Big Apple Circus: Legendarium - City Hall Plaza, Boston
Open now through May 12
Tickets: $25 and up        

See the hijinks of hilarious clowns, magnificent horses and playful pooches, soaring aerialists, flawless jugglers, astounding acrobats and a contortionist with a backbone flexible as an archer's bow, all with an affable Ringmaster as your guide.

Mariana Iranzi in Concert - Regent Theatre, Arlington
Sat 3/30
Tickets $10

Mariana Iranzi presents her new album Hola Hello in a multicultural, bilingual and fun show for the whole family. Mariana is a children’s music composer and performer from Argentina. Her debut album Aventura Collage, was honored with a Golden NAPPA Award in 2009.

Woolapalooza 2013 - Drumlin Farm, Lincoln
Sat 3/30
Admission $10-$12        

Festival highlights include Drumlin Farm’s new spring babies, sheep shearing and sheepherding demonstrations, hands-on activities for all ages, and all natural, locally grown and harvested Drumlin Farm food. Local fiber artisans offer demonstrations and sell their handmade products. Follow the “Sheep-to-Sweater Interpretive Trail” to learn how fleece on a sheep becomes the warm woolen sweater you wear.

Saturday Family Concert: The Rainbow Connection - Tufts University, Medford
Sat 3/30
FREE

In a concert just for kids and families, the Tufts Concert Choir performs a variety of songs centering on the theme of rainbows, including arrangements of Colors of the Wind from the Disney movie Pocahontas, Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz, and The Rainbow Connection from The Muppet Movie. Pianist Crystal Godfrey LaPoint and special guest banjo player Rich Stillman join the choir for this performance.

Play Date: If This Art Wall Could Talk - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Sat 3/30
Free for families: up to two adults per family accompanied by children ages 6–12         

Learn about Haegue Yang's installation on the Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Art Wall, then collaborate with a visiting artist to create and install custom wallpaper in the Bank of America Art Lab.

Family Day at the Davis: When in Rome - Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley
Sat 3/30
FREE

Visitors explore the afterlives of objects from centuries gone by. Activities bring history to life, including an interactive scavenger hunt, a “Make your own mosaic” station and light refreshments.

Bunny Bonanzoo - Stone Zoo, Stoneham
Sat 3/30
Free with admission

Hop on down the bunny trail to Stone Zoo where an Easter celebration awaits! Children’s activities include holiday games, crafts and other fun surprises. Families can also visit with a special guest, the Easter Bunny, who will be ready to smile for photographs! Guests may take photos with their own camera for a suggested donation of $5. All of the proceeds will benefit Stone Zoo.

Of special note: Catching Joy (an organization founded by Joy Olaes Suprenant, our March Poppins Parent) hosts a spring arts and crafts table (10am-12n); and Big Joe the Storyteller offers storytime in the amphitheater (11:45am-12:30pm).