The iHeart Community Calendar

All Day Events
May 20 @ 1:00 am - 6:00 pm
10 AM to 3 PM – Kite Fest – Kite flying on the lake bluff at one of the best, windiest and least obstructed sites in the area.
10 AM to 4 PM Oswego Civic Center Arts Association open for showing of the exhibit “Madeline in Oswego”
10 AM to 4 PM Kite building and painting workshop at the Oswego Civic Center Arts Association, tied into the Madeline story of Pepito in “Madeline and The Bad Hat”
10 AM to 12 PM, and 2 to 4 PM – Madeline Books Storytelling by Rachel Ruller
11 AM to 3 PM Food Trucks will line the Service Drive to the Fort selling refreshments and lunch to the public.
12 noon Children’s parade organized and sponsored by the Children’s Museum of Oswego. The public is invited to dress as characters from Madeline books and to march in a parade around the fort grounds starting at the Fort Pool area. Free admission to the Fort all day.
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM The Children’s Museum of Oswego‘s free Ice Cream party on the fort parade ground for parade participants, families, and the festival attendees.
WWI Period Children’s Games outside the Oswego Civic Arts Center by Shari Crawford, early American activities specialist and teacher.
Photo Opportunities with cutouts of Ludwig Bemelmans in his uniform, Miss Clavel, Madeline and Pepito will be outside the fort grounds.
Self guided tours of Bemelmans WWI sites will be offered with a pamphlet guide and map of the fort grounds and signage at each of the points.
4 PM to 6 PM Bemelmans Barbecue Fundraiser at the YMCA Youth Center at the Butch Ponzi Building. Drive-through for takeout or eat-in chicken or pulled pork barbecue dinner at the former Army post gymnasium. Presale tickets of $10 will be sold by at Fort Ontario, Bosco’s, Man in the Moon Candies and other places to be announced.
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Sounds of Brass Concert of WWI era music inside the Fort.
8 PM Players Theatre Performance of “My War with the United States”