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Arts and crafts, as well as homemade treats, help groups raise funds during holidays.
• A list of this year's nonprofit bazaars in South Sound
Parents should have no trouble finding kid-friendly fun at this year's Puyallup Fair.
To mark the beginning of the upcoming school year, we asked for your photos and stories from the first day of kindergarten. Readers shared memories of their own big day, and those of their kids.
OLYMPIA — Move over, drivers. Portions of downtown Olympia this Saturday will belong to dogs, cats and other pets of all shapes, sizes and colors as part of The Olympian’s 80th annual pet parade.
California Baptist University Choir and Orchestra: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Mountain View Church, 940 Israel Road S.W., Tumwater. Enjoy an amazing night of music and worship. Call 360-943-0795.
In 1985, the poet and Kentucky farmer Wendell Berry wrote a very brave book on the American race issue from the point of view of a white family that had once "owned" other people. It was his own family he was talking about. His interactions with African-American and white elders as a young man growing up in the post-Civil War South became the raw material of this book called "The Hidden Wound."
Lots of events for families in and around South Sound this week:
Elle Lofing took one look at the minced pork with pears that I placed in front of her and gave me a look that said, "Seriously?"
Colleen Miller used to wait patiently in the indoor lounge of a snowboarding park while her young son spent a couple of hours on the slopes, but not anymore.
Seattle Children's Theatre presents "Goodnight Moon": Performanes are through June 7, Eve Alvord Theatre, 201 Thomas St., Seattle. $13-$33. 206-441-3322 or www.sct.org.
• Homestyle Pancake Breakfast and Easter Egg Hunt: Breakfast served from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., egg hunt starts at 1 p.m. today, Skookumchuck Grange, 5345 Skookumchuck Road S.E., Tenino. Call 360-264-2494.