Kiwanis gets update on Recreation and Parks
Tweet Even before it was put in charge of Albany’s civic center and municipal auditorium, the city’s Recreation & Parks Department (ARPD) held a multitude of responsibilities for oversight of public-use facilities and programs for all ages in the community. The department’s Kristin Caso, marketing and special events planner, and Robyn Fink, therapeutics/aquatics events coordinator, [...]
Read More →Win Big. Save a Fish. Join the Albany Journal team in the Flint RiverQuarium Turtle Race!
Tweet Click here to Win Big in the RiverQuarium Turtle Race. Join the Albany Journal’s Team! Adoption forms are in this week’s newspaper!
Read More →Albany Marine Band performs free concert Tuesday
Tweet The Albany Marine Band with Marine Corps Logistics Command is scheduled to perform a free concert for Marines, civilian-Marines and their families Tuesday, Aug. 24, from noon to about 1:30 p.m. at the Base Theater. Tuesday’s concert is a replica of the concert they are scheduled to perform at the Champlain Valley Exposition in [...]
Read More →Symphony to present ‘Baroque Germany’ on Feb. 20
Tweet Take a winter trip to “Baroque Germany” with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, Feb. 20, 2010. Enjoy the rare opportunity to hear all six of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. Each concerto features a varied group of soloists, which will showcase outstanding principal players from the ASO. ASO Conductor Claire Fox Hillard joins the orchestra as violin [...]
Read More →Flint Riverquarium: new movies, riverkeepers, and discounts
Tweet RiverQuarium swimming with specials, programs Special to the Journal Beginning this weekend and continuing for the rest of the month, visitors can show a church bulletin at the Flint RiverQuarium and receive a free movie admission with the purchase of a RiverQuarium ticket. Movies currently showing at the Flint RiverQuarium Imagination Theater are Wild [...]
Read More →Sat. November 14, 2009 Thronateeska Christmas Bazaar
In addition to the arts and crafts, the History Museum will also open the fifth annual Santa Claus Exhibit. This yearly favorite will bring cheer to young and old alike. The exhibit features Don Fisher’s collection of over 2,500 figurines, sculptures, paintings and crafted forms of Kris Kringle.
Read More →Sat, October 31, 2009 Smithville Chicken Pie Run & Festival
Tweet • WHAT: 2nd annual Smithville Chicken Pie 5K/10.2K/1 Mile Fun Run. Pre-Race Packets can be picked up Friday, Oct. 20 from 5-7 p.m. at the Smithville Police Department. • WHEN: Registration begins 6:30 a.m., 5K run starts 7:30 a.m., 10.2K run starts at 8 a.m., Fun Run starts 8:15 a.m. • WHERE: Run will [...]
Read More →November 5-8, 2009 Albany State University Poetry Festival 2009
Tweet November 5-8, 2009 All events free and open to the public. Thursday Nov. 5 11:30 – 12:30 Opening Symposium: Favorite Poems read by Faculty, Staff, Students ACAD Auditorium 1-3 p.m. Poetry Walkabout Pedestrian Mall Under-bridge 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Eagle Wings: Local Poets Symposium James Pendergrast Memorial Library 185 Reception 8 p.m. Friday Nov. [...]
Read More →Nancy Lopez 17th Annual Junior Golf Clinic
Tweet Saturday, October 17, 2009, 10 AM – 1 PM Plan for your young and inspiring golfer to receive first-hand instruction from those who have made a living of the sport. Our clinic is taught in (5) stations to consist of putting, chipping, driving, irons, and life skills area. The clinic will concluded with picnic [...]
Read More →Cultural Arts Family Day at Albany Musuem of Art
Tweet Saturday, October 10th, 2010. The Recreation and Parks Department and the Albany Museum of Art are teaming up to offer a special Family Day at the museum on Saturday, October 10th from 10am to 2pm. Hands on art activities Games Fun for the Entire Family Event takes place at the Albany Museum of Art [...]
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