Highmount, NY - Ski areas throughout the Northeast have been waiting for the arrival of winter for about a month. Although the calendar says winter doesn’t officially begin until December 21st, most mountains would have been open for business weeks ago. Unfortunately, Mother Nature has not been cooperating although things are finally beginning to look up.

A few inches of snow fell on the Belleayre Ski Center over Thanksgiving weekend and the weather forecast calls for the arrival of cold weather during the coming week. That will enable the snowmakers to start adding to the natural snow for a planned opening this Saturday, December 5th. Read more »

Rochester, NY — It’s an eventful December at the George Eastman House as the museum gets in the holiday spirit with a host of seasonal events including a spotlight on classic holiday films at the Dryden Theatre!

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‘Tis the season for holiday fun!

Enjoy time with the family at the many December holiday events and special displays at Strong National Museum of Play. 

Happy Holidays! Family Weekends: Saturdays, December 12 & 19 and Sundays, December 13 & 20. Join the woodland animals in an interactive performance of The Mitten, a hilarious Ukrainian tall tale about a boy who loses his white mitten in the snow. Performances take place on Saturdays at 11:30 a.m., and 1:00 and 2:30 p.m., and on Sundays at 1:00 and 2:30 p.m. Read more »

Syracuse, NY - Add a little hocus pocus to your “ho ho ho!” and kick the holiday season off right with the 8th Annual Holiday Magic in the Square in downtown Clinton Square THIS weekend, November 27.

“Twinkle, twinkle, little…lights?” The luminosity of the stars has nothing on that of Lights on the Lake at Onondaga Lake Park, going on now until January 10. Family traditions are made of warm and fuzzy events like these - so pile everyone in the car, fill a few thermoses of hot chocolate and get ready for life-size lit-up versions of your favorite holiday characters and dazzling displays lakeside! Read more »

Highmount, NY - With the cold temperatures staying well north of the region, last weekend’s scheduled opening of the Belleayre Ski Center was again postponed. Now, Belleayre has its sights set on next weekend with a planned opening of Friday, November 27th, when it is hoped that Mother Nature will cooperate by bringing some much-anticipated cold air down from Canada. Belleayre plans to open with a traditional $25 ticket price. Read more »

Hobart, NY - W.H. Adams’ Antiquarian Book Shop, located in the Hobart Book Village at 602 Main Street, will present an exhibit by Bertha Rogers, Delhi poet and visual artist. The exhibit is entitled “Riddle Me This: The Anglo-Saxon Riddle-Poems Translated & Illuminated for Our Time & Place” and will open on November 26 and remain at the book store through December 13. Read more »

Albany, NY - It’s that special time of year again in Albany’s Washington Park! 

What:             13^th Annual Hannaford Capital Holiday Lights, an all-new, drive-through spectacular with more than 125 displays and scenes along almost two miles throughout the park.

This year’s edition of Hannaford Capital Holiday Lights is entitled, “Celebrate-Our Differences,” and features new displays and themed areas including: Read more »