Family fun for whenever
Mega-storytime
• “Storytime! Small Business Saturday Edition” at Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Concord, 224-0562, gibsonsbookstore.com) on Saturday, Nov. 25, at 11 a.m. will feature multiple authors reading from their new children’s books: Deborah Buss with Where Is Little Stripe’s Daddy?, Matt Forrest Esenwine with The Thing to Remember About Stargazing and Kari Allen with Maddie and Mabel Make a Plan.
Make a day of it
• Charmingfare Farm (774 High St. in Candia; visitthefarm.com) is holding its Christmas Tree Spree from Friday, Nov. 24, through Sunday, Nov. 26, with times starting at 10 a.m. For $22 per person or $159 for four people, plus a tree, visit the farm to pick a balsam or Fraser fir, take a horse-drawn wagon ride, meet Santa’s reindeer, warm up at the campfire and more. Reserve admissions online.
Day at the museum
Museums are closed on Thanksgiving, but here’s what’s happening the rest of the weekend.
• The Aviation Museum of New Hampshire (27 Navigator Road in Londonderry; nhahs.org, 669-4820) is open Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. Admission costs $10 for ages 13 and above, $5 for 65+, veterans/military and kids ages 6 to 12, and is free for ages 5 and under.
• The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (6 Washington St. in Dover; childrens-museum.org, 742-2002) has play sessions from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Nov. 21; from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 22, and Friday, Nov. 24, and Saturday, Nov. 25; and 9 a.m. to noon on Sunday, Nov. 26. Catch Wacky Art Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and Science Fridays at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Buy admissions for a time slot online in advance; admission costs $12.50 for adults and children over 12 months, $10.50 for 65+. Check out images of the museum’s past 40 years in the “40 Years of Play” exhibit in Gallery 6.
• The Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St. in Manchester; currier.org, 669-6144) will be open Wednesday, Nov. 22, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. as well as Friday, Nov. 24, through Sunday, Nov. 26, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission costs $20 for adults, $15 for ages 65+, $15 for students and $5 for ages 13 to 17 (children under 13 get in for free). Current exhibits include “Fabricating Modernism: Prints from the School of Paris,” “Heart of a Museum: Saya Woolfalk” and “Sanaa Gateja: Selected Works.”
• The Manchester Millyard Museum (200 Bedford St. in Manchester; manchesterhistoric.org, 622-7531) is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (closed Thanksgiving). Admission costs $10 for adults, $8 for 65+ and college students, $5 for ages 12 to 18 and free for kids under 12. Print out the “Gallery Games” sheets (or grab some from the front desk) to do a scavenger hunt.
• The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center (2 Institute Dr. in Concord; starhop.com, 271-7827) is open Wednesday, Nov. 22, as well as Friday, Nov. 24, through Sunday, Nov. 26, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission costs $12 for adults, $9 for ages 3 to 12, $11 for 65+ and free for ages 2 and under, with planetarium shows an additional $6 per person ages 3 and up. Current planetarium shows include 3-2-1 Liftoff, Totality!, The Great Spirit Bear Chase and the Hunt by the Bird People, Tonight’s Sky and Big Astronomy. See the website for the show schedule.
• The New Hampshire Historical Society (30 Park St. in Concord; 228-6688, nhhistory.org) is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (except for Thanksgiving). The Society, which is currently celebrating its 200th anniversary, features the exhibit “Discovering New Hampshire” with objects, photographs, documents and more from New Hampshire’s history. Admission costs $7 for adults, children age 18 and under get in free.
• SEE Science Center (200 Bedford St. in Manchester; see-sciencecenter.org, 669-0400) is open Tuesdays through Fridays (closed Thanksgiving) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets cost $12 for ages 3 and up. Exhibits include the Lego Millyard, “Sun, Earth, Universe,” Physics Fun, Cooking & Chemistry, Dinosaurs, BiologYou and Bubbles, The Ocean and You.