Family fun for whenever
Summer celebrations
• SEE Science Center (200 Bedford St. in Manchester) will hold its Kick Off to Summer Saturday, June 20, through Friday, June 26, “featuring activities using LEGO® Bricks and celebrating the 20th anniversary of the completion of our LEGO® Millyard Project,” according to see-sciencecenter.org, where you can find admission prices and pre-purchase admission. Through Labor Day, the Center is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the website said.
• The Wilton NH Main Street Association’s SummerFest will be held Saturday, June 20, according to facebook.com/wiltonmainstreetnh. “Main Street will be closed to traffic and full of vendors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. We have live music on two stages during that entire time. The Lions will also have their annual Duck Drop fundraiser in the afternoon,” according to an email from organizers. “Activities move up to Carnival Hill in the evening from 6 to 10 p.m. That will include music provided by a DJ, kids’ games, a pie-eating contest and an amazing fireworks display by JPI Pyrotechnics, enhanced this year for the 250th birthday of America,” the email said.
• The Seacoast Science Center in Rye will celebrate World Ocean Celebration Day on Saturday, June 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. featuring games, educational activities, tide pool sessions, food trucks and more, according to seacoastsciencecenter.org, where you can purchase tickets.
• The 44th Somersworth International Children’s Festival will take place Saturday, June 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Noble Pines Park and on Main Street and feature activities for kids, food vendors, craft vendors, a World Cultures Passport Center, a kids’ play area, Wildlife Encounters, roaming entertainers, a petting zoo and more, according to nhfestivals.org.
• The Nesmith Library in Windham (nesmithlibrary.org) will hold its Summer Reading Program Kickoff on Tuesday, June 23, from 4 to 7 p.m. with lawn games, the Walking Gourmet Food Truck and Bryson Lang juggling at 6 p.m., according to the website.
Live performances
• Children’s musical performer Mr. Aaron will be at the Riverfront Park in Northfield on Friday, June 19, at 6:30 p.m., according to mraaronmusic.com. You can also catch him Saturday, June 20, at noon at the Seacoast Science Center in Rye for World Ocean Day, the website said.
• The Prescott Park Arts Festival’s outdoor production in Portsmouth Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella will begin its summer run on Friday, June 19, with shows through Aug. 9, according to prescottpark.org. Performances take place most Thursdays through Sundays at 7 p.m., with some matinee performances, according to prescottpark.org, where you can reserve blanket or table space.
• The Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St. in Nashua, will rock out on Tuesday, June 23, at 7 p.m. with its Teen Rock Show featuring Fates Collide from Nashua Community Music School, according to nashualibrary.org.
• Add your voice toK-Pop Demon Hunters Sing Along, part of the Summer Movie Clubhouseseries at Cinemark Rockingham Park (15 Mall Road in Salem; cinemark. com/theatres/nh-salem/cinemark-rockingham-park-and-xd), according to the website. The movie screens Wednesday, June 17, and Thursday, June 18, at 10:30 a.m.