Nano Days + Free Admission - Discovery Museums, Acton
Friday 3/2

Kids see nano gold, make a DNA necklace, change the color of a butterfly’s wings, play I Spy Nano, and more. Find the nano in your everyday life and discover the special and unexpected properties found at the nanoscale. Free from 4:30pm-8:30pm

Paleo Planet: A Look at Life in the Past Family Festival - Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge
Saturday, 3/3

Families can travel back in time to explore the amazing world of dinosaurs, Ice Age mammals, trilobites, and other fossils through more than a dozen different activities including investigating human ancestors through fossils, meeting Harvard scientists, examining rare specimens, and making their own models. Free with admission

Celebrating Seuss - Harvard Coop, Cambridge
Saturday, 3/3

Children celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday with stories, a messy craft and a birthday cake. Free

Saturday Afternoon Puppet Series: The Trolls and the Tree - Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington

Saturday, 3/3
Margaret Moody of Galapagos Puppets tells the story of the trolls and the fairy tree. Stay for puppet-making, puppet-play, and coffee afterwards. $5 at the door

Reflections of a Rock Lobster - Boston Center for the Arts, Boston
Opens Saturday, 3/3       

Boston Children’s Theatre is the first children’s theater in the country to produce Reflections of a Rock Lobster, about a gay teenager and his fight to defend his life and preserve his civil rights in the wake of bullying, prejudice and intolerance. The play is based on the true story of Aaron Fricke, a 17-year-old from Cumberland, Rhode Island who sued his high school in 1980 for the right to escort his boyfriend to his senior prom.

Show times: 3/3 8pm; 3/4 2pm; 3/9 8pm; 3/10 2pm & 8pm; 3/11 2pm. Note: contains mature subject matter and content. BCT recommends parental discretion and recommends for ages 13 and up. Tickets $35

Música Latina: An Educational Event for Families - Primary Source, Watertown
Sunday, 3/4

Gilberto Rivera and his band, Rumbanamá, explore Latin American music and culture through interactive storytelling and song, Gilberto will captivate both children and adults as he brings historical legends from Puerto Rican history to life. Children have a chance to ask questions and try out a variety of percussion instruments. Dancing and singing along is encouraged! Tickets $5

New England Children's Book Illustrators Reception - Wenham Museum, Wenham

Sunday, 3/4
Children can come dressed as their favorite children's book characters, create a block print with children's illustrator Leslie Evans, make collage art with museum educators and meet children's authors Giles LaRoche, Pat Lowery Collins and Leslie Evans at book signings. At 3:15, watch when an exquisite wooden toy cat comes to life as a dancer in The Dancing Cat Ballet, performed by the Allegro Ballet Troupe.

While you're at the museum, check out the its latest exhibit, Picture This: 90 Years of Storybook Art, featuring over 50 original works of art from New England illustrators. Free with admission

Mama Doni-The Purim Bash Show - Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, Newton

Sunday, 3/4
In the spirit of outrageous Purim fun, Mama Doni’s show is filled with dancing, sing-alongs to catchy pop tunes, and a costume parade where kids can strut their stuff. It’s a festive, high-energy, interactive family rock concert with a Jewish twist! Tickets $12

An American Journey - Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown
Sunday, 3/4

Revels 40-member ensemble, Revels Repertory Company, brings the story of American immigration to life through music and song in an original stage production that finds Italians, Irish and Eastern European Jews on a crowded passenger ship bound for America in 1907, at the height of American immigration.

Sharing their music and songs, their dances and their dreams, the diverse group of travelers become one as they leave their homelands - but not their cultures - behind, in search of a better life in America, the land of hope and promise. Adults $20; Children (11 & under) $12

Eye Wonder Family Program - DeCordova Museum, Lincoln
Sunday, 3/4        

Explore how artists use line in their artwork through Biennial artist Ann Pibal’s colorful geometric paintings and then create your own linear drawing using tape and other materials. Drop-in anytime between 1pm–3pm. Free with admission

Final note: Happy birthday to Dr. Seuss, who was born in Springfield, MA. The photo accompanying this post is of the Lorax from the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden at the Springfield Museums in Springfield, Massachusetts, the city which appears to have inspired much of his work. Sculptor Lark Grey Dimond-Cates, Geisel's step-daughter, created the bronze sculptures of Dr. Seuss and his characters.