FEATURED EVENTS

Parks & Trails New York's 23rd Annual Bike Tour * Every summer, cyclists leave their cars behind in Buffalo to pedal along the historic Erie Canalway Trail to Albany for Parks & Trails New York’s annual Cycle the Erie Canal bike tour. The 400-mile journey along the legendary Erie Canal ends in Albany eight days later. Along the way, cyclists enjoy some of the finest scenery, most interesting history, and unparalleled cycling in the United States. Covering between 40 and 60 miles per day, cyclists travel along the Erie Canalway Trail, which is now more than 85 percent complete and the east-west axis of the statewide 750-mile Empire State Trail. Buffalo to Albany July 11 – 18, 2021

蝦仔 Little Shrimp is a bilingual audio play about intergenerational relationships within Chinese culture. Where do stories live? How are stories passed on from one generation to the next? Do our ancestors live within us? The show’s Cantonese title, 蝦仔 (“little shrimp” in English), is an endearing, diminutive, and gender-neutral term for a small child. Commonly used about 2 generations ago roughly around the turn of the last century, the term connotes a kinship between the child and the adult.

Explore the mystery of making springerles – those beautifully embossed cookies – with historic cook Amy Hanley-Dykstra. Learn the technique of making a crisply stamped design that lasts through the baking process, then hand paint your cookies with natural colors. Take home a batch of assorted stamped cookies and your own springerle mold.

Hope Hall is excited to announce the Planting HOPE Project. Inspired by the true story of how Hope Hall's 45 original students each planted a tulip bulb during the first "Burying of the I Can'ts" ceremony; and how every single tulip bloomed the following Spring Planting. HOPE Kits are filled with a variety of garden items including seeds, small hand tools, tulip bulbs, gardening tips and more. Funds raised from sales will go directly to student educational and social/emotional programs and services at Hope Hall. Each Planting HOPE kit also includes one raffle ticket. Makes a Great Mother's Day Gift!

Meet at the Humphrey Nature Center for a delightful 1 hour, 1 mile family nature walk. Join us as we discover what's growing, singing, crawling, emerging or changing in our springtime woods and fields. Pre-registration is required for each program by contacting the Humphrey Nature Center, 585-493-3682. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, all programs will follow social distancing and face covering guidelines. Face coverings are always required in all enclosed structures.