Friday, April 9 : Grossology
5-8 pm

Shamrock School of Irish Dance
Sunday, March 14
12:30 pm

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March
Friday, March 5 : Out of This World Festival, 5-8pm
  First Friday Family Festival!

Embark on a journey into space when you blast off in our newest exhibit powered by NASA and ESPN. View the skies through amazing telescopes, make stellar space-inspired crafts and play out-of-this-world games. Thank you Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford.

5-8pm
Reduced admission $6/person*
(Admission rate applies to all attendees)

*Sponsored by the Smith Family Charitable Fund at the Main Street Community Foundation and The Sky Bight Foundation

March 3-7 : Name Game

We are celebrating names all week long! Print, paint and paste letters while learning fun facts and meanings about our names.





March 14-20 : Here Comes Spring

Spring arrives on March 20th. We are stepping into the season with a performance on March 14th at 12:30 by the Shamrock School of Irish Dance. We'll celebrate all week long with arts & crafts and planting activities.


Wednesday, March 17 : St. Patrick's Day

It's all about being "green" today! Enjoy hands-on crafts, Celtic music and "green"-house activities. Sip a shamrock shake in our
Soda Fountain (fee applies).
Wear green and win a prize!



Preschoolers Shamrock Shanty: March 17

Craft a wee little candy house fit for a leprechaun and is mighty tasty too!
Ages 2-6
Wednesday 3/17 10-11am & 2-3pm
$12 member/$15 non-member


April
Youth Poetry Contest

Write and rhyme your way to the top! April is National Poetry Month. Children in Grades K-6 are eligible to enter their original writing. Deadline for submission is Friday, April 16. Winners will be invited to read their work at our Poetry Slam on Wednesdsay, April 28th at 4 pm. For details, visit Poetry Contest or call 860-3141400.

Friday, April 9: Gross-ology Festival
  First Friday Family Festival!

If it is gross you'll see it, touch it & smell it here and if you have the stomach for it, maybe you'll even taste it!
Admission $6/person* (Imagine Nation Museum members & children under 1 year FREE)

*Sponsored by the Smith Family Charitable Fund at the Main Street Community Foundation and The Sky Bight Foundation

April 19-23 : Vacation Week

Open every Day! Make your world a more beautiful place. Find out how as we honor the Earth all week long.



Monday: Flower Power
Tuesday: Weather Watch
Wednesday: Kindergarten Day
Thursday: Earth Day

Celebrate with Earth friendly activities, entertainment, arts & crafts.

Friday: Our National Parks


Interested in Vacation Week Camp?
Find out more about Spring Camp

May
Wacky Wood Festival, 5-8 pm
  First Friday Family Festival!

See Jesse "the Machine" Green, New England's chainsaw sculptor, in action at this awesome event. Watch as he turns a massive tree trunk into a work of art. Power, skill, and pure entertainment you won't want to miss!
Admission $6/person* (Only children under 1 are free)

* Sponsored by the Smith Family Charitable Fund at the Main Street Community Foundation and The Sky Bight Foundation



May 3-9 : Magnificent Moms

Make something special this week for mom. Every day create a new craft to give her on Mothers Day, Sunday, May 9th.




May 26-30 : Patent Pending

We'll create and investigate helpful inventions, including the ice cream freezer.





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For more events, view Bristol's Calendar of Events
(published by the Mayor's Office and Chamber of Commerce)