Family Activities

fri. 21
Family Fridays! - Open play
Family Day, 7-10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21,
Kidzplay Hero's Facility, 9300 County
Road, Building C, Clarence Center; $.
Star of Wonder - Features the
astronomical and cultural origins of
various holiday traditions 8 p.m. Friday,
Dec. 21, Buffalo State College's
Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium,
Science Building 115, 1300 Elmwood
Ave., Buffalo; free. 878-4911,
www.fergusonplanetar ium.net
sat. 22
Art Express - Family fun with
storytelling and art projects; themed
journey and exhibition, 2 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 22, Castellani Art Museum,
Niagara University Campus, Lewiston;
$. 286-8367, granfield@niagara.edu
Warm Up with Winter
Stories - 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec.
22, Brighton Place, 999 Brighton Road,
Tonawanda; free. 332-4375
Winter Hike in Caz Park -
Meet the Foothills Trail Club at St.
John Evangelist Church parking lot at
Seneca Street and Cazenovia Parkway,
Buffalo, at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 22 for
a five-mile hike. 675-3989,
www.foothillstrailc lub.org

sat. 22
& sun.
23
Rail
Barons Display
- Includes 1900s
replica model trains
running on more than 200 feet of track,
as well as a scale Erie Canal lock and
100 miniature buildings portraying 19th
century Buffalo and Western New York,
1-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays,
through February, 2008, the Buffalo and
Erie County Historical Society, 25
Nottingham Court, at Elmwood
Avenue, Buffalo. 873-9644, Ext. 301.
sun. 23
Star of Wonder - Features the
astronomical and cultural origins of
various holiday traditions, 2 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 23, Buffalo State College's
Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium,
Science Building 115, 1300 Elmwood
Ave., Buffalo; free. 878-4911,
www.fergusonplanetar ium.net
Sunday Family Walk - Walk
through the woods as naturalists help
you seek out the natural wonders that
abound, 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 23, Beaver
Meadow Audubon Center, 1610 Welch

Road, North Java; free.
1-800-377-1520,
www. buffaloaudubon. com
wed. 26
Texas Snowflakes - Children
will brighten their day with this
cheerful craft, 1-4 p.m. Wednesday,
Dec. 26, Explore & More, a Children's
Museum, 300 Gleed Ave., East Aurora;
$. 655-5131
Wacky Wednesdays! - Open
play for ages 5-12 with inflatables and
games, 3:30-6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec.
26, Kidzplay Hero's Facility, 9300
County Road, Building C, Clarence
Center; $. 741-1500
Kids Book Club - Ages 8-12
can bring a favorite book to share with
the group and Miss Mary Lou for the
first meeting and vote to decide what to
read next, 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26,
Audubon Branch Library, 350 John
James Audubon Parkway, Amherst.
689-4922, www.buffalolib.org
thurs. 27
Early New Year's Celebration
- Children ages 7-12 are invited to
make a craft, play New Year's bingo and
celebrate with fun, food and festivities,
1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, Central
Library's Children's Room, 1 Lafayette
Square, Buffalo; free. 858-8900,
www. buffalolib. org