Owl Be Home for the Holidays
Meet some of the resident owls at the Stage Nature Center on Saturday, December 1, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Learn all about their species characteristics, personalities, and how they survive the winter and visit with them up close and personal. Finish your visit by making a holiday-inspired owl craft to take home. This is a family program for participants ages 3 and up. Children must be accompanied by a registered adult. Fee: $15; TNS member Fee: $12 All proceeds go directly towards the “Owl Fund” to provide food and care for the owls. Register.
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Crime Lab for Teens
Students get a chance to immerse themselves in the intriguing world of forensics as they work together to solve a mock crime. Examine evidence, confirm (or refute) your suspicions and ask lots of questions. Visitors from the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum will conduct the program, and all middle and high schoolers are welcome to participate. Saturday, December 1, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Troy Public Library. Registration is required. Register online or by calling (248) 524-3534.
Coffee, News and Networking
Visit with Troy Chamber of Commerce members and prospective members and learn about Chamber membership benefits on Tuesday, December 4 from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at the Motion Picture Institute at 2040 Crooks Rd., Ste. B. Register
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Get to Know Your New Neighbors
Health Alliance Plan will begin moving into the company’s new Troy facility on Monday, Nov. 26. Approximately 1,100 HAP employees and contractors, representing virtually all of HAP’s operational units, will be based at the new facility, which is located at 1414 E. Maple Road. Health Alliance Plan (HAP) is a Michigan-based, nonprofit health plan that provides health coverage to individuals and companies of all sizes.
Meet Santa at City Hall
The sixth Annual Winter Wonderland returns to the Troy Civic Center Campus with Santa, reindeer and the Snow Sisters on Friday, December 7 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The free all-ages event kicks off at the south entrance of City Hall with the annual Christmas Tree Lighting and features the Troy High Colts Drumline, Athens High Concert and Treble Choirs, hot cocoa and Timbits from Tim Hortons Troy. Children are invited to visit Santa under a tent on the north side of City Hall following the Christmas Tree Lighting.
After the Christmas Tree lighting, the event moves to the Troy Public Library for reindeer games, igloo building, and more for the under-five set. The Troy Community Center will host fun for older kids, including open swim, inflatables and a performance by the Snow Sisters.
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