Front Porch: Call to artists

Call to artists: Puget Sound-area artists are invited to submit original artwork to be used on the 2016 Puget Sound Bird Fest poster. This year’s event is scheduled from Sept. 9 to 11. The poster format is 11-by-17-inch portrait orientation. A $200 prize, sponsored by the Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation, will be awarded to the winner. More information and entry forms are available at www.pugetsoundbirdfest.org or email jennifer.leach@edmondswa.gov. Entries must be received by June 30.

Talent show: The Marysville Strawberry Festival Talent Show is holding a second round of auditions from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Marysville Pilchuck High School auditorium, 5611 108th St. NE.

The talent show will be held at 6:30 p.m. June 14. Organizers seek all ages, solo or group acts, in vocal, dance, comedy, bands, piano and other categories. Application details are at www.maryfest.org (click on “Events” and then “Talent Show”). For more information, call 360-653-6584.

Genealogy talk: Genealogist Gary Zimmerman will discuss “Passports and Naturalization Resources” at the next meeting of the Sno-Isle Genealogical Society, 6:30 p.m. June 1 at the Family History Center, 22015 48th Ave. W, Mountlake Terrace. Zimmerman is president of Fiske Library in Seattle. Guests are welcome. For more information, call the Sno-Isle Genealogical Society research library at 425-775-6267 during open hours, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The research library is at Heritage Park in Lynnwood.

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