Sneak a peek into the "Top-Secret Personal Beeswax Journal" of the outspoken and lovable Junie B. Jones! Based on the popular book series by Barbara Park, enjoy this colorful, funny, fast-paced musical about new friends, new glasses, sugar cookies, the annual kickball tournament, and other various first-grade angst-ridden situations. Follow the sassy little diva Junie B. on her adventures and read along with her as she writes down details of her journey through first grade.

Approximately 60 minutes. No intermission. Ages 4 and up.


For more information: www.udpac.org or by calling 610.622.1189


Location: Upper Darby Performing Arts Center, 601 N. Lansdowne Avenue, Drexel Hill, PA 


Cost:  $7 - $11







Win a chance to Laugh Yourself Silly at Junie B. Jones: The Musical! In partnership with Upper Darby Summer Stage, we are giving away a Family 4 pack of tickets to the morning performance at 10:30 am on Thursday July 30th! Enter to win below! The winner will be announced on July 24th.

For more information:  http://bit.ly/1uHsOen

Journey to an underwater world in KidZone

If your planning to visit the Adventure Aquarium a must see attraction is their all-new KidZone www.kidzone2012.com - a dedicated play space designed for kids 6 & under that allows children to connect with nature by getting hands on and doing what they do best...play!


Parents and scientists agree that play is essential to the healthy growth and development of children. As kids play, they learn to solve problems, get along with others and develop the fine and gross motor skills needed to develop. In the simplest terms, play helps kids make sense of the world around them. With this in mind, Adventure Aquarium created KidZone, an exhibit specifically designed to appeal to a child’s natural curiosity to explore. The newly renovated space, located on the second floor of the Aquarium in Zone C, features vibrant and colorful décor, adorable characters, cool animals and touch species, and a series of interactive activities specifically designed to promote learning through play.


Your host for the journey? The AquaPals: Gill, a curious shark; Lizzie, a singing hippo; Shelldon, a quirky sea turtle, and Bobbi, a lovable penguin.


No matter what your age may be, you’ll want to jump, climb and play your way through Adventure Aquarium’s all new KidZone, open now!

Meet Gill’s best friend, Shelldon the sea turtle and climb inside a larger-than-life turtle shell.

The Delaware County Symphony (DCS) will present the third concert of its full symphony series for the 2011-2012 season, 3 p.m., Sunday February 26, 2012 in the Meagher Theatre of the Thomas A. Bruder, Jr. Life Center at Neumann University Aston. The concert will feature pianist Marcantonio Barone performing Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major by Ludwig Van Beethoven.

In more than three decades of concertizing, American pianist Marcantonio Barone has given solo recitals at the Metropolitan Museum and Weill Recital Hall in New York and the National Gallery in Washington, on the recital series of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, at the Ravinia Festival and San Francisco’s Midsummer Mozart Festival, at the Wigmore Hall in London, the Rachmaninoff Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, and the Great Hall of the St. Petersburg Filarmoniya, and in various cities in Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, and Malta. In the 1980s and ’90s, he frequently performed as soloist with major orchestras on four continents, in collaboration with such conductors as Sir Simon Rattle, Sergiu Comissiona, Leon Fleisher, Arthur Fiedler, Barry Tuckwell, Antonio de Almeida and Vladimir Ziva.

He serves as head of the piano department and assistant director of the Bryn Mawr Conservatory of Music, where he has taught since 1980. In addition, he teaches piano, keyboard harmony, and chamber music at Swarthmore College.

 Mr. Barone is a Steinway Artist. His recordings are available on the Albany, Bridge, and Capstone labels. 

The concert will also include Pacific 231 by Arthur Honegger and the Symphony No. 1 by Dmitri Shostakovich. Program commentary will be provided by Jeremy Gill, Music Director of the DCS. All are invited to a free pre-concert presentation entitled FIRST by Dr. Michael Kelly from 2-2:30 p.m. in the McNichol Room. There is ample free parking and the center is handicapped accessible. For information call 610-879-7059 or visit www.dcsmusic.org

 

YO GABBA GABBA! LIVE!: IT'S TIME TO DANCE! tour is stopping in Philly on October 7th at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby. There will be 2 shows on Friday 10/7 first at 3pm and the second is at 6pm.

The Delaware County Symphony will perform their third chamber concert for the 2010-2011 season on Sunday March 27 at 3:00 pm. in the Meagher Theatre of the Thomas A. Bruder, Jr. Life Center at Neumann University, Aston, Pa. There is ample free parking and the Center is handicapped-accessible. This chamber program will feature Charles Thomas, cello; Catherine Duerr, flute; Kristin Bray, oboe; Donna Higgins, clarinet; Rachel Sierk, horn; Arnold Ostroff, piano and Vincent Iannone, clarinet. Included in this program will be Trio in A Minor, Op.114 for Clarinet,Cello and Piano by Johannes Brahms; Premiere Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano by Claude Debussy and Trois Pieces Breves for Woodwind Quintet by Jacques Ibert.Chamber program commentary will be provided by Charles Thomas, Director of the Delaware County Symphony Chamber Series. For additional information please call 610-879-7059 visit us at www.dcsmusic.org

Fun Things is giving away 2 free tickets that will allow Moms, Dads or guardians to take their child to a chamber concert featuring works by Brahms, Debussy and the Ibert. This is a great way to introduce your child to the arts.

Thomas fans can enjoy Thomas & Friends™ Live! On Stage as it makes it's way into the Philadelphia Area at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ on Feb. 26 & 27.

This 90-minute musical adventure is packed with audience sing-a-longs, high energy dancing and thrilling adventures that will make any Thomas fan happy.

Join me at the Thomas & Friends Live! shows coming up at the Susquehanna Bank Center on February 26 & 27. Click Here to buy tickets and let them know you heard about the event from me by entering the code FUNTHINGSKIDS. Hope to see you there!

I am also giving away 4 tickets to the performance on February 26th at 5pm. I made it nice and easy, just fill out the form below by Sunday February 20th to enter. I will pick one winner on Monday.