Our arts critics have already recommended 39 great things to do this week, our music critics have picked the 26 best concerts, and we've rounded up all of the election night parties, but there are still hundreds more events happening. To prevent some of the quirkier and more extraordinary ones from slipping through the cracks, we've compiled them here—from Seafair Weekend to the Dead Baby Downhill XXI, from an Alice in Wonderland Tea Party and Croquet Game to a show featuring the city's weirdest drag acts, and from the Dog Film Festival to pro wrestling and live music. For even more options this week, check out our complete Things To Do calendar.

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TUESDAY

COMMUNITY

1. DOGust the First
DOGust the First is the arbitrary date celebrating the birthdays of all shelter dogs. Drink on the patio, win something in a raffle, and raise money for the pet emergency medical charity Frankie's Friends.

2. Seattle Night Out
As far north as Olympic Hills and as far south as White Center, Seattle communities are gathering under the aegis of the Seattle Police Department Crime Prevention program to discuss anti-crime efforts. Often, there will be live music and other such festivities to add some gaiety.

FOOD & DRINK

3. Planned Parenthood Block Party
Eat pollo a la brasa (charcoal-roasted chicken) and drink unlimited Slow Boat Tavern beer in support of Planned Parenthood. 15% of food sales and all beer proceeds will benefit the organization. Plus, there'll be live music to cover your lip-smacks and gulps.

GEEK & GAMING

4. Total Solar Eclipse 101
Dennis Schatz (astronomy educator, author of a children's book about eclipses, and a Senior Advisor at the Pacific Science Center) will speak about the details behind the upcoming solar eclipse, including its causes, proper precautions to take during the event, and the significance and rarity of this astronomical event.

MUSIC

5. Jerry 75: A Birthday Celebration
Celebrate what would have been Jerry Garcia's 75th birthday with a night of Grateful Dead classics played by Colin Higgins, Bob Lovelace, Doug Port, and Nate Spicer.

6. Levitation Room, The Knast, Copalis, Star Meets Sea
Woozily nostalgic psych jammers Levitation Room will do its best to resurrect that Summer of Love vibe, backed by other local bands of a similar bent.

QUEER

7. Lex Killjoy in Roxy's Dollhouse
Lightsuit dancer Lex Killjoy (Motto: "Too weird to live, and too rare to die...") will spin themself a glowing aura in the dark. Come for a one-person rave performance piece.

READINGS & TALKS

8. Billy Mac
Revisit the life of baseball announcer Dave Niehaus as told by his friend Billy Mac in the new book My Oh My: The Dave Niehaus Story.

9. Deborah E. Kennedy
In Deborah E. Kennedey's first novel, Tornado Weather, tragedy strikes in tornado country as a community copes with the disappearance of a child.

TUESDAY-SUNDAY

COMMUNITY

10. Seafair Fleet Week
Seafair will honor the marines with ship parades and tours open to the public in Elliott Bay. This weekend will mark Seafair Weekend, complete with the Blue Angels flyover.

FOOD & DRINK

11. Washington State Wine Month
All month, you can tour vineyards, take advantage of special deals, taste wine pairings, cast your lot in sweepstakes, and more across the state of Washington. It's been awhile since we had a Wine Month—not since March!—so drink up.

PERFORMANCE

12. Alex & Aris
This is the world premiere of Alex & Aris, a play about Aristotle and Alexander the Great: two people who altered the shape and trajectory of the world. But this production will focus more on how they changed each other, exploring their relationship as tutor and student when Alexander was just a teenager.

13. Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation
The Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, presented by Velocity Dance Center, is a weeklong exploration of dance improvisation with intensive classes, site-specific workshops, talks, "jams" and "somatic labs," and performances.

WEDNESDAY

COMMUNITY

14. Dacha Season Announcement Party!
The fairly brand-spanking-new theater company Dacha will reveal its second season at this party full of "music, food, and surprises."

FILM

15. Come Drink With Me
A woman wuxia warrior named "Golden Swallow," an evil ass-kicking Buddhist abbot, and furious action scenes that reportedly raised the stakes for martial arts movies forever: Discover these in the 1966 Hong Kong-made film Come Drink With Me, co-presented by Seven Star Women's Kung Fu.

