NCPR Community Calendar

In addition to the Tulip Route, there's lots of special events & entertainment, too. Plus, "A Celebration of Ideas" brings some of the most brilliant thinkers of our time to Ottawa to speak. Novelist Sir Salman Rushdie headlines. www.tulipfestival.ca

On this Mother’s Day, The Hyde gardening committee will dress the rooms in beautiful flower arrangements to celebrate the weekend. Guest who come with a mother or grandmother get a fresh cut flower to take home.

V.F.W. MEN'S AUXILIARY is hosting the breakfast. CARNATIONS FOR MOM! Menu includes: pancakes & real maple syrup, eggs, toast, sausage, bacon, home fries, juice & coffee. Seniors-$4.50; Adults-$5; age 3-12-$3; Age 5 & under-Free.

Focuses on developing design skills. Hack teaches basic design concepts of proportion, scale, line, color and detail through slides and discussion. Students learn how to get started designing a project, how to choose appropriate woods and techniques.

Challenge yourself with this two day, one night excursion in the Hurricane Primitive area of the Adirondack Park and learn about backcountry travel techniques. $150 includes food, group equipment & instruction. For more info: www.nccc.edu/wrl.html

The swinging and lyrical spirit of jazz, with an emphasis on Mothers' Day. Everyone welcome. Child care for young children. Handicapped accessible.

The show runs from 10-5 on Saturday and 10-4 on Sunday. Boat demonstrations and rides, displays by local dealers, 8-hour boater safety course May 10 & 11 from 8:30am - 12:30pm both days at the Inlet Town Hall. [1-866-GOINLET: www.inletny.com]

At the Nicholville Fire Station, State Highway 11B. Sponsored by the Nicholville Fire Department. Serving starts at 11am; call for take outs. Farm fresh bull head (baked ham available), side dishes, desserts, beverages. [$8/$6.50/$4/free under 5]

The DEC presents “Living with New York Black Bears.” Learn the natural history of black bears and how to safely share your neighborhood and recreation areas with them. Registration NOT required. Free.

Join Naturalist Peter O’Shea for a walk as the woodland wildflowers once again beginning their yearly show. Admire this show and learn some of the folklore that surrounds these flowers. Preregistration is required. Free.

Celebrate Mother’s Day and the return of spring flowers in the Adirondacks by making your own giant tissue paper flowers to decorate and take home. Free for members or with paid admission.

At Walden Books. Adirondack Author John H. Briant will discuss and sign his Adirondack Detective Series. Free.

New York's longest running musical (more than 17,000 Off-Broadway performances), is a charming, inventive and funny celebration of first love filled with terrific songs.

Shakespeare's epic tale of loss, betrayal, madness and the redemptive power of love comes to the FlynnSpace, complete with original music. Closing performance.

Learn to make your own decorative photo frame from handmade paper. Different sizes can be made, bring a photo or item to be framed. At least one frame will be made in any choice of color & pattern. Age 12 & up. Please RSVP (315-714-2119). Cost $12.

Peter Quilter's comedic biography of the infamous "Diva of Din", Florence Foster Jenkins, examines the life of one of music's most enduring eccentrics.