- Brave the cold and head for The Snowman ice cream in Troy.
• Family Fun: Who Lives in a Tree?
Stories, a walk in the woods and crafts will lead us to the answer to the
question of who lives in a tree, 2 p.m. Parent and child must accompany
each other. Register by March 9. Free. Five Rivers Environmental Education
Center, Delmar. For information call 475-0291.
• Mom’s Night Out: Mosaic Cafe
Moms everywhere are invited to enjoy refreshments and learn how to make a
mosaic tile, 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $10. Held at JERNY, 199 New
Scotland Ave, Albany.
• Plant a Flower Day
In the first part of this two-part program, participants learn about the
natural history of the Albany Pine Bush ecosystem, the challenges the Pine
Bush faces today and how to help. Participants will be given the
opportunity to plant and raise one Pine Bush native plant, 11 a.m.-noon.
The second part of this program will be held May 21. Pre-registration
required. Cost is $3 per person, $5 per family and free for children under
5. Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center, 195 New Karner Road, Albany. For
information call 456-0655.
• Science Discovery Demos: It’s Electric!
Also Sunday. Have an explosive visit and learn all about electricity at
this educator-led science demo, noon-12:30 p.m. Free with museum
admission: $5-$7.50. Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium. For
information, call 382-7890 or visit www.SchenectadyMuseum.org.
• Our Bodies, Our Earth…From Space
Challenger Learning Center of Tech Valley hosts an afternoon of space
science and research, 4-6 p.m. Free with museum admission: $5-$7.50.
Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium. For information, call
382-7890 or visit www.SchenectadyMuseum.org.
- It’s Winter Raptorfest in Ft. Edward, which is about an hour north of us. Birds of prey, sleigh rides, and more. Free.
- From 10:30 am to noon, an I Got You Babe Yoga class begins at Orenda in Schenectady. It’s for babies crawling to 24 months.
-Moreau Lake State Park, there’s an Ice Fishing Clinic from 11 am to 3 pm. Call to reserve, and it’s $2/person.
-The annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade will step off in downtown Albany at 2 pm.
-Free Teddy Bear Concert by the Capitol Chamber Artists at 2 pm at the First Congregational Church at Albany. Selections of Bach & Mozart presented for children. Bring your teddy bear!
-2 pm, hear Irish Tales with Marni Gillard at the Troy Public Library.
-It’s a Tang Family Saturday from 2-3:30 pm. This is free, but call to register.
-They’re having a Family Sing-along at the main Albany Public Library from 2:30-3:30 pm.
-At 7 pm, the Empire State Youth Orchestra’s Chamber Music program has a free public recital at the College of St. Rose.
- Sand Lake Center for the Arts has an Irish Music Concert billed for all ages at 8 pm. It’s $16/adult, $10/children.
- 9am-1pm. Mohawk Valley Spring Farmers Market. Alpin Haus Sthwy 5S Amsterdam, NY 12010
- The Antique Fair to benefit the 1747 Historic Nellis Tavern will be held in the Arkell Museum Great Hall. $4 admission includes refreshments. 25 dealers featured and the appraisal booth is $5 for 2 items.Canajoharie Library
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• Yummy Sunday
Eat your “art” out and play with your food by making funny faces with
broccoli hair, tomato heads with celery smiles, banana bugs and more,
1-2:30 p.m. Cost is $5 per child; adults are free. Arts Center of the
Capital Region 265 River Street, Troy For information, go to
www.artscenteronline.org or call 273-0552, ext. 222.
• Fix it Right Club
Learn how to build something unique with the Friendship Circle, 2-3 p.m.
Cost is $25 and includes a “Fix it Right” apron for each child. Phillip’s
Hardware, 235 Delaware Ave., Albany. Call Liba at 438-4220 to register.
• Summer Camp Fair
Event lets families explore camp options for their children this summer
with more than 20 camps expected to have booths, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
McDonough Sports Complex on the Hudson Valley Community College campus, 80 Vandenburgh Ave., Troy.
• Classical Music Concert
Empire State Youth Orchestras’ Wind Orchestra and String Ensemble, 3 p.m.
Cost is $8 for adults; $5 for seniors and students. Location to be
announced. For information, call ESYO at 382-7581 or visit www.esyo.org.
• Saratoga Reads!
An afternoon of crafts and stories that explore the themes of this year’s
Saratoga Reads! book selection, 2-3 p.m. Free with $6 admission. Saratoga
Children’s Museum, 69 Caroline St., Saratoga Springs. For information call
584-5540 or visit www.childrensmuseumatsaratoga.org.
