Community Calendar

Northern Hemisphere autumn equinox labyrinth walk: Sponsored by Everett Parks and Recreation, facilitated one-hour event led by Laurie Crawford. 3 p.m. today at Wiggums’ Hollow Park, 10th and Pine streets, Everett.

Water presentation: Cameron Scott, award-winning landscape designer of Exteriorscapes, will discuss different types of water catchment as well as its benefits, codes and aesthetics. The public is invited to this free program as part of the Camano Wildlife Habitat Project. 7 p.m. today at the Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 N. East Camano Drive, Camano Island. 360-387-2236, camanobwh@ yahoo.com.

Everett Central Lions Club meeting: Sports columnist John Sleeper speaks at noon today at the Everett Elks Club, 2731 Rucker Ave., Everett. 425-252-4400.

THURSDAY

thursday

Farmers market harvest celebration: $15. 6:30-8:30p.m. Thursday at Senior Center Demo Kitchen, 3025 Lombard Ave., Everett.

Arlington Kids’ Kloset open house: This non-profit group helps local families in need by providing clothing, backpacks, school supplies and hygiene items. 3:30-7 p.m. Thursday at the old Arlington High School’s A Building on the first floor, 135 S. French Ave. 360-435-4875.

2005 Native American celebration: Ceremonies, storytelling, music and dancing. American Indian vendors will highlight beadwork, basketry, jewelry, musical instruments and masks. Local colleges and universities will have educational displays. The county Plaza Cafe plans to serve salmon burgers and American Indian dishes. Sponsored by the Snohomish County Diversity Council. 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday at the county campus plaza, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/ county_services/diversity_council.

friDAY

Volunteer information meeting: Providence Hospice and Home Care of Snohomish County seeks volunteers to work with patients or the bereaved, do office chores and telephone support, or work as notaries or comfort therapists. 12:30-2:30 p.m. Friday at 2731 Wetmore Ave., Everett. 425-261-4808.

Author appearance: Abe Kleiman, author of “In the Beginning There Was Laughter” will be on hand. He will share his cartoons as he talks about how important humor is in our lives. Refreshments. 2 p.m. Friday at Arbor Place at Silver Lake, 12806 Bothell-Everett Highway, Everett. 425-338-3227.

SaturDAY

Saturday

Community gathering for Katrina: The Interfaith Association of Snohomish County and The Greater Everett Ministerium will pray for Hurricane Katrina victims and learn about ways to volunteer for and donate to national and local relief efforts. Donations will be given to the United Way of Snohomish County and the Snohomish County chapter of the Red Cross. 5 p.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church, 2936 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. 425-252-6672.

5K Poker &Paws walk: Cascade Valley Hospital Foundation’s fifth annual fundraiser. $20 registration, $5 doggie bag. 10 a.m. Saturday at Olympic Place Retirement &Assisted Living Community, Arlington. 360-435-2133, ext. 4705, www.cascadevalley.org/foundation.

The fall garden: Laura Smith of Callaway Garden design teaches. Free. 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Sno-Isle Natural Foods Co-op, 2804 Grand Ave., Everett. 425-259-3798.

Autumn color – Not just for gardens: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Wight’s Home &Garden, 5026 196th St. SW, Lynnwood. 425-775-2614.

Airport Appreciation Day: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Arlington Municipal Airport, Arlington. 360-435-5857.

Watershed Fun Fair: Environmental community fair. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at Yost Park, 9535 Bowdoin Way, Edmonds. 425-771-0227.

Mukilteo Firefighters Association pancake breakfast: To benefit local food banks and other charitable activities. Donations of cash and non-perishable food items will be accepted. 8 a.m.-noon Saturday at Fire Station 3, 10400 47th Place W., Mukilteo. 425-348-3591.

Stanwood Public Library open house: The library celebrates 35 years in its current building. At 2 p.m., a shadow puppet performance of Finding the Elusive Unicorn is scheduled for kids. Refreshments will be served. Event runs 1-4 p.m. Saturday at the library, 9701 271st St. NW, Stanwood.

SunDAY

Author and illustrator appearance: Erik Brooks will speak and sign copies of his books. 3-6 p.m. Sunday at The BookWorks, 1510 Third St., Marysville. 360-659-4997.

Snohomish classic car and hot rod display: The Snohomish Chamber sponsors the events, which will fill the historic downtown streets with more than 700 antique, classic, exotic and hot rod cars and trucks. Music, nostalgia and family fun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday in downtown Snohomish. 360-568-2526.

Charity quilt auction: Holy Innocents Catholic Church hosts an auction benefiting the Father Richard Stohr Outreach Center, the Lazarus Day Center and Matthew House. $5. Sunday at Cherry Valley Elementary School, 26701 NE Cherry Valley Road, Duvall. 425-788-1400.

monDAY

monday

Blood drive: 1-7 p.m. Monday at St. Cecilia Catholic Church, 26900 78th Ave. NW, Stanwood. Volunteers are needed for mobile blood drives and at donation centers. Hours are flexible. 800-266-4033, www.psbc.org.

