MiM ‘Explore Buffalo’
June 20–24, 2018
Sold out – Call Karen or Bryce for Waitlist
NCM ‘Museum in Motion’ is heading to Buffalo, NY. Buffalo is a city on the beautiful shores of Lake Erie in upstate New York. Our MiM will include such landmarks as the Frank Lloyd Wright–designed Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo-Niagara Falls area, a dinner cruise on the Erie Canal and Locks 34 & 35, and take in the beautiful Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park as well as possible tour to the GM powertrain Corvette Engine Assembly Tour.
Special thanks go to NCM Member Lou Merzacco for helping us plan and showing us around his beautiful city.
Make sure you sign on to NCM eNews to get the latest information on all MiM (Museum in Motion) events and on-site events including opening of registration and fees. Questions, contact Karen @ 270-467-8804 or Bryce @ 270-777-4506.
Advance registration closes at 5:00pm on Friday, May 11, 2018 or until sold out
** No registrations or refunds available after that date. **
Please call Karen (270)467-8804 or Bryce (270)777-4506 to register by phone
Registration fee:
Members primary registrant (driver and car) $1500
Passenger / alternate driver $300
Non-Members primary registrant (driver and car) $1540
Passenger / alternate driver $340
- Note: Non-member pricing does NOT include a 1 yr membership to NCM. To become a member – please call Becky at 270-467-8836
2018 MiM ‘Explore Buffalo’Host Hotel: Radisson Hotel 100 Whitehaven Road Grand Island, NY 70123 (4-night stay included in registration) |
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| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20 | |
| 3:00pm | Check-in Radisson Hotel Grand Island
The Radisson Hotel Niagara Falls-Grand Island provides a peaceful escape in a suburban setting. Located on the banks of the upper Niagara River, our hotel features rooms and suites with walk-out balconies and views of the river and the countryside. You can relax on the island or explore downtown Buffalo and Niagara Falls State Park, both located about 15 minutes from the hotel. Cocktail lounge and restaurant available on site.
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| 7:00pm | ‘Meet n Greet’
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| THURSDAY, JUNE 21 | |
| 7:00am | Continental Breakfast at Radisson |
| 8:15am | Group Meeting in Front Lobby |
| 8:30am | Depart for Frank Lloyd Wright House |
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| 9:00am – 11:30am | Arrive and Tour at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House Complex
Few names in American architecture are as ubiquitous as Frank Lloyd Wright’s. Even fewer American cities can boast seven of his legendary masterworks. Wright’s Buffalo portfolio includes the Martin House Complex, one of the finest examples from his prairie period, the Graycliff Estate on the shores of Lake Erie and a boathouse, mausoleum and filling station built nearly a century after they were first conceptualized.
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| 11:45am | Leave for Buffalo Zoo
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| 11:00am – 3:45pm | Arrive and Tour Buffalo Zoo
Founded in 1875, the Buffalo Zoo, is the third oldest zoo in the United States. Each year, the Buffalo Zoo welcomes approximately 400,000 visitors and is the second largest tourist attraction in Western New York; second only to Niagara Falls. Located on 23.5 acres (9.5 ha) of Buffalo’s Delaware Park, the zoo exhibits a diverse collection of wild and exotic animals, and more than 320 distinct species of plants.
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| 4:00pm | Depart for Lockport Locks / Erie Canal
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| 6:00pm – 8:00pm | Dinner & Cruise on Locks 34 & 35
Your fun and informative cruise & dinner will take you past five of the original 1800’s locks. Three million gallons of water will fill Locks 34 & 35, the only double set on the Erie Canal, and raise the boat 50 feet. You’ll pass under Lockport’s “Upside Down Bridge,” Lockport’s “Big Bridge” (the widest bridge in the U.S. at 299 feet wide), through the “deep rock cut” and under lift bridges. The lively narration by the Coast Guard Licensed Captains is also accompanied by crowd-pleasing canal music, popular during the 1800’s.
