A free Earth, Wind & Fire night at Old School Square

The Downtown Delray Beach Craft Festival returns to NE 4th Avenue just north of Atlantic this Saturday and Sunday, May 23 and 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Howard Alan Events is producing it, the booths are South Florida-based makers, and admission is free.

The part residents should notice even if they do not plan to shop: NE 4th Avenue from Atlantic Avenue to NE 2nd Street will be closed from 3 a.m. Saturday through 9 p.m. Sunday. That is most of the long weekend. If you usually cut through that block, drop someone off there, or circle it looking for parking, route around. If you are walking it, it is an easy stroll out of breakfast on Atlantic.

Delray Beach fined Cocoyogi, Inc., the company behind Corey Heyman's Coco Market wellness gathering at Old School Square, $15,000 after a February incident involving a dog at the event. City Manager Terrence Moore suspended Cocoyogi's special-events permit on April 20.

The Coastal Star reported that Cocoyogi representatives were told they may resume hosting events in June, but further violations could lead to a permanent ban. The useful read is narrower than the earlier version of this item: Coco Market is allowed back, but under a real enforcement marker for Delray's summer event season.

Correction: An earlier version incorrectly described Rodney Mayo as Cocoyogi's owner. Coco Market is Corey Heyman's project. Mayo owns Subculture Coffee, which is involved in a separate parking dispute with the city.

The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens has opened two exhibits for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: one centered on Japanese woodblock prints and another on the history of Japanese Americans during World War II. The museum told WPTV that the exhibitions fit a longer planning arc; Carla Stansifer said shows are planned three to five years ahead.

This is exactly the kind of Delray plan that works when the beach is too hot and Atlantic feels too loud. The 16-acre garden is part of the point, but the WWII exhibit gives the visit a sharper reason: a story of Japanese American history told in a place built to bridge cultures. If you have been meaning to take an out-of-town guest there and have not, this is the month.

Two residents began by making hats for NICU babies and warm items for servicemen; after a member saw a man at a VA facility using a coat as a blanket, the group shifted hard into handmade afghans.

The blankets now reach dialysis centers, cancer treatment facilities, foster children, VA hospitals, assisted living homes, and neighborhoods where warmth is not guaranteed. Recently, the group donated 14 large afghans to the VA, which then asked for baby blankets for pregnant female veterans. It also donated 20 blankets to Kids for Kidneys.

Now the need is simpler: supplies. Rising costs are making yarn, hooks, and needles more expensive, and Loving Hands is asking for donations of crochet hooks, needles, and acrylic yarn in any color. They cannot use wool. If you have a craft closet you have been pretending is organized, this is the week to make it useful.