TuesDAY

Foster’s Produce and corn maze: Features farm animals, ice cream, European antiques, flower garden, gift barn, goat walk and hay maze. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through October. 5818 Highway 530 NE, Arlington. 360-435-5095, www.fosters cornmaze.com.

wednesDAY

Adopt-A-Stream Foundation calls all bird watchers: Presented by naturalist Candy Brown. 11 a.m. Wednesday at Northwest Stream Center, 600 128th St. SE, Everett. $4 for members, $6 for non-members. 425-316-8592.

Audioslave, Seether: $37.50. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Everett Events Center, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett. 866-332-8499.

this week

Senior High Youth of Bethlehem Lutheran Church garage sale: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday-Saturday at 7215 51st Ave. NE, Marysville.

Blood drives: 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday at Snohomish Health District, 3020 Rucker Ave., Everett; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday at Top Foods, 1301 Ave. D, Snohomish. Volunteers are needed for mobile blood drives and at donation centers. Hours are flexible. 800-266-4033, www.psbc.org.

Fall craft show: Creations from 105 northwest crafters and designers. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday at Lord Hill Farms, 12525 Old Snohomish-Monroe Road, Snohomish. 425-888-1798, www.country-craft.com.

ongoing

DjangoFest Northwest: Gypsy jazz festival. $12-$34. Sept. 28-Oct. 2 in Langley. 360-221-8262, www.wicaonline.com.

“Quilters”: Whidbey Children’s Theater two-act musical. $10-$15. 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through Oct. 9, Porter Building, Langley. 360-221-8707.

Country Village farmers market music Free music. Sandy and Chuck, Friday; Diego Coy, Sept. 30. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Fridays through Sept. 30 at Country Village, 23732 Bothell-Everett Highway, Bothell.

Bayview farmers’ summer market: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through September. Indoor market in Bayview Hall, Bayview Road, Whidbey Island. www.bayview farmersmarket.com.

Bothell Country Village farmers market: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays through Sept. 30. 238th Street SE and Bothell-Everett Highway, Bothell. www.countryvillagebothell.com.

Coupeville farmers market: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 8. Alexander Street, behind the Coupeville Town Library, Coupeville. 360-678-4288.

Edmonds Museum summer market: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays through Sept. 24. Bell Street between Fifth and Sixth streets, Edmonds. www.historicedmonds.org/market/ market.htm.

Everett farmers market: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 25 at Everett Marina at Port Gardner Landing, W. Marine View Drive, Everett. www.everettfarmersmarket.com.

Lake Stevens farmers market: 5 p.m. to sunset Fridays through September. North Cove Park, 1812 Main St., Lake Stevens.

Marysville farmers market: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays through Sept. 24. Comeford Park, Fifth Street and State Avenue, Marysville.

Mukilteo farmers market: 3 to 8 p.m. Thursdays through Oct. 20. Ballfield behind Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Ave., Mukilteo. 425-750-6945, www.mukilteo farmersmarket.org.

Snohomish farmers market: 5 p.m. to dusk Thursdays through Sept. 29. 105 Cedar St, Snohomish. www.snohomishmarkets.com.

South County Farmers Market: 4 p.m. to dusk Wednesdays through September at 3805 Maltby Road, Bothell. www.parkridgechapel.com/ farmersmarket.

patches-mazes

Ballfield Farm: 24030 Highway 9 NE, Arlington; 360-435-2556. Open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily through Oct. 31. Ride a coach pulled by an antique tractor.

Baylor Farm: 28511 Ben Howard Road, Monroe; 360-793-0822. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through Oct. 31. Wagon rides, u-pick pumpkins.

Biringer Farms: 4625 40th Place NE, between Everett and Marysville off Highway 529; 425-259-0255, www.biringerfarm.com. Features a corn maze and the Pumpkin Country patch. This year’s maze is the shape of a giant salmon the size of 12 football fields, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, through Oct. 31, $7, weekends by appointment. Fright nights on the farm, 7-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14-29, $10. Pumpkin Country, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, through Oct. 30, $7. No frills u-pick pumpkin patch, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.

Bob’s Corn: 10917 Elliott Road, Snohomish; 360-668-2506. Corn maze, open 10 a.m. to dusk daily, evening by appointment, pumpkin patch open 10 a.m.-7 p.m. daily. Barn-themed 10-acre corn maze, u-pick pumpkin patch with 20 varieties, hay rides on weekends.

Carleton Farm: 830 Sunnyside Blvd. SE, Everett; 425-334-2297. Open 9 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Oct. 31. Four acre “Windmills” corn maze and farm animals daily. Hay rides and pumpkin cannon on weekends.

