Things to do in New York with kids

Mucking About at the Mountaintop Arboretum’s Family Outdoor Awareness Workshop

With the weather being so wonderful this summer, I was inspired to visit the Mountaintop Arboretum in Tannersville, near Hunter Mountain NY, to check out their Family Outdoor Awareness programs, held every Friday in July, and every Saturday in August. My son and I attended the 7/15 “Exploring the Water” session, and had a great [...]

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GE Kids In Free – Tickets for SPAC, Baseball and More

by Gina Martin

This year try something new and get a break on ticket costs with the GE Kids In Free program. With every paid adult admission, you get one free ticket for kids 12 and under to dozens of great shows and events. With the free tickets, I’m more inclined to bring the kids to something they’ve [...]

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Swim! Swim! Swim! – Pool and Beach Locales in the Capital Region

by Gina Martin

This spring I wasn’t sure if we would even get warm enough to want to go for a swim, but lo! Summer has arrived in Tech Valley! Here is a list of places to take a refreshing dip, ranging from municipal pools, to state parks, to country swimming holes. I’ll be testing out some of [...]

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Stuff You Never Knew About the Adirondacks: Part 3 – The First President Roosevelt Story

by Cie McCullough Buschle

Theodore Roosevelt loved the great outdoors. He explored it, hunted in it, wrote books about it. He was as well known for being a naturalist as for being a president. He so loved trees he only allowed a White House Christmas tree is it was the pruned tip of a larger tree. So of course, [...]

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First Run Movie Fun: Mountain Cinema in Hunter NY

by Gina Martin

With recent weather being either really rainy or way too hot, our plans to go to the local drive-in to catch a movie keep getting delayed. None of us really felt like going to the mall multiplexes, and with that in mind we headed to the Mountain Cinema at the Doctorow Center for the Arts [...]

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Bing Bang Boing – Music & Sculpture in Catskill NY

by Gina Martin

[flickr id="5779335798" thumbnail="small" overlay="true" size="medium" group="" align="right"] While wandering around Main Street in Catskill NY the other day with Sandra (checking out cats and chocolate treats), we came across the Greene County Council on the Arts (GCCA) gallery show, Bing Bang Boing: Radical Instruments of Sound and Vision, described as “a festival of handmade musical [...]

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Things That Go Bump In The Night at the Farmer’s Museum

by Denise Gagnon

If you’re looking for a spine-tingling way to celebrate All Hallows Eve, then a trip to the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, New York is a must! Our 1 1/2 hour drive on scenic Rt. 20 West brought us through several historic and haunted towns, but what awaited us at the Farmers’ Museum was more than [...]

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Discover New York With Kids

by Sandra Foyt

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Things to do in New York with kids

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