• The free family friendly SummerFEST 2012 will take over Fort Steilacoom Park, 8698 87th Ave. S.W., Lakewood for two days. There will be a KIDZ Zone, a public market, live entertainment from two stages, a three-on-three basketball tournament, a 5K fun-run and more. Hours are 10 a.m.-11 p.m. today and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday, 253-983-7887, lakewoodparksandrec.com.
• The Tacoma Rose Society is holding its Annual Rose Show. The flowers will be on display from 6:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at Jackson Hall, 314 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Tacoma. Admission is free, tacomarosesociety.org.
• The annual Samoa Cultural Day starts at 9 a.m. today. It’s at Clover Park High School, 11023 Gravelly Lake Dr. S.W., Lakewood. 253-383-3900, asiapacificculturalcenter.org.
• The Tacoma Twilight Criterium 2012 cycling event is today from 4:30-9 p.m. in the Proctor District, North 26th and Proctor, Tacoma. It’s free, tacomatwilight.com.
Check out blog.thenewstribune.com/getout for more events.
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