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| FRIDAY, JUNE 22 | |
| Continental Breakfast at Radisson | |
| 8:15am | Depart for Pierce Arrow Museum
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| 8:45am – 10:30am | Arrive and tour Pierce Arrow Museum
This unique museum focuses on Buffalo’s transportation history featuring Pierce Arrow, Thomas Flyer, electric vehicles, vintage bicycles, motorcycles, muscle cars and trucks, many made in Western New York. A unique feature is the-full scale Buffalo Filling Station by Frank Lloyd Wright, designed for Buffalo in 1927 but never built.
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| 11:15am | Depart for Chef’s Italian Restaurant
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| 11:30am | Lunch at Chef’s Italian Restaurant
Chef’s has been a neighborhood icon that brings the taste of Italy back home to Buffalo. As one of Buffalo’s Favorite Italian restaurants since 1923.
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Depart for Buffalo Naval & Military Park
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| 1:00pm – 5:00pm | Arrive and Tour Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park
The Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park is a museum on the shore of Lake Erie in Buffalo, New York. It is home to several decommissioned US Naval vessels, including the Cleveland-class cruiser USS Little Rock, the Fletcher-class destroyer USS The Sullivan’s, and the submarine USS Croaker. Along with the ships, there are a variety of smaller vehicles, vessels, and aircraft on display at the park.
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| 5:00pm | Dinner on USS Little Rock Fantail
The Little Rock was the first ship to bear the name of Little Rock, Arkansas. The only guided missile cruiser on display in the U.S. today, the USS Little Rock is the sole survivor of the U.S. Navy’s World War II Cleveland class of light cruisers, the most abundant of all U.S. wartime cruisers (29 vessels total).
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| 7:30pm | Depart for MoondanceCat Charter Catamaran
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| 8:00pm – 10:15pm | Arrive and Sunset Sail on the 56′ MoondanceCat
It’s always a perfect night aboard the MoondanceCat. The MoondanceCat is 56’ long and 31’ wide. Equipped with sound system and wet bar, entertainment has never been easier. Enclosed area for seating and tables or breathing easy on deck, moondanceCat puts wind in the sails of excitement. All on beautiful Lake Erie.
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| SATURDAY, JUNE 23 | |
| Continental Breakfast at Radisson | |
| 8:45am | Depart for Niagara Falls |
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| 9:15am | Arrive and Free time at Niagara Falls State Park
Jaw-dropping scenic beauty. Thundering roars. Mind-boggling cataracts. Shimmering rainbows. And the raw power of 4-6 million cubic feet of water rushing over the edges every minute of the day.
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| 5:00pm | Farewell Dinner at the Radisson
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| SUNDAY, JUNE 24 | |
| Continental Breakfast – Check out Radisson | |
| Travel Home Safely & Thank You for Joining the
MiM 2018 ‘Explore Buffalo Niagara Falls’ |
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Sold Out – Call Karen or Bryce for Waitlist
Come take a cooking class at The Kitchen Chick! Gulf seafood is all about latitude & attitudes! Chef Mary Bass will teach you how to properly cook & prepare delicious fresh seafood dishes! We’re feelin’ crabby, how ’bout you? You will learn to make a corn, bacon and jumbo lump crab soup. Next, you will give soft shell crab a classic treatment: à la meunière (pan fried with a creole sauce). You’ll also learn to make a crispy crab cake accompanied by a creamy remoulade sauce. Finally, we’ll make a decadent frozen lemon tart with chantilly cream. Life on the gulf coast sure is tasty!
$75/person.
Please call 409-497-2999 to reserve your spot! Reservations are made on a first come, first serve basis (website comments will NOT count as reservations; you must call us!). Payment is due at the time of reservation.
Please Read The Fine Print:
The Kitchen Chick will refund your tuition in full for cancellations made up to 72 hours before the class. No refunds or credits will be given for a cancellation made less than 72 hours before the class. Cancellations or changes can be made by calling 409-497-2999 or emailing alicia@aliciac1.sg-host.com. When a class is cancelled due to inclement weather, we will contact you by email or telephone and issue a full refund. If you miss a class due to weather-related concerns, our standard cancellation policy applies.
Class sizes are kept small to ensure you get to interact with the instructors. Can’t wait to get cooking with you!
Join us on June, 21st for Vette Camp!
