AROUND THE REGION.(Capital Region)

TODAY

BENEFITS & GALAS

Evening Under the Stars, The Desmond Hotel & Conference Center, 660 Albany Shaker Road, Colonie When: 6-10 p.m. Contact: 489-5495 Notes: Includes a silent auction and a camper auction at which people will sponsor a child with muscular dystrophy and send them to summer camp. Benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

COMMUNITY

Get Ready for the Olympics, Bethlehem Public Library, 451 Delaware Ave., Delmar When: 2 p.m. Cost: Free Contact: 439-9314 or http://www.bethlehempublicli brary.org Notes: Find out about life in China, learn some basic Chinese greetings, play a game and make a traditional folk craft. For ages 6 …