Fairs &festivals
Seattle Maritime Festival: Runs May 8 and 9; Family Fun Day includes chowder cook-off, tugboat race, harbor tours, fire boat demonstration, kids’ wooden boatbuilding along waterfront 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 9, Pier 54; chowder passports $5, other events free; 206-728-3163; www.seattlepropellerclub.org.
Airport Appreciation Day: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 9, airport office, City of Arlington, 238 N. Olympic Ave., Arlington; free airplane rides 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for ages 7 to 18, depending on weather, parent permission required; 360-403-3448.
“Giant Magnet,” Seattle International Children’s Festival: 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. most shows, but also 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday, May 12 through 16, Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St.; circus, stage shows, musicians; $10 and up; 800-838-3006; www.brownpapertickets.com, www.seattleinternational.org.
Special events
Snohomish 150th anniversary celebration: 7:30 p.m. May 8, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. May 9 and 10, Snohomish High School performing arts center, 1316 Fifth St., Snohomish; music and dance performances; $7 and 10; ticket information at 360-568-5198.
Goat shows: 9 a.m. May 9, Stanwood Camano Fairgrounds, 6431 Pioneer Highway, Stanwood; free; 360-629-4184.
Psychic and alternative health fair: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 9, Triway Grange Hall, 3509 Seattle Hill Road, Mill Creek; features psychic and tarot readers, numerology, astrology, palm reading, reiki; free admission; 425-562-4777.
Sno-Isle library events: Free events at various branches; www.sno-isle.org.
n Cinco de Mayo celebration, 2 p.m. May 9, music, stories, crafts and food from Mexico; Mukilteo Library, 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd., Mukilteo; 425-493-8202.
n Apollo lunar missions talk, Langley City Hall, 112 Second St., Langley; 360-221-2198; www.sno-isle.org.
n Spring tea, 2 p.m. May 11, Mukilteo Library, 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd., Mukilteo; 425-493-8202.
n “Soldiers in Petticoats,” 7 p.m. May 12, Sultan Library, 319 Main St., Sultan; program about women earning the right to vote; 360-793-1695.
n All-ages scrapbooking workshop, 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursdays through May 28, Mukilteo Library, 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd.; participants provide scrapbooks, photographs, letters; library provides all other supplies; registration rquired at 425-493-8202, ext. 3221, option 4.
Bingo night: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 11, South County Senior Center, 220 Railroad Ave., Edmonds; $16 advance, $20 day of event; 425-774-5555.
Public dances
Ballroom dance: 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesdays, dancing with a live band, $4, Northshore Senior Center, 10201 E. Riverside Drive, Bothell; 425-487-2441.
Ballroom lessons and dances: 5 p.m. teen dance lessons, 6 p.m. Latin lessons, 7 p.m. ballroom lessons, 8 p.m. swing dance lessons Mondays; 1 to 3 p.m. lesson and open dance Tuesdays, for all four types; Antheia Ballroom, 213 Ave. D, Snohomish; private lessons, wedding dance preparation and other activities; $10 to $11 lessons and open dances; private lessons have other costs; 425-530-9952; www.antheiaballroom.com.
Country-western dances: 5:30 p.m. potluck dinner, 6:30 p.m. instruction, 7:30 p.m. open dancing first Fridays, Deer Lagoon Grange, 5142 Bayview Road, Langley, Whidbey Island; features country and western, as well as other steps; $5 per person per hour of instruction, $5 per person for evening of dance; 360-341-1860, 360-678-6326, 206-414-6447.
Dance with live bands: 1 to 3 p.m. Fridays, South County Senior Center, 220 Railroad Ave., Edmonds; enjoy music for foxtrot, swing, waltz; $3 to $4 suggested donations, no partners necessary; 425-774-5555.
Everett Senior Swingers square dancing: 1 to 3 p.m. Fridays, Everett Senior Center, 3025 Lombard Ave., Everett; all are welcome; 425-257-8780, 425-334-2919.
Folk dance: Sno-King International Folk Dance Club, 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, Cedar Valley Grange, 20526 52nd Ave. W., Lynnwood; $5, $3 members unless otherwise noted; 425-454-6529. May 9, Larry and Rhonda Paulson teach zillertaler laender, Austrian couples dance, $7, $5.
Happy Hoppers mainstream square dancing: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. first and third Saturdays, Stillaguamish Senior Center, 18308 Smokey Point Blvd., Arlington; guest callers, hearing enhancement; 360-435-4594.
International folk dancing: 7:30 to 10 p.m. second Saturdays, Clinton Community Hall, 6411 Central Ave., Clinton; $7; all ages; 360-221-5484; www.swparks.org.
Lake Goodwin Community Club: 17323 42nd Ave. NW, Stanwood; 360-652-9786, www.considerthisministries.org. Dances with live music, 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. third Saturdays through November; $10 suggested donation.
Line dancing: Beginner classes 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays through July 1, Harbor Square Athletic Club, 160 W. Dayton St., Edmonds; $25 to $40 members, $30 to $50 nonmembers; 425-205-0870.
Normanna Lodge weekly dances: Betty’s Band, 1 to 3 p.m. Mondays. Jack’s Swing Band’s big band, 1 to 4 p.m. Thursdays. Variety of bands, 7:30 to 11 p.m. fourth Fridays, 2725 Oakes Ave., Everett; $5; 425-252-0291.
Scottish country dancing: No partner needed, Wednesdays, Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Ave., Mukilteo; 425-438-8977.
Sky Valley Whirlwind Square Dance Club: Beginning and brush-up lessons, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Tri Way Grange, 35th and Seattle Hill Road, Mill Creek; Scott Coon instructing. Dances 8 to 10:30 p.m. third Fridays with guest callers; $5 lessons, first is free; 360-794-8240.
South Camano dances: Dance lesson at 7:30 p.m., general dancing 8 to 10 p.m. third Fridays, South Camano Grange, 2227 S. Camano Drive, Camano Island; $8; DJ’d music; 360-387-6842.
Square dance lesson sign-ups: Checkerboard Squares’ beginner and brush-up lessons, 6 to 8 p.m. Sundays, Edmonds Masonic Lodge, 515 Dayton St., Edmonds; first lesson free, then $5 per person; 425-745-5303, 425-776-4442.
Strictly Ballroom: With Carmen and Dale, 7 to 9 p.m. fourth Saturdays, The Hayloft, 15320 35th Ave. W., Lynnwood; $12 per person, smart casual dress required, no rubber-soled shoes allowed; 425-776-4007.
Tango lessons: With Ina and Jon Howe, 6 p.m. Wednesdays, 1 p.m. Saturdays, small donation, Everett Senior Activity Center, 3025 Lombard Ave., Everett; 425-257-8780.
Veterans of Foreign Wars dances: Potluck dinners 6 to 7:30 p.m. last Saturdays; $5; free lessons 6:30 p.m., music and dancing 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesdays, various styles, provided by Eddy Fukano Band; $5; VFW building, 2711 Oakes Ave., Everett; year-round; 425-252-2100.
Western Swing Music Society: 2 to 6 p.m. second Sundays, Normanna Hall Lodge, 2725 Oakes Ave., Everett; no cover charge; music, dance and food available; 425-374-2452.
Whirlybirds Square Dance Club: Beginners’ classes, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays. Hearing enhancement available. The Hayloft, 15320 35th Ave. W., Lynnwood; $5 per dance; 425-353-3471, 425-774-5257.
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