FAMILY

Tuesday Tales - Story Time and Science Exploration

Presented by CuriOdyssey at CuriOdyssey at Coyote Point

January 5, 2010 - Ongoing

Enjoy an enriching story, animal presentation and exploration activity conducted by our Museum’s volunteers. A distinctive program for children 2-5 years old and their caregivers. A great addition to your Museum visit that is included in your admission that day. Program lasts about 20-30 minutes.

Gardeners of Identity... Basques in San Mateo County - Exhibition

Presented by San Mateo County History Museum at San Mateo County History Museum

March 20, 2010-March 1, 2012

Of the 58,000 Basques living in the United States today, the largest population resides in California. This exhibit explores the Basque culture, how it came to San Mateo County and its many unique traditions that have become an important part of the local community.

San Mateo Farmers' Market

Presented by Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association at College of San Mateo

March 12, 2011 - Ongoing

The College of San Mateo plays host to this farmers' market that has earned a reputation as one of the best farmers' markets on the Peninsula. Visit on a Saturday to find out what all the excitement is about!

Otter and Bobcat Feedings

Presented by CuriOdyssey at CuriOdyssey at Coyote Point

August 14, 2011 - Ongoing

Otter Feeding: Always a family favorite, watch the frisky River Otter frolic and play during the daily feeding. Observe the otter in his habitat from both above-ground and through the underwater observation window.

Bobcat Feeding: Watch young bobcats chow down on bobcat delicacies and learn about these intriguing animals from the Wildlife Keepers.

Animals in Action - Wildlife Demonstrations

Presented by CuriOdyssey at CuriOdyssey at Coyote Point

August 23, 2011 - Ongoing

This is an exciting opportunity to witness animals engaging in all kinds of activities. Watch the Wildlife Keepers leading animal enrichment activities, taking animals for walks, or even doing training sessions!

Animal Connections - Wildlife Show

Presented by CuriOdyssey at CuriOdyssey at Coyote Point

September 3, 2011 - Ongoing

Can't get enough facts on critters furry or feathered? In the Wildlife Theater, you can learn facts about CuriOdyssey's non-releasable animals. Show themes will vary, so you can learn something new every time you visit. This is a great chance to get a closer look at some animals and to ask professional animal keepers questions.

Tickets are handed out twenty minutes in advance, and it is a good idea to be lined up thirty minutes before the show, as tickets are limited, and they go

Live Action Storytime at the East Palo Alto Library

Presented by San Mateo County Library at East Palo Alto Library

September 3, 2011 - Ongoing

In this interactive storytime, kids of all ages read books, sing songs, and play games.

Peninsula Landmarks - Exhibition

Presented by San Mateo County History Museum at San Mateo County History Museum

September 10, 2011-April 1, 2012

Peninsula Landmarks features four murals by Lois White that highlight historic buildings, parks and businesses of historic significance to San Mateo County.

The Science of Nature - Interactive Exhibition

Presented by CuriOdyssey at CuriOdyssey at Coyote Point

September 25, 2011 - Ongoing

Why does fog fall? What is water current and what does it look like? Find out at this interactive exhibition. Touch, swirl, twist, magnetize and crank eight new interactive exhibits to learn how nature’s many complex systems work together to create our environment.

Tinkering - Interactive Exhibition

Presented by CuriOdyssey at CuriOdyssey at Coyote Point

September 25, 2011 - Ongoing

How will we meet the environmental challenges of today and tomorrow? Every invention, from a sewing needle to a solar cell, came to be as the result of tinkering and experimentation. This exhibit captures the beauty and intrigue of mechanical processes and highlight the importance of tinkering in the process of innovation.

Weekly Story Hour

Presented by Barnes & Noble at Barnes & Noble - Hillsdale, San Mateo

November 5, 2011 - Ongoing

Amelia Bedelia, Curious George, Madeline and other favorite characters come to life at this Weekly Story Hour. Not only can your children listen to stories, they also are invited to participate in creative activities designed to teach and entertain them.

East Palo Alto Community Farmers' Market

Presented by East Palo Alto YMCA

February 4, 2012 - Ongoing

The East Palo Alto Community Farmers' Market is a community-based and youth-focused certified Farmers' Market. Founded in June 2008, the Market seeks to provide a source of fresh, health and local produce in a friendly community gathering space in East Palo Alto. Shop at the Farmers’ Market for healthy and delicious food!

Graceful Hawaiian Hula Classes - Saturdays

Presented by Community Education, San Mateo County Community College District at College of San Mateo

February 4-April 7, 2012

Hula is the heart and soul of the Hawaiian people! Come enjoy the language of the heart expressed in graceful motion. Have fun learning the art of hula storytelling in this low impact aerobic exercise. 9 class sessions.