Vette Camp is a day camp, based around education, safety, and Corvettes! This camp will consist of Hot Wheels STEM materials! Students will have the opportunity to use Hot Wheels cars and their teamwork skills to learn about physics and motion!
In the afternoon, Andy Pilgrim of the Traffic Safety Education Foundation will join us for a presentation over driver’s safety in the future, and what it means to be a safe passenger today.
Students will also have the opportunity to ride in a Corvette with our Corvette driving team, have a turn in our Corvette racing simulator, and have a guided tour of the museum!
Drop off will be at 8:00AM, and pick up will be at 5:00PM. Lunch will not be included, please bring your own lunch!
Cost is $50 per student.
Upon registration, please bring a completed Activity Enrollment form, found in the link below.
Any interested chaperones, please contact Steven Teleky at steven@corvettemuseum.org
Come take a cooking class at The Kitchen Chick! It’s time to get cheesy with Chef Mary Bass! Prepare for cheese overload. You will learn to make ridiculous crispy pork rind coated fried bacon mac & cheese balls with a green chile remoulade dipping sauce. Next, you will learn to prepare a creamy dreamy southern pimento cheese mac & cheese. You will make a cajun mac & cheese studded with crawfish. Finally, you’ll bake cookie bowls and fill them with sweet whipped mascarpone cheese and drizzled with homemade caramel sauce. We make it easy, to be cheesy here at The Kitchen Chick!
$65/person.
Please call 409-497-2999 to reserve your spot! Reservations are made on a first come, first serve basis (website comments will NOT count as reservations; you must call us!). Payment is due at the time of reservation.
Please Read The Fine Print:
The Kitchen Chick will refund your tuition in full for cancellations made up to 72 hours before the class. No refunds or credits will be given for a cancellation made less than 72 hours before the class. Cancellations or changes can be made by calling 409-497-2999 or emailing alicia@aliciac1.sg-host.com. When a class is cancelled due to inclement weather, we will contact you by email or telephone and issue a full refund. If you miss a class due to weather-related concerns, our standard cancellation policy applies.
Class sizes are kept small to ensure you get to interact with the instructors. Can’t wait to get cooking with you!
Join us on June, 22nd for Vette Camp!
Vette Camp is a day camp, based around education, safety, and Corvettes! This camp will consist of our MEchanics class, where students become members of our Maintenance & Preservation department to learn the basics of car care and care maintenance in a hands-on environment.
In the afternoon, students will have the opportunity to drive our Corvette Racing Simulator, and take a ride in a Corvette with one of our Corvette drivers!
Students will also receive a guided tour of the museum, and have the opportunity to meet our own Derek Moore, curator of the National Corvette Museum. Derek will talk about what he does to preserve and display a car in the collection, and then the students will have an opportunity to do the same!
Drop off will be at 8:00AM, and pick up will be at 5:00PM. Lunch will not be included, please bring your own lunch!
Cost is $50 per student.
Upon registration, please bring a completed Activity Enrollment form, found in the link below.
Activity Enrollment Form – National Corvette Museum
Any interested chaperones, please contact Steven Teleky at steven@corvettemuseum.org
Come take a cooking class at The Kitchen Chick! You’re invited to tour Tuscany with visiting hill country Chef Rebecca Rather! To start, you will learn to make a flaky pastry stuffed with warm ricotta, olives and lemon zest. Next you will build a classic panzanella salad brimming with garden fresh herbs & tomatoes. You will prepare authentic arancini fried to a golden crisp with a satisfying tomato sauce. For dessert indulge in a cool & creamy panna cotta. This al fresco dinner will have you saying ciao bella!
$75/person.
The Kitchen Chick is thrilled to welcome Chef Rebecca Rather, the Pastry Queen of Texas! Rebecca Rather is an American pastry chef, restaurateur, and best selling cookbook author from Beaumont, Texas. She owned The Rather Sweet Bakery and the Pink Pig in Fredericksburg. She is opening her third hill country restaurant this summer!
Please call 409-497-2999 to reserve your spot! Reservations are made on a first come, first serve basis (website comments will NOT count as reservations; you must call us!). Payment is due at the time of reservation.
