Just, Like, 50 or 60 Things to Do This Week

Tons going on, again.  Here’s what I’ve found:

All Week:

• Annie Get Your Gun continues at the Park Playhouse on Tuesday the 6th at 8 pm.
• The Animation Festival at Proctors continues through Friday.
• Don’t forget that William K. Sanford (Colonie) Library has tons of activities–so many that I got overwhelmed early on and decided not to try to list them separately.
• I pretty much exhausted myself trying to add Albany library activites, too.  So, if you’re inclined to go, check here for more.

Monday, July 12th:

• Take an Overlook Hike at Moreau Lake State Park at 9 am.
• At 11:30 am, do a Scavenger Hunt at Moreau Lake State Park.
• Now that the Children’s Museum at Saratoga is open on Mondays, they’ve been doing special themes.  So from noon to 4 pm, it’s Outer Space Day.
• At 2 pm, Glenville, Rotterdam, and Mont Pleasant Libraries are all having special kid-friendly events.
• At 4:30 pm they’re showing 17 Again at Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library.
• The Colonie Town Band is playing at 7 pm at Sheehy Manor in Watervliet.
• You can see a demonstration by Agility Dogs at the Delaware Branch Library at 6 pm.
• At 7 pm, there are Fishy Whales and Tales at Bethlehem Public Library.  Pre-registration is required.

Tuesday, July 13th:

• Take a Turkey Trail Hike at 9 am at Moreau Lake State Park.
• From 10 am to noon, it’s Summertime Tots at the Children’s Museum at Saratoga.  They have special outdoor activities for very young visitors.
• The Regal Cinema free movie at 10 am today is Wallace & Gromit at Crossgates and Rugrats the Movie at Clifton Park.  We are big fans of Wallace & Gromit at our house.  Full of cleverness and double entendres so that it’s entertaining for adults, too.  Really, I just like Nick Park–did you ever see Creature Comforts?  Entertaining.  Which reminds me, we took the girls to see Marmaduke, at Scotia Cinema, on Saturday.  As anticipated, it was not so great, although the girls loved it.  But what was crazy was that there were these grown-up women behind us with no kids at all.  Like, couldn’t they think of 23 things they’d rather do, including seeing at least 9 or 10 better movies, than go to see freakin’ Marmaduke?  And then they were talking out loud, anticipating plot twists and turns.  Like it takes any talent whatsoever to anticipate the plot twists and turns of Marmaduke.  Sorry.  A little ranty, there.
• This week’s free 10 am movie at Bowtie in Schenectady is Planet 51.
• Kids ages 6 and up can learn Charcoal Drawing with the folks from Scotia-Glenville Children’s Museum at East Greenbush Library at 1 pm or 2:30 pm.  Registration is required.
• Beau the Clown will be at Niskayuna Library at 2 pm.  Drop-in program
• Make Ice Cream at the Pine Hills Branch Library at 2 pm.
• Learn about Lizards at 2 pm at the North Albany Branch Library. For ages 6 and up.
• TS Ensemble is playing at 6:30 pm at Cook Park in Colonie.
• Just show up for Summer Pajama Time story hour at 7 pm at the East Greenbush Library.
• At 7 pm there’s a Kids Concert with DJ Chaz at the Gazebo in Niskayuna.
• Tonight’s Tri-City Valleycats is a 2-fer Tuesday with fireworks.

Wednesday, July 14th:

