Fun Things Top 10 Weekend Events for May 17, 18, & 19

Our top 10 picks for this weekend May 17th, 18th, & 19th

Friday

1. Get your tickets to see Arden Children’s Theatre preform Pinocchio

2. Plenty of fun at the Knights of Columbus carnival at St. John Fisher

Saturday

3. Celebrate spring during Lansdowne Friends School's May Fair celebration

4. Become a nature detective as you look for clues about the wild animals living at the Tyler Arboretum during Family Tracks And Traces Safari

5.  Brandywine River Museum and Philadelphia Museum of Art will offer free admission International Art Museum Day

6. Discover the hidden world of bugs that live in our streams at the Family Aquatic Bug Hunt at Tyler Arboretum

7. View and learn about the trucks on display at the Touch a Truck Event at Granite Run Mall

8. Head to Michaels Craft Stores to make a Celebrate Your Hero craft

9.  New and expecting parents can head to the Marple Township Library for a "baby shower" to learn about all their great programs the library offers

Sunday 

10. Free Sunday mornings at  Brandywine River Museum         

* Check out our calendar for more ideas.

Marple Township Library "baby shower"

Saturday

May 18th 

1pm – 3pm

Join Makin' Music at the Marple Township Library for a community "baby shower". This is an introduction to the library and local community resources for new and expecting parents. Fun activities, refreshments, and a chance to meet other parents! Also, come and meet various local community organizations and receive resource information from these organizations. For New and Expecting Parents No Registration Required!

For more information:   http://www.marplelibrary.org/

Location:  Marple Township Library-  2599 Sproul Rd., Broomall, PA

Cost: free

Ticket Giveaway to See Cirque du Soleil TOTEM on The Camden Waterfront

Cirque du Soleil 

TOTEM at The Camden Waterfront

Opens May 30th

Cirque du Soleil is coming to the Philadelphia area with TOTEM. TOTEM will open on May 30th for a four-week engagement under the blue-and-yellow Big Top over the bridge in New Jersey at Camden’s Waterfront.

TOTEM traces the fascinating journey of the human species from its original amphibian state to its ultimate desire to fly. The characters evolve on a stage evoking a giant turtle, the symbol of origin for many ancient civilizations.

Inspired by many founding myths, TOTEM illustrates, through a visual and acrobatic language, the evolutionary progress of species.

Somewhere between science and legend TOTEM explores the ties that bind Man to other species, his dreams and his infinite potential.

Tickets start at $40 and the Family 4pack offer gets you 4+ tickets for as low as $208 (min. of 1 adult & 1 child ticket in the order). To purchase tickets please visit cirquedusoliel.com

Fun Things is giving away a family four pack of  INVITE ONLY PREVIEW tickets for May 29th at 7:30. Winners chosen via random.org in one week. Good luck!

Family Tracks And Traces Safari at Tyler Arboretum

Family Tracks And Traces Safari

May 18, 2013

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Become a nature detective as you look for clues about the wild animals living at the Tyler Arboretum. Search for fox footprints, mole holes, owl pellets and the best evidence of all: animal scat! Learn the different types of animal scat as you make real-looking scat that you can eat! 

Pre-registration required

For more information:  http://www.tylerarboretum.org

Location:   Tyler Arboretum-515 Painter Road Media,PA 19063

This event is appropriate for:   ages 5 and older

Cost: $6 members, $8 non-members

Art Museum Day

Saturday May 18th  Brandywine River Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (10% discount in museum shop) Philadelphia Museum of Art will offer free admission on Saturday, May 18th, as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors' (AAMD) International Art Museum Day. In recognition of the important role museums play in their communities, museums will encourage visitors to share their museum experiences during Art Museum Day on a special printed form available at the museum admissions desk and via social media with the hashtag #artmuseumday in a collective public response.   A list of participating AAMD member art museums will be available on the AAMD website (http://www.aamd.org/newsroom/).  While AAMD's Art Museum Day and ICOM's International Museum Day is formally held each year on May 18, some institutions shift their celebrations to adjacent dates.  For more information: http://www.aamd.org/newsroom This event is appropriate for: the whole family Cost: free

Touch A Truck Event at Granite Run Mall

Touch A Truck

May 18th 

12-4PM

Cradle of Liberty Council & Boy Scouts of America's "Touch A Truck" event is May 18 from 12-4PM in the Granite Run Mall's Rt. 1 Lot. This event is free and open to the public. Attending families will be able to view and learn about the trucks on display. There will be scouting displays and an opportunity for families to sign up for scouting.

