family focus
MAY 6—OCTOBER 28
EVERY SUNDAY 9am-2pm
Five Things Your Kids
Will Love This Month
Located on N. Old Woodward
just north of Booth Park.
Celebrate Earth Day, Mom and more ...
Lynne Konstantin
Contributing Writer
TITANIC: THE
MUSICAL
Still can't get enough
of remembering the
Titanic? In honor of
the 100th anniversary
of the world's largest
ship's sinking on April
15, 1912, Stagecrafters Baldwin Theatre
sets sail with Titanic: The Musical
through May 6. The hauntingly moving
telling of three different stories in each
class on the ship won five Tony Awards,
including Best Musical, Best Score and
Best Book when it debuted on Broadway
in 1997. Appropriate for ages 8 and older.
$18-$20.
rides around the village, storytelling,
live music, arts and crafts, shopping and
more at Day Out with Thomas. (Trains
leave every half hour from 9:30 a.m.-5
p.m.; $11.75-$35.75.) For truly devoted
engineers, Greenfield Village offers a
Railroaders' Breakfast on April 28, May
5 and May 12 from 8-9 a.m. Buttermilk
pancakes, blueberry compote, chocolate
chips and more are accompanied by the
Picks & Sticks String Band, railroad-
themed storytelling and a visit with the
Village Hobo and Sir Topham Hatt at
the Taste of History restaurant, along
with special-access parking, admission
to Greenfield Village for the day and a
special 9 a.m. ride with Thomas ($22.50-
$49.25). Reservations and tickets for all
events are required.
Fresh Cut Flowers • Produce • Organics • Baked Goods • Kids Crafts • Prepared Foods
Live Entertainment • Annuals & Perennials
Greenfield Village,
Stagecrafters Baldwin Theatre,
20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn.
415 S. Lafayette Ave., Royal Oak.
(313) 982-6001; thehenryford.org.
(248) 541-6430; stagecrafters.org .
EARTH DAY AT
THE ZOO
Celebrate the 42nd
anniversary of Earth
Day on April 22 with
some earthy crea-
tures: Join the Detroit
Zoo's Green Team
at the Green Games Gallery for Earth-
friendly activities (including games
made entirely out of recycled products),
projects, a climbing wall, entertainment,
animal enrichment, a scavenger hunt
throughout the zoo, plus tips for keeping
our planet a healthy place to live from
local conservation groups. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Saturday, April 21. Earth Day activities
are free with regular zoo admission: $14/
ages 15-plus; $9/ages 2-14.
Detroit Zoo. 8450 W. 10 Mile Road,
Royal Oak. (248) 541-5717;
detroitzoo.org
DAY OUT WITH
THOMAS
More than 60 years
ago, a dad with a pas-
sion for trains wanted
to bond with his
son. So he wrote the
Railway Series of clas-
sic stories, out of which grew Thomas
the Tank Engine, who has chugged his
way into millions of train-loving hearts.
For six days only, April 28-29, May 5-6
and May 12-13, Thomas, Sir Topham
Hatt and the rest of his Island of Sodor
friends will visit Greenfield Village for
SHEEP SHEARING
Bring the kids to Hess-Hathaway Park
to watch a sheep-shearing demonstra-
tion and visit the other farm animals,
then enjoy a pancake breakfast in
the Community Building. Breakfast
($3/children 10 and under; $5/11 and
older) is 9-10:30 a.m.; sheep are sheared
(free) from 10-11 a.m., Saturday, April
28. While you're there, visit the Park's
All Kids Playground, created by the
National Council of Jewish Women,
Greater Detroit Section, for children of
all abilities; including those with special
needs.
MC*5
JEWELRY
Hess-Hathaway Park, 825 S. Williams Lake
Road, Waterford. (248) 674-5441;
twp.waterford.mi.us .
MOM'S DAY AT THE FARM
Here's a treat for mom she won't soon
forget: Take her out (with the family) to
Kensington Metropark to see how the
farm animal moms — including sheep,
pigs and cattle — take care of their own
babies, see an herb garden, visit the Kids'
Cottage, a "green" structure made from
trees, rocks, soil and plants found mostly
at the park, see field crops and old-fash-
ioned farm equipment on display, then
hop on a horse-drawn hayride (moms
ride free!). Noon-4 p.m., Sunday, May 13.
Kensington Metropark,
2240 W. Buno Road, Milford.
(248) 684-8632; metroparks.com .
The photo of the giraffe enjoying
environmental enrichment from a recycled
248-851-5030
6881 Orchard Lake Rd.
on The Boardwalk
wittl,th/12 r * Stsxpteh tufterettersgiataucit
water jug was taken by Mark M. Gaskill.
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