Family Access Day at the Children’s Creativity Museum

We will have the museum to ourselves for the first hour!! Plus, guests are welcome to stay as long as they like to explore all of the exhibits at the museum. Tell your own story creating clay characters and learn to create a stop-motion movie. Code our robots Dot and Dash to make music, draw doodles and bulldoze buildings. The Mystery Box Challenge allows all ages to de-sign an original invention using surprise materials. Record your own music video using green screen technology and your favorite song.

Registration is required and reserved ONLY for children with disabilities and special health care needs and their friends and families.

Justice Back to School Fashion Show

Thousands of girls across the country (including right here in California) will be channeling their girl power as they walk the runway in the nation’s largest fashion show. Just in time for back-to-school, Justice is launching its “We Are Justice” campaign focused on inclusivity, diversity and confidence. And to kick things off, Justice is hosting fashion shows at all of its 860+ stores giving every girl the chance to shine as they walk the runway in a back-to-school outfit that will make them feel great.

Maker Day: Cyanotype Sun Prints

Take advantage of the sunny weather to make cyanotypes or sun prints, with local artist Isobel Davis. Plus, learn how to use natural and manmade objects and paper cutouts on photo-reactive paper to create your unique sun print!

MOHAI Fashion Lecture: Seattle Fashion in Boom Times

The Klondike Gold Rush reshaped Seattle, including its fledgling clothing and retail industry. Today, Seattle is booming again.

How is the tech industry changing and influencing fashion—and what parallels might there be in the city’s past?

Explore this tale of two Gold Rushes with MOHAI’s Clothing and Textile Specialist, Clara Berg.

34th Annual Downtown Alameda Art & Wine Faire

Enjoy Alameda’s largest outdoor summer street festival! The 34th Annual Downtown Alameda Art & Wine Faire has something for everyone—over 250 art & craft vendors, festival foods, craft beer and wine for the adults, music performances on three stages and interactive kids’ areas with games and carnival rides.

Annette Taborn: UHeights Summer Music Festival

On Sept. 22, join other Seattle families for a concert with Annette Taborn, the woman responsible for making blues accessible to students in public schools all over the PNW with her program “Blues In Schools.” A blues artist from Kalamazoo, MI, Annette started out as an established singer and harmonica player and then later moved to Seattle to continue sharing and spreading her love of blues.

Note: This event will also feature tasty bites from University District Farmers Market vendors. Concert takes place from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Bubble Works at Wonder Works

Bubble Works is back and bubblier than ever! Join Wonder Works as they explore the wonderful world of bubbles with various stations around the museum! You’ll also go outside for giant bubbles, bubble windows and bubble blowing.

View the Perseid Meteor Shower at Montalvo

Inspired by the night sky and beyond, Montalvo Arts Center presents “Starry, Starry Night,” a nighttime summer arts event for the whole family. Activities include a telescope viewing of the Perseid Meteor showers, art making, glow-in-the-dark games, a galactic themed selfie station, night hiking, participatory dancing, live performances, and a family-friendly outdoor movie. Guests will also have the option to conclude the evening by setting up their tents and camping out under the stars on Montalvo’s Great Lawn. The following morning, overnight campers will awaken to a pancake breakfast on the front veranda of the historic Villa.

Kids in the Kitchen: Creative Cookie Making with Angela Garbacz

Angela Garbacz of Goldenrod Bakery will lead a hands-on cookie decorating workshop that will teach your budding bakers the essentials of creative dessert making. Learn how to roll the perfect cookie, make a DIY-piping bag, and explore the benefits (and fun!) of alternative cookie ingredients.

The Educated Mommy & Spa Lé La

One of the best go-to childcare resources in Los Angeles, Educated Nannies is excited to bring “The Educated Mommy,” a 60-minute mommy and me class by founder, Ryan Jordan. Ryan is eager to share the expertise she’s gathered as a mom of two, former nanny, and the owner of Educated Nannies, one of LA’s top nanny agencies. She is knowledgeable, understanding, and passionate about empowering moms. She is exactly the kind of person you want with you on the roller coaster of new motherhood! Classes will take place at Spa Lé La in Studio City. Classes are forming now for babies born in Jun., Jul., and Aug. of 2018.