• Old Firehouse School, a nature-based preschool with campuses across Contra Costa and Marin counties, hosts an open house for its new Bayview campus from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at 10 Bayview Drive in San Rafael. Adults only. Admission is free. RSVP to ofsbayview@gmail.com. For more information, go to oldfirehouseschool.com.
• Meet WildCare’s wildlife ambassadors, watch a bird demonstration, do nature-based activities and more at WildCare’s “Talons & Friends” event from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Cavallo Point Lodge at 601 Murray Circle in Sausalito. Admission is $25 for kids and $85 to $100 for adults. To buy tickets, visit cavallopoint.com/events/talons-2024.
• Northwestern Pacific Railroad Historical Society president Charlie Siebenthal discusses the North Pacific Coast Railroad, which traversed Marin in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, at 7 p.m. July 18 at the San Rafael Community Center at 618 B St. in San Rafael. Admission is free. For more information, go to nwprrhs.org.