16. Docunight #40: Scenes from a Divorce
Shirin Barghnavard and M. Reza Jahanpanah's documentary Scenes from a Divorce captures an Iranian couple as they keep up a lie for the sake of the wife's parents: Their marriage is over, but her religious mother and father will never approve of divorce, so the young people continue to live together. The façade is difficult to uphold, as her parents live in the same apartment building. The film won Best Documentary Film in Afghanistan's International Women Film Festival and screened in festivals in Cologne and Delhi.

THURSDAY

ART

17. Ice Cream Thursdae Vol. 8: Company By Human Condition
This new and unusual ice cream parlor will bring local visual artists and musicians for a pop-up exhibit and all-black-attire party co-hosted by Seattle magazine Human Condition. TASHAZE will provide some smooth tunes to accompany your perusal and your chocolate jasmine cone.

18. Steve Sewell Performs: How to Purposefully Forget Things
Steve Sewell's "performance lecture" is based on the legal "Right to be Forgotten" established in the EU, which allows citizens to erase mentions of themselves from search engines. Sewell will draw connections to "mnemonics, Dante’s Divine Comedy, and privacy and property laws" tp explore memory and technology and their relationship to art, religion, and civics.

19. Xperience: Art Exhibition
Multimedia artists Mujale Chisebuka, Perri Rhoden, and DJ Zeta will use their various talents in screenprinting, music mixing, video, and painting to raise money for Solid Ground, the mental health and housing nonprofit group that ran Charleena Lyles's apartment unit and provides therapy and counseling for low-income residents.

COMEDY

20. Interpretations
With the help of audience prompts, improvisers will mash up famous plays, TV shows, movies, and books: think Game of Thrones written by J.K. Rowling or William Shakespeare's Breaking Bad. Each audience determines the theme of the next week's performance.

COMMUNITY

21. Risk Shop with Jordan
Whatever your boundaries are, be prepared to push them at this theatrical workshop that will "foster a consensual & safe environment in which we can explore fear, danger, and begin to unburden ourselves from semiconscious societal expectations." You won't be in any real danger, but you'll feel like you're at risk.

FILM

22. Black Out / Pangaea
The AfroPop Film series, a collaboration with the National Black Programming Consortium, brings you two short films about young African and African-diaspora lives. "Black Out" is a documentary that follows school children of Conakry, Guinea, as they search for light by which to study. "Pangaea" is a drama about a young girl stranded on her rooftop by Hurricane Katrina's waters. See these two explorations of black children's identities and struggles.

23. The Imitation Game
The Benedict Cumberbatch vehicle about the life of Alan Turing—brilliant computer scientist, breaker of Nazi codes, and victim of systemic British homophobia—will screen at this Living Computers Museum movie night.

FOOD & DRINK

24. A Most Unusual Garden Party Extravaganza
Drink a glass with the Atlas Obscura Society. Frolic, see live performances, and marvel at the Hendrick's Grand Garnisher, a steampunk-type manned contraption that slices cucumbers. Unfortunately, you'll have to get on the wait list if you want to attend.

GEEK & GAMING

25. Sailor Moon Trivia Night
Test your knowledge of magical girls and their search for the Legendary Silver Crystal. Form teams of up to six and try out for prizes.

PERFORMANCE

26. WEIRD: Round 4
Londyn Bradshaw, aka Miss Gay Seattle, invites you to immerse yourself in the city's weirdest drag acts—which, in a town like this, can be pretty out-there indeed. Proceeds will benefit the Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle and Lambert House.

READINGS & TALKS

27. Andrew Sean Greer: Less
Andrew Sean Greer will share his new novel, Less: a love story about an American traveling abroad and a feel-good travel satire.

28. Meg Cabot
Longtime YA favorite Meg Cabot has a new princess book out, this one aimed at younger readers: Royal Crush: From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess.

SPORTS & RECREATION

29. Summer Sail and Paddle Fest
Take to the waters of Lake Washington in boats and boards big and small following a "community clean water celebration." Your ticket includes boat rides, dinner, and a membership to the environmental advocacy organization Puget Soundkeepers, which defends our lovely and fragile local bodies of water.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY

FOOD & DRINK

30. Fifth Anniversary Party
Outlander's been serving unusual brews to a loyal crowd for five years now, and you're invited to celebrate their success. Hear Carragaline's live Irish music (Thursday), and Todd & the Toots' reggae (Friday), drink Biggus Dickus V barleywine and other special selections, and enjoy free snacks.

