Community Calendar

This is a permanent exhibition. Since time immemorial, Tribal nations have existed in this place we call Washington. This Is Native Land invites visitors to understand Washington State through the lived experiences and voices of its Native people.

Tribal nations are sovereign nations. Today, Native history, culture, and community thrive in our state. Through everyday acts of sovereignty – big and small – Indigenous peoples demonstrate they are still here, they have persevered, and they will always be here.

This Is Native Land is guided by three teachings:
We are of the land and waters
With knowledge comes responsibility
Sovereignty protects people, lands, and waters

These teachings are shared through multimedia, artwork, and interactive objects designed for guest engagement. They represent a contemporary continuation of Tribal stories and traditions.

Over 100 Native contributors from more than 60 Tribes shaped the exhibition’s stories and content. We thank the Native Advisory Committee and all community participants for their contributions.

Spread your wings and go wild this Spring Break at the Hands On Children’s Museum! Enjoy feathered fun with live animals, bird and bug science, and hands-on flying crafts.

Live Animal Guests & Special Experiences:

• Meet live raptors with The Falconer and visit friendly chickens from Animal Encounters Petting Zoo.
• Get up close with insects from Pest Stop and learn which bugs are helpful (and even edible!).
• Discover how birds evolved from dinosaurs with experts from the Burke Museum.
• Learn backyard birding tips with the South Sound Bird Alliance and build a feeder in our MakeSpace.
• Enjoy high-energy science demos with Dr. Science and music and stories at Rock N’ Read with Liza.

Presented by: Watson’s Greenhouse

The Falconer Sponsored by: Wild Birds Unlimited

Creepy Crawlies & Crickets Sponsored by: Pest Stop

Dive into the whimsical world of Moominvalley and the life of its creator, Tove Jansson, with "Moomins’ Sea Adventures" and "Tove and the Sea".

"Moomins’ Sea Adventures" brings Moominvalley to life with illustrations and life-sized characters from the stories. In the center of the exhibit is an interactive island complete with a lighthouse and rowboats that invites visitors to imagine adventures of their own.

"Tove and the Sea" offers a more intimate counterpoint, tracing Tove Jansson’s lifelong relationship with the Finnish archipelago through large-scale photographs and reflective texts.

The 37th Annual Best of the Northwest Spring Show returns to Hangar 30 at Magnuson Park on April 11-12 with original, handmade work from over 100 Pacific Northwest artists - painting, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, glass, fiber, and more.

Beyond shopping for one-of-a-kind work, there's plenty to experience: watch artists work live through the Artists in Action demos, explore a special exhibit and live carving demonstrations by the Northwest Stone Sculptors Association, and cheer on two debut Emerging Artist Program winners making their first show appearance. Free youth soapstone carving workshops are available for ages 5–17 (pre-registration recommended). Local food vendors, indoor dining, and a community art project round out the weekend.

Advance tickets $5 / $8 at the door. Kids 12 & under free - entry valid both days. Free parking, ADA accessible.

Celebrate Japanese art, culture, and community at the Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival on April 10-12 at the Armory Food & Event Hall and Fisher Pavilion, and Exhibition Hall (Saturday only) at Seattle Center. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, this family-friendly festival promotes cross-cultural exchanges and a deeper understanding about Japanese and Japanese American culture and heritage in both traditional and contemporary ways.

Enjoy an array of cultural stage presentations and demonstrations including koto music, taiko drumming, traditional dance performances, martial arts demonstrations, and tea ceremonies. Experience the fine art of Shodo calligraphy and ikebana displays in the Armory Lofts. Family-friendly activities and workshops include tegata “hand print” making, children’s kite making, fan making, and kimono and yukata dressing. Peruse the expanded art exhibit and delight in delicious culinary treats before shopping at the large Japanese community market.

