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time tunnel day camp - session 2:  footprints from the past: messages for the future! July 13, 2009 :  9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Description:     Session II:  Footprints From The Past: Messages For The Future!  July 13-July 24  Time Tunnel offers children entering first through eighth grades entertaining education, hands-on enrichment, and enjoyable recreation.  Each two-week session features Museum education activities, swimming, and artist in residence, and daily visits to the Computer Room.  Sessions can be divided into one-week blocks as needed.  Early and late-day sessions available for an additional fee.  Pre-registration is required for all sessions.  Special rates are available for Museum members.  For more information, go to http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/programs/timetunnel/sessioninfo.html, e-mail NYSMPP@mail.nysed.gov or call 518-402-5019.

time tunnel day camp - session 3: party like it's 1609! what happened 400 years ago? July 27, 2009 :  9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Description:     Session III: Party Like It's 1609! What Happened 400 Years Ago? July 27–August Time Tunnel offers children entering first through eighth grades entertaining education, hands-on enrichment, and enjoyable recreation.  Each two-week session features Museum education activities, swimming, and artist in residence, and daily visits to the Computer Room.  Sessions can be divided into one-week blocks as needed.  Early and late-day sessions available for an additional fee.  Pre-registration is required for all sessions.  Special rates are available for Museum members.  For more information, go to http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/programs/timetunnel/sessioninfo.html, e-mail NYSMPP@mail.nysed.gov or call 518-402-5019.

creative quest: museum art camp, ages 3-6 August 10, 2009 :  10:00 A.M. - August 14, 2009 :  12:00 P.M. Description:   Students learn history through creative art projects focused on a specific theme.  Monday: Dutch painting/1609 exhibit; Wednesday: Urban photography/Berenice Abbott exhibit; Friday: Take a Museum fishing trip in Metropolis and Adirondack halls to create an underwater masterpiece to take home. Fee: $60/Museum members, $70/Non-members.  Materials fee: $5.  For more information and to register, cll 518-473-7154 or e-mail psteinba@mail.nysed.gov.

creative quest: museum art camp, ages 7-12 August 10, 2009 :  2:00 P.M. - August 14, 2009 :  4:00 P.M. Description:   Students learn history through creative art projects focused on a specific theme.  Monday: Dutch painting/1609 exhibit; Wednesday: Urban photography/Berenice Abbott exhibit; Friday: Take a Museum fishing trip in Metropolis and Adirondack halls to create an underwater masterpiece to take home. Fee: $60/Museum members, $70/Non-members.  Materials fee: $5.  For more information and to register, cll 518-473-7154 or e-mail psteinba@mail.nysed.gov.

dutch delight: papier-mâché delft plate session i August 18, 2009 :  10:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Description:   The Papier-Mâché Delft Plate workshop will be held on Tuesday, August 18 & Thursday, August 20, 10AM to 12:30PM.  Day 1: Participants visit the 1609 exhibit, study and sketch Dutch designs, and make a plate using the papier-mâché method of soaking paper strips in a glue mixture. Day 2: Participants add base coat, finalize design, and then paint their plate. This is a free program and pre-registration is required by August 12 for Session I and by August 19 for Session II. Children ages 8 and above.  For more information, call 518-473-7154 or e-mail psteinba@mail.nysed.gov.

dutch delight: papier-mâché delft plate session 2  August 25, 2009 :  10:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Description:   The Papier-Mâché Delft Plate workshop will be held on Tuesday, August 25 & Thursday, August 26, 10AM to 12:30PM. Day 1: Participants visit the 1609 exhibit, study and sketch Dutch designs, and make a plate using the papier-mâché method of soaking paper strips in a glue mixture. Day 2: Participants add base coat, finalize design, and then paint their plate. This is a free program and pre-registration is required by August 12 for Session I and by August 19 for Session II. Children ages 8 and above.  For more information, call 518-473-7154 or e-mail psteinba@mail.nysed.gov.

