Events calendar July 2016.

• Author: Anderson, Tasha
• Position: PLAY - Calendar

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JULY 4

Alaska communities celebrate Independence Day

Food, music, parades, and fireworks. Check out TravelAlaska. com, Anchorage.net, ExploreFairbanks.com, and other local community websites for what's going on at your Fourth of July travel destination.

Anchorage

JUL-AUG 22-14

Antony and Cleopatra

Virtue and vice, transcendent love, and politics combine in Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare's greatest exploration of sex and power, all expressed in a magnificent tragedy of this fascinating Queen of Egypt and the Roman who loved her. Cyrano's; Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 7 p.m., Sundays 3p.m. cyranos.org

JULY 30-31

Arctic Thunder Air Show

The 2016 Arctic Thunder Air Show and Open House is open to the public and admission is free. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.alaskaairshow.org

Cordova

JULY 15-16

Copper River Wild! Salmon Festival

Celebrate salmon and promote the health and sustainability of local salmon runs through art, music, road races, educational activities, and the Taste of Cordova Salmon Cook-Off. Mt. Eyak Ski Hill. copperriverwlld.org

Eagle River

JULY 6-10

Bear Paw Festival

Events at this annual festival UKU include the Slippery Salmon Olympics, the Running of the Bears, human foosball, Teddy Bear Picnic, classic car show, parade, carnival rides, and the I-Did-A-Duck race. bearpawfestival.org

Fairbanks

JULY 1-4

Alaska State Square Dance Festival

This is the 50th annual square dance festival and includes workshops, evening dances, and square and round dancing. Far North Square and Round Dance Center, wesquaredance.com/ Flyers/Alaska/index.pdf

JULY 16-24

Golden Days

Celebrate Fairbanks' gold rush history with a parade, historic reenactments, rubber duckie race and more. Golden Days also includes a parade, street fair, comedy night, barbeque championships, and a river regatta which is not a river race, but a flotilla where winners are judged on creativity and integration of the Golden Day's theme "For the Love of Gold." fairbankschamber.org/golden-days

JULY 17-31

Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival

Sing, play, dance, paint, cook, learn, listen, relax, write, stretch, and watch at this multi-discipline study performance festival offering workshops, masterclasses, and performances, fsaf.org

JULY 20-23

World Eskimo-Indian Olympics

Athletes compete in traditional games and celebrate through pageants, dances, and Native arts and crafts. Carlson Center, weio.org

Girdwood

JULY 1-3

Girdwood Forest Fair

The Forest Fair...