Family Datebook

A feast followed by football. How American. Native American. At today's Patuxet Strawberry Thanksgiving at Plimoth Plantation, the menu includes Native American singing and dancing to kick off canoe races (10:30 a.m.), the reenactment of a traditional Wampanoag feast (noon), more singing and dancing (1:30 and 3 p.m.), a boys' football game (3:15 p.m.), and a mens' football game (4 p.m.). Spectate from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. at 137 Warren Ave., Plymouth. Admission (not including Mayflower II) is $20; it's $12 for ages 6-12, free under 6. Call 508-746-1622.

If you want something done right, "Do It Your Damn Self!" So say Cambridge teens from the Community Art Center's Teen Media Program. They celebrate youth video in today's National Youth Video and Film Festival at the MFA. The kids screened 85 national entries and chose 17 finalists. The Massachusetts films are "Letters to Patrick," "Mario Sounds," and the documentary "Vicki Who?" All 17 screen consecutively, beginning at 12:15 p.m. Tickets to 465 Huntington Ave. are $6. Call 617-369-3306.

Try asking your cat for directions. When Alice asked which way to go, the Cheshire Cat replied "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to." Theater in the Open presents Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" today and tomorrow at 2 p.m. The all-ages cast acts up at Maudslay State Park, Curzon Mill Road, Newburyport. Tickets are $8; $5 for children and seniors. Call 978-465-2572. Call if the weather is inclement.

They didn't graduate this year. Yes, they finished their courses and passed their exams. Puzzled? Wakefield High School alum present "An Evening of Rodgers and Hammerstein Classics" with vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra tonight at 8 and tomorrow at 2 p.m. Songs are from "The King and I," "State Fair," "South Pacific," "Carousel," "The Sound of Music," and "Oklahoma!" Tickets to Galvin Auditorium, 525 Main St., Wakefield, are $16; they're $12 for students and seniors. Proceeds benefit the Center For Performing Arts. Call 781-245-7219 or 781-245-6536.

We declare today and tomorrow eat-those-carb days. German potato salad, pastries, and potato pancakes are a few of the treats at German Sommerfest at the Boylston Schul-Verein, Route 109, Walpole. You can dance off the calories in the outdoor pavilion. The Toronto-based Matt Lebar Band plays today from 1 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 10 p.m., and tomorrow from 2 to 6 p.m. There are games, pony rides (2-4 p.m., $1), and face painting. A donation of $5 is requested; it's free for kids under 12. Call 508-660-2018. Rain or shine.

Become a Shakespeare expert in a couple of hours, and laugh yourself silly in the process. "Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)" is performed by three actor/comics who play more than 500 characters in Mr. Bill's 36 plays. The shows run through July 4 at Salem State College's Callan Studio Theatre, 352 Lafayette St., Salem. Performances are today, Friday, and July 3 at 7:30 p.m.; tomorrow and July 4 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20; they're $15 for students and seniors. Call 978-542-6290.

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