Daly City Farmers' Market

Presented by California Farmers' Markets Association

February 9, 2012 - Ongoing

A fixture in the community since 1991, the Daly City Farmers' Market is held in the West side of the parking lot at Daly City’s Serramonte Center, behind Target. It features different delicious seasonal crops throughout the year.

Playing Grown-Up... Toys from the Harry P. Costa Collection - Exhibition

Presented by San Mateo County History Museum at San Mateo County History Museum

February 14-December 31, 2012

The San Mateo County History Museum presents this unique exhibit, while explores those toys from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s that allowed children to mimic the activities of adults. Objects highlighted will include an antique pedal car fire truck and airplane, Tonka work trucks, a fully electric 1929 Lionel Stove & Oven, a G-men Fingerprint Set, a “Miss Friday” mechanical doll and a working Lionel train, just to name a few. Objects will be displayed with a backdrop of images

B-Boys and B-Girls - Hip-Hop Dance Camp

Presented by Spindrift School of Performing Arts at Pacifica Spindrift Theatre

February 20-February 24, 2012

Sweat, groove, and learn some fly tricks all while learning about how to be a "B-Kid." Learn Hip-Hop dance technique and strengthen your body to current (clean) music. Explore the history of Hip-Hop, and create your own costumes for our final Hip-Hop show at the end of camp. Don't miss out on this awesome experience!

Riding Camp - Webb Ranch

Presented by Webb Ranch and Family Farm

February 20-February 24, 2012

The Webb Ranch Riding School offers a comprehensive program for beginning and intermediate riders. Have you seen how much a rider can improve in one riding lesson? Imagine what a whole session can do!

Webb Ranch offers a series of Holiday, Spring and Summer riding sessions for children ages 7 to 18. Each riding day starts at 9am and finishes by 12pm.

During these sessions, the riders will learn grooming, saddling, bridling, and (of course) riding. All groups will learn both

Paws for Tales, Brisbane

Presented by City of Brisbane at Brisbane Library

February 22, 2012

Children can improve their reading skills by reading to a trained therapy dog. Sign up in advance and join the fun. Pet Assisted Therapy teams and their handlers are from the Peninsula Humane Society & the SPCA’s Paws for Tales program. Please note that the Humane Society requires a signed release form for each time a child reads. A parent or guardian must accompany the child.

Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer Live - Dora's Pirate Adventure

Presented by Fox Theatre at Fox Theatre

February 24-February 25, 2012

Join Dora the Explorer and her friends for the event of the year as they take an exciting and fun trip to Treasure Island, live on stage at the Fox.

Dora the Explorer Live! Dora's Pirate Adventure is a family-friendly show that's been adapted from the episode of the highly popular Nickelodeon television program. The interactive show features Dora, her best buddy Boots the Monkey, and the rest of their friends on the trip to Treasure Island, as they navigate over Dancing

A Little Princess - Final Friday Flick

Presented by San Mateo County Library at Atherton Public Library

February 24, 2012

A young girl is relegated to servitude at a boarding school when her father goes missing and is presumed dead. 1995 release. Rated G. 97 minutes.

Daffodil Daydreams - Demonstrations, Tours, Family Activities

Presented by Filoli at Filoli

February 24-February 26, 2012

Join Filoli as they begin their 36th year and celebrate the spectacular flowering of Filoli. Daffodils lead the floral parade each spring and at Filoli nearly a million bulbs burst into bloom. They are one of the easiest and hardiest of the garden flowers, giving you more with each passing year. From the smallest to the largest, whether planted in a formal flower bed or naturalized in a field, you'll enjoy their cheerful annual display. Filoli is an American Daffodil Society Display Garden

Story Time with Alexandra Day, Author

Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books

February 26, 2012

Alexandra Day is a legendary storyteller who has a knack for surprising juxtapositions. She is the creator of the rottweiler named Carl who gently tends to an infant in a series of books that began in 1985. Now comes The Fairy Dogfather.

Hector has trouble differentiating the letters D and G. Thus when he writes a request for a fairy godfather, the Fairy Dogfather arrives instead, wearing a fedora and smoking a cigar. He isn't what Hector had in mind at all. He uses big

Soar with Books - Preschool Reading Program

Presented by Hiller Aviation Museum at Hiller Aviation Museum

March 3, 2012

Hiller Aviation Museum presents Soar with Books, a preschool reading program on select Saturdays. It includes a special tour, aviation book reading time, and a craft project for aviators ages 3-5.

No reservations are necessary. Sign-up in person on the morning of the program.

Plant Clinic

Presented by The San Mateo Arboretum Society at Central Park - San Mateo

March 4, 2012

The Master Gardeners are available to answer your questions, from general information to advice about specific problems. You may bring samples of your plants for better diagnosis. Use a Ziploc or similar baggie to carry your sample. If you suspect insect damage, try to include some insects so they can be correctly identified.

