KIDS
“E.T.” The title character wants to go home, but you should leave home for this screening and family entertainment. A magician, a performance by Rosalita’s Puppets, and rides on the Frog Pond Carousel should keep everyone busy until the movie begins. Sept. 27 at dusk (entertainment at 6 p.m.). Free ($3 for carousel). Boston Common Frog Pond. 617-635-2120. www.bostonfrogpond.com
“THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND THE PEA” Who will find the treasure, the pirate or the princess? Crabgrass Puppet Theatre uses hand, rod, and shadow puppets to tell the story of sea monsters, shipwrecks, and mistaken identities. Sept. 28 and 29 at 1 and 3 p.m. $12. Puppet Showplace Theatre, 32 Station St., Brookline. 617-731-6400. www.puppetshowplace.org
“THE MAGIC OF MOZART: FAMILY OPERA DAY AT THE BPL” In anticipation of Boston Lyric Opera’s upcoming season, kids get a preview of the group’s English adaptation of “The Magic Flute” set in Ancient Maya with pyramids, serpents, temples, and masks. Zoo New England provides the animal guests; your offspring sing to Mozart’s score and make a costume or set piece; the Handel and Haydn Youth Chorus performs. Sept. 28 from 1-3 p.m. Free. Boston Public Library Rabb Lecture Hall, 700 Boylston St., Boston. 617-536-5400. www.bpl.org
ROCKET DAY Folks from the Cambridge Science Festival will show the kids how to build and launch a rocket from an empty two-litre soda bottle. We’re told the rockets can go up to 300 feet in the air using water and compressed gas. Sept. 28 from
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free (bring your empty bottles). Danehy Park,
99 Sherman St., Cambridge. www.cambridgesciencefestival.org
EVENTS
STEAMPUNK NIGHT According to the Peabody Essex Museum, steampunk is “a genre of science fiction that offers a Victorian take of what the future might look like, inspired by authors such as H.G. Wells and Jules Verne.” See it for yourself at an evening of art making, games, art-related trivia questions, galleries, a chef tasting, and performance by Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band. Dress in your steampunk outfit. Sept. 26 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. $10. Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex St., Salem. 866-745-1876. www.pem.org
“MEN OF BOSTON COOK FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH” It’s always nice when someone serves you, and if that someone is celebrity chef Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Police Commissioner Ed Davis, Celtic Great JoJo White, Patriots alum Eric Alexander, and other guys, even better. Food from more than 25 local establishments includes Paul Wahlberg’s Alma Nove, Tavolo Ristorante, Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, and Salvatore’s. Sept. 26 from 6-9 p.m. $150 (benefit for Women’s Health programs at Codman Square Health Center). Codman Square Health Center, 637 Washington St., Dorchester. 617-822-8734. www.menofboston.com
“MELTING ICE, RISING SEAS, SHIFTING SHORELINES: THE NEW REALITY” According to John Englander, sea-level rise and new storm patterns are wreaking havoc with our shorelines. The author of “High Tide on Main Street: Rising Sea Leveland the Coming Coastal Crisis” will talk and participate in a discussion. Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. Free (pre-registration recommended). New England Aquarium, Simons IMAX Theatre, Central Wharf, Boston. 617-973-5200. www.neaq.org
BOSTON SEAFOOD FESTIVAL Seafood sustainability for New England’s fishing industry is the focus of this event hosted by the Fisheries Foundation. The seafood extravaganza includes vendors, a lobster bake, celebrity chef demos, an oyster-shucking contest, educational panels, an Aquarium Touch Tank, and entertainment for all ages. Sept. 28 from 11 a.m.-10 p.m. $10. Bank of America Pavilion, 290 Northern Ave., Boston. www.bostonseafoodfestival.org
June Wulff can be reached at june.wulff@globe.com.
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