Seattle's Child

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Erika's Weekend Picks March 24 – 25

Watch a shadow puppet sci-fi show, tour a water treatment center, rock out with Caspar Babypants & more.

Seward Park Toddler Tales & TrailsSat, March 2610-11 a.m. Seward Park Audubon Center. Kids ages 2-5 and their adult will love this adventure walk full of stories, songs and activities. Program is first come, first served, so be on time. $2 per person.Seward Park Toddler, Tales & Trails.
 
Brightwater Treatment Center Tours. Sat March 26. 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Brightwater Center, Woodinville, FREE. Water, water, everywhere and we are connected to it all. As part of World Water Day Celebration, learn about the Puget Sound and waterways around the globe through art, science, activities and exploration. Tours of Brightwater Treatment Plant will occur at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Pre-register for tour, must be 9 years old. World Water Day.
 

Caspar Babypants will be rockin' the Mt Baker Community Club this Saturday morning. 

 

MOHAI Maker Day: Craft Stick Bending, Sat March 26, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. MOHAI. Join inventor Brad Griffith to make a Flintstones-style toy vehicle. Seattle's most experience makers tinker and create at the MOHAI the last Saturday of each month. Event and supplies included with admission $17, $15 seniors, $14 students and military, free ages 14 and younger with adult. MOHAI Maker Day
 
NW Puppet Center: "Doc Chapeau Meets the Gill Man"Sat March 26, 1 p.m. NW Puppet Center. Using submarines, robots and sonar, Doc Jack Chapeau discovers the unbelievable Gill Man. Join Oregon Shadow Theatre as they take you under the sea for a marine biology adventure mixed with just a bit of sci-fi. Show runs weekends thru April 10. $11, $9 seniors and ages 16 and younger. NW Puppet Show Doc Chapeau Meets Gill Man.
 
Author Appearance and Book Launch: George by Alex Gino, Sat 3 p.m.University Bookstore. FREE. Join author Alex Gino for a discussion and signing as she introduces George, a book about a transgender child, caught between the person she knows she is and the person everyone else sees. Author Appearance University Bookstore.  
See book review here
 
Mt Baker Community Club Kid's Rock Concert Series: Caspar BabypantsSat March 26, 10:30 a.m. Mt. Baker Community Club. Caspar is getting the party started this weekend with a rockin' concert of unique, creative, sing-along tunes. $15 per family of four in advance or $5 per person at door. Caspar Babypants Concert. 
 

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Erika Bigelow