Weekend calendar

Birding

International Migratory Bird Day, Discovery Park

SAT Guided bird walks, 7-9 a.m. and 8-10 a.m. Saturday, Discovery Park, 3801 W. Government Way, Seattle; $3, preregister (206-386-4236 or www.seattle.gov/parks).

Boating

Trawler Fest

THU-SAT Boating seminars, boat show, vendors, scavenger hunt, trivia night, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, $15, extra for seminars; Cap Sante Boat Haven, Anacortes (888-487-2953 or www.trawlerfest.com).

Festivals/Expos

Seattle Maritime Festival

SAT Free harbor tours, 11:30 a.m., 1 and 2:30 p.m., tickets at festival information booth, space limited; waterfront neighborhood chowder cook-off, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., $5 tasting fee benefits maritime community and youth organizations; fireboat display, noon; Coast Guard sea/air helicopter rescue, 12:50 p.m.; workboat parade, 1:15 p.m.; tug boat races, 2, 2:30 and 3 p.m. Saturday from Pier 86 to Pier 66; Coast Guard and workboat tours, kids' free boat building, free admission to Maritime Events Center, Pier 66, Bell Street and Alaskan Way, Seattle (206-787-3163 or www.seattlepropellerclub.org).

Franklin High School

Arts Festival

SAT Lion dancers, school steel drum and jazz bands, sale of plants, crafts, student art and ceramics, fashion shows, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Franklin High School, 3013 S. Mount Baker Blvd., Seattle (www.franklinartsfestival.wordpress.org).

Backyard Wildlife Festival

SAT How to create a wildlife and eco-friendly backyard habitat, activities for all ages, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Tukwila Community Center, 12424 42nd Ave. S., Tukwila (206-768-2822 or www.backyardwildlifefair.org).

Maifest

SAT Austria Club of Washington celebration with food, music for dancing, 1 p.m. Saturday, Benson Barn, 14120 424th Ave. S.E., North Bend; $15-$20, ages 9 and younger free (425-745-0654).

Penn Cove Water Festival

SAT Native culture, history, and environmental education, Tribal Canoe Races, music, native arts and crafts, food, children's activities, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Coupeville (www.penncovewaterfestival.com).

Seattle Cheese Festival

SAT-SUN Cheese showcase, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday; cooking demonstrations, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; educational seminars, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sunday; wine garden, noon-5 p.m. Saturday, noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Pike Place Market, 1501 Pike Place, Seattle (www.seattlecheesefestival.com).

Food events

Taste of La Conner

FRI Five tastes at participating restaurants, 4-9 p.m. Friday, tickets sold 4-5 p.m. only, La Conner Chamber of Commerce, 606 Morris St., La Conner; $25 (360-466-4778 or www.laconnerchamber.com).

Seattle Chocolate Salon

SAT Taste artisan, gourmet and premium chocolate, 11 a.m. Saturday, Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Pier 66, Seattle; $20-$25, by advance purchase (www.seattlechocolatesalon.com).

South Seattle Wineries

SAT Tasting at six area wineries, see website for locations, 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Seattle; $5 (www.ssaw.info).

Wine tasting, Edmonds

SAT Stevens Winery, 1-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Arista Wine Cellars, 320 Fifth Ave. South, Edmonds (425-771-7009 or www.aristawines.com).

Road to Paradise

Wine Tasting

SAT Wilridge Winery and Naches Heights Vineyards tasting, 3-8 p.m. Saturday, Whittaker Mountaineering, 30027 Highway 706 E., Ashford; $20 (www.road-to-paradise.com).

Gardening

Orca K-8 School

Plant/Garden Sale

SAT Native plants, edibles, music, food, kids crafts, benefits K-8 students, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Orca K-8 School, 5215 46th Ave. S., Seattle (206-300-8152 or orcagarden.wordpress.com/).

Greater Seattle Fuchsia Society Plant Sale

SAT Fuchsias, annuals, perennials, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, 12735 First Ave. N.W., Seattle (206-719-5508).

Federal Way

United Methodist Church Garden Tour

SAT Six-garden tour to benefit Haitian recovery, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Federal Way United Methodist Church, 29645 51st Ave. S., Auburn; $20 (206-963-4515).

Cooking Seasonally from

Your Garden/Native plants

SAT Design a native plant garden for plants and wildlife, 10 a.m. Saturday; grow a kitchen garden, recipes, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Molbak's, 13625 N.E. 175th St., Woodinville; free (425-483-5000 or www.molbaks.com/events.html).

Hanging Baskets Workshop

SAT Plant a hanging basket to take home, 10 a.m. Saturday, Sunnyside Nursery, 3915 Sunnyside Blvd., Marysville; $35 (425-334-2002 or www.sunnysidenursery.net).

