![]() It’s Saturday, May 20, World Fiddle Day. Happy birthday to philosopher/author/economist John Stuart Mill (1806-1873). Today in 1956, the United States tested a new hydrogen bomb on the Bikini Atoll island of Namu. It should be mostly sunny, with a high in the upper 60s. Learn to play the fiddle today:
• Find a new job at the city of Wilsonville’s Hiring Fair, 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wilsonville City Hall, 29799 S.W. Town Center Loop East. www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/jobs • Be fashionable at the Union Gospel Mission’s Tea Party and Fashion Show to benefit the women and children in the Mission's LifeChange program, 10 a.m. to noon, Embassy Suites Washington Square, 9000 Washington Square Road, Tigard. www.ugmportland.org • Learn about “traveling seeds” at the Leach Garden Children’s Nature Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 6704 S.E. 122nd Ave. www.leachgarden.org • Learn more about improvements are coming this summer to Southeast Stark Street near Mt. Hood Community College during a Multnomah County open house, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Skyland Pub, 3175 S. Troutdale Road; and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at a Gresham Saturday Market booth, MHCC parking lot. https://multco.us • See some history at the Lake Oswego Historic Home Tour, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., begin at the Oswego Heritage House and Museum, 398 10th St., after you have purchased a ticket. http://www.oswegoheritage.org • Honor Portland Police Bureau’s Canine Unit as it dedicates a new canine memorial, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 4735 E. Burnside St. • Find something good to read at Beaverton City Library’s book fair, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 12375 S.W. Fifth St. www.BeavertonLibrary.org • Show your creative side at the Crafty Wonderland Spring Art & Craft show, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Oregon Convention Center, 777 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. https://craftywonderland.com/ • Join the Oregon Historical Society to celebrate completion of the Sovereign Building and mural restoration, 3 to 4 p.m., 1200 S.W. Park Ave. www.ohs.org
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