dutch delight: design and paint a dutch tile September 12, 2009 :  1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. Description:   During a hands-on, art-making experience with instructor Peggy Steinbach, participants explore the 1609 exhibit and then design and paint a Dutch tile. Program is intended for children age 9 or older and adults. This is a Free program for Museum members; $5 forNon-members.Pre-registration required by September 9. Call 518-473-7154 or e-mail psteinba@mail.nysed.gov.

family fun weekend: saturday only July 18, 2009 :  1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Description:   Family Fun Weekend is the 3rd weekend of the month!  The Museum offers fun for the whole family with games, crafts, and other theme-based activities.  July's theme is the Circus.  This is a free program and no registration is required.  *During the summer months, Family Fun Weekend will take place on Saturday only.

trash to treasures August 09, 2009 :  1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. Description:   Trash to Treasures brings awareness to the manufacturing process by using it's waste materials and mistakes destined for the landfill as art supplies.  Each participant uses these materials to exercise their creative skills to make unique items to take home.  Join us on the 4th Floor Terrace for an interesting story or video and an Earth-friendly afternoon.  This is a free program and no registration is required.

family fun weekend: saturday only August 15, 2009 :  1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Description:   Family Fun Weekend is the 3rd weekend of the month!  The Museum offers fun for the whole family with games, crafts, and other theme-based activities.  August's theme is Seashells.  This is a free program and no registration is required.  *During the summer months, Family fun Weekend will take place on Saturday only.

creative art day August 29, 2009 :  1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Description:   Families participate in an art project based on a Museum exhibit.  August's project features the Berenice Abbott's Changing New York, exhibit in Crossroads Gallery.  Call 518-473-7154 or e-mail psteinba@mail.nysed.gov for more information.  This is a free program and no registration is required.

trash to treasures September 13, 2009 :  1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. Description:   Trash to Treasures brings awareness to the manufacturing process by using it's waste materials and mistakes destined for the landfill as art supplies.  Each participant uses these materials to exercise their creative skills to make unique items to take home.  Join us on the 4th Floor Terrace for an interesting story or video and an Earth-friendly afternoon.  This is a free program and no registration is required.

music jam July 16, 2009 :  12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. Description:   Every Thursday on the 4th Floor Terrace Gallery, take a lunch-time musical break or join the musicians as they play acoustic music inspired by the Celtic tradtition of jigs, reels, waltzes, hornpipes, and marches, as well as occasional popular songs, jazz standards, and early music.  All levels of skill on any acoustic instruments are welcome. Please bring several copies of sheet music for those who do not play by ear or for the tunes that are not commonly known.  For more information, call 518-486-2024 or e-mail pkernan@mail.nysed.gov.

music jam July 23, 2009 :  12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. Description:   Every Thursday on the 4th Floor Terrace Gallery, take a lunch-time musical break or join the musicians as they play acoustic music inspired by the Celtic tradtition of jigs, reels, waltzes, hornpipes, and marches, as well as occasional popular songs, jazz standards, and early music.  All levels of skill on any acoustic instruments are welcome. Please bring several copies of sheet music for those who do not play by ear or for the tunes that are not commonly known.  For more information, call 518-486-2024 or e-mail pkernan@mail.nysed.gov.

songs from the piano bench July 29, 2009 :  12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. Description:   Listen in while enjoying your lunch on the 4th floor Terrace Gallery or lend your voice as singers perform a variety of songs, including popular folk, rock-and-roll, Victorian parlor, Civil War, Sesame Street, and more.  Many selections are chosen from the more then 35,000 pieces of sheet music in the New York State Library Collection.  Music and words are provided and instrumentalists are welcome.  For more information, e-mail kstorms@mail.nysed.gov or call 518-474-2274.

music jam July 30, 2009 :  12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. Description:   Every Thursday on the 4th Floor Terrace Gallery, take a lunch-time musical break or join the musicians as they play acoustic music inspired by the Celtic tradtition of jigs, reels, waltzes, hornpipes, and marches, as well as occasional popular songs, jazz standards, and early music.  All levels of skill on any acoustic instruments are welcome. Please bring several copies of sheet music for those who do not play by ear or for the tunes that are not commonly known.  For more information, call 518-486-2024 or e-mail pkernan@mail.nysed.gov.

