Corning Community YMCA Preschool Open House - Serving ages 2-5 years.
Three different times to choose:
March 5   11:45 am - 1:00 pm
March 6   11:45 am - 1:00 pm
March 7 11:45 am - 1:00 pm
 
Come meet out teachers, visit the classrooms, and enrollments will be available.
For more information call Miss Lisa at 936-4638 ext. 3866
 

Newly-discovered glass beads, crucible fragments, and raw glass from Ile-Ife, Nigeria, are evidence of a massive workshop for making glass beads for West Africans a thousand years ago. Dr. Abidemi Babatunde Babalola, a McMillan Stewart Fellow at the W.E.B. Dubois Institute at Harvard University, will discuss the results of his archaeological excavations at Ile-Ife, where he has discovered the earliest evidence of glassmaking in sub-Saharan Africa. Previously, glass beads in Africa were thought to be made from glass imported from Europe. Dr. Babalola’s research demonstrates the technological sophistication of West African glassmakers before the European encounter.

Dr. Babalola received a Rakow Grant for Glass Research from The Corning Museum of Glass in 2017.

With activities for all ages, everyone in your crew is going to love Family Night at the Museum. Get everyone together and make plans to spend your Friday night with us!

Live Entertainment
Enjoy fun, family-friendly entertainment!

Fun Stuff to See
Watch live hot glassblowing demonstrations in the Amphitheater Hot Shop and see flameworkers create delicate figures at the torch.

Fun Stuff to Eat
Enjoy a variety of complimentary treats as well as other fun foods available for purchase.

For more information, contact publicprograms@cmog.org or +1 (607) 438-5500.

Join us for a communal updating of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to women working with glass.

Wikipedia’s gender trouble is well-documented. In a 2011 survey, the Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors were women. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity is not: content is skewed by the lack of representation from women. Let’s change that!

This is a free event, and no editing experience is needed. We will provide tutorials for beginner Wikipedians, reference materials, and refreshments. Please create a Wikipedia account before the event. Bring your laptop, power cord, and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. A limited number of laptops will be available for those who need them. For the editing-averse, we hope you will stop by to show your support.

We invite people of all gender identities and expressions to participate, particularly transgender and cisgender women.

We encourage you to RSVP by Friday, February 23, but drop-ins are welcome. RSVP to rakow@cmog.org or +1 (607) 438-5316.

Thinking about a career in science, technology, engineering or math? Middle and high school students should join us on March 22 from 6 to 8 pm in the Education Lab for a panel discussion with local STEM professionals, and a chance to talk to them one-on-one. Enjoy light refreshments. Parents welcome.

RSVP to +1 (607) 438-5429 or fireup@cmog.org by March 19. Free.

You read it right… we said BACON! The wineries have paired tantalizing bacon dishes with CLWT wines for your pleasure. Your taste buds will thank us later. At every winery, leave a ticket stub in the piggy bank for a chance to win a BBQ Bacon Basket. One lucky person will win a BBQ Smoker!

Besides sampling bacon infused dishes, you’ll sample a wine that compliments that dish, and also be offered up to 3 more additional wine tastings.

In addition, make sure to visit each of the 14 wineries to be eligible to win a BBQ themed gift basket containing BBQ sauces, utensils, and so much more! Just tear off a stub from your ticket at each winery and deposit into a Cayuga Lake Wine Trail Piggy Bank. The more wineries you visit the more chances you have to win!

Saturday 10-5pm, ALL 14 wineries are participating.
Sunday 10-5pm, ALL 14 wineries are participating.

Tickets:

Each ticket is good for the whole weekend, to visit each winery once.

Single tickets are $35 (plus tax) and include:

• 1 souvenir wine glass
• 1 wine and food pairing at each winery
• 3 additional wine tastings per winery
• 1 recipe collection 
• A chance to win a BBQ themed basket at each winery

Discounted designated driver tickets are available. The DD gets all the same perks as a regular ticket, minus the wine. They also get a DD travel mug, rather than a wine glass. $17.50 for a single (plus tax).

Packages that include tickets, transportation and accommodations are also available.

Be sure to buy your tickets early, we have a limited amount available per weekend.

If you’re part of a large group (15+), we ask that you contact the office for scheduling assistance. We try to keep track of and maintain as many large groups as we can to prevent over flow and clogs at the wineries. We reserve the right to limit the number of large groups purchasing tickets.

800-684-5217 or info@cayugawinetrail.com 

Tickets to our events CANNOT be REFUNDED.

This event is proudly sponsored by: Cayuga Radio Group Q Country 103.7 WQNY

Encourage creativity and imagination to blossom over spring break. Visit the Museum for lots of family-friendly activities that will keep both you and the kids busy and happy. Admission for kids and teens is always free, and local residents (living in ZIP codes beginning with 148, 149, or 169) can visit for just $9.75, making the full line-up of events and activities an affordable option for families of all sizes.

You Design It; We Make It!
Submit a drawing of something you’d like to see come alive in glass. Your drawing could be picked by one of our glassmakers to make in front of a live audience during a Tuesday or Saturday Hot Glass Demo in the Amphitheater Hot Shop. Drawings will be collected throughout the week for creation during the Hot Glass Demos on April 2 and 6. Want even more You Design It; We Make It!? Flameworkers will choose one drawing every day which they will create during the Flameworking Demo in the Innovation Center.

Make Your Own Glass
Make a spring egg, an egg pendant, or even our all new lamb bead! Plus, try suncatchers and windchimes that catch sunny rays every day. Additional fee. Projects are for all ages. We recommend booking ahead of time.

Glassmaking Demos
Watch as expert glassmakers transform molten glass into beautiful objects at the live, narrated Hot Glass Shows. Don’t miss the Flameworking, Glassbreaking, and Optical Fiber Demos. All demonstrations are included in the cost of admission.

CMoG Nature Adventure
Explore the biodiversity of our community with a variety of activities. Come along on guided nature walks and discover what’s living and growing around the Museum. Photograph trees and wildflowers. Inspect an insect. Use glass to investigate the world around you. Take a peek through binoculars while birdwatching. Search for tiny tardigrades with a microscope. Schedule changes daily.

What's The Use?
On March 30 and 31, stop up to our 35 Centuries of Glass Galleries to learn something you might not have known before. Our volunteers will be staffing What's The Use? carts where enquiring minds can learn about objects in the collection and what their uses might have been.

Garden Gallery Hunt
Kids can explore the galleries and find glass objects inspired by spring to create their own glass bouquets.

Join us for CMoG Nature Adventure! Let’s explore the biodiversity of our community.

Come along on guided nature walks and discover what’s living and growing around the Museum. Photograph trees and wildflowers. Inspect an insect. Use glass to investigate the world around you. Take a peek through binoculars while birdwatching. Search for tiny tardigrades with a microscope.

Schedule changes daily.