Time for Summer Fun

Summer time means, among other things, Free Movies and Free Fridays at the Museum Center - So here's the schedule:

Cincinnati Museum Center

Fridays June 25, July 30, August 27, & September 17, 2010 4 – 8 p.m.

Pay only for parking - $6 before 4:30 and $4 after 4:30.

As usual, the Free Friday’s include the 3 Museums (Children’s Museum, Natural History Museum & Cincinnati History Museum). I recommend doing the Children’s Museum First then fleeing it for the other 2 when it starts to get crowded.

As an added bonus, this year's Free Fridays will include access to Cincinnati Museum Center's upcoming blockbuster exhibition America I AM: The African American Imprint! Featuring more than 200 rare historic objects, photographs, documents and multimedia detailing nearly five centuries of African Americans' economic, sociopolitical, cultural and spiritual contributions, America I AM explores the ways African Americans have contributed to and shaped American culture.

As another bonus - Free Fridays will also feature live jazz music

Wilder 14 - Free

All show times are at 9:30am

Alvin & The Chipmunks: Squeakuel - June 8,9

Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs - June 15,16

Monsters vs. Aliens - June 22,23

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs - June 29,30

Planet 51 - July 6,7

Paul Blart: Mall Cop - July 13,14

Night At The Museum 2 - July 20,21

Hotel For Dogs - July 27,28

AMC – Newport on the Levee

All shows - 10 am $1 admission - KidsPack™ concession combos for $4

June 15 - Shrek the third (pg)

June 22 – Imagine That (pg)

June 29 – Monsters v. Aliens (pg)

July 6 – Madagascar (pg)

July 13 – Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (PG)

July 20 – Hotel for Dogs (pg)

July 27 – Kung Fu Panda (pg)

August 3 – Spiderwick Chronicles (PG)

August 10 – Surprise Mystery Title

Free Mars Chocolate candy bar!

Free Chocolate? One of the posts on Cincinnati Cents is an offer for free chocolate - It's only available until 11:59 today but according to the post it will be available again next Friday:

Mars Candy is giving away 250,000 free chocolate candy bars between 9:00 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. ET every Friday through September. There is a limit of 4 coupons per household. Go here to snag your free candy bar. Coupons will arrive in approximately 4-6 weeks. ENJOY!

Check out Cincinnati Cents

Thanks to Misty from my old ward, here's a new good deals site to check out! The link has been added to the Links section also.

cincinnaticents.blogspot.com

Make sure you scroll down when visiting the site, there's lots of info including a free quart of Glidden paint, things to do this weekend and coupon info.

Jan

Great Escape Wilder Theatre
Free admission to the following movies at 9:30am Seating is limited so it’s best to get there early the doors open at 9am.
June 9,10, 11 - Horton Hears A Who (G)
June 16, 17, 18 - Madagascar 2 (PG)
June 23, 24, 25 - Kun Fu Panda (PG)
June 30, July 1, 2 - Tales Of Desperaux (PG)
July 7, 8 9 - Surfs Up (PG)
July 14, 15, 16 - Hotel For Dogs (PG)
July 21, 22, 23 - Charolettes Web (G)
July 28, 29, 30 - Space Chimps (G)

Barnes & Noble have a summer reading program for kids -they read any eight (8) books (of their own choosing) and fill out a Reading Journal, then return it to a B & N store before 9/7/09, they'll get a coupon for a free book (limited to a list they provide and it must be in stock - so the earlier you return it the better). Last year we got some really neat books. See the links section.

Kenton County Wild Wednesdays
10th Anniversary Year for Wild Wednesdays! Our calendar includes all of the programs cheduled for Wild Wednesdays!, Kentucky Recreation & Parks Society’s Outstanding Program of 2005, which keeps getting better and better! Discover the fascinating world of wildlife! From May 6 to August 26, join us for our 10th season of Wild Wednesdays! presented by Toyota. Programs are held ~ rain or shine ~ at Middleton-Mills Park Shelterhouse 2, begin at 10:00 am, and last about an hour. Arrive early for best seating! Plan to arrive by 9:30 am! There is something “extra” happening BEFORE every scheduled Wild Wednesdays! program.

