Zoo Deals - 7/21, & 8/6-7

I know this is a little late, but the Cincinnati Zoo will be having a special tomorrow (Wednesday July 21st). They will be hosting the Kids, Cultures, Critters and Crafts Festival on July 21 from 9am-6pm. Admission is ONLY $1 for everyone (parking is $7). I've gone the last 2 years, getting in to the parking lot there was a fair amount of traffic, but it was better last year, since they redesigned the parking area. I also went earlier last year and missed a lot of the traffic.

If you can't make it tomorrow, there's another opportunity to save on the admission price on August 6th & 7th - with half price admission and parking. Normally tickets are Adults: $14, Children (2-12) & Seniors (62+) - $9, Parking - $7. Bringing the prices down to $7, $4.50, and $3.50 can save you a bundle. Enjoy!

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

KMart clearance

Hi all! Probably most of you know, but K-Mart is once again marking clearance items an additional 40% off. This is mostly clothing and accessories (hats, scarves, handbags, gloves - winter-y stuff. Worth a look.

Free Chistmas activity this weekend: 12/4 - 12/6

Spirit of Christmas: Nativity Exhibits and Music Hosted by the Cincinnati North Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints They have a schedule of the choirs that are performing on their blog:

http://annualnativitydisplay.blogspot.com/

Free Christmas activity

Here's one of my favorite Free Christmas activities - Ohio National’s Victorian Holiday Village. It's a nice Christmas walk with lights and kid sized houses decorated with holiday scenes. They also have free hot chocolate, cookies, balloon animals and a free 5x7 photos with Santa. There's also a little train that will take you from the parking garage to the village (a really short trip but we always have to do it).

They're only open 4 nights - this year, will be open the following evenings:
Friday, December 4 from 6-8:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 5 from 5-8:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 10 from 6-8:30 p.m.
Friday, December 11 from 6-8:30 p.m.

They do ask, that if you can, you to bring a nonperishable food item (no glass containers, please), which will be donated to the FreestoreFoodbank. No one's collecting them, there's just a bin to put them in so don't worry if you forget.Here's the website if you're interested:
https://www.ohionational.com/portal/site/client/menuitem.b9efdc8682ff31ad2ac7d2578f1011ca/

Ohio National is located right off I-71 at the Pfeiffer Rd. exit (Exit 15).

Gap Friends & Family sale

The Gap is having a friends & family sale 11/12 - 11/15 - you can get 30% off with the coupon. I found that they have a Facebook page, and when I became a FAN of the Gap, I was able to get a link to a coupon for the sale. It's good at Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy and the GAP Outlet.

Farm Frenzy

Farm Frenzy participants will visit 10 educational stations on various agricultural subjects.
Ex: How chickens come from eggs, how a cow is milked, the uses of corn, sheep being sheared, etc.
This is designed for Boone County 2nd & 3rd graders but will be open (and FREE) to the public October 6 & 7, from 5 pm until 7 pm. Bring the family to see the animals and enjoy a hayride (also FREE)!

Boone County Cooperative
Extension service, 6028 Camp Ernst Road
(off KY 18 between Florence and Burlington)

For more info call 859-586-6101 or visit www.ca.uky.edu/boone