Tomatoes

SAT Secrets to growing perfect tomatoes, 11 a.m. Saturday, The Plant Farm, 15022 Twin Lakes Ave. N.E., Marysville; free (360-652-3351 or theplantfarm.com/events.htm).

Perennial Vines

SAT How to grow perennial vines, clematis, akebia, 10 a.m. Saturday, Windmill Gardens, 16009 60th St. E., Sumner; free (253-863-5843 or www.windmillgarden.com/).

Heronswood

Open Garden Day

SAT Display gardens open, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Heronswood Nursery, 7530 N.E. 288th St., Kingston; $5 (877-674-4714 or www.heronswood.com/heronswood-news-and-events).

Meerkerk Magic Festival

of Flowers and Fairies

SAT Peak blooming season, children's activity to make forest fairies, noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Meerkerk Gardens, 3531 Meerkerk Lane, Greenbank; $8, ages 15 and younger free (www.meerkerkgardens.org).

Gardening for Seniors

Open House

SUN Ciscoe Morris radio show featuring seniors and container gardening, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Aging At Home Showroom, 1555 N.W. Market St., Seattle; free (206-782-4464 or www.agingathome.com).

Container herb gardening

SUN Seattle Tilth information on growing herbs for apartment and condo dwellers, 10 a.m. Sunday, Cascade Playground park, 333 Pontius Ave. N., Seattle; free (206-633-0451 or seattletilth.org).

Renee's Seeds

SUN Recipes for fresh produce, advice on growing plants from seeds, 11 a.m. Sunday, McAuliffe Valley Nursery, 11910 Sprighetti Road, Snohomish; free (360-862-1323 or mcauliffesvalleynursery.com).

Hiking/walks

Issaquah Alps Trails Club

SUN South Squak Mountain 4-mile flower walk, water, food, day pack, hiking shoes required, no dogs, 9 a.m. Sunday, Issaquah Alps Trail Club clubhouse, First and Bush Streets, Issaquah (issaquahalps.org).

Hobbies

Seattle Pokémon

video-game championship

SAT Pokémon players in three age divisions, registration 8 a.m. Saturday to compete on first-come, first-serve basis for a chance to play in the National/World Championships, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle; free (www.pokemonvgc.com).

Backyard Poultry:

Starting with Baby Chicks

SUN How to get started raising chickens, 2 p.m. Sunday, Kirkland Library, 308 Kirkland Ave., Kirkland; free (425-822-2459 or www.kcls.org/events/).

Museum events

Museum of Flight events

SAT Naval Aviation Centennial Day activities, lectures, displays, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., flyby 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Museum of Flight, 9404 E. Marginal Way S., Seattle; $9-$16 (206-684-5720 or www.museumofflight.org).

National Chicken Dance Day

SAT Doing the Chicken Dance, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, The Children's Museum, Seattle Center House, Seattle; $6.50-$7.50 (206-441-1768 or thechildrensmuseum.org).

Get Crafty Saturdays

Homemade Pot Holder

SAT Learn basic principles of weaving, create your own cotton pot holder, 1 p.m. Saturday, Bellevue Arts Museum, 510 Bellevue Way N.E., Bellevue; $2-$10 (425-519-0770 or www.bellevuearts.org).

State Capital Museum

SAT Rose planting, tea to benefit Women's History Consortium, 10 a.m., $5; walking tours of historic South Capital neighborhood, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; author and professor Stephanie Coontz on her book "A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s," 1 p.m. Saturday, $2; Washington State Capital Museum, 211 W. 21st Ave., Olympia (360-753-2580 or www.washingtonhistory.org/wscm).

Mushroom Maynia

SUN Demonstrations, information on collection and cultivation, bring mushrooms for identification, taste mushroom specialties, crafts projects for children and adults, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle; $6-$9.50 (206-543-5590 or burkemuseum.org).

Glassmaking Demonstration Series

SUN History of Studio Glass, 2 p.m. Sunday, Museum of Glass, 1801 E. Dock St., Tacoma; $5-$12 (253-284-4750 or www.museumofglass.org).

Dino Wine Oh

PLAN AHEAD Science with a Twist wine tasting with Washington wineries, 6 p.m. May 19, Pacific Science Center, Seattle; $20-$35 (206-443-2001 or www.pacsci.org/twist/).

Carnegie Library Centennial

ONGOING Celebration of library heritage in Edmonds, 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays through July 17, Edmonds Historical Museum, 118 Fifth Ave. N., Edmonds; $1-$2 (425-774-0900 or www.historicedmonds.org).

Park events

Nature's Wonders

guided walk

SAT Naturalist-led walk to the eagles nest, through old growth forest, along the lake, 1 p.m. Saturday, Seward Park Audubon Center, 5902 Lake Washington Blvd. S., Seattle; free (206-522-444 or www.brownpapertickets.com/event/155825).

