Registration required by February 26. Furrytales and Touchables Stories come to life as youngsters touch real animal skins, bones, plants, and more while listening to a storybook reading at a Museum exhibit. The Schenectady Theater for Children, an adult volunteer organization dedicated to bringing live theater to area children, will perform an original play by Tim Gibbs called Talented Creatures. This fifty-minute production invites the audience to join the creatures at Woodland Elementary School as they learn how to make new friends, deal with bullies, and put on a talent show. Come and meet future scientists and view their winning projects at the thirteenth annual Joseph Henry Science Fair, where science projects from twenty area schools will be showcased on the Terrace Gallery.
Participants are winners of local school science fairs in two age divisions.
Projects are judged by professionals from the local scientific community, including scientists from the Museum s Biological and Geological Surveys. One adult required for every three children. Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company See under Adults on page 12 for a description of this free family program on Saturday, April 17. Iroquois Ecology as a Way of Life Rita Chrisjohn Benson of the Wolf Clan of New York s Oneida Indian Nation will illustrate Iroquois ecology. The Iroquois respect all living things because of their belief that all living things are related.