Kids’ Almanac: Activities for the MLK weekend
Local family activities for the long weekend, including pirate school, weird science, a reptile show, MLK Day of Giving and a birthday tribute, an intro to Broadway and more.
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Kids’ Almanac (1/5-12)
Our weekly roundup of family events, including You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, Japanese calligraphy at Arts Mid-Hudson in Poughkeepsie, Winter Animal Tracking in Woodstock, Winter Open Barn at Stony Kill Farm in Wappingers Falls, Snowpeople drawings at Kingston’s Storefront Gallery, Ice harvesting programs at Hudson River Maritime Museum, Birding for Children at Mohonk Preserve.
Kids’ Almanac (12/29-1/5)
Family friendly New Year’s events, winter break fun, outdoor activities to start 2017 on the right foot, “Blow Your Own Ornament” at Beacon’s Hudson Beach Glass, Nature-themed storytime at Mohonk, Get your game on at Poughkeepsie’s Bridge Center and more.
New Paltz hosts family-friendly New Year’s Eve celebration
Looking for something festive and family-friendly to do on New Year’s Eve that doesn’t involve spending a lot of money, drinking to excess or putting yourself in the path of impaired drivers?
Kids’ Almanac (12/22-29)
Make Gingerbread Houses at Red Hook Library, Hanukkah celebrations, Make-your-own-gifts workshops, Wind Racers’ Maker Lab and Gingerman Play at Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum, Hudson Valley teen author Erin Forbes’ “Fire & Ice: The Elementals”, Mini-camps at Hudson Highlands Nature Museum in Cornwall and more.
Polar Express Night: a good excuse to check out restored Hyde Park Station
This spot was used briefly in Hitchcock’s film North by Northwest: the bit where the train comes to a halt for an unscheduled stop and the Feds get on. It’s thought that the facility could possibly reopen as an active passenger station, if the idea of extending Metro-North’s Hudson Line commuter rail service farther north is ever realized.
Kids’ Almanac (12/15-22)
Holiday “Sparkle!” at Boscobel, Tuba Christmas at SUNY-Ulster, Hanukkah Carnival in Kingston, Nativity display in Hyde Park, Create Your Own Ornament at Gardiner’s Sunflower Art Studios, Puppet People perform A Christmas Carol in Rhinebeck, Mindful Play Shop at Kingston’s Center for Creative Education, Candlelight tours of Mount Gulian in Beacon and more.
Kids’ Almanac (Dec. 8-15)
Our weekly roundup of family activities, including a printmaking fellowship, plenty of holiday festivities, origami and more.
Kids’ Almanac (Dec. 1-8)
A David Bowie covers album to benefit the It Gets Better project, a host of local holiday-themed family activities, A Christmas Carol ballet and on stage, the science of sound in Kingston, Victoria St. George reads from The Rainbow Book in New Paltz, shadow stories at SUNY-Dutchess, scavenger hunt tours at Locust Grove, gingerbread workshop, Sinterklaas…
Kids’ Almanac (11/24-12/1)
Kingston hosts Sinterklaas; Visit ancient Oceania in Disney’s Moana, Marionette shows, candle-dipping workshop at Olana, Headless Horseman Hayrides transforms into Frosty Fest, Wreathmaking in Hyde Park, Meet Santa on the Walkway, Fun with germs at Children’s Museum, and more!