Earth Day Celebrations

fri. 18
.Enviro-Fair - The second annual environmental fair will kick-off a week of
Earth Day activities with booth displays and speeches, 11 a.m-2 p.m. Friday, April
18, in front of Buffalo City Hall, Niagara Square, Buffalo.
sat. 19
.Earth Day at Reinstein - Hands-on exhibits and activities relating to the
themes "Trees are Terrific" and "Water Is Where It's At" plus crafts from recyc led
materials, nature, tours and food for the entire family is what is in store, 10 a.m.-2
p.m. Saturday, April 19 at Reinstein Woods Environmental Education Center, 93
Honorine Drive, Depew; free. 683-5959, www.dec.ny.gov/education/1837.html
.Earth Day At Tifft - Spring cleanup and environmentally friendly
information and light refreshments. Meet your friends and neighbors for a day at
the nature preserve, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, April
19 at Tifft Nature Preserve, 1200 Fuhrmann
Blvd., Buffalo; free. 896-5200,
www.sciencebuff.org/tifftnaturepreser ve.php
.Earth Day Celebration -
Join the Center for Inquiry in an
exciting and entertaining
program of activities perfect for
families and children of all
ages. Exotic reptiles and other
live animals from Nickel City
Reptiles and Exotics and
presentations focusing on
wildlife conservation plus
seedling and tree planting for
children and families, 11 a.m.-2
p.m. Saturday April 19, Center
for Inquiry, 1300 Sweet Home
Road, Amherst; $. 636-4869
.Earth Day Festival - Enjoy
guided hikes, games and crafts as well as
seeing the latest efforts in energy conservation
such as, wind and solar power technologies, and learn
how to compost your yard clippings, sample locally grown organic foods and talk
with many local environmental organizations at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 19, Beav er
Meadow Audubon Center, 1610 Welch Road, North Java; $. (800) 377-1520,
www.beaver meadow.org
.Buffalo State College Earth Day - Buffalo State College's Volunteer
and Service-Learning Center will partner with several community groups in a Great
American Cleanup. Registration and breakfast start at 8:30 a.m. in the lobby of the
Science Building. The service projects will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 19,
Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo; free. 878-5811,
www. buffalostate. edu
.Spring Shoreline Sweep - Volunteer to help in your neighborhood!
Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper is coordinating shoreline cleanups on the Niagar a
River, Buffalo River, Cazenovia Creek, Scajaquada Creek, Buffalo Creek, El licott
Creek, Tonawanda Creek and Cayuga Creek, 9 a.m-noon Saturday, April 19,
Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, call 852-7483, rdrake@bnriverkeeper.org
sun. 20
.All-Arts Festival - The culmination of the 2008 Women in Arts Festival
features the Uniterian Universalists Church of Buffalo Choir, poet Celest L awson,
storyteller Carol Wolf, textile artist Bonnie Klatt, the Janet Reed Dancers, the
Tanzen Dance Company of NCCC and other area artists and performers starting at
3 p.m. Sunday, April 20 at the Buffalo Suzuki Strings Music Arts Center's Wutz
Concert Hall, 34 Webster St., North Tonawanda; free-will offering. 743-8728
.Earth Day Celebration - Tifft Nature Preserve volunteers will lead nature
walk at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 20 at the Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020
Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo. 896-5200, www.buffalomuseumof science.org At noon,
children and adults can engage in fossil making and composting activities, create
crafts from recycled materials, partcicipate in a fossil fuel game and a treasure hunt
and take part in an Earth Day raffle.