Vintage Ceramic Tree Workshop 2025
Who doesn’t remember the lighted ceramic trees from our childhood? Relive those memories by painting your own. Enjoy Christmas music, cookies and hot cocoa while you paint. This class includes a 13” ceramic tree, base, light kit, twist lights and a star. Painted trees must be left at the Schrader Center to be fired and can be picked up the following week. Pre-registration required by November 10. (Limit 20)

Holiday Wreath Making Workshop 2025
Create a beautiful holiday wreath for your home! We provide an assortment of fresh evergreen boughs, berries, pinecones, and ribbons, plus the frame and wire to tie it all together. You may also bring your own ribbon and bows. We’ll show you how to craft your wreath and share how to identify different evergreen trees. Coffee, hot cocoa, and cookies provided. Pre-registration required. While you’re here, stop by the Holiday Art Show and check out all the great gifts made by local artists! (Limit 20)

Tree Tapping

Do you want to learn how to collect sap and make syrup in your own back yard? Participants will explore the biological principles behind sap flow, techniques for identifying trees, and the tools and methods required for effective tapping. Each participant will take home a sap collecting bag, hook, and spile. Class will be in the field with our naturalists. Dress for the weather. (Limit 5)

Mad Science Saturday

Dive into the world of physical science experiments! Engage in hands-on activities, watch spectacular demonstrations, and take part in mind-blowing experiments.

Winter Camp (MLK Jr. Day)

Schools out! Give your kids the outdoor time that they crave at the Schrader Center. We’ll have lots of fun exploring the winter world outside. Then, we’ll warm up with some hot cocoa. Dress for the weather and bring a bagged lunch. If there’s snow on the ground, bring your sleds!

Nailers Night

Score a chance to meet some local hockey favorites and learn about the animals that call the Schrader Center home. There will be games and activities that the whole family will enjoy. Evening is free to everyone but please register online as space is limited.

Maple Sugaring 2.0 – Tapping Traditions

Want to start making syrup at your own home? Join us in this new program to help you get started. Experience the history of maple syrup production at historical stations along the trails & around the Schrader Center. See a variety of sugaring techniques, from the old ways through modern methods. Learn all about tapping, boiling down the sap, and conclude with a taste test of the Schrader Center’s own sweet syrup. Visit our gift shop to take home your own tree tapping kit! (fees apply) Must pre-register (Limit 20 per tour). Please dress for the weather and the trails.

Mountain Moon Bluegrass: Randall Curry & Guests

Live bluegrass music at the Stifel Fine Arts Center! Doors open at 6:30pm, music begins at 7pm. Admission includes coffee, tea, and light snacks. Beer, wine, & soft drinks available for purchase. January 10: Randall Curry & Guests, February 7; Old Hometown, March 7; Cabin Fever String Band (Limit 65)

Mountain Moon Bluegrass: Old Hometown 2026

Live bluegrass music at the Stifel Fine Arts Center! Doors open at 6:30pm, music begins at 7pm. Admission includes coffee, tea, and light snacks. Beer, wine, & soft drinks available for purchase. January 10: Randall Curry & Guests, February 7; Old Hometown, March 7; Cabin Fever String Band (Limit 65)

Mountain Moon Bluegrass: Cabin Fever String Band 40th Anniversary Celebration

Live bluegrass music at the Stifel Fine Arts Center! Doors open at 6:30pm, music begins at 7pm. Admission includes coffee, tea, and light snacks. Beer, wine, & soft drinks available for purchase. January 10: Randall Curry & Guests, February 7; Old Hometown, March 7; Cabin Fever String Band (Limit 65)

A.B. Brooks Nature Hike
Nature Hikes are part of a long tradition of nature study in Oglebay Park. The A.B. Brooks Nature Hike will focus on natural history and serves as a venue for socialization and the sharing of ideas.The Schrader Center staff will lead groups of up to 20 participants through 1 mile of trails around Oglebay. It is recommended to wear comfortable, closed-toe shoes and clothing that is weather-appropriate. Sunglasses are a plus. Field guides and binoculars will be provided.