Events calendar May 2016.

• Author: Anderson, Tasha
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Anchorage

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MAY 8

Mother's Day Celebration & Opening Day

The Alaska Native Heritage Center celebrates mothers and the opening day of its 2016 summer season. Enjoy live performances, village site tours, and free admission. Alaska Native Heritage Center, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. alaskanative.net

Anchorage

MAY 6-29

The Good Times are Killing Me

A play about race, real estate, and friendship, this comic drama is set in an interracial neighborhood in the 1960s. It enjoyed a long Off-Broadway run. Cyrano's, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7p.m.; Sundays at 3p.m. cyranos.org

MAY 13

Alaska Visitor Industry Charity Walk

Also known as "Graze to Raise," participants can sample specialty foods from local restaurants and businesses along the 5K course. When the walk ends, the fun continues with dance, drinks, live music, and children's activities and carnival games afterward at Dena'ina. Dena'ina Center, 6 p.m. raceroster.com/ events/2016/7976/visitor-industry-charity-walk-anchorage

MAY 21

Ride AWAIC

Ride AWAIC is a local motorcycle ride to benefit Abused Women's Aid in Crisis, Alaska's largest domestic violence safe shelter and resource center. This ride will be a poker run with food, prizes, and giveaways at each checkpoint along the way. The ride starts at the North way Mall and ends at Denali Harley-Davidson, 10 a.m. facebook.com/RideA WAIC/

Cordova

MAY 5-8

Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival

This week long festival is a great experience and a wonderful sight to see. As many as 5 million shorebirds rest and feed in Cordova during the spring migration. There are opportunities for bird watching, hiking, presentations, community events, and many more activities fun for all ages. copperriverdeltashorebirdfestival.com

Fairbanks

MAY 21

Bacon Festival Fairbanks

Celebrate how this tasty pork product saved Fairbanks during the 1906 fire, with vendors, bacon tasting, live entertainment, and all things bacon. Downtown Fairbanks, festivalfairbanks.info

Fairbanks

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MAY 13

Golden HeART Affair

Golden HeART Affair is a partnership between the North Star Ballet and the Fairbanks Hospital Foundation to raise money for new choreography for North Start Ballet and for Hope Totes, comfort bags for newly diagnosed cancer patients. Enjoy an evening of performance, live music, silent auction, dessert auction, cocktails, and appetizers. Salisbury Theater, UAF Campus, 7p.m. fairbankshospitalfoundation.com

Haines

MAY 27-28

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