• Enjoy the birds that call this area home at the guided Bird Walk today from noon-1:30. It’s at Adriana Hess Wetland Park and Audubon Center, 2917 Morrison Road W., University Place. It’s free; 253-591-6439, TahomaAudubon.org.
• Join author and preservation design reviewer, Russell Holter, as he talks about Washington railroad history at the Historical Railroad Wrecks of Southern Puget Sound event today. The co-author of “Rails to Paradise: The History of the Tacoma Eastern Railroad (1890-1919)” has researched many Washington train crashes, and one of the wrecks featured in his talk is the infamous March 13, 1959, wreck of a runaway, crewless train that resulted in many casualties and destroyed half a city block in downtown Olympia. He will be at the State Capital Museum, 211 21st Ave. SW, Olympia, at noon; washingtonhistory.org
• Get a comprehensive overview of the features offered by Medicare in 2013 at the free clinic All Things Medicare. It’s at 7 tonight at the Jim and Carol Milgard Family Hope Center, 8502 Skansie Ave., Gig Harbor. Free. Go to calendar.thenewstribune.com and search for additional free presentations at different locations and times.
Check out blog.thenewstribune.com/getout for more events or go to calendar.thenewstribune.com and for more ideas.
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