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Dinosaurs Alive!
Roars Onto The Strasenburgh Planetarium Dome
Take a unique look at the entire age of dinosaurs in Dinosaurs Alive! – a captivating adventure of science and discovery currently featured at the Rochester Museum & Science Center Strasenburgh Planetarium. Narrated by Michael Douglas, this giant-screen film features spectacular animation and a live-action story that joins world renowned paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History and their graduate students in the field as they uncover new fossils – including the remarkable discovery of what may be the oldest dinosaur ever found in North America.

Dinosaurs Alive! brings dinosaurs, their behaviors, and their ancient environments to life on screen, juxtaposing stunningly realistic and scientifically accurate computer generated imagery with intriguing 1920’s documentary footage and dramatic scenes of real fossils and current dinosaur hunting expeditions. Using state-of-the-art techniques, the filmmakers create an array of amazingly life-like creatures based on the latest fossil evidence.

The film’s storyline includes a real-life scientific adventure that looks at the field of paleontology and the crucial finds made over the years that have revolutionized our understanding of the mysterious creatures that dominated the earth for 150 million years. Find out how paleontologists search for, discover, and study fossils to determine different dinosaur species: how big they grew, how fast they moved, how they were related to other species, how they interacted with other dinosaurs and creatures of their era, what they may have eaten, how they may have raised their young, what their surroundings looked like and how they may have died.

Witness dinosaurs locked in mortal combat, nesting in colonies, protecting their young and facing catastrophic forces of nature. Learn which ones traveled in herds, which made nests, which were the predators, which were the hunted and other surprising behaviors.

For more information about admission & show times, log onto www.rmsc.org or call (585)271-4320.


November Events at Explore & More Children’s Museum
Families are invited to join in the fun this month at Explore & More…a Children’s Museum in East Aurora. On Friday, November 7th come and enjoy exploring the museum until 8pm. Pizza is available from 5:30 to 7pm for a small fee of $3 for a slice, some veggies and a drink.

On Saturday, November 8th visitors will enjoy the Iroquois Day of Sharing from 11am until 4pm. Spend the day learning more about the Iroquois culture with local Folk Artists. Funded by the New York State Council on the Arts Folk Art Program, the day’s activities will include several local Iroquois artists engaging your entire family in the traditions of their work – and even letting you try! At 11am Marlene Rickard will have some Iroquois corn soup for visitors to sample. Many people on the reservation make this very popular dish, but you probably won’t find anything better than this! At 12:30pm, the Seven Generation Dancers will share their dance traditions. Make sure you don’t miss this presentation that should be fun for the whole family. At 2pm, Jay and Teresa Clause, well-known throughout Western New York, will tell traditional Iroquois stories while using their collection of beautiful artifacts to support the tales.

On Tuesday, November 11th the museum is open from 10am to 5pm for Veterans Day and is offering free admission to all military families. Finally, on November 28th from 11am to 4pm, it’s Building Fun! Building on kids’ passion for construction, the museum is having a day devoted to construction fun. In addition to the great Building exhibit, you can explore all sorts of construction including building “City Blocks” and trying your hand with some great building materials and tools. The program is free with museum admission. Call 655-5131 or log onto www.exploreandmore.org or call 655-5131 for admission rates and museum hours.


Northeast YMCA Offers Family Fun Activities
The Northeast Family YMCA is pleased to offer two great events for you and your children this month. Join in the fun for the whole family at their Family Roller Skating Party on Saturday, November 15th from 5pm to 7pm. Bring your roller blades and skate the night away to your favorite tunes with your family and friends. A helmet is required for all children and protective gear such as wrist guards, knee and elbow pads are recommended. The cost is $5 for members and $12 for non-members.

Flick and Float on November 21st offers an evening of movies, swimming and fun for your 6 to 12 year old child. Parents can feel safe dropping off your child at the Northeast Family YMCA from 6:45pm to 9:15pm while you have an evening to yourself. The cost is $5 for members and $12 for non-members. For more information about their family events, please contact the Northeast Family YMCA at 839-2543 or visit them online at www.ymcabuffaloniagara.org.

YMCA Buffalo Niagara is an inclusive association of people committed to a common effort to help individuals and families reach their fullest potential in terms of spirit, mind and body. Founded locally in 1852, the YMCA is committed to significantly expanding a fiscally sound, service delivery organization which delivers high quality, market driven services to a growing Western New York constituency. For more information about all of the programs the YMCA has to offer and their financial assistance program, please contact your local YMCA branch or visit www.ymcabuffaloniagara.org online.

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