Weekend March 18- 21

18 Friday
- Cappie's opens today! Amsterdam
- The Second Annual Saratoga County 2011 Restaurant Week! 10-day celebration of Saratoga County restaurants, you'll find three course fixed price meals for $20.11 at over 20 participating restaurants until March 27.
• 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. Albany Country Club. Tickets are $35.




19 Saturday
- Muscular Dystrophy Association fundraiser. Price Chopper Amsterdam. Gary Koz will be locked up until he raises $1000 just inside the main entrance. Stop by and show your support by making a donation.
- 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 fundraising event will be held at The Elks Lodge on Fourth Avenue in Amsterdam.  Doors will open at 6:00 pm with complimentary appetizers, raffles and cash bar. $25 per person in advance available through Friday, March 18^th only.  On Saturday, March 19^th, any remaining tickets will be available at the door only for $30.

 - 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
-Maple Weekend. 110 locations NYS wide. Celebrate everything maple from syrup to snow cones. Events vary per location.
-Hummingbird Hills Winery season opening and food drive to benefit Fulmont Community Action Agency,  11am-6pm.  The Winery is located at 1442 Burtonville Road, Fultonville.  Join owners Kimm & Ken Shick for free wine tastings & goodies.  Also bring your canned goods and non perishable items to donate.
- Enjoy a delicious breakfast at Johnny Rockets including scrambled eggs, bacon, pancakes, toast, coffee and juice, to support CROP - Community Responding to Overcome Poverty! 100% of proceeds will benefit CROP Walk 2011. 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM
- Who doesn't like MINI GOLF? Fantastic, family-oriented mini golf fundraiser. For the second year, transforming the Library into an 18-hole indoor course that winds through the stacks and down the stairs.
• ‘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.
- Interactive program identifies stars, planets, comets and constellations in the night sky and the tools and techniques for becoming an amateur astronomer. Geared for skywatchers ages 8 and above. Henry Hudson Planetarium
• 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.
-   Junior League’s American Girl Fashion Show. Albany.  Tickets are $35.






20 Sunday
-Maple Weekend. 110 locations NYS wide. Celebrate everything maple from syrup to snow cones. Events vary per location. 
- 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
-Hummingbird Hills Winery season opening and food
drive to benefit Fulmont Community Action Agency,  11am-6pm.  The Winery is located at 1442 Burtonville Road, Fultonville.  Join owners Kimm & Ken Shick for freewine tastings & goodies.  Also bring your canned goods and non perishable items to donate.
• 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.
- 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.
- Kure For Kristen will support a local third grade student that has recently been diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma, a form of bone cancer. The Parting Glass, Saratoga Springs, New York Cost: $10 donation, 3-8pm.
- Raising Dough, "the menu that gives back" is a unique way to work with our guests to support not-for-profit organizations on a monthly basis. This month the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern NY will be featured in the Raising Dough Program at Pasta Pane, 18 Park Ave, Clifton Park, NY, 4pm. Regular menu pricing.



21 Monday
 -Story Hour at the Library. 10:30am Amsterdam Free Library
• Baby Bounce
Storytime for families with babies ages 6 to 18 months and caregivers,
10:15-10:45 a.m. Free. Guilderland Public Library, 2228 Western Ave.,
Guilderland. For information call 456-2400.

-Free cancer screenings to men 50 and older and women 40 and older who do not have health insurance. Screenings may include mammograms, breast and pelvic exams, pap tests for women 40+, and colorectal cancer screening kits for men and women 50+. Bassett Mobile Coach, Amsterdam Hannaford Please contact Suzanne Hagadorn to PRE-REGISTER at (518) 841-3726.