Saturday, March 30 – Sunday, April 7, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Back by popular demand, the Bounce House is in the House during the week of Spring Break. For an additional $2 for 10 minutes of bounces, or a $6 wrist band for unlimited bounces, children can work out their sillies in the Jump Room Fun House. Special discount prices apply to MMCM members.

Saturday, March 23, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 Noon $10 per child, $7 per adult; MMCM Members - $5 per child, adults free Look around the museum for hundreds of multi-colored eggs. Meet the Easter Bunny, and create a Springtime craft. Enjoy Music and Movement with Michele Spitz from 11:00-12:00. Visit with the Children’s Zoo animals from 11:00-12:00. Every child will leave with a special gift. Above price also includes MMCM admission for the day. Sponsorship opportunities available. Please call (989) 399-6626 for more information.

Saturday and Sunday, March 16 & 17 With a little Luck ‘O the Irish (and good weather) you can help paint the car St. Patty’s Day green, create a shamrock craft, and plant a take-home mini biome of green grass.

Saturday, March 2, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Join the Chippewa Nature Center at the MMCM as they demonstrate the process of “tapping” trees to produce the very same maple syrup you put on your pancakes!

FAC Book Club: Join the Foundry Art Centre and indulge yourself in lively discussions on literature! Discussions will be held the third Thursday of every month featuring a new book. Social starts at 6:30, discussions are from 7-8:30. Book of the Month will be: The Twenty-Seventh City by Jonathan Franzen

Doors Open at 6:00pm Questions Start at 7:00pm The Foundry Art Centre is hosting its Second Annual Trivia Night & Silent Auction! All proceeds benefit the Foundry Art Centre, supporting its community events & programs provided throughout the year as the FAC strives to make art accessible for everyone to enjoy, regardless of age or economic barrier. Registration is open to the first 35 tables and is $160 for tables of eight people.

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Doors open at 6:30pm. St. Charles County Symphony Society is a multi-faceted ensemble, performing classical and modern repertoire, chamber concerts and a seasonal Pops series. For more information, please visit www.foundryartcentre.org

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC -- Galleries I & II, a juried exhibition of artwork that utilizes paper as an intergral component of expression. Gallery III - Robert Dvis, Jr., Mary Beth Shaw, Jill Rumoshosky Werner, Christa Denney & Adam West. Ameristar Gallery - Bonnie Smith. Baue Family Children's Gallery - Art Carousel, presented by PNC Arts Alive, transforms the children's gallery with a new Reading Tree Area and Puppet Stage. For more information and hours of operation, please visit www.foundryartcentre.org

Sat. May 11 Mother’s Day Weekend Bring mom and grandmom on Saturday to celebrate Mother’s Day at Sharp’s at Waterford Farm! Bring a container, or purchase one of ours, and choose from our large selection of beautiful flowers or herbs and make a special Mother’s Day container. We supply the soil, fertilizer, and the mulch for your planter for free. (You just pay for whatever plants you pick out for the container.) Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the scenery of our 530 acre farm. At 4 PM, we will offer a free hayride that will take you around our farm and through the Cattail Creek.

Friday, June 28th 10 – 11:30 Ponds, Puddles, & Creeks Open House - Your guide will bring you by hayride to the Cattail Creek. Make sure you wear old tennis shoes or water shoes as we go into the creek to catch a variety of the critters that live there. After catching them, we take time to identify what we have found, and learn about their habitats and life cycles. After releasing the critters we head back to the barnyard to feed the farm animals! $7.00/child Adults are free! Register on or before June 27th. We are also offering our “Healthy Eats” option.