a tribute to mahalia jackson July 31, 2009 :  6:00 P.M. - 7:30 P.M. Description:   Capital Region choirs join voices in tribute to famed gospel and spiritual singer Mahalia Jackson.  This program will be held in the Clark Auditorium and is Free to Members, $5 for Non-members.

music jam August 06, 2009 :  12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. Description:   Every Thursday on the 4th Floor Terrace Gallery, take a lunch-time musical break or join the musicians as they play acoustic music inspired by the Celtic tradtition of jigs, reels, waltzes, hornpipes, and marches, as well as occasional popular songs, jazz standards, and early music.  All levels of skill on any acoustic instruments are welcome. Please bring several copies of sheet music for those who do not play by ear or for the tunes that are not commonly known.  For more information, call 518-486-2024 or e-mail pkernan@mail.nysed.gov.

music jam August 06, 2009 :  12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. Description:   Every Thursday on the 4th Floor Terrace Gallery, take a lunch-time musical break or join the musicians as they play acoustic music inspired by the Celtic tradtition of jigs, reels, waltzes, hornpipes, and marches, as well as occasional popular songs, jazz standards, and early music.  All levels of skill on any acoustic instruments are welcome. Please bring several copies of sheet music for those who do not play by ear or for the tunes that are not commonly known.  For more information, call 518-486-2024 or e-mail pkernan@mail.nysed.gov.

music jam August 13, 2009 :  12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. Description:   Every Thursday on the 4th Floor Terrace Gallery, take a lunch-time musical break or join the musicians as they play acoustic music inspired by the Celtic tradtition of jigs, reels, waltzes, hornpipes, and marches, as well as occasional popular songs, jazz standards, and early music.  All levels of skill on any acoustic instruments are welcome. Please bring several copies of sheet music for those who do not play by ear or for the tunes that are not commonly known.  For more information, call 518-486-2024 or e-mail pkernan@mail.nysed.gov.

music jam August 20, 2009 :  12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. Description:   Every Thursday on the 4th Floor Terrace Gallery, take a lunch-time musical break or join the musicians as they play acoustic music inspired by the Celtic tradtition of jigs, reels, waltzes, hornpipes, and marches, as well as occasional popular songs, jazz standards, and early music.  All levels of skill on any acoustic instruments are welcome. Please bring several copies of sheet music for those who do not play by ear or for the tunes that are not commonly known.  For more information, call 518-486-2024 or e-mail pkernan@mail.nysed.gov.

songs from the piano bench August 26, 2009 :  12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. Description:   Listen in while enjoying your lunch on the 4th floor Terrace Gallery or lend your voice as singers perform a variety of songs, including popular folk, rock-and-roll, Victorian parlor, Civil War, Sesame Street, and more.  Many selections are chosen from the more then 35,000 pieces of sheet music in the New York State Library Collection.  Music and words are provided and instrumentalists are welcome.  For more information, e-mail kstorms@mail.nysed.gov or call 518-474-2274.

music jam August 27, 2009 :  12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. Description:   Every Thursday on the 4th Floor Terrace Gallery, take a lunch-time musical break or join the musicians as they play acoustic music inspired by the Celtic tradtition of jigs, reels, waltzes, hornpipes, and marches, as well as occasional popular songs, jazz standards, and early music.  All levels of skill on any acoustic instruments are welcome. Please bring several copies of sheet music for those who do not play by ear or for the tunes that are not commonly known.  For more information, call 518-486-2024 or e-mail pkernan@mail.nysed.gov.

theater of resistance July 12, 2009 :  3:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. Description:   Local actors perform in this original production by Donald “Soul Man” Hyman. See vignettes from “The Emperor Jones,” “The Great White Hope,” “Purlie Victorius,” “A Raisin in the Sun,” and more. The ensemble cast includes such actors as Chris Brobham, Cheryl Glenn, Dawn Harris, Salvatore Labaro, Shannon Robert Moore, Michael Schaefer, and Theresa Weston. Please Note:  All other performances stated in the program calendar have been canceled.