Have breakfast with Santa at Beefeaters, catch "The Polar Express" free of charge at the Main Street Movie House, build a Gingerbread Man at Little Fabric Garden, visit "Storyland" at On The Side Books and enjoy Horse Carriage Rides & Ice Skating on Main Street. Plus discounts from many of our retailers.

For more information visit www.bradfordpa.org  

Finish up your holiday shopping at this market with over 100 vendors. Enjoy a Chinese Auction, Soups On, Weebulls Pickles, What's Poppin' NY, Finger Lakes Fudge Company, God's Country Creamery and Backdraft BBQ. There will be a wrapping station. Stuff your own stuffed animal at the Stuffing Station.Take photos with Santa from 11 am to 2 pm. Have your caricature drawn by artist Eric Jones from 11 am to 2 pm. 

 
This event is FREE, family friendly and open to public attendance.

For more information contact the Smethport Area School District at (814) 887-5543 or visit www.smethportschools.com.

Santa will be in the cab of the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum’s Shay locomotive to listen to your holiday requests. Take an instant pic with St. Nick, and make a special ornament for your tree. Cookies and hot cocoa will be served in the museum program room and shop a holiday bazaar of local artisans.

More info: (814) 435-2652
lumbermuseum.org/events/

Elk are interesting animals. Do you have questions about these large mammals? Then bring your questions and join the staff of the Elk Country Visitor Center as they explain all about the elk's mysteries.

For more information call the Elk Country Visitor Center at 814-787-5167.

Escape rooms are all the rage these days and the staff of the Elk Country Visitor Center has designed their own! Think you have what it takes to escape? In this FREE escape room the elk biologist Molly Werner has gone missing and needs you to help search her office for clues to her whereabouts.

The program will run every half hour from noon until 2 p.m. and is free of charge.

Pre-register by emailing KECAConEdSp@windstream.net or by calling (814) 787-5173.

Steve Appleby will be presenting a special 75th anniversary program on the Battle of the Bulge. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and program begins at 7 p.m. Program is Free to the public, donations welcome.

More info: 814-225-2220
info@eldredpaww2museum.com

Christmas is upon us! Join the staff of the Elk Country Visitor Center and let your creativity shine as you work on some fun Christmas crafts.

For more information call the Elk Country Visitor Center at 814-787-5167.

Join the Pennsylvania Game Commission's North Central Educator to enhance your next hike in the Pennsylvania Wilds. You will learn to identify signs left behind by some of Pennsylvania's most common animals. At the end of the program, make your own plaster cast of an animal track and take it home (while supplies last.)

For more information call the Elk Country Visitor Center at 814-787-5167.

Would you like to begin the New Year doing something fun out in nature? If so, then join staff of the Pfeiffer Nature Center on their 5th Annual Winter's Day Hike. The hike will be moderately strenuous - which, in terms of exercise means you will be able to talk but not sing during the activity. The hike is free to the public and will take place rain or shine. However, if the weather seems extreme, look for a cancellation notice atop the website homepage at www.pfeiffernaturecenter.org.

For more information call (716) 933-0187.

Stop by the Kinzua Bridge State Park Visitor Center from 7:30 to 8:30 in the morning to learn a little about our winter feeder birds. What are the common birds at our feeder? What kind of seeds do they like? What type of feeders does the Visitor Center use? Also, a short walk near the feeders. Binoculars are available to use to look at the bird feeder birds on a first come, first served basis.

For more information call (814) 778-5467 or email kinzuabridgesp@pa.gov.

Hibernation is an important process that some animals need to survive the winter. Learn about hibernation and what animals in Pennsylvania are true hibernators - there are only a few and they may surprise you!

For more information call (814) 787-5167 or visit them on the web at elkcountryvisitorcenter.com/  

On display from January 10 - January 24. Described as visual metaphors, almost abstract, slightly surreal, these paintings explore the connection between brokenness and beauty. Brokenness allows, or forces, us to see and feel the benefits of our wild landscapes, our respite in the midst of chaos. These paintings highlight the natural beauty of the northern Alleghenies along with the worn facades of our built townscapes. In addition to studio work, Ryding is an adjunct professor at Pitt-Bradford and directs the local artists’ cooperative ArtWorks on the Summit in Kane, PA. Ryding has shown regionally and with the Encaustic Art Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico. www.mrydingartworks.com/ ;

This exhibit is Free to attend. For more information visit www.upb.pitt.edu or call (814) 362-0248.