• At 9:15 am, there’s Music and Movement for Little Ones at Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library.  It’s for ages 2-3.
• The Regal Cinema free movie at 10 am today is Bee Movie at Crossgates and Kung Fu Panda at Clifton Park.
• This week’s free 10 am movie at Bowtie in Schenectady is Planet 51.
• Learn some Family Birding Basics at 10 am at Thacher Nature Center.
• At 10 am there’s Music with Lisa Russo at the Quaker Street Library.
• At 10 am it’s another hike at Lake Moreau.
• Ages 5 and up are invited to a Pirate Party at the East Greenbush Library. Pre-registration is required.
• At 1:30 pm, make a cool cuff bracelet from recycled soda bottles at the main Albany Library.  Call ahead to register.
• From 3-4 pm, it’s Cooking Around the World at the Children’s Museum at Saratoga.  This is for kids 5+, and pre-registration and payment ($8/non-member) is required.
• Kids ages 5 and up can get into a Flying Frenzy at the Children’s Museum of Science & Technology at 3 pm.  Pre-registration required, and it’s $2/non-member.
• At 5 pm, Aquanett will be playing 80s music for Rockin’ on the River in Troy.
• At 6:30 pm, there’s a drop-in Family Story Time about Bugs at the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library.
• At 6:30 pm, there’s a Medieval Fighting Demo at Rotterdam Library.  Drop in.
• At 7 pm, Soul Session is playing at Freedom Park in Scotia.
• They’re playing Bluegrass at 7 pm at the Bethlehem Public Library.
• It’s American Girl Night at SPAC’s New York City Ballet at 8 pm.

Thursday, July 15th:

• Take a Walk in the Woods at Thacher at 9 am.
• At Crossgates, there’s a  Regal Cinema free movie at 10 am today. I’m sorry that I still haven’t figured out this system, but calling a movie theater is difficult because all you get is recorded showtimes, and actually going to Crossgates sort of gives me hives.  Well, not really, but I have a bit of mall-goraphobia.  I’ll go to a mall, but it is not my favorite thing.  I become flustered, disoriented, and irritable within two hours, and, since I go so rarely, I usually spend about twice that when I actually do go.
• From 10 am to noon, Baby Bookworms can show up with their caregivers for stories and playtime at the East Greenbush Library. For 0-36 months.
• From 10 am to noon, Junior Naturalists can learn about Beautiful Birds at Dyken Pond.  $3/child, $6/family, and pre-registration is encouraged.
• At 10 am, teens who want to volunteer to read stories will have a training at the Bethlehem Public Library.  Pre-registration is required.
• At 11 am, the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library is having the first in a series of sessions for middle school math enthusiasts who want to become serious Mathletes.  Pre-registration required.
• From noon to 1:30 pm it’s Jazz on Jay in Schenectady.  Don’t forget that there’s a small farmers’ market there, too.
• At 1 pm it’s Craft Day at Thacher Nature Center.
• At 2 pm, middle schoolers can do some Clay Play the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library. Registration is required.
• At 2 pm there’s a Beach Party at Duane Branch Library.
• At 2:30 pm at Schenectady’s Central Library, elementary-school kids can drop in for Oceans of Fun.
• From 3-4 pm, Andy the Music Man will be playing at Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library.  This is a drop-in program geared for elementary-school-aged kids.
• For Albany’s Alive at Five today, it’s Gloria Gaynor of “I Will Survive” fame.  Hey, that’s on my running playlist!
• From 6-8 pm, the Red Haired Strangers will be playing Country & Delta Blues at Wiswall Park in Ballston Spa.
• Top performers from Kidz Kabaret will be performing at the Crossings in Colonie at 6:30 pm.
• At 7 pm, 6th-12th graders can just show up and participate in Minute to Win It-style challenges at the East Greenbush Library.

Friday, July 16th:

• It’s Stretching with Stuffee from 10-10:30 am at the Children’s Museum at Saratoga.
• At 10 am, they’re showing some dog-themed films for kids at the East Greenbush Library.
• At 10:30 am, kids 3 and up learn about S-S-S-Snakes at the Children’s Museum of Science & Technology in Troy. Pre-registration required, and it’s $2/non-member.
• At 10:30 am at the Scotia Library, it’s Professor H2o’s Variety Show.  Drop in.
• Aladdin begins today at the Mac-Haydn Theatre at 10:30 am.  Again, a drive, but we love it.
• At 11 am, kids in grades 1-5 can help make some yummy dips at the Bethlehem Public Library.  Sign-up is required.
• At 2 pm in the Mont Pleasant Branch Library, kids in grades 6-11 can design their own Bleach-out T-shirt.
• At 2:30 pm, they’re showing Planet 52 at the Bethlehem Public Library.  Yes, there will be popcorn.
• It’s Art Night in Schenectady from 5-9 pm.
• They’re doing a Star Watch at 8:30 pm at Cherry Plain State Park.