MUSIC

31. Laser Kendrick
See beautiful laser patterns writhe and shimmy to the music of Kendrick Lamar. The Pacific Science Center's newest show opens this weekend.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY

ART

32. Einar & Jamex de la Torre
Sibling duo Einar and Jamex de la Torre are Mexican artists who "juxtapose popular and religious icons and combine elements from the arts' and the arts & crafts' worlds," and in this show they'll exhibit their (often eerie and ominous) works in glass as well as lenticulars: prints that warp and shift depending on the viewing angle.

33. Fairbanks and Wickstrom: 'pnea (Air - Spirit)
The Greek suffix "-pnea" means "breath," and this exhibit by Mona T. Smiley-Fairbanks and Lisa Wickstrom takes inspiration from the term to create works embodying life, spirit, and unity.

34. Saudade & Other Untranslatable Words
This group show is centered on the theme of Saudade (a Portuguese concept of a kind of longing that English can't communicate) and other untranslatable words.

PERFORMANCE

35. Nite Skool
Nite Skool, co-presented by Annex Theatre and The Libertinis, promises a hot theatre/neoburlesque/clown take on "love, war, and hot lunch."

THURSDAY-SUNDAY

PERFORMANCE

36. Sundown at the Devil's House
Originally produced as part of Cafe Nordo's new works incubator, The Pressure Cooker, this immersive theater show written and directed by Eddie DeHais will now get the full main stage treatment at Cafe Nordo. Come for a story about the Devil's last night on earth—she'll reveal her "greatest triumphs and darkest secrets."

37. A Midsummer Night's Reverie
Sinner Saint Burlesque will present a kinky interpretation of Shakespeare's silly and lovestruck comedy that promises to be like an "erotic lucid dream." [Insert "Bottom" joke here]

FRIDAY

ART

38. Cut & Paste: A 3D Experience with Cheyenne Randall
Culture studio Possi is teaming up with Pabst Blue Ribbon and Treason Gallery to present a night with artist Cheyenne Randall as they debut a new interactive visual installation that uses a mix of video and wheat paste as mediums, all soundtracked by DJ100PROOF.

COMEDY

39. Joe Rogan
Noted Fear Factor host, podcaster, and opinion-haver Joe Rogan will perform standup comedy.

COMMUNITY

40. Cool Your Jets! G-Spotting 101
For better or worse, the Boeing Air Show is set to rattle the city this Saturday, and Babeland suggests that you get rumbling as well. Learn some g-spot and female ejaculation tips and try out to win a vibe and some earplugs.

FOOD & DRINK

41. Tom's Favorite Cookbooks Demo and Dinner Series
The man who loves crabcakes and owns a local restaurant empire is showcasing recipes from some of his favorite cookbooks (by other people), in this case Michael Solomonov's Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking. The meal, prepared before your eyes by Douglas, will include hummus and fried veggies, kubbe soup with veal, corn, and zucchini, ling cod in chicken skin, and more. The price of the meal includes cocktails and other alcoholic drinks, including the "Israeli Salad" Martini with the flavors of tomato and cucumber. Oh, and Douglas will be playing Bette Midler and singing along, apparently (?).

MUSIC

42. Battle of the Species Dance Competition
Break out your best work at this 1-to-1 open-style dance battle and all-night party, with DJ sets by Magic Sean, Angelo Paulos, and Tomahawk Bang.

43. Hot August Night: A Tribute to Neil Diamond
Take it back a few decades with this night of tribute performances to the king of easy listening, Neil Diamond.

44. Möbius Sisters Presents: Residents Night with Knotkin
The Möbius Sisters—Seattle queer scene DJs Miss Shelrawka, Rob Winter, and Derek Pavone—present dark sexy techno stylings. Come for dancing, art by Finis Ray, and sexy bondage demos by Knotkin.

PERFORMANCE

45. Booze Cruise: A Night of Booze-Infused Burlesque!
While not actually a boat ride, this night of tease by Miss Boozy Cheeks and Willy Nilly, plus the rest of the Devil's Advocates crew, will strive to evoke a a drink-soaked voyage in the tropics.

46. Gilded
This burlesque/boylesque production promises a world of glimmering glamour with performances by Caela Bailey, the Luminous Pariah, Paris Original, Trojan Original, and Moscato Extatique.

