Caffe Lena Little Folks Series

Here’s a delightful hour of music to enjoy as a family! Relax in the cool comfort of our historic listening room at Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs while you introduce the young folks in your life to the joy of live music. The songlist is kid-friendly but also appeals to adults. Reserve your seats early for this popular Free series. Made possible by Polyset.

Deb Cavanaugh uses her music to enhance our human connection, and bring awareness of traditional American culture with the mountain dulcimer, limberjack, and crankie.

Singer-songwriter, performer, and educator of over 45 years of experience, Deb Cavanaugh uses her music to enhance our human connection, and bring awareness of traditional American culture with the mountain dulcimer, limberjack, and crankie. Her music spans all genres as she alternates between rock & roll, folk, jazz, blues, pop and classical music. Deb also teaches Music Together®, an early-education research-based program for families with young children. They say that variety is the spice of life, and Deb sets out to prove this in her many endeavors. Today Deb will be joined by Jared Carrozza and Ben Hart. Reserve your free tickets by clicking the button below:

Family Saturday: Painted Words!

Join the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs on Saturday, April 1, at 2 pm, for Family Saturday: Painted Words! After viewing works in the Tang collection by legendary artist and designer Corita Kent (1918–1986), participants will be invited to create their own posters using stencils, stamps, paint, and more. See more of Sister Corita’s works in the Tang’s 2013 exhibition Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent.

Family Saturday programs foster multigenerational creative cooperation through looking at artwork, discussing it, and engaging in a hands-on art-making activity. Programs run from 2-3:30 pm and include a tour of selected works. All programs are free and open to the public, and suitable for children age 5 and older, accompanied by their adult companions. No registration required; supplies provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

Mini City Easter Guide

Easter is right around the corner and there are so many fun community events happening, so hop on over to our Easter Guide now to reserve your spot! Click the button below to see the full guide!

Maple Weekend 2023

Maple Weekend is here! This weekend March 25-26 visitors can visit local farms for pancake breakfasts, sugar house tours, activities and more!

Visitors to Maple Weekend can:

• TASTE a pure and natural food product at its freshest and in its many forms.

• LEARN how maple syrup and other maple confections are made.

• EXPERIENCE the unique family traditions of making maple syrup in New York State.

• CELEBRATE New York’s first agricultural harvest of the season in a family-friendly environment.

• MEET the producers who annually make New York the second largest maple producing state in the U.S.

• SHARE in the many ways to cook and bake with maple syrup, maple sap and other maple drinks and products.

• WITNESS sustainable agriculture at its best.

Click the button below to find a Maple Weekend participant near you! There are so many in our area to visit!

Family Saturday: Signed Sculptures at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery 3/4

Join the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday, March 4, at 2 pm, for Family Saturday: Signed Sculptures! After viewing works by Christine Sun Kim, whose art engages with different modes of visual communication, participants will use construction-paper cutouts of their own hands to create American Sign Language (ASL) inspired sculptures.

Read more about the exhibition Christine Sun Kim: Oh Me Oh My, in which the artist, whose first language is ASL, challenges the notion that sound is a solely auditory experience.

Family Saturday programs foster multigenerational creative cooperation through looking at artwork, discussing it, and engaging in a hands-on art-making activity. Programs run from 2-3:30 pm and include a tour of selected works. All programs are free and open to the public, and suitable for children age 5 and older, accompanied by their adult companions. No registration required; supplies provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

Mini City Magazine :: February

The Mini City Magazine February issue is here! Tap any of the images to read the issue online now for free.

Shark Weekend at Via Aquarium Saturday and Sunday March 4th and March 5th

Join us for Shark Weekend! Yes Saturday and Sunday! On Saturday we'll have arts & crafts, while on Sunday we'll do arts & craft, a shark touch tank, and watch a shark feeding! Saturday: Shark themed coloring pages and arts & craft time Sunday: Shark Arts & Craft 11-12pm Shark Touch Tank 12-1pm & 3-4pm Shark Tank Talk at Leopard Sharks 2pm. Click here for tickets.

Kids Night Out (8-14yrs) at the Saratoga Regional YMCA 3/4 7-10pm

The Saratoga Regional YMCA is offering Kids Night the first Saturday of the month at the Saratoga Springs Branch. Kids and Teens will be able to hang out with friends while parents and guardians have a worry-free Saturday night to themselves. Each Saturday, there will be a special activity such as dodgeball, scatter ball, basketball, etc. as well as use of the pool, track, MPR and cyber café. We encourage participants to bring a friend(s) with them. Pizza, Drinks, and snacks will be available for purchase. Each item will cost $1.00. To ensure a spot please register at least 24 hours in advance. Click here for tickets.

Science Saturdays at the Schuylerville Public Library 3/4

Stop by the Schuylerville Public Library one Saturday a month from 10am-2pm and join us for a hands-on science experiment and a take home science activity. This is a drop in event and kits will be available while supplies last. This is an all ages event.

