:30 and 7 p.m. at the Friendship Club, 745 S. First Ave. in Pocatello. For more information, call 208-232-2692.

• The ISU Rupp Debate Society, together with the ISU philosophy program, will explore the question, “Do Wealthy Nations have an Obligation to Admit Immigrants?” during a panel discussion at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Pond Student Union Wood River Room. The public is welcome and invited to attend.

• Then “Everybody Loves Somebody” will be shown at 7 p.m. today in the Bengal Theater. This Spanish American romantic comedy finds a young doctor asking her co-worker to pose as her boyfriend at a family wedding back home in Mexico. But her situation gets complicated when her ex shows up at the ceremony and she realizes she has feelings for both of them. In English and Spanish with subtitles. (Rated PG-13) Admission is $3 for the public, $2 for ISU staff and free for ISU students with Bengal ID.

• Don Wind will give a presentation on “Oregon/California Trail Beginnings: The Father De Smet Connection” at 7 p.m. today at the Bannock County Historical Museum’s gallery at 3000 Avenue of the Chiefs in Pocatello. There will be a brief meeting of the Bannock County Historical Society just prior to the presentation. Light refreshments will be served. Call 208-233-0434 or email bancohismus@gmail.com for more information.

Wednesday

• There Senior Building Ad-Hoc Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Council Chambers at Pocatello City Hall.

• The Pocatello Development Authority Meeting will meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Paradice Conference Room at Pocatello City Hall.

• AARP, Chapter 288, will meet for the monthly lunch and meeting on Wednesday at the Senior Activity Center, 427 N. Sixth Ave. in Pocatello. Social hour will begin at 11 a.m., with lunch served at 11:45 a.m. for $6. After lunch, the business meeting will be held and the speaker, Chuck Humphrey, will do a presentation about veterans. Members and visitors are welcome to join.

• Al-Anon, a group for friends and family members of alcoholics, meets Wednesdays at noon at Mental Health Specialists, 210 W. Burnside Ave., Suite A, in Chubbuck. For more information, call 208-232-2692.

• The ISU Gender Resource Center will feature “Transgender 101: A Guide to Gender and Identity” presented by Jodi Dunn from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Rendezvous Complex Suites A and B.

• The Human Relations Advisory Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the Iwamizawa Conference Room at Pocatello City Hall.

• The Idaho Network 4 Mental Wellness family support group meets every Wednesday at Life Inc., 640 Pershing Ave. in Pocatello. Classes on mental health meet at 5:45, and family support meets at 7 p.m. Families dealing with mental illness issues are encouraged to attend either or both meetings.

• Western monarch butterflies are in dramatic decline requiring an “all hands on deck” approach to conserve this iconic species that will be the focus of a 7 p.m. Wednesday Discover the Naturalist Within lecture by Beth Waterbury at the Idaho Museum of Natural History on ISU’s campus.

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