READINGS & TALKS

47. Guerrillas of Desire Book Launch with Kevin Van Meter
Guerrillas of Desire by Kevin Van Meter examines secret everyday resistance among "cashiers, wait staff, and workers" under modern capitalism.

48. Julie Grossman
It's the 21st century and women film directors in America, while by no means rare, are still outnumbered by their male colleagues. This despite the fact that women behind the camera have a long history. Take Ida Lupino, an actress who directed several classic, tough B-movies in the 1940s and '50s, including The Hitch-Hiker, The Bigamist, and Outrage, before going on to have a career in TV. Julie Grossman will present her new book on this fascinating, adaptable pioneer.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

COMMUNITY

49. Don Miguel Ruiz Jr
Don Miguel Ruiz Jr, author of The Four Agreements, will conduct two workshops on "The Soul of Intimacy" and "The Mastery of Self: A Toltec Guide to Freedom." It is explained: "The ancient Toltecs believed that life as we perceive it is a dream. We each live in our own personal dream, and all of our dreams come together to make the Dream of the Planet. Problems arise when we fall victim to believing that we have no control over the dream. Don Miguel Ruiz, Jr., takes this Toltec philosophy and explains how a person can wake up, liberate themselves from illusory beliefs and stories, and live with authenticity."

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

ART

50. Fifth Annual Between Two Worlds Show
The fifth annual Twin Peaks art show will highlight creepily atmospheric art—and at the opening reception on Friday, they'll also have doughnuts and damn good cups of coffee.

FESTIVALS

51. Anacortes Arts Festival
Fine artists and artisans sell their wares at this beloved festival, which also has three stages—one for mainstream rock/pop, one for jazz, and one for diverse genres of performance)—as well as lots and lots off food booths to nourish the 80,000-some visitors to the island.

52. SalmonFest
SalmonFest stems from a previous annual celebration, Lake City Pioneer Days, which began in 1941. Today, the SalmonFest features a bake of the revered local fish, supplied by family-owned Loki Fish Co. It's not just a piscine repast that's on the menu—there's also a street festival with guest musicians, a beer garden, booths, and a car show. The Grand Parade on August 5 will mark the 75th anniversary of Lake City Pioneer Days.

53. Umoja Fest 2017
The Umoja Fest African Heritage Festival and Parade, which takes its name from the Swahili word for "unity," has been a Seattle tradition since the 1940s that aims to highlight the history and regional culture of the African American community. The festival starts with Children's Day—which includes arts and crafts, dancing, and storytelling—and continues throughout the weekend with Soul N The Park, the Afrobeat and Roots Stage, the Heal The Hood Basketball Tournament, and Hip Hop 4 Peace. This event is part of Seafair.

PERFORMANCE

54. Fool for Love
Sam Shepard (RIP)'s tale of obsessive love comes to ACT in this production directed by Alex Bodine. Theater critic Frank Rich called the play an "indoor rodeo," and the themes covered include obsessive love, stifling confinement, and the American West.

SPORTS & RECREATION

55. Gumshoe 5K
Put on your deerstalkers and take up to 10 days (starting on Friday) to solve this neighborhood puzzle adventure, which scatters clues over three miles of Phinney Ridge. Compete to win a $100 gift card from great shops like Nutty Squirrel Gelato, Greenwood Hardware, Top Ten Toys, and more.

SATURDAY

ART

56. Monument a Surface: A Studio Visit with Dan Paz
Dan Paz—a lecturer at the University of Washington and an artist whose work has explored queer celebration and loss, facilitated international artistic collaboration, and combined communal and personal histories—will host this open-forum discussion presented as part of the exhibition Untold Passage (a show that investigates the unwritten histories of immigrant communities). In addition to discussing Untold Passage, Paz will speak about their project Monument a Surface, which ties together three emotion-laden sites: The AIDS Memorial, the African Cemetery, and the Pulse Nightclub.

COMMUNITY

57. 18 Hour Comic Challenge
Create a 18-page comic in 18 hours—they'll provide coffee, lunch, dinner, breakfast, snacks, and limited supplies. Artists pay $35 for food and supplies; watching the art-making is free.

58. Bourbon and Booty: Pegging for Beginners
Whoever you are, you can be a butt-buccaneer! Get acquainted with the art and science of pegging (usually defined as a woman penetrating a man with a strap-on). The first five customers win a treat, and everybody who's legal gets bourbon and 10% off shopping.

