Beautiful cherry blossoms are flowering all over the Bay Area just in time for the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival. One of California’s most prominent celebrations of Asian traditions on Saturday and Sunday April 11-12 and April 18-19, on Post Street between Laguna and Fillmore Streets. Leashed dogs are welcome.

Friday, April 10

Found Poetry Craft, 3-4pm, Marin City Library.

Kids' Pajama Party with Kenard Pak, 6pm, diesel, a Bookstore, Larkspur.

Mother Son Dinner Dance, 7-9pm, Corte Madera Community Center.

Market Street Prototyping Festival

Strictly Sail Pacific, Oakland

Saturday, April 11

Creekside Restoration with Save The Bay, 9am – 12pm, ages 5+, Volunteer work is mildly strenuous and involves bending, pulling, and kneeling, and hiking on steep and uneven terrain, Hal Brown Park, Bon Air Rd, Greenbrae.

Marin County Volunteer Fair, 10am-2pm, entertainment, food, guest speakers and an opportunity to connect with local nonprofit organizations, Buck Institute, Novato.

Roy’s Redwoods Loop Hike, 10am – 12:30pm, 2.5 mile hike through this beautiful preserve. This activity is easy. Friendly dogs are welcome, but must be leashed. Meet at the Roy’s Redwoods Loop trailhead on Nicasio Valley Rd in San Geronimo.

Junior Chef Class, 10am, ages 5–13, Lunch Box Lessons, Williams-Sonoma, The Village at Corte Madera.

Good Night Yoga: A Pose-by-Pose Bedtime Story, 11am, meet the author Miriam Gates, Book Passage, Corte Madera.

Alicia Retes, Storyteller and Musician, 11am-12pm, Stinson Beach Library.

Yuri's Night, Celebrate Space! 12-8pm, free, authentic Yui Gagarin artifacts, Skye session with astronaut Dan Bursch and more, The Space Station Museum, Novato.

SHARE-A-Book Dogs, 1-2pm, Mill Valley Library.

TableTop Day, 1-5pm, Marin City Library.

Headlands Nightlife: Family Night Hike & Campfire, 6-8:30pm, NatureBridg, Sausalito.

Howl's Moving Castle, 8:30pm, North Bay Drive-In Movie Night, Novato.

Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, Japantown, San Francisco.

Music for Families: Let's Imagine! 2pm, San Francisco Symphony.

History for Half Pints, 12-4pm, California Historical Society.

Market Street Prototyping Festival

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, 2pm, ages 8+, Children's Creativity Museum Theatre, San Francisco.

Nature Stories Along the Ecology Trail, 2-3:30pm, explore the natural world within the Presidio’s historic forest and learn about a rare natural habitat as you enjoy cultural tales about the plants and animals who live there.

Point Bonita Lighthouse Tour, 12:30-3:30pm, Marin Headlands.

Afternoon Art, 1pm and 4pm, Randall Museum.

Drop-In Science, 10:30, Randall Museum.

Doing and Viewing Art, ages 4-12, 10am, deYoung Museum.

Fancy Nancy, The Musical, 11am & 2pm, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley.

Strictly Sail Pacific, Oakland

Sheep Shearing Day, 11am-1pm, Petaluma Adobe.

Monster Trucks, 7pm, Levi's Staduim, Santa Clara.

Berkeley Bay Festival, 11am-4pm, music, free sailboat and Dragon boat rides, eating tasty food, and explore the marina, Berkeley Marina!

Children’s Fairyland, Oakland.

Bodega Bay Fish Fest

California Baby & Kids Expo, 10am-5pm, The Fairgrounds, Santa Jose.

Cardinalpalooza, free, join Stanford Sports Festival.

Sunday, April 12

Marine Science Sunday, 10am-5pm, Magnificent Migrations, Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito.

Learn to Skate at McInnis, 11am – 1pm, rangers will offer tips and techniques for beginners as well as ways to attack features that build confidence and skill, McInnis Park, 310 Smith Ranch Rd, San Rafael.

Point Bonita Lighthouse Tour, 12:30-3:30pm, Marin Headlands.

Side-by-side concert with the Marin Symphony, 3pm, Marin Veteran Auditorium, San Rafael.

Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, Japantown, San Francisco.

Sunday Streets, 11am-4pm, Bayview/Dogpatch, San Francisco.

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, 11am & 2pm, ages 8+, Children's Creativity Museum Theatre, San Francisco.

Dino-Light, 11am & 2pm, cutting-edge puppetry and dance, Jewish Community Center, San Francisco.

Preschool Super Fun Sundays, 10-11:30am, Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Drop-In Art-Making, 12:30pm, Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Fancy Nancy, The Musical, 11am & 2pm, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley.

Children’s Fairyland, Oakland.

Strictly Sail Pacific, Oakland.

Bodega Bay Fish Fest