• St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
Drop-in family program for ages 3 and up that will include stories,
sing-along songs and maybe a visit from a leprechaun, 3 p.m. No
registration is required; siblings welcome. Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public
Library, 475 Moe Road, Clifton Park. For information, call 371-8622.
• Family Dance
Participatory contra, square and international folk dancing and singing
with caller Paul Rosenberg and live string band music by Tame Rutabaga.
All dances taught and no experience or partner needed, 4 p.m. Donation is
$5 adults and $1 children: $1. First Congregational Church, 405 Quail St.,
Albany. For information, call 482-9255 or go to www.danceflurry.org.
- It’s Winter Raptorfest in Ft. Edward, which is about an hour north of us. Birds of prey, sleigh rides, and more. Free.
- Schauber Stables, Ballston Lake, is having a St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. Kids hunt for lucky shamrocks, and those who find them will have get free pony rides. The event continues all day, but activities are divided by age, so check the website for details.
- Sugaring Off Sunday starting at 8:30 am at the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown. $8/folks 13 and up, $4/kids 7 to 12, kids 6 and under free, and the price includes breakfast.
- From 10 am to 2 pm, Hudson Valley Community College is having their annual Summer Camp Fair. Free, with Radio Disney, a bounce house, and free public ice skating for an hour at the beginning among other activities.
- There’s a Mosaic and Stained Glass Workshop at Thacher Nature Center appropriate for ages 14 and up. $40/new participant.
- There’s a St. Patrick’s Day Kids’ Club at Rotterdam Square Mall‘s Food Court from noon to 1:30 pm. Face painting, balloons, and other activities.
- Make and Take a St. Patrick’s Day item at the Schenectady Museum between 1:30-2:30 pm.
- 2:30 pm Beat the Snow Concert at the Schenectady Public Library.
- Irish Family Festival from 3-7 pm at the Saratoga Elks Club. Donations $5/adult, kids 12 and under free.
- The 2011 Canajoharie Concert Series opens with a musical tribute to Canajoharie performed by native soprano Gayle Snyder Ross and baritone Phil Eisenman accompanied by Jerry and Gail Exline. The concert series is held in the Great Hall of the new Arkell Museum at Canajoharie. Canajoharie Library
- Need to find your kids a summer camp this year? Head over to Hudson Valley Community College's Summer Camp Fair on Sunday. Free skating in the ice rink from 10 to 11 a.m.!
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• Pi Day
Pie tasting, math fun, prizes, raffles, 7 p.m. Pie-baking contest
information available in the library and online at www.bplkids.org;
application deadline March 7. For all ages. Bethlehem Public Library, 451
Delaware Ave. Delmar. For information, call 439-9314.
- Toddler Story Time. 11:15-12:15pm Canajoharie Library
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• How the Wind Roars
Family Program a featuring stories, songs, and a craft about the wind,
6:30 p.m. Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library, 475 Moe Road, Clifton
Park. For information, call 371-8622.
• Mommy ’n Me with a Jewish Twist
Moms and babies are gather for Jewish stories, songs and play, 1:30-2 p.m.
Bach Library, 455 New Scotland Ave. For information, contact Devora
Mathless at 227-1770.
- The Children’s Museum at Saratoga's Tuesday for Tots program is now available from 1-3 pm in addition to the usual 10 am to noon.
- Story Hour. Amsterdam Library. 10:30-11:30
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• Cooking Around the World
Send your taste buds on an international adventure by cooking up
kid-friendly recipes from around the world, 3:30-4:30 p.m. For ages 5 and
older. Cost is $10 per chef; drop-off optional. Saratoga Children’s
Museum, 69 Caroline St., Saratoga Springs. For information call 584-5540
or visit www.childrensmuseumatsaratoga.org.
- Open Mic Night. Coffee Beanery. 128 polar plaza, Amsterdam, NY 12010
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• FETCH! Lab: Eat Like a Bird
Also held Friday and Saturday. Learn how a bird’s beak type relates to
what it eats and where it lives, 3-4:30 p.m. Free with museum admission:
$5-$7.50. Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium. For information, call 382-7890 or visit www.SchenectadyMuseum.org.
• Little Wonders of Science: Cat in the Hat
Introduce children ages 3 to 5 to the wonders of space with “Cat in the
Hat: There’s No Place Like Space” and a craft, 11 a.m. Free with museum
admission: $5-$7.50. Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium. For
information, call 382-7890 or visit www.SchenectadyMuseum.org.