59. First Caturday
Put your kitty on a harness and take the precious creature out to play at this cat-centric gathering. Obviously, don't bring cats that are prone to terror of other cats or murder of everything in sight. The last Caturdays worked out just fine.

60. So You Want To Tie People Up
Blossoming kinksters, learn some useful knots and BDSM basics, including all-important consent and safety rules, in this small class conducted by Suspended Animation.

FOOD & DRINK

61. Breads of Persia Pop-Up Bakery
Join Wallingford's Essential Baking Co. for the second installment of Sohroosh Hashemi's Persian baked goods pop-up. Last month, he focused on traditional Persian pastries, and for this second pop-up, he's turning his attention to bread. Some (not all) of the baked goods are wheat-free and/or vegan.

62. Cafe Red Grand Opening Party
Cafe Red, a new Othello Station spot, is officially opening this weekend, and they're pulling out all the stops. Throughout the day, there will be a Filipino restaurant pop-up courtesy of Lahi Seattle, an art exhibit and meet-up with artist Jacob Konishi Wellman, and live hiphop from artists like SCRiBE The Verbalist, Julie-C, MadShroom MC The Brotha Boogie, Planet 39, and Lex.

63. Edmonds Summer Wine Walk
Stroll the streets of Edmonds with a glass of wine in your hand and a spring in your step. You'll have the chance to meet the local winemakers who will be pouring tastes of their hand-crafted wines around various downtown shops, and you'll also be able to purchase bottles should you want to make them yours for keeps. You'll also get to sample chocolate and shortbread from Pelindaba Lavender.

GEEK & GAMING

64. Dr Gerald Pollack: Beyond Water—What Makes the World Go Round?
UW bioengineering professor Gerald Pollack will theorize on what propels currents and wind, as well as sharing his work on the "fourth phase of water," which involves negatively charged aerosol droplets and other things he'll be much better at explaining than we are.

MUSIC

65. Bounce Brunch
Get extra helpings of bacon at Bounce Brunch, a daytime opportunity to groove to the beats of Night Train, David Lowe, Riff-Raff, and Trinitron, while munching breakfast treats and slurping Bloody Marys. Bring your dog!

66. EPIC with Brian Lyons
Resident Flammable DJ Brian Lyons is at the helm of this month's EPIC, which gives a single DJ control of the dance floor for an entire night. Visuals for this iteration of EPIC are by Pixelflip, graphic design is by Hanssen, and stage design by Celeste Cooning.

67. Heart By Heart
Steve Fossen and Michael Dressier got kicked out of and/or left the legendary rock group Heart years ago, but they regrouped and revamped, with a new group playing the old hits. Heart By Heart will play all your favorite Heart tracks, just with a different line-up, and no Wilson sisters.

68. Pixel: Soft Option
Immerse yourself in deep nerdery with this dance party themed for all things video games, with a focus on analog stylings and 8- and 16-bit animations. The 12-hour party will have 14 DJs, three party rooms, and a photographer to document your colorful costumes.

69. Project 42 Presents: Pro Wrestling and Live Music
Project 42 presents a night of pro wrestling and live music, featuring the true rock and roll power of several unannounced local groups. Hosted by Shelby Dodson, this event also features the wrestling talents of Derek Drexl, El Sonico, Nick Catford, Kate Carney, Mike Santiago, Bambi Hall, Matt Xstatic, Udo, La Avispa, Ave Rex, Julian Whyte, Christopher Ryseck, Dave Turner, and more.

70. Rainbow Remix Family Dance Party!
Join the Vera Project for a fundraiser ensuring that all Seattle Public School students have access to LGBTQIA books in their classrooms and school libraries. The event will also feature photos by Ted Zee, music by Glitter Cheetahs, DJ Christian Science and more.

71. Sky High: Above the Sound (Vol. II)
Pity the earthbound denizens of Seattle: You'll be high up dancing on the 22nd floor patio of Smith Tower to music by Michael Manahan, Errant Sons, Jason Woo, Julie Herrera, Conner Thomas, and BBecks. Wear whatever you feel best in, and bring some sunglasses for that above-ground solar flare.

72. Summer Stag Party II: Electric Boogaloo
Power-pop rippers Stag are releasing their latest album, Midtown Sizzler, and will be throwing a summer party to celebrate, with live sets by them as well as Selene Vigil et Amicis, Boss Martians, Tom Price Desert Classic, Llama, The Dirty Bomb, MKB Ultra, The Qual Cups, and DJ Kingblind.

