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March 8

The March of the Dogs

Bring your leashed dog, join a park ranger for a short educational walk through the Lake Hills Greenbelt and learn about the origin of dogs. What makes them different from coyotes and wolves?

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March 9

Aztec Mosaic Mask Art Workshop

Learn at the Lake Forest Park Library how Aztec masks decorated with turquoise, jade and other precious stones were used, then create and decorate your own mask.

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March 16

St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Irish Festival

Don your green and join a fun parade celebrating St. Patrick’s Day from Fourth and James to Westlake Park. Finish inside Seattle Center’s Armory with Irish arts, music and dancing.

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March 22

Peter and the Starcatcher

Studio East’s play is full of marauding pirates and jungle tyrants, unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes; great for kids ages 9 and older and their families.

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March 23

Festival of Color

Wear clothes that can get messy and head to Redmond’s Marymoor Park to celebrate the Hindu tradition of Holi. This fun day includes music, vegetarian cuisine and throwing colored powder at other revelers.

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What’s happening around town

3/19

by JENNIFER MORTENSEN

Friday, March 1

SEATTLE AREA Pig Day Out. Celebrate National Pig Day and the Year of the Pig — a special “porcine nexus” that only happens every 12 years. Music, food, crafts, live pig races and Chinese cultural dancers. Noon to 7:30 pm. FREE. Pike Place Market, Seattle. www.pikeplacemarketfoundation.org

EASTSIDE Romeo + Juliet. Set in West Virginia in the 1870s, this is a “Hatfield & McCoy” version of Shakespeare’s play. Recommended for ages 8 and older. 7:30 pm tonight and Sat., 2:30 pm Sat. and Sun. $$. Studio East, Kirkland. www.studio-east.org

SOUTH SOUND The Music Man. The Auburn Community Players perform this musical classic that follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons people into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band. 7 pm tonight; various times through March 10. $$ to $$$. Auburn Avenue Theater, Auburn. www.auburnwa.gov

Saturday, March 2

SEATTLE AREA

Family Fun Workshop: Tiny Tots.

Take a sketching tour of the galleries, then create a masterpiece inspired by your adventure. Ideal for ages 3 to 6 with an adult. 10 am to noon and 1 to 3 pm. $$. Seattle Art Museum, Downtown. www.seattleartmuseum.org

The Miraculous Journey of Edward

Tulane. Based on the award-winning

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book, this story follows Edward Tulane on a tumultuous 20-year journey to discover what truly matters: to love and be loved. 1 and 4:30 pm today; various times through March 10. $$ to $$$. Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle (Lower Queen Anne). www.sct.org Seattle Miniature Show. Displays and vendors of dollhouses and their contents, vignettes, room boxes and more. 10 am to 5 pm today, 10 am to 4 pm Sun. $, free ages 11 and younger. DoubleTree

Discover Dance at McCaw Hall

Suites by Hilton, Seattle (Southcenter). www.seattleminiatureshow.com

EASTSIDE

Sparkle Fairy’s School for Formerly

Vile Villains. Captain Hook, Cinderella’s stepsisters and the Big Bad Wolf have a chance to mend their ways in this Theater for Young Audiences play. 1 and 3 pm today, Sun, and March 9. $$. Second Story Repertory Theatre, Redmond. www.secondstoryrep.org