Share the Trail

SAT Information on trail safety for running, walking, bicycling, rollerblading, activities for all ages, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Ron Regis Park, 149th Avenue Southeast off Highway 169 (Renton Maple Valley Road), Renton; free (425-430-6600 or www.rentonw.gov).

Carillon Woods Restoration

and Butterfly Garden Celebration

SAT Work party to remove invasive plants, 9 a.m.-noon; butterfly garden grand opening and family activities, noon-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Carillon Woods Park, 5429 106th Ave. N.E., Kirkland (www.supportgreenkirkland.org).

Walk to Big Cedar

SAT Short hike to giant 500-year-old cedar tree, learn how Native Americans and early pioneers used cedar, 10 a.m. Saturday, Meadowbrook Farm, Boalch Avenue Northwest, North Bend; free (425-831-1900).

Prairie Appreciation Day

SAT Celebrate the prairies in bloom, hayrides, activity trail, native plant sale, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Glacial Heritage Preserve, Mima Road, Littlerock (360-596-5144 or www.prairieappreciationday.org).

Seattle Chinese Garden

Open House

SUN Lion dance, traditional music, Wu Shu and Tai Chi demonstrations, Chinese calligraphy, painting, entertainment for all ages, 3 p.m. Sunday, Seattle Chinese Garden, 6000 16th Ave. S.W., Seattle; free (206-764-5219 or www.seattlechinesegarden.org).

Botanical printmaking class

SUN Make prints from plant materials, for adults and children age 11 and older, 10 a.m. Sunday, Bridle Trails State Park, Northeast 53rd Street and 116th Avenue Northeast, Kirkland; $20, registration required (425-827-6595 or www.bridletrails.org).

Performances

International Children's Festival

THU-SAT, MON International theater, music, dance, puppetry and circus arts, Thursday-Saturday, Seattle Center; Monday, Broadway Center for Performing Arts, Tacoma; prices vary (www.giantmagnet.org).

Kids Helping Kids

FRI Music with Caspar Babypants, classic movie shorts, proceeds benefit Wellspring Family Services to help homeless children in King County, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, 3605 84th Ave. S.E., Mercer Island; $15 (206-820-8826 or www.KidsHelpingKidsSeattle.org).

Running

UW Bothell 5K Run-Walk

SAT 5K run/walk followed by breakfast and social, 9 a.m. Saturday, register 8 a.m., University of Washington, Bothell campus, 18115 Campus Way N.E., Bothell; $10-$30 (425-352-5269 or www.uwb.edu/5krun).

Trail running series

SAT Races on Cougar Mountain Trails, portion of proceeds benefit King County Parks; 5 miles, 9 a.m. Saturday; 7 miles, June 11; 10 miles, July 9; 13 miles, Aug. 13; 31 miles, Oct. 30; Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park, Newcastle; $35-$45/per event or $125-$169/series (www.kingcounty.gov).

West Seattle 5K Run/Walk

PLAN AHEAD Scenic 5K along Alki, benefits West Seattle High School; 9:20 a.m. May 22, Alki Bathhouse Studio, Seattle; $20-$40 (www.westseattle5k.com).

Great Kilted Run 5K

PLAN AHEAD 5K run/walk, participants encouraged to wear kilts, 9:30 a.m. May 22, Magnuson Park, Seattle; $30-$40 (www.promotionevents.com/).

Sales/Shopping

Maple Valley Library Guild

Book Sale

THU-SAT Used books, CDs, DVDs at bargain prices, proceeds support library programs; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Maple Valley Library, 21844 S.E. 248th St., Maple Valley (425-413-0809 or kcls.org).

Crème Brulée Kids

Consignment Sale

FRI-SAT Kids' clothing, equipment, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Kent Commons, 525 Fourth Ave. N., Kent (www.cremebruleekids.com).

Just Between Friends

Children's Consignment Sale Event

FRI-SUN Quality children's clothing, equipment, toys, maternity wear, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Brady Building, 3002 Lind Ave. S.W., Renton (www.jbfsale.com).

Ride West BMW

Parts and Apparel Swap

SAT Motorcycle-parts and apparel swap meet, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Ride West BMW, 8100 Lake City Way N.E., Seattle (206-527-5511 or ridewest.com).

West Seattle Community

Garage Sale Day

SAT Individual, block, business, school, organization garage sales around West Seattle, map online, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday (westseattlegaragesale.com).

Special interest

Adoption Information Meeting

SAT Information on adopting children from foster care, 10 a.m. Saturday, Amara Parenting & Adoption Services, 3300 East Union St., Seattle; free (206-260-1700 or www.amaraparenting.org).