For more information, please contact Nick Nowak at nick.nowak@scouting.org

Rain Date is May 19

Location: 1067 West Baltimore Pike, Media, PA 19063

This event is appropriate for:  the whole family

Cost: free

Hagley's Creek Kids: A Day in the Life

Hagley's Creek Kids: A Day in the Life 

May 18th

 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Explore how life in the nineteenth century was different from today! Visitors can try chores, taste what was for dinner, and discover why people decided to settle along the Brandywine. Activities are included with general admission and are free for members.



For more information: www.hagley.lib.de.us

Location: 200 Hagley Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19807

This event is appropriate for: kids ages 3 and older

Cost: Free for Hagley members.
Admission is $6 for adults, $4 per child (free for children three and under), and includes cost of supplies.

Celebrate Your Hero Craft at Michaels Craft Stores

Celebrate Your Hero 

Saturday May 18th

10am - noon

Let your kids explore their creativity while you shop! Only $2 per child reserves 30 minutes for your creative kid. Sessions starting every half hour from 10AM - 11:30AM. See a store associate to join the fun!

For more information:   www.michaels.com

Location: 601 W Baltimore Pike Springfield, PA

This event is appropriate for:   ages 3 and older

Cost: Free

May Fair at Lansdowne Friends School

May Fair is Lansdowne Friends School's annual celebration of spring with lots of wonderful activities, including face painting, games, crafts, arts and crafts vendors, bubbles, live music, a May pole, and a moonbounce.

For more information:  http://www.lansdownefriendsschool.org/

Location: Lansdowne Friends School -110 N. Lansdowne Avenue
Lansdowne, PA 19050

This event is appropriate for:  the whole family

Family Aquatic Bug Hunt at Tyler Arboretum

Family Aquatic Bug Hunt – FREE For Members!

May 18, 2013 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Did you know dragonflies live underwater before they grow their wings? Get your feet wet in Tyler’s Rocky Run stream while looking for dragonfly larvae and many other aquatic critters. Discover the hidden world of bugs that live in our streams and rivers and learn to tell if a stream is sick or healthy by the bugs that live in it. Nets are provided. Bring stream shoes or old sneakers and be prepared to get wet. Suitable for ages 3 and older.


Pre-registration required

For more information:  http://www.tylerarboretum.org

Location:   Tyler Arboretum-515 Painter Road Media,PA 19063

This event is appropriate for:   ages 3 and older

Cost: $6 members, $8 non-members

Oliver at Footlighters Community Theater

 Friday, May 17th, through June 8th. 

Footlighters Community Theater in Berwyn, PA

OLIVER is a musical whose name most people recognize. But how many have actually SEEN this classic look into Victorian England?

OLIVER isn’t obvious “feel good” musical fare. It’s the story of an orphaned, workhouse boy who is mistreated then sold, escapes, finds himself in the clutches of a miserly old man (who exploits homeless children and fences the items they steal), becomes entangled with and then threatened by a foreboding villain from the East End, and then witnesses a murder.


And yet, this story is actually an uplifting one (spoiler alert: the good guys win!) and has become part of classic entertainment, much like the Wizard of Oz, which appeals in many ways to many sorts of people.


Adults will quickly find themselves in the land of familiar lyrics and toe-tapping tunes: Where is Love, As Long as He Needs Me, Food Glorious Food and more. Children will be drawn to a story line based upon other children, where the title character is a young boy who makes good, while other kids (like the mischievous Artful Dodger) are seen taking advantage of adults with freedom that sounds so enticing to our “impoverished” youth. All will enjoy the comedic aspect of this dark time in England with characters such as the over-exaggerated Fagin and Nancy singing and dancing through their gloomy existences, and imposing Bill Sykes inserting the thrill of a scare.



