Globe South best bets
FAMILY
Cohasset: Russian American Kids Circus. Trained by veterans of the famous Moscow Circus, young professionals ages 6 to 16 will dazzle with feats of acrobatics, juggling, unicycles, clowns, and more Thursday, 10:30 a.m., South Shore Music Circus, 130 Sohier St. $14.50. 781-383-9850, www.southshoremusiccircus.org.
MUSIC
Hingham: South Shore Conservatory’s Evenings Under the Stars 2009 concert series presents the Evenings Under the Stars Festival Orchestra Pops Concert, the first of five open-air summer concerts in the Jane Carr Amphitheater in Hingham. Under the direction of conductor and Hingham native Nicholas Palmer, the orchestra performs the music of Georges Bizet, Maurice Ravel, John Williams, Leonard Bernstein, John Philip Sousa, and other traditional pops family favorites. Saturday, 7 p.m., South Shore Conservatory, One Conservatory Drive. $15 to $30. 781-749-7565, www.sscmusic.org.
EVENTS
Quincy: The Quincy Environmental Network is holding a Paddle for the Environment fund-raiser and environmental treasure awareness day Saturday, noon to 4:30 p.m., Quincy Recreation Boat House, Merrymount Parkway. $20 per race participant. www.qenet.org.
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