Play Date! Great Family Events and Deals in the Sammamish Area

EVENTS FOR FAMILIES, July 27 – Aug. 3

July 27: Make a Windmill at the

• 4 to 8 p.m.
• It is artist and crafter week at the Sammamish Farmers Market and the activity for kids is making your own windmill. Visit with representatives from the Sammamish Community Wildlife Habitat Project and Washington Native Plant Society and find out how you can make your yard more diverse with native and sustainable plant life and inviting to wildlife.
• Cost: Free

July 28: Summer Concerts in the Park featuring a Funk and Groove concert by DoctorfunK at

• 6:30 to 8 p.m.
• Enjoy a family-friendly concert. Sammamish and will be selling food, including ice cream and burgers, to benefit local projects that support youth and the community. 
• Cost: Free

July 29 – 31: Ananda Mela Joyful Festival of India at the Campus

• July 29: 7 to 9 p.m.
• July 30 and 31: Noon to 9 p.m.
• A celebration of India, featuring delicious food, free live music and dance performances, activities for kids, vendors, magicians, visual art displays and community organizer booths. Co-sponsored by the and Sammamish’s with grants from 4culture.org and Paint the Town.
• Cost: Free

 July 29: Tales from a Small Planet at the

• 3 p.m.
• Kids ages two years old and up with caregivers will enjoy a live performance by band The Harmonica Pocket. Overhead and underfoot, hidden and in plain sight, hundreds of stories from Planet Earth are waiting to be told. Sponsored by the Friends of the Sammamish Library.
• Cost: Free but come early as seating may be limited

 July 29 to 31: Kidsfair at the

• Friday and Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
• Sunday 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Kids ages three- to 12-years-old will enjoy lots of fun, free art activities inside the museum including painting with pastels, making colorful creations with beads and creating a spinning mini movie using your own drawings. This is a great opportunity to escape from the heat and crowds of the fair and kids love all the hands on art activities. Plus admission to all the great exhibits at the museum are free the entire weekend.
• And while you are at the fair, visit and interact with the installation by Sammamish fiber Artist , Experience Web: An Open Book.
• Cost: Free

Sweet Deals

$10 Tuesdays at

• Deal: Any Papa Murphy’s pizza for $10 – any size, any type. 
• Good Through: Ongoing for a limited time only.

Going Out of Business Sale

• Deal: Up to 40 percent off everything in the store. Also you can only use your Borders Bucks and Borders gift cards for a limited time so get in the store this week and use those up while you still can. And note that all sales are final.
• Good through: Borders Bucks expire July 31, 2011.