Consider yourself part of OUR family …. Join the cast and crew of OLIVER going up at the on Friday, May 17th, with weekend shows running through June 8th.



For some additional fun, a special English Pub Night has been put together with nearby EmJ’s Café, allowing you to feast upon delicious English fare before heading off to Merry Old England at 58 Main Avenue. Reservations are required for this June 6th event!



Details and tickets may be obtained at the theater website, www.footlighterstheater.com.

Fun Things Top 10 Picks for May 10, 11, & 12

Our top 10 picks for this weekend May 10th,11th & 12th

Friday

1.Enjoy the beautiful weather during  National Public Gardens Day with FREE admission to Morris Arboretum, Shofuso Japanese House and Garden, The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College & Tyler Arboretum with coupon.

2. Head to the Granite Run Mall for the Spring Carnival all weekend long

Saturday

3. Get ready for a breezy spring day by coming to the Radnor Library’s kite-making workshop.

4.  Make a Mother's Day Heart Necklace at Michaels for Mother's Day

5. Discover the hidden world of bugs that live in our streams at the Family Aquatic Bug Hunt at Tyler Arboretum

6. Head to Middletown Township Day for fire engine rides, moon bounces, car Show, music, food, model airplane club, pony rides and much more.

7. Register to make the perfect gift for mom at Lowes Build and Grow Workshop

Sunday 
Happy Mother's Day

8.  Kids can climb in and experience hands on real-life fire engines, police cars, construction trucks and more at the Truck Zoo at Radnor Library

9. Get your tickets to see Arden Children’s Theatre preform Pinocchio

10. Free Sunday mornings at  Brandywine River Museum         

* Check out our calendar for more ideas.

Preschool Open House at Darlington

Open House on Thursday, May 16th

at 10am

 

Darlington Preschoolers performed “Mr. Gumpy’s Outing” to celebrate the end of the school year on May 2. Students played the roles of different animals going on an adventure with Mr. Gumpy, played by drama teaching artist Lisa Eckley-Cocchiarale.

 There are still spaces available for 2013-2014 Preschool, and Darlington is hosting an Open House on Thursday, May 16 at 10:00am where families can see the facility, talk to instructors, and experience how the arts can provide a strong foundation for young learning. Registrations are currently being accepted for 1, 2, 3, and 5 day preschool this fall, for ages 3-6.

Darlington’s preschool program uniquely exposes young learners to music, art, dance, and drama. Emphasizing creativity, imagination, exploration, and active participation, the program helps students develop critical comprehension and memory skills. Students benefit from multi-week units of core curriculum developed by a certified teacher, traditional preschool activities including circle time and outdoor play, high-quality arts-based learning activities with professional Teaching Artists, and learning responsibility and cooperation by working with peers.

For more information: www.darlingtonarts.org or call  (610) 358-3632

Location: 977 Shavertown Road, Garnet Valley, PA

Open House/ Fun Day at the Ridley Park Police Department

May 11th 

from Noon to 4 PM

Plenty of family fun at the Ridley Park Police Department's open house/fun day.

Games, food, demonstations by K-9 handlers, fire department, play equipment for the kids, finger printing and much more

For more information:   http://www.ridleyparkborough.org

Location:   Police Station - 230 W. Chester Pike

This event is appropriate for:  the whole family 

Brandywine River Museum Butterflies Workshop

Brandywine Butterflies Workshop

May 11, 10 a.m. - noon

Visitors of all ages are invited to create colorful butterfly pins to wear while following the path of a butterfly both inside the museum in paintings and outside in the Conservancy's native plant gardens. Activities are included with museum admission. Plants important to butterflies will be available for purchase at the Annual Wildflower, Native Plant and Seed Sale.

For more information:  http://www.brandywinemuseum.org

Location: Brandywine River Museum - Brandywine River Museum, U.S. Route 1 Chadds Ford, PA

This event is appropriate for: the whole family

Cost: $12, adults; $8 seniors (65+); $6, students with ID and children ages 6-12. Free for children under 6 and Brandywine Conservancy members.