Thursday, June 4

VIRTUAL WILDLIFE FESTIVAL: Due to social distancing requirements, instead of a one-day Wildlife Festival on Sunday, May, 31st, Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park will be hosting a Wildlife Week. Each day through June 6th, the Wilton Preserve will premiere a short video or host a live event that is based on the in-person events that would have taken place at the annual festival at Camp Saratoga. These will premiere daily at 10 a.m. on the Wilton Preserve’s Facebook page and the videos will be posted to its YouTube channel. The Festival Week will include a Video Exploration and History of the Historic Cornell Hill Fire Tower on Thursday, June 4; Aquatic Freshwater Wildlife Exploration Video from Delegan Pond on Friday, June 5; and a National Trails Day Trail Highlight Video on Saturday, June 6. For more information please call the Preserve & Park office at 518-4500321 or visit the website at www.wiltonpreserve.org. VIRTUAL GALA: Due to the current health situation, Saratoga Independent School has transformed its annual Big Night Out gala to Big Night In. BNI Big Night Out will be a free, virtual gala event running from 4 p.m. on June 4 through 9 p.m on June 6. The event is open to the public. At the start of the event, the school will share a video kickoff from co-chairs, Jayne Kirber and Caressa Himoff on its social media channels and website. Head of school Lisa Brown will also share a video presentation at 4 p.m. on Friday, June 5. There will be an online silent auction at https://www.accelevents.com/e/BNO2020. A unique Facebook event page has been set up to encourage a virtual community experience. It can be found online at https:// www.facebook.com/events/ 2919881571394282/. Participants are encouraged to post pictures of their BNI experiences and their favorite cocktail recipes. To conclude the event, there will be a special performance by Garland Nelson at 9 p.m. on Saturday, June 6.. All funds raised during BNI will go toward Saratoga Independent School’s annual fund., which directly enhances and supports the student experience at SIS. More information on BNI is available online at https:// www.siskids.org/giving/bno. cfm. BLOOD DRIVE: An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 4 at Galway Volunteer Fire Company located at 1985 West St. in Galway. More information is available online at www. redcrossblood.org. BLOOD DRIVE: An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 4 at Creatacor, located at 10 Enterprise Ave. in Clifton Park.. More information is available online at www. redcrossblood.org. BLACKSMITH CONFERENCE: CANCELED - The Artists Blacksmiths of North America (ABANA) announces ABANA 2020, an international blacksmith conference, to be held at the Washington County Fairgrounds June 3 through 6. The conference will showcase more than 40 renowned blacksmiths demonstrating in 11 areas including art, power, perios, tools, knives, a 21 forge teaching area, a youth teaching area, farriers, The Patient Order of Meticulous Metalsmiths, a demonstration area with smiths from the Czech Republic. A farm blacksmithing demonstration area will be open to the public and free of charge. There will be blacksmithing competitions, lectures, a gallery of fine ironwork, an auction, family craft programs, tours, vendors tailgating and tool raffles. For more information and registration visit ABANA2020.com.