Saturday only: Don’t miss the second annual Rain City Open, a free sumo wrestling tournament hosted by Rain City Sumo, taking place Saturday morning in the Exhibition Hall. Saturday & Sunday: There will be special bingata stencil dyeing workshops, as well as a 21+ Sake Tasting – both with added fees.

Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival is part of Seattle Center Festál, a year-round series of 25 free cultural festivals. Learn more about Festál (seattlecenter.com/festal).

A herd of animal sculptures and wild paintings fills Northwind Art's gallery in downtown Port Townsend. The show, titled “New Work by Randy Sturgis and Peter Koronakos” features Randy's giant acrylic-charcoal-oil paintings and Peter's animals made of found objects. Together, they make a rich gallery environment. You can even pick up one of the scavenger hunt game cards as you roam around the show. The gallery is open 12 noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays; this exhibit runs through May 4.
Also: during Port Townsend's first-Saturday Art Walk, you can meet the artists and enjoy refreshments and conversation from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 4 and May 2.

Jacobsen Series 2025-26 performances featuring Puget Sound music faculty, renowned guest artists, and inspiring themed concerts.

The Jacobsen Series was established in 1984 in honor of Leonard Jacobsen, former chair and professor of Puget Sound’s piano department. Ticket sales support the Jacobsen Series Scholarship Fund, annual music scholarships awarded to outstanding student performers and scholars in the SAI international music organization. Thank you to our many patrons whose support has benefitted students and contributed to this successful series. The Keyboard Series, now in its third year, features a dynamic lineup of charismatic guest artists.

To learn more, visit pugetsound.edu/jacobsen or call the School of Music at 253.879.3741.

🎷 Jazz Jam at Butter Notes Café 🎷
📍 Butter Notes Café – Everett, WA
🗓️ Every 1st & 3rd Sunday @ 2 PM

☕ Come sip, snack, and swing!

Join us for an afternoon of live jazz and spontaneous creativity at Butter Notes Café! Whether you’re here to play or just enjoy the vibes, you’re welcome.

🧇 Fresh croffles and warm coffee served all afternoon
🎶 Open to all instruments, all levels
💛 Donations encouraged to support local musicians and future sessions

Bring your instrument, your friends, or just your love for music!

Discover ancient and forgotten musical instruments, performed by music historians whose
work with instruments seldom seen outside of museums. The magical thing
about Medusa Quartet is that these historians also create the loveliest and most haunting
music with these instruments, and show how the strange and sometimes-dismissed can
intertwine with the ordinary to produce something profound and beautiful.
Medusa Quartet—Saskia Tomkins, Marta Solek, Geo Hathaway, and Lea Kirstein—introduce
instruments with names like knee-fiddle, suka, nyckelharpa, and plock fiddle. These are
instruments found in archaeological digs, museums, and even trash heaps of old. According to
their official website, “Medusa the band aims to [bring back] what has been cast out…they
resurrect…near-forgotten traditional folk fiddles with disreputable connotations, rejected and
[sometimes literally] buried in their home countries of Poland and Sweden.” These
strange-looking instruments play beautifully alongside the more familiar and modern viola,
fiddle, and cello, and conjure up haunting melodies from Ireland, Eastern Europe, the
Mediterranean, Appalachia, and Scandinavia.
The award-winning performers of Medusa Quartet have made it their mission to lift up that
mythical Gorgon Medusa, “wielding a sound that would turn classical music scholars to
stone…Medusa tempts us to redefine what is beautiful.”

Anacortes-based artist Lucia Enriquez will give a demonstration of her digital art-making techniques and answer questions about her creative process. Everyone is invited to attend, and to see Lucia's deep, blue artworks on view in Northwind Art's "Showcase 2026" exhibit. This artist makes work shaped by her experiences with immigration, family history, her Filipina heritage, and time spent in nature. “Art is my way of searching for meaning in our constantly changing world,” she writes. Trained as a traditional printmaker, Lucia incorporates digital painting and special effects into her practice.
Northwind Art's gallery is also open 12 noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays.