10 for the Road
10 for the road
Connecticut. Earth Week Celebration at the Dinosaur Place in Oakdale is April 15-19. Events include entertainment and hands-on activities every day of the week. 10 am-5 pm. Ages 2-59, $14.49; 60 and older, $12.49. www.thedinosaurplace.com
Maine. The 25th Bud Light Reggae Festival 2013 is April 11-14 at Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley. It's three days of live reggae music. Fireworks open the Reggae Rave at 8:45 pm April 12. http://bit.ly/WPT6Mq
Maryland. Picadilly Circus sets up March 26-April 7 at the Plateau in National Harbor. Tickets are $10 to $48. The Big Top is 80 feet high and seats more than 1,100. www.thefuncircus.com
Massachusetts. Patriot's Day 2013 at the Concord Museum is April 15. Explore the collection of treasures from April 1775, including the famous "one if by land, two if by sea" Revere lantern. Try your hand at patriot crafts, meet living history characters, and learn more about powder horns, muskets, and the Revere lantern. 9 am-5 pm. Adults, $10; 62 & older, $8, students with ID, $8; children 5-18, $5; active military with ID, free. www.concordmuseum.org
New Jersey. Six Flags Great Adventure opens its 2013 season March 23 and will stay open daily till April 1. After that, it will be open weekends till May 22. General admission is $42.99 online; kids 54 inches tall and under, $34.99. www.sixflags.com/greatAdventure
New York. The 113th International Auto Show is March 29 to April 7 in Manhattan at 655 West 34th St. Adults, $15; ages, 2-12 $5. www.autoshowny.com
Pennsylvania. HersheyPark opens March 29 for three weekends for "Springtime in the Park." March 29-30, and April 6 and 13 from 10 am-10 pm; March 31 and April 7 and 14, 10 am-6 pm. Ages 9-54, $29.95; ages 3-8 and over 55, $19.95. Discount tickets available at some Giant stores. www.hersheyinthespring.com/
Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Philharmonic, conducted by Larry Rachleff, will present an all-Beethoven concert - Symphony No. 1 and No. 5 and the "Egmont Overture" - at 8 pm April 13 at Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence. Tickets are $15-$100. www.riphil.org
Virginia. Kings Dominion opens for the season March 29 with a bigger Planet Snoopy. Planet Snoopy, based on the Peanuts comic strip, will have 18 rides - 10 new - and will double in size to nearly 14 acres. The park opens at 10:30 a.m. Single-day tickets online for everyone are $39.99 (kids' price) through June 16. Adult tickets at the gate are $61.99. www.kingsdominion.com
- Inquirer staff
