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ANCHOR POINT

25-27 Memorial Weekend Family Fun Festival

Events include free cookouts, pancake breakfast, games for kids of all ages, teen and adult softball and home run derby, music and lots of fun. VFW and American Legion Memorial Day services at local cemeteries. anchopointchamber.org

ANCHORAGE

5-6 Alaska Bead & Gem Show

Shop for beads, findings, vintage glass and Lucite, pearls, bone, semiprecious gemstones, sterling silver, gold, Czech glass, vintage Swarovski crystal, recycled glass, seed beads, trade beads, finished jewelry and more. Crowne Plaza Hotel Anchorage, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free admission, abgs.vweb.com

5 Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

Anchorage Concert Chorus joins Anchorage Youth Symphony and conductor Linn Weeda for this special event, alaskapac.centertix.net

12 Faster Than a Falcon 5K Run

Be a part of this 3rd annual race. This flat and fast 3.1 mile race will start at Clark Middle School and run through the Mountain View community. A special prize will be awarded to anyone who can finish ahead of the Falcon mascot (The runner dressed as the falcon will run the 5k in about 28 minutes), fasterthanafalcon.info

12 Anchorage Ballet's Spring Celebration

Ballet dance concert with special guest performances. This event is part of Anchorage Ballet's 2011-2012 season. Runs approximately two hours, including intermission. Held at the Center for Performing Arts. alaskapac.centertix.net

13 Babes in Arms

A group of young performers use their conviction to mount the original revue they've created, while dodging the underhanded attempts of the surly theatre owner to squash their efforts at every turn, complicated by the overbearing stage mother of a beautiful ex-child star and the inflated ego of a hack Southern playwright. APU Grant Hall. tbatheatre.org

FAIRBANKS

5 Zymurgist Borealis Big Brew Celebration

National Homebrew Day commemorates the legalization of homebrewing. There will be a potluck and homebrew made to sample. The meeting will take place rain, snow or shine at Chena Pump Campgrounds. Contact: 907-474-2138 or email stihlerunits@mosquitobytes.com

6 The Breakup Tri

Swim a quarter mile, bike 10 miles, run 3.1 miles race. Held at University of Alaska Fairbanks, 12 p.m. Contact: (907)-378-0476 or email thebreakuptri@hotmail.com

HOMER

7 NOMAR 16th Annual Amateur Photo Contest

Exhibit will be displayed May 9-31 at NOMAR, 104 E. Pioneer Ave. Contact: 907-235-8363. nomaralaska.com

10-13 Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival

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