Family fun calendar

  • Friday, March 11, 2011 12:01am
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50th annual Coin Show: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 12 at the Stanwood Senior Center Cafeteria, 7430 276th NW, Stanwood. Admission is free. For questions email garden2day@frontier.com. The Stanwood Coin Club offers free appraisals, drawings, reference materials and exhibits as well as a raffle of gold and silver coins.

“Go, Dog, Go!”: Dogs sing and dance in this fetching play at the Seattle Children’s Theatre in this production based on the P.D. Eastman book. Shows continue through March 13 at SCT’s Eve Alvord Theatre, 201 Thomas St., Seattle. Tickets are $17 to $37 at the box office, 206-441-3322 or online, www.sct.org.

“The Owl and the Woodpecker”: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily starting March 19 at the Burke Museum, on the University of Washington campus at the corner of 17th Ave. NE and NE 45th St., Seattle. Tickets are $9.50, $7.50 and $6. Call 206-543-5590 or visit www.burkemuseum.org. Visitors learn about the most important species of owls and woodpeckers in North America while viewing photos and learning how these birds define specific habitats. Through Aug. 7.

Puppet Island Showcase: 11:30 a.m. March 12 at Shorecrest Performing Arts Center, 15343 25th Ave. NE, Shoreline. Tickets are $7. Call 206-417-4645 or go to www.shorelinearts.net. The Zambini Brothers are a puppeteering troupe who will allow families to go behind the scenes to see how the world of puppets comes to life.

Star Wars: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday opening March 19. Tickets are a timed entry starting at $20 for adults and $13 for children at Pacific Science Center, 200 Second Ave. N, Seattle. Call 206-443-2879 or go to www.pacsci.org. Explore futuristic technologies while seeing more than 80 authentic costumes, models and props from all six “Star Wars” films and take a virtual jump in the Millennium Falcon.

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