TODAY

• Today is Family Saturday At The Schneider Museum Of Art. The museum is located on the Southern Oregon University campus in the Center for the Visual Arts at 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland. Events include: from 10-11 a.m., join Perii Hauschild-Owen from Ashland Public Library as she shares stories with flare and pizzazz. This is a free event for all ages. From 1-2:30 p.m., the hands-on workshop will be puppet making, using everyday objects. Then learn how to give your puppets a personality. Cost: $5. Register by calling 552-6389. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on First Fridays. Call 541-552-6245 or see www.sou.edu/sma.
• From 9 to 11:30 a.m. today, the American Red Cross at 60 Hawthorne Ave., Medford, offers a free course for kids ages 8-to-11 to prepare them to respond to a variety of situations including answering the phone and door, gun and Internet safety, personal safety and first aid. Each student receives a free first aid kit, participation guide and emergency phone list. Parents are encouraged to attend the last half-hour to watch the safety video and participate in the final class activity with their children. Call 779-3773.
• The Pear Blossom Parade begins at 11 a.m. today in downtown Medford. The street fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Alba Park, at West Main and Holly streets. The fair will feature food, children's activities, artists and artisans, pony and horse-drawn wagon rides. Call 779-4847 or 734-PEAR.
• The Native American Student Union will present the 15th annual spring Powwow today and Sunday in McNeal Pavilion on the Southern Oregon University Campus, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland. The grand entry will be presented at 1 and 7 p.m. today and at noon on Sunday. Admission is free and all drums and dancers are welcome to this family-friendly event. Call 552-6463.
• A three-week class in clay sculpture and journal-making for kids 7-11 will begin a 4 p.m. today at Rogue Gallery and Art Center, 40 S. Bartlett St., Medford. Cost is $35. See www.roguegallery.org or call 772-8118.

SUNDAY

• The teenage winners of the sixth annual Jackson County District 8 solo music competition will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater, 23 S. Central, Medford. Admission is free. Details: 779-3000.

MONDAY

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• July's cardboard boat races are a great family activity, and families can start planning by attending a free class from last year's winner on how to build a winning boat. From 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Jim Kurtz will share the do's and don'ts of boat building at the Santo Community Center, 701 N. Room 7. It's free. Call 774-2400.

FRIDAY

• Kids ages 4-to-12 are invited to spend the evening watching movies, doing arts and crafts and playing in a jumphouse from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday at The Santo Center at 701 N. Columbus Ave., Room 16, Medford. During Parents Night Out, the Santo Center offers parents a chance to enjoy an evening out while giving their children an opportunity to hang out with other kids in a safe, supervised environment . Cost is $10 per child. Call 774-2400.
• All the lap lanes come out and the big toys go in for great family fun from 6:30 to 9 p.m Friday at the Ashland Family YMCA pool, 540 YMCA Way, Ashland. The event is free to families with one Y member and $5 to non-member families. For details, call 482-9622.

"What to do" is a weekly listing of local events available to Rogue Valley families. For a complete rundown, see Tempo listings Fridays in the Mail Tribune. If you have an item of interest, send it to: What to do, Mail Tribune, P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501.