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Published 1:30 am Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Tidy up your act

The Netflix series “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo” and books by the Japanese organizing consultant are encouraging people to declutter their homes.

Are items that don’t “spark joy” getting the boot at your house? Is your housemate making you get rid of your precious books (yet buying Kondo’s books)? Are you folding your clothes Kondo-style?

Email abrown@heraldnet.com for an upcoming Herald story or call 425-339-3443 to tell us how Kondo is changing your closet, garage and marriage.

EVENTS

Woodstock for kids

Kidstock!, an arts celebration for children and families, is 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m Feb. 2 at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Avenue N.

The lineup includes Recess Monkey; Alchemy Tap Project, a performance company for rising tap dancers; the acrobatic UMO Ensemble, presenting a series of vignettes; Ballet Folklórico de Tacoma; comedian Alex Zerbe; hip-hop workshop with Silver Kite Community Arts; and a sensory-friendly production of “Owl & Pussycat.”

Free; donations encouraged.

More info: 425-275-9595 or www.edmondscenterforthe arts.org

Eagle fest

The Arlington-Stillaguamish Eagle Festival along Olympic Avenue is Feb. 1 and 2 in Arlington.

The annual event includes wagon rides, animal talks, bird walks, river rafting, chain saw carving, live music, food and an art show.

More info: www.arlington wa.gov/eaglefest

Go fish

The Fly Fishing Show is 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 16 and 17 at Lynnwood Convention Center, 3711 196th Street SW. Scouts younger than 16 in uniform are free.

More info: www.flyfishing show.com/lynnwood-wa

TALKS

Swans and snow geese

Martha Jordan, executive director of the Northwest Swan Conservation Association, will present a slide show “White Birds of Winter” at 7 p.m. Jan. 31 at the Adopt A Stream Foundation’s Northwest Steam Center, 600 128th Street SE, in Everett.

Cost is $5 for Adopt A Stream Foundation members, $7 for non-members. Registration is required.

More info: 425-316-8592 and www.streamkeeper.org

Lifelong learning

A free talk by the University of Washington’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, “Defending Your Voice: Teaching Soldiers How to Tell Their Stories,” is noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 5, Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Ave., Mukilteo.

Speaker Shawn Wong, UW professor of history and a novelist, will address the question: What does it mean to go to war?

More info: 206-685-6549

HEADS UP

Naval base drills

Naval Station Everett’s entrances might be closed intermittently because of security training, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 30, Feb. 6, and Feb. 8.

Those who are nearby during those times might hear blank gunshots, sirens and loudspeaker announcements. The exercise helps naval station security and other first responders stay coordinated.