Family Activities
now-March 11 Buffalo Home & Garden Show Offering more than 500 exhibits. Shop, get ideas and speak with experts. Hours: 5-9 p.m. through March 8; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. March 9 and 10; and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. March 11, the Buffalo Convention Center, Convention Center Plaza on Franklin Street, Buffalo. Meet The JunkMarket Girls, March 8-11. Call 631-2266, x209, or visit www.bfloconv center.org for more information.

March 8 Magic Tree House Club - Join Jack and Annie in their travels to the vast plains of Africa for children ages 5 and up with Miss Lucy at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 8 at the Audubon Library, 350 John James Audubon Parkway, Amherst. Registration is required. Call 689-4922 or visit www.buf falolib.org for more information.

March 10 Bagels and Book Club - Join Miss Beth for an hour of discussion and fun activities related to "The Doll People," by Ann Martin, starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 10 at the Williamsville Library, 5571 Main St., Williamsville. Registration is required. Call 632-6176 for more information. Nature Series at Beaver Meadows, featuring the workmanship of Ken Wallace, who is a nationally renowned flint knapper. Watch him turn a stone into an arrowhead and learn all about stone tools and the art of flint knapping, noon at Beaver Meadow Audubon Center, 1610 Welch Road, North Java. Call 1-800-377-1520 or visit www.buf faloaudubon.com for more information.

March 11 Sunday Family Walk - Walk throughout the woods at Beaver Meadow as their naturalists help you seek out the natural wonders that abound at Beaver Meadow beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 11 at Beaver Meadow Audubon Center, 1610 Welch Road, North Java. Call 1-800-377-1520 or visit www.buf faloaudubon.com for more information.

March 15 Animal Antics - This is an event for children ages 5 and up starting at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 15 at the Audubon Library, 350 John James Audubon Parkway, Amherst. Registration is required. Call 689-4922 or visit www.buffalolib.org for more information. F.R.E.E. Time @ the library Reading! Everyone Enjoys! - This is a pajama party for children ages 3-10 with their parents/caregivers in the Children's Room beginning at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 15 at the Central Library, 1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo. Space is limited. Attend at least three programs and receive a free book. Attend four programs and be entered in a drawing for a grand prize. Call 858-8900 or visit www.buffalolib.org for more information.

March 15-18 Shrine Circus - A daring all new circus with white tigers, The Diablo Jugglers, high wire acts, gymnastics, clowns, elephants, prize drawings and celebrity ringmasters is coming to the Agri-Center at the Fairgrounds, 5820 South Park Ave., Hamburg. The shows are 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, March 15; 10:30 a.m., 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 16; 10 a.m., 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 17; and 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 18. Tickets are $8 under 10 years old, $10 senior citizens and $12 for adults. Group rates are available for students, senior citizens and any group of 20 or more. Call 674-8666 for more information.