Seattle Archives

Preservation Roadshow

SAT How to preserve treasured family and personal materials and documents in any format, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, National Archives and Records Administration, 6125 Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle; free (360-927-2065 or seattlearchivesroadshow.wordpress.com).

Shredathon Event

SAT Bring up to two grocery-size bags of documents to be destroyed, 10 a.m. Saturday, Salal Credit Union, 11023 Eighth Ave N.E., Seattle; free, nonperishable food bank donations requested (206-343-1543).

Redmond Historical Society Meeting

SAT Eastside Heritage Center presentation on the completion of the Lake Washington Ship Canal and its effect on businesses and residents, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, 16600 N.E. 80th St., Redmond; free (425-885-2919 or redmondhistoricalsociety.org).

Aluminum Windows Collection

SAT-SUN Accepting salvaged aluminum windows for recycling, aluminum only, must be intact (no shattered glass), Saturday-Sunday, Second Use, 7953 Second Ave. S., Seattle; free, small donation to defray cost suggested (206-763-6929 or seconduse.com).

Bill VandenBush's NDE in Vietnam

SUN Veteran talks about his out-of-body near-death experience, 4 p.m. Sunday, Theosophical Library, 717 Broadway Ave. E., Seattle; $5-$10 (206-323-4281 or www.seattle-ts.org).

Sports

Spring Sprints

Vintage Sports Car Races

SAT-SUN More than 100 vintage sports and formula cars race, open paddock up-close view of cars, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Pacific Raceways, 31001 144th Ave. S.E., Kent; $5-$10 (425-277-3177 or sovren.org).

Tours

Seattle Architecture Foundation

THU-SAT Walking tours, from Seattle Architecture Foundation, 1333 Fifth Ave., Rainier Square Atrium, Seattle; $15-$25 (800-838-3006 or www.seattlearchitecture.org);

• Art and Architecture, 10 a.m. Thursday;

• Art Deco: Risky Business in the Roaring '20s, 10 a.m. Friday;

• Design Details, 10 a.m. Saturday;

• High Ambitions: Concrete, Steel, Glass and Egos, 10 a.m. Saturday from Smith Tower, 502 Second Ave., Seattle;

• Family model-making workshop, recommended for 8- to 12-year-olds with adult, 11 a.m. Saturday, $15, preregistration required.

Now & Then Tour:

University of Washington

SUN Museum of History & Industry and Seattle Architecture guided walking tour celebrating the 150th anniversary of UW, 10 a.m. Sunday, Cunningham Hall, University of Washington, Seattle; $15-$20 (206-324-1126 or brownpapertickets.com).

Old Redmond

Historic Walking Tour

SUN Guided walking tour of historic downtown, rain cancels, 1 p.m. Sunday, Justice White House, 7730 Leary Way, Redmond; $8, preregistration required (425-885-2919 or www.redmondhistoricalsociety.org).

Travel events

Cruising 101 with AAA Travel

SAT Cruise information, 10 a.m. Saturday, Nile Shrine Center and Golf Course, 6601 244th St. S.W., Mountlake Terrace; free (www.aaawa.com/travel/events/).

Packing Like a Savvy Traveler

SAT Packing tips, 10 a.m. Saturday, Savvy Traveler, 112 Fifth Ave. S., Edmonds; $5, preregister (425-744-6076 or www.savvytravelerstore.com).

Europe Through

the Back Door

SAT Greece, 10 a.m. Saturday, Edmonds Theater, 415 Main St., Edmonds; free, reservations required (425-771-8303, ext. 298 or www.ricksteves.com).

Visual arts

Greenwood-Phinney Art Walk

FRI-SAT Work by more than 150 artists at 70 businesses, entertainment and refreshments at several sites, 6-9 p.m. Friday, noon-5 p.m. Saturday, Phinney Avenue North and Greenwood Avenue North between North 58th Street and North 90th Street, Seattle (www.greenwoodphinneyartwalk.com).

Auburn Downtown Art Walk

FRI-SAT Art displays and demonstrations by local artists at several venues, art activities for all ages, music, wine tasting, 4-9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Main Street, Auburn (www.auburnartwalk.com).

Camano Island Studio Tour

SAT-SUN More than 60 artists open their studios and galleries, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Camano Island (425-239-6921 or www.camanoarts.org).

Volunteer

U District Community Cleanup

SAT Pancake breakfast, 9 a.m.; work check in 9:30 a.m.; sweep, graffiti cleanup, litter removal and landscaping, 10 a.m.-noon; lunch and prizes, noon-1 p.m.; Saturday, University Heights Center, 5031 University Way N.E., Seattle; preregister (206-527-4278).

Women in the Woods

SAT Women volunteers improve Little Si Trail, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, North Bend; preregister (206-812-0122 or www.mtsgreenway.org/volunteer).