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“To Kill a Mockingbird” staged reading, 7-8 tonight, Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 855 E. 20th Ave. The original cast of local notables, including Mr. Whitekeys, Rick Mystrom and John Tracy, returns to perform and close out this year’s project. Sponsored by Anchorage Public Libraries. Free. (343-2981, www.anchoragelibrary.org)
Comedy Night, 7 p.m. Friday, Bartlett High School theater, 1101 N. Muldoon Road. Bartlett acting students present an evening of improvisation, theater games, skits and songs. $1 at the door. (742-1971)
Parents and Caregivers: Inspire and Revitalize Your Work With Young Children, 7:30-9 p.m. Friday, Aurora Waldorf School, 3250 Baxter Road. Renowned early childhood educator Marjorie Thatcher will offer insights to help parents and caregivers understand children’s drawings. Cost, $10. Thatcher will lead a workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the school to help parents understand the importance of creative free play and learn ways to foster creativity and healthy social development. $35. (333-9062, www.aurorawaldorf.org)
National Weather Service Open House, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, NWS Forecast Office, 6930 Sand Lake Road. Office tours, weather spotter training, kids’ activities and refreshments provided. Free. (266-5117, pafc.arh.noaa.gov)
Grandfamilies Monthly Brunch, 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, First Congregational Church, 2610 E. Northern Lights Blvd. Join other grandparents raising their grandchildren for a complementary brunch hosted by First Congregational Church of Anchorage. After brunch, there will be free child care and special activities for children. Sponsored by Volunteers of America and First Congregational Church. Free. (522-9866)
Municipality of Anchorage Kids’ Day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, 121 W. Seventh Ave. Free. (343-4326)
Library Kids’ Day, 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Muldoon Branch, 1251 Muldoon Road. Craft activities for children 8 and younger with an adult. Free. (343-4223, www.anchoragelibrary.org)
Creative Activities Fair, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Spenard Recreation Center, 2020 W. 48th Ave. Children with parents or adult friends can participate in an obstacle course, dramatic play, sensory exploration, collage, literacy activities and more. Sponsored by UAA Early Childhood Program, Anchorage Association for the Education of Young Children and Anchorage Parks and Recreation. Free. (696-5884)

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Sniping, eh? We’ve all done it. Well, virtually none us have done it, but if we had then we would have wanted night vision goggles, because then we could have done it after work in the dark rather than having to try and fit it in at lunchtime. Night vision is back in Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2, and you can see why it’s so influential in our exclusive Night Vision Eurogamer TV trailer - one of the key reasons being that you can combine it with a rifle scope.
Lead multiplayer game designer JP Cambiotti tells us that night vision goggles, returning from Vegas 1, “remain a really important gadget in many areas”. “You will have plenty of opportunities to use night vision,” Cambiotti explains, “specifically in the Nevada desert where night time means everything is pitch black and there are many long lines of sight to cover.
“You can keep your night vision on throughout most of the map, or use it when you get to certain spots that require you to see more details or enemies that you could not see without them. The ability to see well at night also allows you to play through the map in a more stealth manner.” And save money on lightbulbs.
But Cambiotti explains that it’s important to make use of other tools too; night vision allows you to see further into the dark than thermal imaging alone, but the latter can be used to accurately identify enemies in close proximity, so it’s worth keeping both handy to hunt down all the tangos. “Your night vision goggles are specially adapted to work with your snake cam, giving you a great tactical tool,” says Cambiotti. “If you’re using the snake cam and having trouble seeing, turning on your night vision goggles will allow you to observe properly, then plan and act according to the best strategy.”

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