Three ways to keep the family entertained this
week
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Linda Kostin
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Exploring Lockport Cave
Lockport Cave and Underground Boat Ride Caves are big fun. You never know what you’ll find. Treasure? Bears? The ruins of a 19th-century industrial complex? The LockportCave and Underground Boat Ride’s cave is actually a remnant of America’s industrial age. In the mid-1800s, Birdsill Holly — who held almost as many patents as his buddy […]
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Behind the telescope
Strasenburgh Planetarium
offers kids a glimpse into the heavens.
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School of rock
Need an antidote to the hustle and bustle of Rochester’s summer festivals? A serene place where your chances of running into a guy with an iguana perched on his shoulder are practically nil? Catch a free two-hour public walking tour of Mt.HopeCemetery, offered every weekend by The Friends of Mt. Hope Cemetery. Dedicated in 1838, […]
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Casting their vote
Residents of the Susan B. Anthony Preservation District have a history of working cooperatively for the greater good. In the parlor of her Madison Street home, Anthony herself worked with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass tirelessly campaigning for women’s suffrage and civil rights for all people. And rumor has it that years later, Buffalo […]
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Are you there yet?
Got kids? You’ve come to the right place! Year-round in Rochester, there’s plenty of family-friendly fun to help you forget that your days of romantic candlelit dinners are pretty much over. Spring Springtime is when the skies along LakeOntario darken with something other than snow clouds: birds of prey. Braddock Bay Raptor Research hosts Bird […]
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Holiday fun — it’s a gas
Sure the holidays mean spending time with the family. But you can still have fun, too. With these low-cost events, you’ll even be able to pay your fuel bills. Metro Justice’s Alternative Fair happens at the First Unitarian Church of Rochester, 220 South Winton Road, on Friday, December 2, 5 to 10 p.m. and Saturday, […]
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Pay a little, get a lot
Okay, hands up all you people who don’t venture west of the Genesee. You might be surprised learn there’s more to the Greece Central School District than acrimonious school board meetings and a well-orchestrated Presidential visit. Gates resident Mary Kieffer, for example, is learning how to stop and reverse the aging process. She’s taking her […]
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School’s out? Guess again
Afraid your kid’s brain will turn to mush over the summer but don’t have the bucks to pay for tutoring? Fear not. There are economical options beyond book logs and workbooks. Hey, you parents in Penfield, Rochester, Brighton, Greece, and anywhere else fuzzy math has infiltrated. Is your kid a little vague on mental arithmetic […]
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The accidental camper primer
Camping can happen to anyone. It’s nothing to be ashamed of. Each year, millions of Americans are struck by the urge to camp. Three years ago, I never thought camping would happen to me. After all, my parents raised me right. It was Holiday Inns and HoJos all the way. Of course, as so often […]
