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ROCHESTERfamilies.com - Newsletter #98
June 8, 2007
Welcome to the ROCHESTERfamilies.com weekly newsletter.
Each week the newsletter includes a list of family-friendly
events, items that are new to the website, and Great
Giveaways!
Can’t get enough of ROCHESTERfamilies.com. Check out our
Family Time and Family Calendar columns in today’s
Post-Bulletin where you can find out more about Rochester’s
two public pools (Soldiers Field and Silver Lake) - they
open soon! Also tune into the Tracy McCray show, 1340
KROC-AM, Friday mornings at 9:43 a.m. for a quick
ROCHESTERfamilies.com rundown of this weekend’s
family-friendly events.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
This week you could… take your kids fishing at Chester
Woods, jump into the pool, attend Aesop’s Fables at Masque
Youth Theatre, … and much more! For more information on
the events listed below - or the more than 100 events
listed this month - visit our Calendar of Events,
www.rochesterfamilies.com/page/page/1049874.htm.
With all events, please remember, dates change, weather
happens, and events are sometimes moved, postponed,
or canceled. It’s always a good idea to call ahead and
confirm details.
Friday, June 8
• Take A Kid Fishing @ Chester Woods
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Aesop's Fables presented by The Masque Youth Theatre
• Prairie Walls Climbing Gym - Kids Club
• Honkers VS. Thunder Bay @ Mayo Field
• Movies Under the Stars - Maltese Falcon
Saturday, June 9
• Rochester Downtown Farmers Market
• Amuzing Race - RPL Foundation
• Take A Kid Fishing @ Chester Woods
• Audubon Society Hike @ Chester Woods
• Super Saturdays @ Sargent's Gardens - Water Gardening
• Michaels Kids Club - crayon rubbings
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Soldiers Field pool - opens today!
• Feed the Bear @ Oxbow
• Prairie Walls Climbing Gym - Parent Child Class
• Aesop's Fables presented by The Masque Youth Theatre
• Honkers VS. Thunder Bay @ Mayo Field
Sunday, June 10
• Take A Kid Fishing @ Chester Woods
• Aesop's Fables presented by The Masque Youth Theatre
Monday, June 11
• Four-day Middle School Prep Program @ Friedell - begins
today!
• Two-week Middle School Prep Program @ Willow Creek -
begins today!
• Mommy Mondays @ CineMagic Theatres
• Story Time @ Christian Book & Gift
• Story Time @ B&N (Apache)
• Harmony for Mayo - Four Shadow
• Bob Miller Magician @ Dos Amigos
• Parenting A Child With Special Needs
• Sit .. Stay .. Read @ RPL
• Honkers VS. Duluth @ Mayo Field
Tuesday, June 12
• Playdate @ the Park - Soldier's Field Park
• All Comer's Track Meet
• Prairie Walls Climbing Gym - Parent Child Class
• Bob Miller Magician @ Good Sport Bar & Grill
• Bedtime Stories @ RPL
• WOW - Mothers & More Mtg.
• Honkers VS. Duluth
Wednesday, June 13
• Wee Wednesdays @ Sargent's - Toadally Cool
• Storyteller and Juggler Bob Kann Presents Pure Fun! @ RPL
• Story Time @ B&N (Apache)
• Rochester Water Ski Show Team Performance
• Honkers VS. Battle Creek @ Mayo Field
Thursday, June 14
• Free Thursdays @ Rochester Art Center
• Honkers VS. Battle Creek @ Mayo Field
• Bob Miller Magician @ O'Neill's
Friday, June 15
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Aesop's Fables presented by The Masque Youth Theatre
• Prairie Walls Climbing Gym - Kids Club
• Honkers VS. Eau Claire @ Mayo Field
Saturday, June 16
• Rochester Downtown Farmers Market
• RochesterFest
• Saturday Morning Kids Club @ ARC of Mower County
• 2007 Bear Creek Traditional Powwow
• Michaels Kids Club - model car
• Quarry Hill Nature Nuts - Pond Fun
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Feed the Elk @ Oxbow
• Prairie Walls Climbing Gym - Parent Child Class
• Aesop's Fables presented by The Masque Youth Theatre
• Honkers VS. Eau Claire @ Mayo Field
Sunday, June 17
• RochesterFest
• 2007 Bear Creek Traditional Powwow
• Honkers VS. Alexandria @ Mayo Field
GREAT GIVEAWAY - THE MASQUE YOUTH THEATRE
And the winner is.... Dawn L. is the lucky winner of two
free tickets to the Masque’s production of Aesop’s Fables.
The Great Giveaway lucky winner can choose between six
performances, June 8-17, Fridays and Sundays at 3 p.m.,
Saturdays at 7 p.m. Thanks to the Masque Youth Theatre,
www.masque.org, for providing this terrific Great Giveaway.
SUMMER CAMPS webpage -
www.rochesterfamilies.com/rochester_summer_camps.html
Several new additions to the Summer Camps webpage this
week. To find out more about any of these events visit our
Summer Camps webpage,
www.rochesterfamilies.com/rochester_summer_camps.html
Century Football Camp - Grades 4-8, July 23-26, $42.
Minnesota Children’s Museum - The museum is hosting
access/Ability an exhibit that celebrates the differences
and similarities in everyone. The museum also brings
Discover What Art Is... an artistic exploration of the
personal meaning of art to K-12 students with disabilities.
Christ Community Church VBS/Family Fun NIght - July
29-August 2, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. For kids ages 4 through 4th
grade. Call to register by July 1.
Girls Only Intro to Hockey - a 3-day summer camp, August
7-9, for girls ages 7-12 who are new to hockey. Free!
Michaels Kids’ Craft Camp - July 16-20 and July 23-27 for
kids ages 5-12. $5 per one-hour session.
B&N Summer Reading Program - Kids (1st through 6th grade)
can start reading today and turn their reading journals in
by Sept. 2 to receive up to two free books.
Rochester Public Library’s Summer Reading Program - Kids
through 8th grade can participate in the Go Bananas at the
Library reading program. Turn your log in to receive a
free mini pizza from Papa Murphy’s and a free ticket to a
Rochester Honkers baseball game.
St. John Block Party - This year’s children/family
activities will be even more entertaining than in the past.
New attractions include a professional magician, a world
class juggler, and a balloon artist. Also plenty of arts
and crafts to entertain the kids (and adults).
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
And a big thank you to all of our advertisers - Dentistry
for Children and Adolescents, Ltd.
(www.dentistryforchildrenrochester.com), Magician Bob
Miller (www.BobMillerMagic.com), the Rochester Area Family
Y (www.rochfamy.org), Olive Juice Studios
(www.olivejuicestudios.com), and Tim & Sandy Williams,
Coldwell Banker Burnet (www.rochesterhomes4you.com) - for
advertising on ROCHESTERfamilies.com!
When you do business with these advertisers, make sure to
thank them for their support of ROCHESTERfamilies.com! To
find out more about any of our advertisers visit
ROCHESTERfamilies.com’s Our Advertisers page,
www.rochesterfamilies.com/Rochester_MN_advertisers.html.
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