Some Folklife highlights

It's Folklife time at Seattle Center, where the Northwest Folklife Festival is celebrating its 35th year. The fest goes from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. today and Monday and is free (though a $5 donation per person per day is encouraged).

• General info: 206-684-7300 or www.nwfolklife.org.

• Seattle Center Transportation hotline: 206-233-3989.

• King County Metro transit information: 206-553-3000 or http://transit.metrokc.gov.

• Car-pool hotline: 1-888-814-1300 or www.rideshareonline.com.

Some highlights:

Today

11 a.m.: Ukelele Show (Bagley Wright Theatre); film: "In the Land of the Free?" (Eve Alvord Theatre)

2 p.m.: Simon Shaheen: "Music from the Arab World" (Narrative Stage)

2:30 p.m.: "Tarab: Arabic Music & Dance Show" with Maurice Rouman, Nassem's Band, Arab Children's Dabke Group, Banaat Al Jenayna, Helene Eriksen, May Nasr, Tina Sargent (Bagley Wright Theatre)

3 p.m.: "Out of Place: Arab & Arab American Poetry and Prose" with Ghida Sinno, Maged Zaher (Narrative Stage)

4 p.m.: Tribute to Johnny Cash (Fountain Lawn Stage)

4:30 p.m.: Damascus Kafumbe (Rainier Room)

4:45 p.m.: "Ancient Classical Traditions": Araki Baikyoku (shakuhachi), Wu Ziying (guqin), Maurice Rouman (oud) (Charlotte Martin Theatre)

5 p.m.: Making Tabouleh & Baba Ghannouj (Narrative Stage)

7 p.m.: "Sahra: Night of Arabic Music": Simon Shaheen (oud), Nadim Dlaikan (nay), May Nasr (voice) (McCaw Hall)