Paint a Birdhouse or Feeder Sat Jan 20, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Swansons Nursery
Unleash your imagination and decorate a wooden bird feeder or birdhouse (that you get to keep!) with colorful paints while learning all about backyard birding from the Swanson’s Bird Ambassadors. $10
Winter Figure Skating Exhibition Sat Jan 20, 12:15-1:30 p.m. Highland Ice Arena
Celebrate National Skating Month by attending Highland Ice Arena's annual Winter Exhibition. This exhibition is the kick-off for the four competitive Washington Ice Emeralds Synchronized Skating Teams. They will be representing Washington at the synchro sectionals competition in Kansas just a few days later. Dress warmly since you will be sitting rink side (pro tip: byo blanket)
Living Voices: Hear My Voice Sat Jan 20, 1 and 2 p.m. MOHAI
What do you know about women’s suffrage? Follow Jessie as she learns about the history of the women who started the movement for women’s right to vote, the new generation continuing the fight, and those who oppose it including her parents. A combination of a theatrical performance and archival film, the event is included with admission. $19.95, $15.95 seniors, $13.95 students and military, FREE ages 14 and younger.
Creature Features Sat Jan 20, 1-2 p.m. Sammamish Library. FREE
What did the owl eat for lunch? What is edible dirt? Explore the birds, beasts and bugs from our fossilized past and from our current, everyday life this Saturday at the Sammamish Library. From butterflies to cockroaches, shark teeth to animal adaptations, put your investigative skills to the test as you unearth fossils, meet live insects, make animal tracks, and even create your own specially adapted "futuristic" animal. Please pre-register.
Pop-Up Virtual Reality Sun Jan 21, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Beacon Arts. FREE
Immersive Square is bringing Pop-Up Virtual Reality for everyone to enjoy. It’s art immersion like you’ve never experienced before. Dabble in digital painting or surround yourself with sculpting. All you have to do is put on virtual reality goggles and the creative world is your canvas!
Ballard Library Sunday Movie Presents Lion Sun Jan 21, 2-4 p.m. Ballard Branch. FREE
Head to the Ballard branch library for a free Sunday movie every month – popcorn included! This month's movie is Lion, directed by Garth Davis and nominated for several Academy Awards last year. Follow the journey of an Indian man who was adopted as a child by an Australian couple, as he searches for his birth family. Rated PG-13.
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