73. Vera Rubin, BlankEyes, BareBacchus
DJ team False Prophet will set the scene for a summer evening of curated EBM, minimalist synth, darkwave, and techno tracks on the sexier end of the spectrum, with special guest DJ sets by Vera Rubin, Blankets, and Barebacchus.

PERFORMANCE

74. Mixed Bag
At this edition of the monthly variety show Mixed Bag, expect a series of summer covers from The Drop Shadows as well as season-appropriate comedy sketches. Jeanine Walker will host, and actors include Amelia Peacock, Chris Walker, and Steve Mauer.

75. Window
Silver Kite's Intergenerational Theatre, with a cast aged 19-80, continues a tour of its production Window. Each cast member represents a stage of life, examining experiences through storytelling and memory.

READINGS & TALKS

76. Larry Correia: Monster Hunter Siege
Demons run amok in a "monster-infested war zone" in Correia's new fantasy novel; hear him read and get a signed copy.

SPORTS & RECREATION

77. Adventure Hunt
If you love puzzles and aren't scared of the weekend heat, this crosstown treasure hunt might just be your thing. Assemble a team, download the Clue App, grab your Treasure Map, and get to it. There are juicy prizes at stake, like GoPro gear and a Panama vacation.

78. Dead Baby Downhill XXI
On Saturday, all of Georgetown will be blocked off for the 21st annual Dead Baby Downhill, Seattle's punk-colored Mad Max bike race. This year, the ride will begin at the old Black Dog Forge space in Belltown before making its weird and wind-y way to Georgetown. About 3,000 people typically show up to this thing, so you'll want to get there early to register. Some pretty fun-forward activities await you at Dead Baby Downhill, including the crown jewel event: BIKE JOUSTING. You can also nosh on barbecue, drink from one of the nearly 100 kegs of beer, and watch bikers swirl around a mini Velodrome while very loud rock music plays all around you.

79. Water Gun Fight
Expend your martial energies on a vigorous water gun fight. Pick the red or blue team and wear something identifying, bring your own water gun (or squirt bottle) or buy a Super Soaker pack, and don't spray anybody in the face.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

ART

80. Michael Larkin: Vampires
Artist Michael Larkin's work includes pop art portraits of famous figures—this show (which opens on Saturday) will feature 32 new paintings that explore "blood hunger and otherness in popular culture."

FESTIVALS

81. Jet Blast Bash
At the Museum of Flight's event, see Boeing's Blue Angel jets take off for their very loud flight over the city and see warbirds up close, plus hear a survival story by spyplane pilot Brian Shul.

SUNDAY

COMMUNITY

82. Alice In Wonderland Tea Party and Croquet Game
"Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you, won't you, join the dance?" If you've been through the looking glass and back, this is the party for you. Prance elegantly in the Lobster Quadrille, dressed as a lobster or some other sea denizen if you feel like it, and definitely bring some food to share and your teacup for some free theine-filled refreshments. As advertised, there will be a croquet tournament (with prizes), plus a contest for Best Steampunk Alice wear.

83. Corgi Races
Oh come on, how hard do we need to work to sell you on corgi races? Between horse races, see these stumpy-legged, fluffy-butted champions speed toward the finish line. The Auburn Valley Humane Society will also be present with adoptable animals. Leave your own pooch at home.

84. From Hiroshima to Hope
Commemorate the victims of war on the anniversary of the atomic bomb's devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japanese and Punjabi calligraphers will help decorate memorial floating lanterns, to be released at 8:15 p.m. Marcia Nakamura will play music on the koto.

FILM

85. NY Dog Film Festival
Watch friendly furfaces on the big screen during this happy, positive film festival focusing on "human-canine love." The family-friendly kind. Yes, you can bring your own pup.

PERFORMANCE

86. Romeo vs Juliet: A Comedic Misinterpretation
This retelling will adapt the Shakespearean love story to our rather stupid and farcical age. As it's a work-in-progress, you can pay what you will.

SPORTS & RECREATION

87. MX360 Fitness 5k & Carne Asada
Trot down the beach after a zumba warmup, then reward yourself with a heaping of carne asada. You'll also take home a water bottle, shirt, and medal.

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