March's Experiments:
Hands on: Floating Art
Take Home: Leprechaun Rocket

Hannaford Kidz Expo Saturday 3/4 10 AM – 5 PM

The Hannaford Kidz Expo is BACK! A FREE event with activities for kids of all ages! This year's event features a Disney sing-a-long with The Little MerMen, meet and greets, mini-golf, train rides, bounce houses, and more! Saturday 3/4 10 AM – 5 PM at the Empire State Plaza in Albany.

Event Details: https://empirestateplaza.ny.gov/hannaford-kidz-expo

American Sign Language for Kids at the Saratoga Springs Public Library

Join the Saratoga Springs Public Library for an introduction to American Sign Language. We will have ASL conversation practice, worksheet activities, and physical games to play using the American Sign Language (ASL) signs and fingerspelling practice. This series is geared for children in grades 1st - 5th.

Please register online for the first class on March 3rd and plan to attend the whole series.

Register here: https://sspl.libcal.com/event/10232753

Mini City Magazine :: Summer Camp Issue

Summer Camp registrations are open! And guess what: these in demand local camps fill up FAST and EARLY so it’s time to get planning! Click on any of the images for more info on these great local summer camp programs and how and when to register!

Lego Club at the Greenwich Free Library

Join the Greenwich Free Library for Lego Club every Wednesday from 2:30-4pm in the community room starting January 11th . Complete challenges for a chance to be a our lego champion of the week and win an awesome prize! You can also come to free build and use your imagination. Open to all school ages. Just drop in, no registration required!

Family Saturday at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery

Join the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday, February 4, at 2 pm, for Family Saturday: Stained Glass Snowflakes! After viewing photographs of snowflakes from the Tang collection by Wilson Alwyn “Snowflake” Bently, the first person to make detailed photographs of individual snowflakes, participants will create snowflakes using glitter-glue and other materials.

Family Saturday programs foster multigenerational creative cooperation through looking at artwork, discussing it, and engaging in a hands-on art-making activity. All programs are free and open to the public, and suitable for children age 5 and older, accompanied by their adult companions. No registration required; supplies provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Family Saturdays continue February 18; March 4; April 1, 15, 29; and May 13. Click here for more info.

Festive Fun with Felt at the Saratoga Springs Public Library

Enjoy a seasonal “Take and Make” felt kit for February! Just stop by the Info Desk at the Saratoga Springs Public Library and pick up a FREE kit. Each kit provides the pattern, directions, and materials to create and enjoy a fun felt craft.

Chinese Lunar New Year at the Children’s Museum at Saratoga

The World Awareness Children's Museum will present an introduction to the Chinese Lunar New Year Festival at The Children's Museum at Saratoga on Saturday, January 21 from 11am to 11:30am! Children will learn through hands-on stations with authentic clothing and objects, original art, and a make-and-take project that brings this celebration to life!

Cost: Free with CMAS Admission ($10 per person)

Learn more at their website: https://cmssny.org/

Mermaid Day at Via Aquarium Saturday, January 21

Join Via Aquarium for mermaid day!

The event will start with a mermaid princess performance on their Koi pond and then the princess will make her rounds and do crafts and take photos with the children. This will be followed with a mermaid dive show!

A mermaid craft and other games will be part of the event as well.

The event starts on the koi pond at 12pm on Saturday, January 21st. And the event will end with a mermaid dive show at 1:30pm

Tickets can be bought here
http://viaaquarium.com/admission-tickets/

The Saratoga Reptile Show

The Saratoga Reptile Show is here to cultivate a family friendly, educational, and fun filled reptile show where you and your family can have a blast wandering the magnificent world of reptiles!

January 22, 2023 (10AM - 4PM) at the Saratoga City Center, Saratoga Springs.

Buy Tickets Now - www.SaratogaReptileShow.com

Affordable Pricing!
- All children under 7 are free
- $5 (Ages 7-13)
- $10 (Adults)
- $15-25 (VIP - EARLY ACCESS @ 9 AM)

The Mini City Magazine Preschool Issue

The Preschool Issue is here! Now, I know what some of you are thinking: preschool in January? Shouldn’t this be before fall enrollment?? Let me tell you guys, the registration for these highly coveted preschool spots starts IN JANUARY! Yes you read that right! January is the time to visit prospective schools, take tours, decide on which one is the best fit for your child and then register before the spaces fill up because they fill up FAST! In this issue we feature the top preschools right here in our area as well as a fantastic program geared toward younger children, all of which have registrations either currently open or opening very soon, so click through to read it now, and don’t miss the Winter Guide in this issue too!

Mini City Magazine Shop Local Saratoga Issue

The Shop Local Saratoga Gift Guides issue is one of my most favorite issues of the year, because I get to highlight some of our best local shops and guess what? This year, EVERY shop I am featuring is a small, locally WOMEN owned business! Isn’t that amazing?

I went to each of these shops (see all of my video guides here on the Shop Local highlight) and let me tell you, they are PACKED with amazing gifts for everyone on your list, and there is more inventory coming! They are ready and waiting for your holiday shopping. Make sure you read my letter from the editor in this issue because it is all about WHY shopping local is so important. If you love where you live, and you know I do, you need to shop local. Now click on any of the photos and read the issue now! Get down to those shops while they are still stocked!