Fun Things To Do With The Kids This Weekend
Saturday 2/11
Waisman Center is back!!
The spring 2012 Waisman Center Children's Theatre series sponsored by Baird and hosted by the Friends of the Waisman Center. Admission: $2.00, Adults; $1.00, Children.
Tickets: Advance tickets for any show in the entire series can be purchased at the ticket table beginning on the first performance date and then throughout the series. The ticket table opens at NOON and is only open on days when there is a performance. Sign Interpreters: All shows sign interpreted.
Location: Friends of the Waisman Center Auditorium, 1500 Highland Avenue
Directions: Turn North from University Ave at the intersection of University Bay
Dr. and Farley Ave; continue over the hill onto Highland Ave.
The Waisman Center is down the hill on the left. Enter parking lot by athletic
fields.
Parking:Free. Park in far end of lot of the Waisman lot, #82. Additional
parking is also available in lots 76 and 60. Parking and maps are available
http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/info/visitors/maps.html
This week it is YONIM at 1:00 p.m.
ISRAELI FOLK DANCING—join this vibrant dance troupe for an afternoon of engaging
dances, vivid costumes, and an interactive cultural exchange! Audience participation.
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Clown'N Around Winter Carnival
Full of fun, food, prizes, and games. Sun Prairie Nursery School - 11am to 2pm
702 North St, Sun Prairie. Children's Entertainer DAVID LANDAU performing at 11:30 & 12:30
This is a family carnival and the annual fundraiser for the Sun Prairie Nursery School, but everyone is welcome to attend. There will be carnival games for the kids, clowns and balloon animals, Musician Dave Landau will be performing, Noodles & Company will provide the food and Beans 'n Cream will have a coffee cart. There will also be a silent auction and a raffle drawing.
****I can't find the admission price on this but think it was $5 per family last year - with food being an additional price. Kids left with a goodie bag.
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Kids in the Rotunda
Overture Center offers free arts programs designed for children and families at 9:30 AM, 11 AM and 1 PM. The popular performing arts series for children and families offers a relaxed, kid-friendly environment in which to enjoy a diverse lineup of local and regional musicians, storytellers, jugglers, theater troupes, magicians and dancers.
The 1 PM performances are sign language interpreted. Kids in the Rotunda takes place on the Rotunda Stage. This week-- The juggling and comedy act of Stuart Stotts! (We LOVE him!)
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This will be the 37th year for Snow Train™, a unique and unforgettable train ride experience. Enjoy Mid-Continent's seven-mile, 50-minute round-trip ride on a former branch line of the Chicago & North Western Railroad, through a Winter Wonderland at the foot of the Baraboo Hills. All cars are heated by steam heat or coal-fired stoves. This is GREAT for all of your Thomas The Train fans!
**Keep in mind that they currently use Diesel engines for this as their Steam engines were damaged in the flood a few years ago when their entire train yard was under water. They are currently under restoration.
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00, 11:30, 11:40 a.m., 1:00, 1:10, 2:30, 2:40, 4:00 p.m.
First Class: Sat. and Sun. only: 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
Dinner Train: Friday and Saturday only: 6:30 p.m.
FARES (subject to change):
Adults: $17.00
Seniors (62+) $16.00
Students (13-17) $15.00
Children (3-12): $10.00
Children under 3 not occupying seat: free
Senior Citizens (62 and over): $16.00
First-Class Service: $35
Dinner Train: $85
Group: same as regular fare
Mastercard, Visa, Discover, and American Express cards welcome.
See more on their website HERE
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Saturday mornings at 10am and Sunday mornings at 11am to view your favorite family flicks for just $2!
Grab the family and head to your nearest participating Marcus Theatre® location! All titles will be shown in standard 2D only. This weekend it is : Zookeeper
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Visit the UW Geology Museum
1215 W. Dayton St., 262-2399, http://www.geologymuseum.org/ (Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free.) —Besides its extensive mineral, rock and fossil collections behind glass, kids can touch rocks from a time when there were volcanoes in Wisconsin, see rocks and minerals that glow, and stand under huge mastodon tusks. Great for those like my daughter who want to be a Paleontologist!
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Plan Ahead
**Make sure you order your FREE Wonder's Of Physics tickets before they are gone
Sunday 2/12
This will be the 37th year for Snow Train™, a unique and unforgettable train ride experience. Enjoy Mid-Continent's seven-mile, 50-minute round-trip ride on a former branch line of the Chicago & North Western Railroad, through a Winter Wonderland at the foot of the Baraboo Hills. All cars are heated by steam heat or coal-fired stoves. This is GREAT for all of your Thomas The Train fans!
**Keep in mind that they currently use Diesel engines for this as their Steam engines were damaged in the flood a few years ago when their entire train yard was under water. They are currently under restoration.
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00, 11:30, 11:40 a.m., 1:00, 1:10, 2:30, 2:40, 4:00 p.m.
First Class: Sat. and Sun. only: 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
Dinner Train: Friday and Saturday only: 6:30 p.m.
FARES (subject to change):
Adults: $17.00
Seniors (62+) $16.00
Students (13-17) $15.00
Children (3-12): $10.00
Children under 3 not occupying seat: free
Senior Citizens (62 and over): $16.00
First-Class Service: $35
Dinner Train: $85
Group: same as regular fare
Mastercard, Visa, Discover, and American Express cards welcome.
See more on their website HERE
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Saturday mornings at 10am and Sunday mornings at 11am to view your favorite family flicks for just $2!
Grab the family and head to your nearest participating Marcus Theatre® location! All titles will be shown in standard 2D only. This weekend it is : Zookeeper
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Plan Ahead
**Make sure you order your FREE Wonder's Of Physics tickets before they are gone!
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