{"id":1124,"date":"2012-11-16T09:10:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T14:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/2012\/11\/16\/fun-things-to-do-around-town\/"},"modified":"2012-11-16T09:10:10","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T14:10:10","slug":"fun-things-to-do-around-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/2012\/11\/16\/fun-things-to-do-around-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Things to do Around Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Stamford Nature Center (39 Scofieldtown Rd, Stamford 203-322-1646) has two great exhibits opening Nov. 17: Gingerbread houses (through Dec. 27)and\u00a0 a Lego Train Exhibit ( through Jan 27) Admission includes a farm, complete with all farm animals.<\/p>\n<h3><a name=\"event-1377909\"><\/a>Saturday, November 17 through  Sunday, November 18 &#8211; Craft Westport<\/h3>\n<div>CraftWestport features  160 American craft artists including new exhibitors with contemporary works  never before seen in Westport. In addition, there is a specialty food section as  well as a teacup raffle of artist donated items.\u00a0 Staples High School on North Avenue in Westport, CT 10:00 AM &#8211; 6:00 PM (closes 5pm Sunday) Admission is $9, Seniors are $8, Children are  free, Parking is free<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3 style=\"border-bottom: #bcbcbc 2px;margin: 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style: none;font: bold 13px\/17px georgia, serif;border-top-style: none;color: #7575c3;border-right-style: none;padding: 0px\"><a name=\"event-1367525\"><\/a>Sunday, November 18 &#8211; UBS Thanksgiving Parade<\/h3>\n<div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px;font: 13px\/18px verdana, sans-serif;color: #3e3e3e\">For  19 years, Stamford&#8217;s annual holiday balloon parade, has become one of the  largest events of its kind in the country, with giant helium balloons floating  through Stamford Downtown. Last year it drew over 100,000 people. Among the many  balloons, The Lorax and Red from Fraggle Rock will make their debut this year.  Don\u2019t miss our Master of Ceremonies, Alan Kalter from the Late Show with  David Letterman. Award winning marching bands will add pazzaz to the day. The  Westhill and Stamford High School marching bands will march along with many  other bands.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"font: 13px\/18px verdana, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #0066ff\">Where<\/span>: The parade route starts on Summer Street at Hoyt and  ends on Atlantic Street, just a few short blocks from the Stamford Metro-North  Railroad Station.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font: 13px\/18px verdana, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #0066ff\">When<\/span>: 12:00 PM<\/div>\n<div style=\"font: 13px\/18px verdana, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #0066ff\">Who<\/span>: All ages welcome<\/div>\n<div style=\"font: 13px\/18px verdana, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #0066ff\">How<\/span>: visit stamford-downtown.com for more info<\/div>\n<div style=\"font: 13px\/18px verdana, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #0066ff\">Cost:<\/span> free<\/div>\n<div style=\"font: 13px\/18px verdana, sans-serif\">\n<h3 style=\"border-bottom: #bcbcbc 2px;margin: 0px 0px 1px;border-left-style: none;font: bold 13px\/17px georgia, serif;border-top-style: none;color: #7575c3;border-right-style: none;padding: 0px\"><a name=\"event-1367504\"><\/a>Friday, November 23 through  Saturday, November 24 &#8211; Special: Angelina Ballerina Celebration<\/h3>\n<div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px;font: 13px\/18px verdana, sans-serif;color: #3e3e3e\">As  a warm up to the Westport Country Playhouse production of Angelina Ballerina,  The Musical, the library will feature art projects, games and kids films to  entertain over the holiday weekend.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"font: 13px\/18px verdana, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #0066ff\">Where<\/span>: Westport Public Library<\/div>\n<div style=\"font: 13px\/18px verdana, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #0066ff\">When<\/span>: 12:00 PM &#8211; 4:00 PM<\/div>\n<div style=\"font: 13px\/18px verdana, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #0066ff\">Who<\/span>: all ages<\/div>\n<div style=\"font: 13px\/18px verdana, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #0066ff\">How<\/span>: just come!<\/div>\n<div style=\"font: 13px\/18px verdana, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #0066ff\">Cost:<\/span> free<\/div>\n<div style=\"font: 13px\/18px verdana, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #0066ff\">For more info<\/span>: www.westportlibrary.org, or call  203-291-4810 or email kids@westportlibrary.org<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Stamford Nature Center (39 Scofieldtown Rd, Stamford 203-322-1646) has two great exhibits opening Nov. 17: Gingerbread houses (through Dec. 27)and\u00a0 a Lego Train Exhibit ( through Jan 27) Admission includes a farm, complete with all farm animals. <a name=\"event-1377909\"><\/a>Saturday, November 17 through Sunday, November 18 &#8211; Craft Westport CraftWestport features 160 American craft artists  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/2012\/11\/16\/fun-things-to-do-around-town\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-things-we-do","category-kids"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fun Things to do Around Town - Carol&#039;s Cluster Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fun Things to do Around Town - Carol&#039;s Cluster Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Stamford Nature Center (39 Scofieldtown Rd, Stamford 203-322-1646) has two great exhibits opening Nov. 17: Gingerbread houses (through Dec. 27)and\u00a0 a Lego Train Exhibit ( through Jan 27) Admission includes a farm, complete with all farm animals. 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