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Family events
For the week of March 10-16
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This week

Kids Crafts, Flowery Branch. 1:30-2:30 p.m. Friday, Mulberry Creek Community Center, 4491 JM Turk Road, Flowery Branch. $2 per child. Register one week prior to class. 770-965-7140.

Family Day: The Cherokee in Northeast Georgia, Gainesville. Hands-on activities, Cherokee games, storytelling, demonstrations of Kentucky Long Rifle and napping flint. 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Northeast Georgia History Center, 322 Academy St., Gainesville. 770-297-5900 or jcarson@brenau.edu.

Moms & Tots Weekly Program, Duluth. Simon Kidgits Club. Songs, games, story time and more. For parents and kids age 4 and younger. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, upper level of Belk wing, Gwinnett Place Mall, 2100 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth. Free with Simon Kidgits Club membership. Membership $5. 770-476-5160. 

Upcoming

Traditional Wooden Boat Building Class, Flowery Branch. Registration due March 18. Class, March 26, 27 and April 2, if needed. Mulberry Creek Community Center, 4491 JM Turk Road, Flowery Branch. $175. 770-965-7140 or rschmitt@hallcounty.org 

Piccadilly Circus, Gainesville. 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. March 22, Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center, 1855 Calvary Church Road, Gainesville. See Web site for details and tickets.

Ongoing

"Mythic Creatures: Unicorns, Dragons and Mermaids," Atlanta. Natural and cultural roots of mythical creatures from Asia, Europe and the Americas. Through Aug. 14, Fernbank Museum of Natural History, 767 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta. $15 adults, $14 students and seniors, $13 children age 3-12, free for age 2 and younger and museum members. 404-929-6300.

Story times, Hall County. Children can listen to stories, sometimes read by special guests. Various days and times at libraries in the Hall County Library System. Free.

"Waters of Time: The Chicopee Woods Story," Gainesville. Learn about previous eras and inhabitants of Chicopee Woods. Elachee Nature Science Center, 2125 Elachee Drive, Gainesville. $5 adults, $3 children age 2-12; age 1 and younger and members free. 770-535-1976.