Please Read The Fine Print:
The Kitchen Chick will refund your tuition in full for cancellations made up to 72 hours before the class. No refunds or credits will be given for a cancellation made less than 72 hours before the class. Cancellations or changes can be made by calling 409-497-2999 or emailing alicia@aliciac1.sg-host.com. When a class is cancelled due to inclement weather, we will contact you by email or telephone and issue a full refund. If you miss a class due to weather-related concerns, our standard cancellation policy applies.
Class sizes are kept small to ensure you get to interact with the instructors. Can’t wait to get cooking with you!
Come take a cooking class at The Kitchen Chick! We are thrilled to have the Pastry Queen of Texas, Chef Rebecca Rather, here teaching some of her famous recipes! You will learn to make two outrageously addicting kolaches from scratch: savory sausage & cheese and sweet summer peach strudel! You will also learn to bake scrumptious peach jam scones and savory bacon cheddar scones! Do not miss this special pastry class!
$65/person.
The Kitchen Chick is thrilled to welcome Chef Rebecca Rather, the Pastry Queen of Texas! Rebecca Rather is an American pastry chef, restaurateur, and best selling cookbook author from Beaumont, Texas. She owned The Rather Sweet Bakery and the Pink Pig in Fredericksburg. She is opening her third hill country restaurant this summer! Rebecca will also be signing copies of her award-winning cookbooks. Reserve your copy today by calling The Kitchen Chick!
Please call 409-497-2999 to reserve your spot! Reservations are made on a first come, first serve basis (website comments will NOT count as reservations; you must call us!). Payment is due at the time of reservation.
Please Read The Fine Print:
The Kitchen Chick will refund your tuition in full for cancellations made up to 72 hours before the class. No refunds or credits will be given for a cancellation made less than 72 hours before the class. Cancellations or changes can be made by calling 409-497-2999 or emailing alicia@aliciac1.sg-host.com. When a class is cancelled due to inclement weather, we will contact you by email or telephone and issue a full refund. If you miss a class due to weather-related concerns, our standard cancellation policy applies.
Class sizes are kept small to ensure you get to interact with the instructors. Can’t wait to get cooking with you!
Come take a cooking class at The Kitchen Chick! We are thrilled to have the Pastry Queen of Texas, Chef Rebecca Rather, here teaching some of her famous recipes! Chef Rebecca will teach you the secrets to baking her addicting Kimmie Cookies. These light, melt-in-your-mouth cookies hail from Scandinavia and are kissed with sweet butter icing! Next, you will learn to make no fuss, party-ready white pralines from an authentic Louisiana recipe that’s been handed down from generation to generation. Finally, what’s a sweets class without some chocolate?! Chef Rebecca will teach you to make a decadent silken chocolate tart that is the perfect finale for any gathering!
$65/person.
The Kitchen Chick is thrilled to welcome Chef Rebecca Rather, the Pastry Queen of Texas! Rebecca Rather is an American pastry chef, restaurateur, and best selling cookbook author from Beaumont, Texas. She owned The Rather Sweet Bakery and the Pink Pig in Fredericksburg. She is opening her third hill country restaurant this summer! Rebecca will also be signing copies of her award-winning cookbooks. Reserve your copy today by calling The Kitchen Chick!
Please call 409-497-2999 to reserve your spot! Reservations are made on a first come, first serve basis (website comments will NOT count as reservations; you must call us!). Payment is due at the time of reservation.
Please Read The Fine Print:
The Kitchen Chick will refund your tuition in full for cancellations made up to 72 hours before the class. No refunds or credits will be given for a cancellation made less than 72 hours before the class. Cancellations or changes can be made by calling 409-497-2999 or emailing alicia@aliciac1.sg-host.com. When a class is cancelled due to inclement weather, we will contact you by email or telephone and issue a full refund. If you miss a class due to weather-related concerns, our standard cancellation policy applies.
Class sizes are kept small to ensure you get to interact with the instructors. Can’t wait to get cooking with you!
