Best bets: Outdoors, orcas, magic, music and more

Vinyl: Saturday is Record Store Day. To celebrate, 20 Riverside, Vacationeer and Crystal Desert will play at the Cannery in Everett on Saturday night. The proceeds will support Bargain CDs, Snohomish County’s only independent record store. Read more about the show, the bands and Bargain CDs in our stories here and here.

Explore: The weather is looking fabulous this weekend. It would be a good day to visit Ebey’s Landing on Whidbey Island. Find out all there is to enjoy there in our story here.

Woodcarving: Quilceda Carvers Club of Marysville presents a carving show from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts, 1410 Grove St., Marysville. There will be demonstrations and vendors. $5. More info: 425-335-4904.

Hits of the ’60s: The Association were popular back in the 1960s. If you grew up then — or even if you didn’t — you likely remember their hits: “Windy,” “Cherish,” “Never my Love” and “Along Comes Mary.” You can hear them again, live, when they perform at Historic Everett Theatre on Saturday night. Get all the details on the show and catch up on what the band’s up to in our story here.

Favorite things: “The Sound of Music” celebrates its 50th anniversary with a theater re-release on Sunday at area theaters, including Alderwood Stadium theater in Lynnwood and Stanwood Cinema. The movie will also be showing at Oak Harbor Cinemas, and Pacific Place and Thornton Place in Seattle. For movie times and more information, go to www.fathomevents.com.

Swim safe: April Pools Day is from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on Saturday at Forest Park Swim Center. Bring canned food or a donation to the Park Scholarship Fund for admission. There will be a chance to practice putting on life jackets, riding safely in inflatable boats and methods for rescuing swimmers. Everett Police Department will have its dive rig in the parking lot.

Rhymes: Take the kids to “Seussical Jr.” at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; and 2 p.m. Sundays through May 2 at Village Theatre Second Stage, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. The colorful and vibrant musical adventure brings Dr. Seuss characters to life, including the Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, Gertrude McFuzz and the Whos in Whoville. Tickets are $12 to $14. For more, go to villagekidstage.org or call 425-257-8600.

Go outside: All national parks will be free on Saturday and Sunday. Around here that means Mount Rainier National Park and Olympic National Park. North Cascades National Park is always free.

Orcas: The Northwest Stream Center is hosting “Killer Whale Tales” at 11 a.m. on Saturday at McCollum Park, 600 128th Street SE, Everett. Jeff Hogan, a professional biologist and photographer, brings to life the San Juan killer whale population through photographs and underwater video. Call 425-316-8592 to register. Tickets are $5 for Adopt A Stream Foundation members and $7 for non-members.

No illusion: Magician Frank Dunn brings his Native American illusion magic show, “Cherokee Secrets,” to Everett Civic Auditorium on Sunday. The show is a fusion of storytelling, illusion, music, dance, magic and Native American legend. Get the details in our story here.

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