Top Things to Do with Kids in Fairfield this May
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In preparation for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the Bruce Museum is exhibiting The Olympic Games: Art, Culture and Sport, which celebrates the history of the games and compares the ancient games with its modern incarnation. Discover which sports have endured since antiquity and learn how art, science, and technology have played a role in both ancient and modern-day Olympics. Plus, take a peek inside a custom-built mini-diorama that recreates one of the earliest Greek stadiums, complete with 1,200 miniature participants.
May 19
Join Make-A-Wish Foundation at the Beardsley Zoo for its Walk for Wishes fundraiser. Proceeds from the day benefit the foundation, which strives to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. Enjoy a Touch A Truck event featuring police and fire vehicles, then take a non-competitive walk through the zoo and join a private post-walk celebration with food, music, kids’ activities, and carousel rides.
May 19
What is it about the night that makes everything more fun? Let the kids loose at tge Westport Weston Family Y’s Youth Fun Night. Children in fourth through seventh grade enjoy a parent-free (but supervised) night of swimming, basketball, games, and making sundaes.
Opens May 19
Stepping Stones Museum’s new temporary exhibit, Blue Man Group: Making Waves, is all about the science of sound. This multisensory exploration offers a playful and accessible approach, utilizing JBL Technology—a brand of high-performing speakers—and the Blue Man Group as guide.
May 26
The Stamford Center for the Arts and Stamford Gives Back join forces to present the African Children’s Choir, a group of singers ages 7-11 that includes some of the most needy and vulnerable children in Africa. When the choir has finished touring, the children return to receive an education and leadership training at well-equipped schools in their respective countries.
Opens May 26
You’ve heard of a great white shark, but what about the great white of the Wetlands? Have no fear; this white alligator won’t be swimming free in the sound. It’s spending the summer as a guest of The Maritime Aquarium. This rare gator, one of only 44 in a population of 5 million, is no albino—its lack of color is due to a genetic condition called leucism.
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