- The Inman Center will once again be offering Ray's Famous Corned Beef Sandwiches to benefit the Inman Senior Center. Eat in or take out available. 11am-5pm. A generous helping of corned beef or ham on deli style rye bread with mustard, horseradish, pickle, cole slaw and chips. Hot homemade soup available for eat in only. Take out orders of 10 or more please call in advance. Delivery available on orders of 5 or more sandwiches. Call 842-3815 to order.
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• Stretching with Stuffee
Program promotes imaginative movement and flexibility. Come dressed to
move, 10 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Free with $6 admission. Saratoga Children’s
Museum, 69 Caroline St., Saratoga Springs. For information call 584-5540
or visit www.childrensmuseumatsaratoga.org.
• Teen Film Fest
Screenings and People’s Choice voting for action and comedy entries, 6:30
p.m. All are welcome. Bethlehem Public Library, 451 Delaware Ave. Delmar.
For information, call 439-9314.
• Family Movie Night
Family-friendly films in the Helderberg (Large) Meeting Room, 7-9 p.m.
Free. Guilderland Public Library, 2228 Western Ave., Guilderland. For
information call 456-2400.
- Junior League’s American Girl Fashion Show is next weekend. Tickets are $35.
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• ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’
Opera to Go, Lake George Opera’s program for children, presents a
retelling of the beloved fairy tale for young audiences of all ages, 2-3
p.m. Free. The Huxley Theater, New York State Museum. For information,
call 474-5877 or visit www.nysm.nysed.gov.
• Family Fun Day
Visitors can make-and-take a craft and enjoy exciting scavenger hunts to
discover artifacts and specimens throughout the museum based on the theme ‘Salem Art Works: Building Beautiful,’ 1-4 p.m.. New York State Museum, Albany. Free. 474-5877. www.nysm.nysed.gov.
• Family Fun: Maple Sugar Open
Twirl a drill, pound a spile, inspect the sap flow in our sugarbush, smell
the sap boiling down into syrup in our evaporator, and take a maple taste
test, 1:30-3:30 p.m.. Come anytime to visit the round-robin education
stations. Free. Five Rivers Environmental Education Center, Delmar. For
information call 475-0291.
• An Evening with the Mad Hatter
A whimsical evening of dinner and entertainment at the Saratoga National
Golf Club in celebration of the Children’s Museum. Tickets cost $75, $140
per couple. For information call 584-5540 or visit
www.childrensmuseumatsaratoga.org..
• Little Wonders of Science: Cat in the Hat
Introduce children ages 3 to 5 to the wonders of space with “Cat in the
Hat: There’s No Place Like Space” and a craft, 11 a.m. Free with museum
admission: $5-$7.50. Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium. For
information, call 382-7890 or visit www.SchenectadyMuseum.org.
• Science Discovery Demos: It’s Electric
Also Sunday. Learn all about electricity, noon-12:30 p.m. Free with museum
admission: $5-$7.50. Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium. For
information, call 382-7890 or visit www.SchenectadyMuseum.org.
- Fulton-Montgomery County Home Show Craft Fair. Broadalbin-Perth High School. 10am-5pm. Free Bouncy Bounce, Child ID's Compliments of Fulton County Sheriff's Dept., $3 Admission - Children under 10 free. www.byckids.com
- Junior League’s American Girl Fashion Show is next weekend. Tickets are $35.
- A Night of Entertainment, featuring The Bel Aires as well as a sampling of local talent, will benefit the Montgomery County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA), 6:30pm to 10:30pm This
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• Classical Music Concert
ESYO`s Youth and Repertory Orchestras to perform, 3 p.m. Cost is $20 for
adults; $10 for seniors and students. Troy SavingsBankMusic Hall. For
information, call 442-3995 or visit www.albany.edu/pac/ or www.esyo.org.
- Fulton-Montgomery County Home Show Craft Fair. Broadalbin-Perth High School. 10am-4pm. Free Bouncy Bounce, Child ID's Compliments of Fulton County Sheriff's Dept., $3 Admission - Children under 10 free. www.byckids.com
- Sugaring Off Sunday starting at 8:30 am at the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown. $8/folks 13 and up, $4/kids 7 to 12, kids 6 and under free, and the price includes breakfast.
- 12-2pm all Pottery Barn Kids will host a special story time with activities and a reading of the Very Hungry Caterpillar.
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