Come take a cooking class at The Kitchen Chick! We are thrilled to have the Pastry Queen of Texas, Chef Rebecca Rather, here teaching some of her famous recipes! Chef Rebecca will teach you how to prepare a fiesta of south Texas flavors in this inspired brunch class! You will learn to make homemade English muffins filled with nooks & crannies! Top those with savory sausage, perfectly poached eggs (she’ll share her technique) and rich hollandaise for a Tex Mex eggs benedict. You will also prepare scrumptious breakfast enchiladas wrapped in homemade tortillas and Chef Rebecca’s go-to tomatillo salsa. Finally, we’ll end on a sweet note by making divine creme brûlée French toast!
$70/person.
The Kitchen Chick is thrilled to welcome Chef Rebecca Rather, the Pastry Queen of Texas! Rebecca Rather is an American pastry chef, restaurateur, and best selling cookbook author from Beaumont, Texas. She owned The Rather Sweet Bakery and the Pink Pig in Fredericksburg. She is opening her third hill country restaurant this summer! Rebecca will also be signing copies of her award-winning cookbooks. Reserve your copy today by calling The Kitchen Chick!
Please call 409-497-2999 to reserve your spot! Reservations are made on a first come, first serve basis (website comments will NOT count as reservations; you must call us!). Payment is due at the time of reservation.
Please Read The Fine Print:
The Kitchen Chick will refund your tuition in full for cancellations made up to 72 hours before the class. No refunds or credits will be given for a cancellation made less than 72 hours before the class. Cancellations or changes can be made by calling 409-497-2999 or emailing alicia@aliciac1.sg-host.com. When a class is cancelled due to inclement weather, we will contact you by email or telephone and issue a full refund. If you miss a class due to weather-related concerns, our standard cancellation policy applies.
Class sizes are kept small to ensure you get to interact with the instructors. Can’t wait to get cooking with you!
Enroll your budding chef in The Kitchen Chick’s Summer Camps!
These classes will immerse your child in a safe, educational & entertaining world of food and feed their interest in cooking! Students will learn different cooking techniques, discuss nutrition/healthy eating and practice food/kitchen safety in these deliciously hands on, interactive and encouraging lessons! Your child’s kitchen confidence will skyrocket!
Each camp is 4 days in length, held 1PM-4:30PM, limited to 13 students (7-14 years) and led by dynamic duo of certified teachers. Campers should arrive having already eaten lunch, wearing closed-toe shoes and long hair secured back. The Kitchen Chick will provide aprons for each child to wear and all supplies and tools. Each student will receive all recipes prepared during their session on their last day of camp.
Registration Information:
Children can register for any number of weeks during the summer – pick one or two weeks, or sign up for all seven! The cost for each one-week (4-Day: Monday, Wednesday-Friday) session is $300 per camper. The Kitchen Chick offers a $25 discount when enrolling a sibling in the same session. Each session can accommodate up to 12 campers. Payment due in full at time of registration.
Session Information:
Session 4: Road Trip Through America! Mini chefs will take their appetites on a cross-country road trip sampling flavors from all over the USA! Menu includes patriotic dessert pizzas, authentic German potato salad, flaky apple hand pies drizzled with caramel sauce from scratch, homemade pretzel dogs topped with quick pickle relish and honey mustard, homestyle chicken pot pie, All-American cheeseburger clouds, southwest chili cook off with traditional cornbread bites smothered with honey butter, decadent Texas sheet cake cupcakes with dreamy chocolate ganache, Baja fish tacos with creamy avocado salsa and homemade tortilla, New York-style pizza and sweet mini cast iron peach cobbler topped with homemade whipped cream.
Registration is open!
Please call 409-497-2999 or email alicia@aliciac1.sg-host.com to enroll your child. Would you like to enroll siblings in the same camp session? We offer a $25 discount! See the full list of camps sessions below!
2018 Session Information:
Session 1: Bake & Be Happy! Starts June 4
Session 2: Favorite State Fair Foods! Starts June 11
Session 3: Global Passport! Starts June 18
Session 4: Road Trip Through America! Starts July 2
Session 5: Sweet & Savory Science! Starts July 9
Session 6: Brunch Favorites! Starts July 16
