Too busy juggling life to plan life? Here are recommendations for a few family-friendly events happening around the Twin Cities this weekend, May 18-20.? Enjoy!
Peter Pan 
Friday, May 18 to Sunday, May 10: ?Peter Pan seems a storyline especially suited to ballet, which is after all, a dance form about defying gravity. The boy who never grew up will get backstage help to fly through the air in this staging by Saint Paul City Ballet. Company dancers Andrew Lester as Peter Pan, Joanna Lowry as Wendy, Ted Sothern as Captain Hook and Jennifer Rockwell as Tiger Lily lead a cast of 80 that include students from the dance school to dance the parts of mermaids, Lost Boys and pirates. 7:30 p.m. Friday; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 6 p.m. Sunday; E. M. Pearson Theater at Concordia University, 312 N Hamline Avenue, St. Paul; $25 to $12; 651-690-1588 or spcballet.org.
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Okee Dokee Brothers
Saturday, May 19:? This one-time bluegrass duo made up of Justin Lansing and Joe Mailander is now a hot family music band.? The Minneapolis musicians are releasing their their fourth CD? ?Can You Canoe? this week and celebrating with a free concert at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park? in Minneapolis, appropriately enough, overlooking the Mississippi River.? The 15 songs on the album were inspired by their month-long canoe paddle down the Mississippi last summer.? They?ll be singing about mosquitoes, tent camping under the stars, fishing and friendship. Their clever lyrics, considerable charm and musical talents on the guitar and banjo promise for a great outdoor concert.? If you miss it, you can catch them around town this summer playing at festivals and libraries.? And the album is essential summer road trip listening, even if you?re not traveling by canoe. Read more about them? here. 11 a.m. Father Hennepin Bluffs Park, 420 Main St. SE, Mpls. ; free; okeedokee.org.
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Minnesota Scottish Fair
Saturday, May 19: ?Here is your chance to see less well-known aspects of Scottish culture, such as the caber toss, in which men heave 100 pound, 20-foot long logs. The annual Minnesota Scottish Fair & Highland Games also features lots of dancing, harp competitions, sheep dog demonstrations historic reenactments, a British car show and, of course, bag pipe bands. Stuff for sale includes everything from kilts to Celtic embroidery to Scotch eggs and bridies. Ever wonder what happened to the annual Scotch fair at Macalester College? This is the same one, just in a new location. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Dakota County Fairgrounds, 4008 220th St. W., Farmington; ? $15 adults; $10 seniors; $5 children six to 15; free five and younger; mnscottishfair.org.
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Harukaze Festival of Japanese Book and Paper Arts!
Saturday, May 19: The Minnesota Center for Book Arts and the Japan America Society of Minnesota are throwing a party to celebrate the opening of three exhibits inspired by Japanese paper arts. ?Adults and children can fold origami with local masters, try suminagashi paper marbling and make a mini book using a traditional Japanese ?stab binding.? Artists will demonstrate other traditional crafts including Kirigami paper cutting, woodcut printing, Sumi-e brush painting and hand book binding. And from 1 to 1:30 p.m. you can get your name brushed by calligrapher Collette Cumella. The exhibits include a juried show of international book and paper artists whose work is inspired by Japanese tradition, a separate exhibit of Japanese brush painting by Minnesota artists, and a display of kites from Wishes for the Sky. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Ave S, Mpls.; 612-215-2520 or mnbookarts.org.
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Piccadilly Circus
Friday, May 18 through Sunday, May 20: The travelling Piccadilly Circus includes old fashioned acts like an elephant who stands on his front foot, zany circus clowns, trapeze artists and tightrope walkers. The 90-minute show also includes motorcycles that do flips off ramps and ? to judge from the photos ? some amazing Mongolian contortionists. 4:30 p.m. Friday, 1:30, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 1, 3:30 and 6 p.m. Sunday; Aldrich Arena 1850 White Bear Ave. N., Maplewood; $30 adult (buy one adult ticket, get one adult ticket free until 10 a.m. of showday); $32 at door; two free children tickets (13 and younger) per adult; 877-373-0477 or thefuncircus.com.
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DNR Outdoor Day
Saturday, May 19: ?Shoot a bow and arrow or scale the climbing wall at this outdoor sampler sponsored by the Department of Natural Resources and City of St. Paul. ?The event gives people a chance to try their hand at outdoor recreational activities, such as trout fishing in a pond, geocaching, bike riding and shooting firearms at the laser-shooting range. All equipment is free to use and there will be experts on hand to tell you about local plants and animals too. The DNR is also starting a family summer guided bike program called Shift Gears Saturday to kick off Saturday, May 19 at 10 a.m. with a ride along the Gateway Trail. 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.; DNR Central Region Headquarters, 1200 Warner Rd.; free; 651-259-5800.
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And, a final reminder that ?tis the season for all the summer seasonal openings. ??Como Town is now open with 18 amusement park rides, including the brand new swinging SS Swashbuckler Pirate Ship (built in Italy no less).
Maja Beckstrom can be reached at 651-228-5295 or mbeckstrom@pioneerpress.com
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