1. NYO Games
Thursday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m., Alaska Airlines CenterWatch youth in grades 7 through 12 compete in events like the stick pull, wrist carry and high kick at the NYO Games, formerly known as Native Youth Olympics. Experience Alaska Native culture through competition and performances, as the young athletes defy gravity, ignore pain and go for the gold.
The event is free and open to the public.
2. Midnight Sun Theatre’s “Tick, Tick…Boom!”
Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, 3 p.m., Jerry Harper Studio (3700 Alumni Dr.)
Take a journey into the life of Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning composer Jonathan Larson. The autobiographical musical about the man behind “Rent” shows his difficult path to get his big break. “Tick, Tick…Boom!” promises 14 songs and 10 characters with three actors holding it all down…