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Earthquake Engineering: Homeschool Class
Kids Tue., May 21, 1:30-2:30 p.m.510-642-5133
Art on Center
Art Galleries, Kids Fri., May 24, 12-10 p.m.510-464-7133
Dear Elizabeth Teen Night
Kids, Theater & Performing Arts Fri., May 24, 6:30 p.m.510-647-2972
San Ramon Art & Wind Festival
Fairs, Festivals, & Fiestas, Kids Sun., May 26, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.925-973-2500
OMCA Family: Gold Panning
Kids, Museums Sun., May 26, 12-4 p.m.510-318-8400
"A Sky Full of Stars"
Kids Mon., May 27, 1-1:45 p.m.510-642-5133
Bay Area KidFest
Kids Sat., May 25, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun., May 26, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Mon., May 27, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.925-671-3287
Tyke Explorers: Sowing Seeds
Kids Tue., May 28, 10 a.m., 12:30 & 3 p.m.510-336-7373
Chocolate and Chalk Art Festival
Fairs, Festivals, & Fiestas, Culinary & Wine, Kids Sat., June 1, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.510-548-5335
Nowhere do chocolate and chalk pair so well than at the annual Chocolate and Chalk Art Festival at Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto (Shattuck Avenue, between Rose and Delaware streets), where artists transform the city's sidewalks into a veritable chalk canvas under the gaze of chocolate-chomping revelers. In addition to live music, kids activities, and vendors, this year's festival on Saturday, June 2, features unusual chocolate offerings including chocolate goat-cheese truffles, Caribbean chocolate soup, and chocolate ricotta pizza. Artists of all abilities can sign up for the chalk-art contest the day of the event and win up to $250 in cash prizes. Rain postpones to June 9. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., free. 510-548-5335 or AnotherBullwinkelShow.com
free9th Annual Ecology Center Family Fun Festival
Fairs, Festivals, & Fiestas, Kids Sat., June 1, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.510-981-5150
Summer is swiftly approaching, and if you can hear the sounds of bouncy houses and farm animals, it's not just your imagination. The Berkeley Farmers' Market's seventh-annual Family Fun Festival comes to Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park (Center St. at Martin Luther King Jr. Way) on Saturday, June 4, bringing with it a colossal variety of free, kid-centric activities: an all-day bouncy house, face painting, a craft booth, a petting zoo, and more. Grammy-nominated Caribbean artist Asheba performs at noon, followed by a family dance, a skateboard contest, and the obligatory cakewalk. Brace yourself. 10 a.m., free. 510-548-3333 or EcologyCenter.org
freeNorthern California Pirate Festival
Fairs, Festivals, & Fiestas, Attractions, Kids, Social Events, eLerts Saturday, June 15, Sunday, June 1610am to 6pm
Featuring over 1200 costumed actors from British Naval officers to swimming mermaids, the annual Fathers Day Weekend event appeals to children and adults alike with four stages of continuous live music from acoustic maritime classics to pirate rock, rows of nautically inspired handcrafts, gourmet foods, micro brewed beers, a dedicated Children's Area, and a 360 degree pirate battle featuring tall ships, black powder cannons and invading sword fighters.
Adults: $10
Children under 12 FREE.
www.norcalpiratefestival.com
$7-$30
Berkeley Kite Festival
Sports & Outdoors-Participatory, Kids, Attractions, Fairs, Festivals, & Fiestas Thu., June 27, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Fri., June 28, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.510-235-5483
Alameda Fourth of July Parade and Festival
Fairs, Festivals, & Fiestas, Attractions, Kids Thu., July 4510-263-9399
10th Annual Temescal Street Fair
Fairs, Festivals, & Fiestas, Kids, Social Events Sun., July 7, 12-6 p.m.510-860-7327
It's time once again for the annual Temescal Street Fair, which for the ninth year will stop traffic along a stretch of Telegraph Avenue in North Oakland for a day of food, drink, live performances, and other family-friendly revelry. This year's festival features a jam-packed lineup of performers across four stages, three stomach-stuffing food courts, and more than one hundred craft-tastic vendor booths. Among the many offerings to take in: a performance by the Kinetic Arts Center's young circus troupe, drinks from The Avenue and bites from Barlata, and crafts from artisans at the new Temescal Alley. Between 42nd and 51st sts. on Sunday, July 8. Noon-6 p.m., free. 510-860-7327 or TemescalDistrict.org
freeAlameda County Fair
Fairs, Festivals, & Fiestas, Kids Fridays-Sundays, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. and Tuesdays-Thursdays, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Continues through July 7925-426-7600
Last year, the Alameda County Fair made the Guinness World Records for producing the world's largest "commercially available" hamburger (it weighed in at a whopping 777 pounds). This year marks a less caloric (though no less weighty) landmark for the annual fete: the fair's centennial. Festivities are already well underway at the Alameda County Fairgrounds (4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton), but you can still catch events like the hot-dog eating contest on Wednesday, July 4; the diaper derby on Friday, July 6; and all the barbecued, battered, and fried delights that keep us coming back each year. Through July 20. Tue.-Thu. 11 a.m.-10 p.m; Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; July 4 11 a.m.-9 p.m. $6-$10, free for kids under six. 925-426-7559 or AlamedaCountyFair.com
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