For this program, please meet at the Kohl Pumphouse in San Mateo's Central Park.

Story Time with Emily Wagner, Author

Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at Kepler's Books

March 4, 2012

Asleep Under the Moon is a charming bedtime story about Gavin and Buddy's adventures at the beach in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Come hear Emily Wagner introduce children to the beauties of nighttime and sleeping under the stars.

Aurora Mandolin Orchestra Concert

Presented by Aurora Mandolin Orchestra and Aurora Mandolin Orchestra at Pleasanton Public Library

March 4, 2012

The Aurora Mandolin Orchestra is comprised of over 25 members who play mandolin, mandola, guitar, bass, accordion, and flute and includes many professional musicians who continue to preserve and perpetuate this musical art form. Their unique romantic sounds take listeners to many lands and provide a treat that fans have enjoyed for over 35 years.

On Board the Flying Fortress - Presentation by Ray Allen, WWII B-17 Navigator

Presented by Hiller Aviation Museum at Hiller Aviation Museum

March 17, 2012

Ray Allen completed a full tour--thirty five missions--as a Boeing B-17 Navigator in the European theatre during the latter years of WWII. He achieved the highest qualification a navigator could attain--Class Three Navigator. When Ray shares some nail-biting details of his various missions, he tells it like it all happened earlier in the day!

For his brave service to his country, Ray received the Distinguished Flying Cross, five Air Medals, and three Battle Stars with Area

The Ugly Duckling

Presented by Fox Theatre at Fox Theatre

March 17, 2012

Everything has its own beauty; you simply have to look for it. This lovable story by Hans Christian Andersen tells of a homely little bird born in a barnyard who suffers neglect from others around him until, much to his delight (and to the surprise of others), he matures into a beautiful swan, the most beautiful bird of all.

The Fox Theatre is proud to present a live children's stage performance of this wonderful story that is beloved around the world. This adaptation is a great

787 Dreamliner... A Glimpse of the Future - Presentation

Presented by Hiller Aviation Museum at Hiller Aviation Museum

March 24, 2012

In the years ahead, most of those who travel on airlines will hitch a ride on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. This sleek new airplane was designed with cutting edge technology in manufacturing and material science. With this bold step, Boeing is leading the industry in creating fuel-efficient, easy to maintain, and superbly stylish and comfortable airplanes. The future you've dreamed of is here. In this one hour presentation, you'll see colorful pictures that highlight the Dreamliner's technical

Friday at the Theatre for Kids

Presented by Portola Valley Theatre Conservatory at Valley Presbyterian Church

March 30, 2012

Kids, this is your chance to send your parents out for a date night and play! Parents, this is better than a baby sitter! Kids get to play some favorite theatre games with Portola Valley Conservatory Theatre teachers, then get comfy and watch a classic movie musical on the big screen while eating yummy food!

9th Annual Model Trains and Planes Display

Presented by Hiller Aviation Museum at Hiller Aviation Museum

March 31-April 15, 2012

Come and see both Planes and Trains, in an extensive history and collection of airplanes and helicopters, as well as the operating display of skillfully crafted HO model trains featuring the scenery and villages of Europe. Watch the operation of diverse and colorful passenger and freight trains of the present and times past from Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland, and other European countries. Bring your family and friends to experience and enjoy both Planes and Trains together. Also on

Spring Break Riding Camps - Webb Ranch

Presented by Webb Ranch and Family Farm

April 2-April 20, 2012

The Webb Ranch Riding School offers a comprehensive program for beginning and intermediate riders. Have you seen how much a rider can improve in one riding lesson? Imagine what a whole session can do!

Webb Ranch offers a series of Holiday, Spring and Summer riding sessions for children ages 7 to 18. Each riding day starts at 9am and finishes by 12pm.

During these sessions, the riders will learn grooming, saddling, bridling, and (of course) riding. All groups will learn both

22nd Annual Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show

Presented by Miramar Events

April 28-April 29, 2012

There's nothing quite like the Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show -- Half Moon Bay's massive celebration of mechanical ingenuity, power and style. It's a whimsical, fascinating, amusing, curious and absolutely unique show and tell spectacle featuring 2,000 magnificent driving, flying and working machines from the 20th and 21st centuries. The world's coolest cars of every era and style, model-T fire engines, vintage busses, custom motorcycles, tricked out trucks, sleek streamliners,

Friday at the Theatre for Kids

Presented by Portola Valley Theatre Conservatory at Valley Presbyterian Church

June 15, 2012

Kids, this is your chance to send your parents out for a date night and play! Parents, this is better than a baby sitter! Kids get to play some favorite theatre games with Portola Valley Conservatory Theatre teachers, then get comfy and watch a classic movie musical on the big screen while eating yummy food!