Monthly Archives: September 2011

Apple Festival at the Gibbs Museum: Fun they’ll fall for.

Fall is well underway. Sick of apples yet? Me neither! So go ahead and celebrate our sweet crunchy fall friends at the Apple Festival at Gibbs Museum. Bring the apples of your eye for some apple games, apple crafts, apple activities, … Continue reading

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Halloween Toons for Tots: They’ll scream with delight.

Hooray, Childish Films are back! Now through April, on the third Saturday of every month, treat your tykes to a free program of children’s cinema and arts for all ages at the Minneapolis Central Library (additional screenings at Southdale and Ridgedale). Each screening comes with … Continue reading

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Richardson Nature Center Preschool Drop-off Programs: Squeeze this one in.

Reasons I started this blog: 1. There are so many cool things for kids going on around the Twin Cities. 2. You’re so busy being all parent-like (among other things) that you probably don’t know about a lot of them. … Continue reading

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Sever’s Corn Maze: They’ll have a field day.

While you’re bound to come across a few mazes in your apple-pickin’ fall-y travels, no one does it up like Sever’s Corn Maze. They’ve been at it for almost 15 years, so they’ve had lots of practice. This year, you’ll twist and … Continue reading

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Franconia Arts & Artist Celebration & Festival: Big art. Big fun.

Sure, we all know about the sculpture garden at the Walker. But did you know that sculptures grow outside the Twin Cities too? In fact, Saturday Franconia Sculpture Park will be hosting its annual Arts & Artist Celebration with some … Continue reading

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Fall Raptor Release: Don’t let this opportunity soar by.

A while back I told you to go to the University of Minnesota Raptor Center’s Spring Raptor Release. And you didn’t go, did you? Well, lucky for you, you get another chance. The Fall Raptor Release happens this Saturday. You’ll see happy rehabilitated birds … Continue reading

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The Sound of Music by the Eat Street Players: They’ll gobble it up.

Every Christmas Eve my sisters and I would plop down in front of Grandma’s apartment TV and get lost in the Sound of Music. I don’t know many little girls who don’t love that story (minus the Nazi part), and … Continue reading

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Minnesota Renaissance Festival: Ye shall goeth with thine brood.

It used to be, whenever I heard “Renaissance Festival,” all I could picture were ravenous humans gnawing away at giant turkey legs. But talk to a Renaissance Regular and you’ll learn it’s oh so much more. And ye shall get … Continue reading

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Mid-Autumn Moon Festival: Not that kind of moon, silly.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a popular lunar Chinese and Vietnamese festival that celebrates the end of fall harvest. And lucky for us, we can celebrate too—at the Landmark Center this Sunday. You and the family will get to learn about … Continue reading

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Kelly Barnhill at Wild Rumpus: An entirely true story.

Maybe you’ve never heard of The Mostly True Story About Jack. But chances are your middle-schooler has—or they definitely will. Written by Twin Cities’ own Kelly Barnhill, The Mostly True Story About Jack “is a tale of magic, friendship, and … Continue reading

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