Brush off your Shakespeare, Moccasin Workshop in Pine Hill, share post-Inaugural strategies with Playback Theatre, Alice through the Looking Glass in Kingston, Pirate School & Party at New Paltz High, musical instruments from around the world at Kingston Library, rhythms of Black History in Poughkeepsie, FDR Library highlights Women in Tech, HV YA Society hosts author Ellen Hopkins in Rhinebeck, Young Performers Showcase at Helsinki Hudson, Hudson Valley Horrors Boot Camp in Hyde Park, Chinese New Year art workshop at Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum and more.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Our weekly roundup of family activities, including a printmaking fellowship, plenty of holiday festivities, origami and more.

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…

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!