EVENTS
Jetty Island Days: 10 a.m. to 5:50 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8:50 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6:50 p.m. Sunday through Sept. 2 at 10th Street and W. Marine View Drive, Everett; $3 fee for parking Thursday through Saturday; www.everettwa.org/parks.
SeaScare KidScare: Noon, Aug. 9 at Brier Library, 23303 Brier Road; kids can mmet a SeaScare pirate while enjoying crafts, games, cookies and juice; kids can bring what they make to walk in the SeaScare Parade at 6 p.m. Aug. 14; call to register 425-483-0888; www.seascare.com/kidscare.htm.
Island County Fair: 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m Sunday, Aug. 15 to 18, 819 Camano Ave., Langley; 4-H activities, art displays; $5 and $8 daily, $15 and $20 four-day passes, free for ages 5 and younger; 360-221-4677; www.islandcountyfair.com.
Fourth annual Kids Fun Run: 10 to 11 a.m. Aug. 10 at Heatherwood Middle School track and field, 1419 Trillium Blvd. SE, Mill Creek; ages 3 years through fifth grade; register by July 25 to receive a T-shirt; $15 per child; $5 is donated to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief for families in Snohomish County; www.cityofmillcreek.com.
BrasilFest: Aug. 18, Fisher Pavilion, Center House and Mural Ampitheatre, Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St.; music, dance and other performances; free; 206-684-7200; www.seattlecenter.com, www.brasilfest.com.
THEATER
Kidstage Entertainment: “A Year with Frog and Toad,” noon Aug. 9, at Wetmore Theatre Plaza, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett; free; www.villagetheatre.org/epac.php.
“Shrek the Musical”: 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9 to 18 at Everett Performing Arts Center, 2730 Wetmore Ave., Everett; in this musical production of the hit film “Shrek,” everything gets turned upside down when an ogre and a talkative donkey rescue a feisty princess; tickets $14 to $16; 425-257-8600; www.villagetheatre.org/everett/Shrek.php.
MUSIC
Everett Children’s Concert Series: Free outdoor shows, 10 to 11 a.m. Thursdays through Aug. 22, Thornton A. Sullivan Park, 11405 Silver Lake Road; enjoyeverett.org.
Aug. 15: Rolie Polie Guacamole, indie tunes for kids.
Aug. 22: The Brian Waite Band, rock ‘n’ roll.
Mill Creek Summer Children’s Concert Series: Tia Quackertunes, noon to 1 p.m. Aug. 14 at Library Park, 15429 Bothell-Everett Highway; free, but nonperishable food items accepted; www.cityofmillcreek.com.
EXHIBITS
“Empowering Women: Artisan Cooperatives that Transform Communities”: This traveling exhibit provides a look at the work of 10 women-run artisan cooperatives from across the world, featuring personal stories and examples of the cooperatives’ handmade traditional arts; through Oct. 27, at the Burke Museum, at the University of Washington, NE 45th St. and 17th Ave. NE. Admission is $10 general, $8 senior, $7.50 students and youth, free to children 4 and under, Burke members, to UW students, faculty and staff, and to the public on the first Thursday of the month. Call 206-543-5590 or visit www.burkemuseum.org.
Imaginate: Pacific Science Center’s exhibit allows visitors to explore five broad themes, each a possible pathway to innovation; through Sept. 2, Pacific Science Center, 200 Second Ave. N, Seattle. Admission is $15.50 to $27.50. Call 206-443-2001, www.pacificsciencecenter.org.
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