Happening Today: Celebrate Earth Day; enjoy the annual Orchid Festival at Matthaei

EARTH DAY

The Leslie Science and Nature Center will hold an Earth Day Festival today. Noon to 4 p.m. Explore and participate in the variety of hands-on activities and demonstrations while listening to live earth-friendly music. All are welcomed to come dressed as their favorite plant or animal to join the all-species parade. Free. The LSC is at 1831 Traver Road, Ann Arbor. 734-997-1553.

MUSIC

See the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell at Hill Auditorium. 4 p.m. They will play Beethoven's Coriolan Overture, Op. 62, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 and Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92. $10-$100. UMS will offer luxury coach transportation from Oakland County to Ann Arbor for this performance. $10 per person, round trip. For tickets and information, call the UMS ticket office at 734-764-2538. Hill is at 825 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor.

EARTH DAY

Enjoy "Earth Day In Action: Artists who Reduce-Reuse-Recycle and Go Local in their Work" at Ann Arbor Artisan's Market. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Meet Susan Major, an assemblage artist who turns "junk" into art. Bring down a piece of “junk” that you think would look cool in an art piece, and enter a drawing to receive one of Susan's one of a kind pieces. There will children's event from noon-2 p.m. No admission charge. The market is at 315 Detroit St., Ann Arbor. 734-913-9622.