Where history and nature flow
Featured
On multiple days
Every month at Tadpole Time we'll be exploring a different environmental theme for our youngest visitors! Tadpole Time includes a story, songs and activities with time to enjoy the Flint RiverQuarium on your own after our time together. Tadpole Time is designed especially for parents and pre-schoolers, but all ages are welcome It's FREE with your RiverQuarium membership or with regular admission Go >
Featured
On multiple days
Enjoy magical moments with Santa now through Christmas Eve! Go >
Featured
On multiple days
Drive through the lights, enjoy hot cocoa, and roast marshmallows by the fire pits. Go >
Featured
Dec. 10, 8:00AM
The Jingle Bell Jog benefitting Children's Miracle Network at Phoebe is the traditional kick-off for family holiday fun in Southwest Georgia. This year (2022) marks our 34th anniversary for this fun, family event. The Jog consists of a 5K run and walk, a 10K run, and a 1-mile fun walk. Go >
Featured
On multiple days
Our holiday show, Season of Light, created by Loch Ness Productions, uses images, video, animation, and sound to tell the story of how our holiday traditions are connected to the sky above. December is the darkest month of the year and people all over the world have held festivals, lit candles, and tried to bring light to the darkness of the winter sky. Go >
Featured
On multiple days
The annual exhibit of Santas filling the Thronateeska Science Museum is sure to put you in the holiday spirit! Hundreds of versions of Jolly Old St. Nick document Santa’s appearance through the years and around the world. Go >
Featured
Dec. 11, 2:00PM – 5:00PM
The holidays are just around the corner! Join the fun and fantastic staff of the Albany Recreation & Parks Department (ARPD) as they bring Santa’s Workshop to the Good Life City! During this FREE and festive holiday event, registered participants will have the opportunity to wrap a free gift for a loved one and have their picture taken with our good friend, Santa Claus. Go >
Featured
Dec. 14, 7:00PM
The World-Famous Harlem Globetrotters are bringing their Spread Game tour to Albany, GA. The Spread Game tour is a basketball event like no other. With family entertainment and great basketball skills, the Harlem Globetrotters will show off their ankle- breaking moves, rim-rattling dunks and jaw-dropping swag. Part street-ball from the players who defined it, part interactive family entertainment, the new tour will show off the best of the Harlem Globetrotters in a dazzling exhibition of talent and game. Go >
Featured
On multiple days
Restarting January 11, 2022 and every 1st Tuesday of the month after! Designed for kids 15 months to 3 years old, Toddler Takeover combines a story, gallery visit and art project for the AMA's youngest visitors and parents. Siblings are welcome too! Toddler Takeover is free for AMA members and $5 for non-members. Go >
Featured
On multiple days
After School Art Club meets in the AMA Classroom on the last Monday of the month from September through May (there is no December class). The Monday sessions are geared toward middle and high school students. Courses begin with a focus on building fundamental drawing skills. Students will be taught basic techniques, such as shading, controlling tones, composition, and drawing methods. This will progress to learning how to recreate an image on paper using pencils, charcoal, chalk pastels, and/or oil pastels. Go >
Featured
On multiple days
After School Art Club meets in the AMA Classroom, usually on the last Tuesday of the month, from September through May (there is no December class). The Tuesday sessions are geared toward elementary school students. Courses begin with a focus on building fundamental drawing skills. Students will be taught basic techniques, such as shading, controlling tones, composition, and drawing methods. This will progress to learning how to recreate an image on paper using pencils, charcoal, chalk pastels, and/or oil pastels. Go >
On multiple days
The Wetherbee Planetarium is proud to be considered a valuable educational resource in South Georgia, sharing not just full-dome educational films, but also producing live presentations on a wide variety of astronomy topics. Go >
On multiple days
A movie at the Imagination Theater is the perfect addition to your Flint RiverQuarium visit! See an exciting lineup of award-winning, science-based documentaries on our three-story screen. Go >
On multiple days
St. Teresa School BINGO Playing Wednesday & Friday evenings Early Bird 7:00PM - Regular Session 7:30PM Doors open 6:00PM Go >
On multiple days
VFW Dance and live music Danny the DJ, and Still River Band. Go >
On multiple days
Come join us every Friday at 7PM for our Commander (EDH), Friday Night Magic event. Entry: $5 and guarantees at least a promo(s) for participating with the remaining prize support going into the prize pool for highest ranked players. Pods: up to 4 players per pod, OR divided as evenly as possible based on player count. Single round elimination with the winner of each pod advancing to the next round until the final winners pod is determined and the game is played out, with 1st-4th being the winners of the event. Go >
Dec. 9, 7:00PM
It’s our Sixth Anniversary and we’re celebrating with some great music, and cold brews. Please join us for a Knobby Knight with Flint Riverkeeper, Friday, December 9th at 7PM for a special live show from Evan Barber and The Dead Gamblers. We’ll have some specials going on and a lot of celebrating! Six years have flown by, and we know none of it would be possible without the support of our local community of friends and neighbors. We’d love to see you, and thank you for helping us do what we love! Go >
On multiple days
The Wetherbee Planetarium is proud to be considered a valuable educational resource in South Georgia, sharing not just full-dome educational films, but also producing live presentations on a wide variety of astronomy topics. Go >
Dec. 10, 10:00AM – 12:00PM
Join the fun and fantastic staff of the Albany Recreation & Parks Department (ARPD) as they host their 2022 S.T.A.R. Basketball Camps on Saturday, December 10, 2022! This FREE and innovative program teaches youth participants the fundamentals of basketball through individual training sessions, enhanced group training, and agility exercises. Go >
Dec. 10, 10:00AM – 1:00PM
Family Day, in partnership with the City of Albany Recreation and Parks Department, returns 10 am-1 pm on Saturday, Dec. 10 at the Albany Museum of Art. The event is free and open to the public. Kids will enjoy art projects, crafts, games, and activities. They also will have the opportunity to write a letter to their hero, such as a teacher, parent, friend, first responder, or someone else who has impacted their life. Family Day is also the final day to see the exhibition "Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice." Organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, it is made possible by generous support from Art Bridges. Go >
On multiple days
SASS is a free open classroom on 2nd Saturdays from 10am-2pm for students to come and create with provided materials, or they can bring their own. There will be snacks and music, with a general teenage hanging-out vibe. This is a free event. Go >
