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Animal Defenses: Camoflage and Beyond

Blending in with the environment has lots of benefits in the natural world.

Come to PEM for for a full day of February Vacation activities and meet National Geographic photographer and naturalist Darlyne Murawski.

When: 
Thursday, February 24, 2011 from 10am - 4pm

February Vacation at the Cape Ann YMCA

There's plenty to do at the Cape Ann YMCA during February break!

The Cape Ann YMCA has a ton of fun packed into this February Vacation week. We’ve got lots of open time in our gym, pool and gymnasium for you to be together as a family, full day field trips for kids, intensive swim and gymnastics lessons, sports and gymnastics camps and family fitness fun. Check out all we’ve got planned for you and your family!

Location: 
Cape Ann YMCA

Creating 3D Photography

Learn tricks of 3d photography with Ron Labbe at the Peabody Essex Museum

Come to PEM for for a full day of February Vacation activities and meet the Salem author and illustrator giles Laroche, and experiment with 3d photography in a Workshop with Ron Labbe.

When: 
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 from 10am - 4pm

Puppets and Eye-Popping Art

Jim Napolitano from Nappy's Puppets host a puppet making workshop at PEM

Come to PEM for for a full day of February Vacation activities and learn about puppets, puppeteering and making puppets!

When: 
Monday, February 21, 2011 from 10am - 4pm

Kaliedoscopes and Disappearing Drawings

Explore different art techniques at thi full day of events at the PEM

Come to PEM for for a full day of February Vacation activities and meet the Salem author and illustrator giles Laroche!

When: 
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 from 10am - 4pm

Gulliver's Travels (1939)

See Gulliver's Travel at Cape Ann Community Cinema to help the Brain Candy Proje

The Cape Ann Community Cinema and The The Brain Candy Project have teamed up to create the BrainCandy Family Filmfest - an on-going exploration of the foundations of American Family Cinema, with proceeds to benefit The Brain Candy Project.

When: 
February 26, 2011 11:00am

Adventure Workshops: Shelter Building for Winter

Learn how to stay warm and protected with this winter shelter workshop.

Do you have an adventurer in your house? The Lynch/van Otterloo YMCA is putting on a series of workshops to help develop survival and exploration skills related to outdoor adventure. This workshop focuses on the crucial survival skill of building appropriate shelters.

When: 
Saturday, February 26, 2011 11am - 1 pm

Adventure Workshops: Hypothermia and Frostbite

Learn how to avoid the possibly deadly effects of hypothermia and frostbite.

Do you have a adventurer in your house? The Lynch/van Otterloo YMCA is putting on a series of workshops to help develop survival and exploration skills related to outdoor adventure. This workshop focuses on the cold weather dangers of hypothermia and frostbite.

When: 
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 6 - 7:15 pm

Birds in Winter with Donna Jacques Marchant

Birds in Winter: A Children's Program with Donna Jacques Marchant at Sawyer Free

Join Sawyer Free Library and Donna Jacques Marchant in a presentation of the Birds of Winter. Donna will teach the kids to identify local backyard birds and will help the kids make simple bird feeders.

When: 
Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 10:30am
Location: 
Sawyer Free Library

Winter Woods - Snow Shoeing

Discover Camp Denison on Snowshoes!

Explore the winter woods with seasoned snowshoers and outdoorsmen.  Discover Camp Denison Recreation Area's dynamic landscape under a quiet blanket of snow. We plan to snow shoe (or hike!) for roughly an hour along the trails.

When: 
Saturday, February 25, 2012 10am - Noon
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