Pick #1: Power of Play
Sunday, March 24th: 11:00-2:00
Cost is $5 per family
Back by popular demand, the Power of Play festival will be returning to Gloucester High School’s Benjamin Smith Field house on Sunday, March 24th, and is open to all Gloucester Public School District students and their families. Featuring fun for all ages, the program will include arts and crafts activities, giant board games, Legos, field games, family games, yoga, dance and much more.

Pick #2: Golden Goose Awards
March 22 @ 7:00pm | March 23 @ 2:00pm
The GOLDEN GOOSE AWARDS
Written and Directed by Katie Oberlander | Harborlight Montessori Experience Weeks
This performance culminates a two-week course bringing students to Gloucester Stage Company (GSC) for an intensive experience in theatre production, on stage and backstage. In addition to acting, students participate in all aspects of production, including box office management, lighting and set design, auditions and casting, costumes and props. Actors, assistant directors, stage managers, designers, and marketing and sales are all part of what it takes to stage an original production, which is what the students do on the GSC stage as the culmination of their theatre experience.
The GOLDEN GOOSE AWARDS is a World Premiere play written by Katie Oberlander (Mastermime, Out of Circulation), presented at Gloucester Stage Company Friday, March 22 at 7:00pm and Saturday, March 23 at 2:00pm. The show is approx. 80 minutes. Tickets are $15 and Students $8 – available online:

Pick #3: Spring Flapjack Fling at IRWS
Join us as we wrap up the maple sugaring season with our Spring Flapjack Fling. Bring your family and friends for this special breakfast and enjoy the fruit (OK, sap!) of our labor and our maple trees on some delicious pancakes. Flapjacks with our own maple syrup, along with fruit, orange juice, coffee, tea, and milk are on the menu.

March 23, 2019 (Saturday) 8:15am – 1:00pmLocation:
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Topsfield MAInstructor:
Sanctuary Staff and VolunteersAudience:
All(suitable for children 0 & up)Members:
Adult $17.00, Child $14.00Nonmembers:
Adult $17.00, Child $14.00Nonmembers can join today during checkout and take immediate advantage of member prices.Join us as we wrap up the maple sugaring season with our Spring Flapjack Fling. Bring your family and friends for this special breakfast and enjoy the fruit (OK, sap!) of our labor and our maple trees on some delicious pancakes. Flapjacks with our own maple syrup, along with fruit, orange juice, coffee, tea, and milk are on the menu.
The breakfast sitting is 45 minutes, followed by an hour-long sugaring tour to see and learn about the transformation of sap to syrup.
Breakfast & Tour
Times:
8:15 am, 9:15 am, 10:15 am, 11:15 am, and 12:15 pmFee:
aduts $17 members and nonmembers
children* $14 members and nonmembers
* Babies on laps are freeSugaring Tour Only
A limited number of spaces are available for the sugaring tour only (sorry, a breakfast-only option is not available).
Times:
9:00 am, 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 12:00 pm, and 1:00 pmFee:
adults $10 members, $11 nonmembers
children ages 3 & up $8 members, $9 nonmembers
Children under 3 are free and should be in a backpackInstructions and Directions:
Meets in the Barn. Dress warmly with warm waterproof footgear for the sugaring tour (you will be outside for an hour). Children under 3 are free and should be in a backpack for the sugaring tour.
Registration is required.Register online or call 978-887-9264 to register by phone.For your own security, DO NOT send credit card information via email.For more information, contact:
As always, for a comprehensive list of family activities, please visit our friends at North Shore Kid
