Events calendar.

• Author: Anderson, Tasha
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ANCHORAGE 6 Alaska Paddle Fun Day The Alaska Paddle Fun Day is a free event for the general public to learn about paddle sports including sea kayaking, stand up paddle boarding, canoeing, and pack rafting. Open to all ages and abilities. Demo boats will be available to paddle. Presentations and Demonstrations will include cold water safety, rescues, trip planning, Leave No Trace camping, equipment, and more. Goose Lake, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. aksks.org 6 Potter Marsh Discover Day This family-friendly event brings you nature-related games and prizes, invertebrate sampling, birding stations along the boardwalk, captive birds from the Bird Treatment and Learning Center, educational animals from the Alaska Zoo, kid-friendly archery range, fly and spin casting practice, and more. Potter Marsh Boardwalk and Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. adfg.alaska.gov 6-7 & 13-14 Three Baron Renaissance Fair This annual fair boasts a range of activities, including singing with pirates, performances by belly dancers, swordplay demonstrations and battles, and local food and arts vendors. Tozier Sled Dog Track, Noon to 8 p.m. daily. 3barons.org 9 100+ Women Who Care Anchorage Members of the 100+ Women Who Care Anchorage meet four times a year for one hour. At the meeting, a charity is selected and each woman present instantly writes a check for $100 to the charity, raising $10,000 or more quarterly for Anchorage-based nonprofits or Anchorage branches of national charities. This is the third meeting for the group, which met for the first time December 2014. Millennium Alaskan Hotel Anchorage, 5:30 registration, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. 100wwcanchorage.org 20 Downtown Summer Solstice Festival and Hero Games Alaskans celebrate the longest day of the year in Town Square and Surrounding streets with tons of events packed into one sweet celebration. Live musical performances keep downtown hopping until the sun goes down, a tall order on a day with twenty-two hours of functional daylight. Events include the Hero Games, a friendly competition between Alaska's first responders charging through obstacle courses, bucket brigades, and different relays and the Children's Rainbow Factory, which includes puppet shows, a kayak pool, and giant sandbox. Fourth Avenue and Town Square, Noon to 6 p.m. anchoragedowntown.org 20 Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon & Half Marathon Nearly four thousand runners and walkers will travel to run the scenic trails of Anchorage at the annual...