Learn Salish Weaving at the White River Valley Museum’s Family Day

As part of the Coast Salish Weaving exhibit ^[1], The White River Valley Museum is hosting a family day event, where you can “weave on a Coast Salish loom, create a greeting card for friends and family, and pose for the camera in a authentic Coast Salish woven blanket.”

While you’re there, check out the Mary Olsen Farm ^[2], a 19th century, 60 acre farmstead, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Celebrate Dia de Muertos

Celebrate the Day of the Dead with music and dance performances, kids’ crafts (including sugar skulls and paper skeletons), craft demonstrations from Michoacan artisans, traditional altars, and a Tapete (sand painting).

See Dracula, the Ballet

The International Ballet Theater ^[5] brings you a Dracula “filled with diverse artistic offerings from classical ballet and Eastern European folk rhythms to magicians, acrobats, cloggers, and tappers. Flying bats, moving tombstones, and a bit of humor make this annual Halloween production a touching and unforgettable tradition.” For children 5 and up – costumes encouraged at matinee performances.

E.T. Karate Kid

SIFF Cinema’s Films4Families ^[8] is running E.T. : The Extra-Terrestrial The Karate Kid. Everybody loves E.T. The Karate Kid, right? (Thanks Zee, for pointing out my inability to read a schedule!)