See the link in the Links section for a complete listing and details of the events.

Building with your kids

The Home Depot and Lowes both have fun and FREE building workshops that you can do with your kids.

The Home Depot does theirs on the First Saturday of every month from 9am to Noon. If you want to see what they're doing ahead of time got to Homedepot.com and search for "kids workshops". We've gotten there as late as 11:30 and still got to make something, but the later you go the more chance that they'll have run out of the original project, but they usually have older ones that you can do. They also give out an apron (you may have to ask for it) and pins (specific to the project) that the kids can collect and display on their aprons. No registration needed.

Lowes does theirs on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays - usually a slightly smaller project than Home Depots but always lots of fun. They only run from 10am until 11am. They too give out aprons, (and goggles - which they get to keep) and when they're done they get a patch (specific to the project) which can be sewn onto the apron. Go to www.lowesbuildandgrow.com to see what's coming up. You can register online but you don't need to but if you do they will send you a reminder a couple of days before the event.

Boone County Park’s Concert and Show Schedule

Bring your own lawn chairs and blankets. The rain out number is: 859-334-2283.

Shakespeare in the Park performed by the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company FREE Performances are held In Boone Woods Park.
July 18 Romeo & Juliet 7:00 PM

Family Movie Nights— Schedule FREE
Family Movie Nights are held on Friday evenings at dusk in Boone Woods Park. In case of rain, movies will start at 7:30 at Conner Middle School.

July 10 - Space Jam - PG; 88 minutes; 1996
July 17 - Never Ending Story - PG; 94 minutes; 1984
July 24 - Tom Sawyer (1973) - G; 99 minutes; 1973
July 31 - Back to the Future - PG;115 minutes; 1985
August 7 - Madagascar-Back to Africa - PG; 89 minutes; 2008
August 14 - Love Bug - G; 108 minutes; 1969
August 21 - Muppet Treasure Island - G; 99 minutes; 1996
August 28 - Bedknobs and Broomsticks - G; 118 minutes; 1971

Family Fun Night FREE Family Fun Night is held at 7:30 in Boone Woods Park.
June 20 Madcap Puppets – Aesop’s Classic Fables

Concert at Creekside— Schedule – FREE Concerts are held at 7:30 at the stage in Boone Woods Park.
June 12 Blue Chip City Big Band
June 19 Swingtime
June 26 Florence Community Band
July 3 Army Band Concert

Free Fridays at the Cincinnati Museum Center

Ok, this is one of Amanda's favorite things for the summer - Free Friday's at the Museum Center. Free Fridays allows the public to visit all three museums at Cincinnati Museum Center from 4 to 8 p.m.—admission is complimentary. There is a charge for parking - $5 per vehicle, but after 4:30 p.m. it goes down to $3 per vehicle.

Free Fridays dates for 2009 are:
May 22
June 26
July 24
August 21
September 11

Things to note - it does get crowded especially as the night goes on but the one is May is usually not nearly as crowded as the rest. Also we've found that if you get there early (I try to be there exactly at 4:30 to save the $2 in parking) and do the Children's museum FIRST (that's the one that gets the most crowded), then when it starts getting crowded, we move on to either the Cincinnati History or Natural History Museums. They are never crowded, and there's lots of fun stuff to do in them too, even for the little kids. In the Cincinnati History Museum Amanda has always liked the trains, fun for adults too since it shows how Cincinnati looked in the past, there's also a Thomas the train set tucked in behind the trains. She also enjoys the trolly car, and the Riverboat. Then in the Natural History Museum, there's the sand pit and the caves.

The offer includes the Cincinnati History Museum, Children’s Museum and the Museum of Natural History & Science. It does not include special exhibits or OMNIMAX® films.