Country Pickin’s pumpkin patch: At Country Village, 23804 Bothell-Everett Highway, Bothell; 425-485-0191. U-pick pumpkins.

Craven Farm pumpkin patch: 13817 Short School Road, Snohomish; 360-568-2601, www.cravenfarm.com. Open 9:30 a.m. to dusk daily Oct. 1-31. Story-time tours, 20 acres of pumpkins, baby farm animals, 10-acre corn maze with an “Alice In Pumpkinland” theme, nursery rhyme scenes, tractor-drawn hay rides from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. daily, scarecrow-making, pumpkin slinger, $5.

Fairbank Farm: 15308 52nd Ave. W., Edmonds; 425-743-3694. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through October, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday Oct. 4-31. A hands-on animal and pumpkin farm, school group tours, $2.50, $5 school group tour includes pumpkin.

The Farm: 7301 Rivershore Road, Snohomish; 425-334-4124, www.thefarm1.com. Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily through Oct. 31. Washington State Corn Maze is 12 acres and features state landmarks with educational rest stations, scavenger hunt, $5, $20 family. Features pumpkin patch, petting farm, 18-hole putting course, barn maze, wagon rides and hay maze, $2 hay maze.

Foster’s Produce and corn maze: 5818 Highway 530 NE, Arlington; 360-435-5095, www.fosterscorn maze.com. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily Oct. 1-31. Features five-acre “Charlie Brown and the Search for the Great Pumpkin” corn maze, $4, and u-pick pumpkin patch. Animal barn, antique row, fall nursery, gift barn, Kidz Corral and Spooktacular Hay Maze.

Kurt’s Produce: 17819 Highway 203, Monroe; 360-794-5940. Open 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily through Oct. 31. U-pick pumpkins.

Pumpkins for Literacy: Smokey Point Plant Farm, 16622 Twin Lakes Road, Arlington; 360-659-6236. Open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily Oct. 8-31. U-pick pumpkins. Free hay rides, petting zoo, train rides and bouncy house on weekends.

Shuh Farms: 9828 Highway 532, Stanwood; 360-629-6455. Open 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily through Oct. 31. U-pick pumpkin. Features eight acre “Statue of Liberty” corn maze, $7.50, $4 ages 6-17 and seniors.

Stocker Farms: 8705 Marsh Road, Snohomish; 360-568-7391. Open 4-9 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 4-10 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturdays, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 30, 4-10 p.m. Oct. 31. Help the Silvertips “check hunger” in this 10-acre Silvertips-logo shaped corn maze, $7, $1 off admission with canned food item. “Field of Screams,” 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. 7-29 and Oct. 31. U-pick pumpkin patch at Stocker Farms Market, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays, Sept. 30-Oct. 31. U-pick pumpkin patch at corn maze, Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 1-31. $1 pedometer rental benefits the Snohomish Food Bank.

Williams Pioneer pumpkin patch: Located off Highway 532, west of Stanwood, before the bridge to Camano Island; 360-629-3580. Open noon to dusk Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to dusk Saturday and Sunday, daily through Oct. 31. U-pick pumpkins, straw bales, hayrides on weekends.

opportunities

Girl Scouts need volunteers: If you’re a young professional between the ages of 18 and 29, or a non-parent, grandparent or father, you could be an advisor. 800-767-6845, www.girlscoutstotem.org/Volunteer/ volops.htm.

The Lynnwood Police Department is looking for volunteers to assist police: Volunteers in Public Safety seeks men and women to perform duties to help the community, including house checks for residents who plan to be away from their homes. Volunteers also help when residents lock themselves out of their vehicles or run out of gas, help police direct traffic after vehicle accidents and patrol parks and schools. 425-744-6938.

The Snohomish County Literacy Coalition needs volunteers: Give two or more hours a week to help adults improve their reading, writing and English-speaking skills. Training classes begin in September at Everett Community College. Registration is required. 425-388-9539.

The Carol Rowe Memorial Food Bank at Edmonds United Methodist Church is seeking food and cash to keep its shelves stocked. Items needed are peanut butter, cans of tuna, luncheon meats, cheese and powdered baby formula. 425-778-5833.

Lynnwood police are asking for donations of new or gently used stuffed animals: Police use the stuffed animals to help comfort children who have been involved in traumatic incidents. The stuffed animals may be brought to the Lynnwood Police Department at 19321 44th Ave. W. The station is open 24 hours daily. No other toys will be accepted. 425-744-6900.

Stanwood Senior Center seeks volunteers for bingo events: 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Thursdays and 6-9:30 p.m. Sundays at the center. Also seeking volunteers to sort donated items and be cashiers at the thrift store from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays. 360-629-7403.