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ROCHESTERfamilies.com - Newsletter #132

February 22, 2008

Welcome to the ROCHESTERfamilies.com weekly newsletter. 
Each week the newsletter is brought to you by the 
ROCHESTERfamilies.com Family of Advertisers (Rochester Area 
Family Y, Bob Miller - Magician!, Olive Juice Studios, Tim 
& Sandy Williams Coldwell Banker Burnet and Color Me Mine). 
Find out more about our advertisers by visiting the 
ROCHESTERfamilies.com Our Advertisers webpage, 
www.rochesterfamilies.com/Rochester_MN_advertisers.html.  
 
A special thank you goes out to the ROCHESTERfamilies.com 
Advertiser of the Month - Color Me Mine. Find out more 
about Color Me Mine below or visit the 
ROCHESTERfamilies.com Our Advertisers webpage,  
www.rochesterfamilies.com/Rochester_MN_advertisers.html.  
 
Can’t get enough of ROCHESTERfamilies.com? Check out our 
Family Time and Family Calendar columns in Friday’s 
Post-Bulletin’s Lifestyle section 
(www.postbulletin.com/opinion/columnists) where you can 
read all about Children’s Dance Theatre’s production of 
Hansel & Gretel. You’ll also find information on the Honors 
Choirs VOICES: A Choral Celebration of Minnesota’s 
Sesquicentennial, the Masque’s auditions for Much Ado About 
Nothing, preschool open gym at JETS, and next Tuesday’s 
Mothers & More meeting where the topic of discussion will 
be life insurance, wills and guardianship,  
 
Also tune into the Tracy McCray show, 1340 KROC-AM 
(www.KROC.com), 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… Sit, Stay, Read @ the Library, check 
out the Rochester Arts & Sciences Academy, redeem your $5 
off Color Me Mine coupon, and 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 cancelled. It’s always a good idea to call ahead (or 
visit the host organization’s website) and confirm all 
details. 
 
Friday, Feb. 22 
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Friday Night Family Fitness @ The Y 
• Emperor's New Clothes @ Masque 
 
Saturday, Feb. 23  
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau - Monster House 
• Story Time @ A Puzzled World 
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Hooray for Saturday! @ Library 
• Owls @ Oxbow 
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym 
• Emperor's New Clothes @ Masque 
 
Sunday, Feb. 24  
• Nature Sunday @ Quarry Hill - Life Under the Ice 
• Emperor's New Clothes @ Masque 
• VOICES: A Choral Celebration of Minnesota’s 
Sesquicentennial 
 
Monday, Feb. 25  
• Open Gym @ Soccer World 
• Story Time @ Christian Book & Gift 
• Story Time @ B&N(Apache) 
• Harmony for Mayo 
• Bob Miller Magician @ Dos Amigos 
• Sit, Stay, Read @ Library 
 
Tuesday, Feb. 26  
• Story Time @ Great Harvest 
• NAMI Family to Family Education 10 Week Class - Begins 
Today! 
• Bob Miller Magician @ Good Sport Bar & Grill 
• Parent/Child Class @ Prairie Walls Climbing Gym 
• Circle of Parents Support Group 
• Bedtime Stories @ Library 
• Options for Parenting Challenging Kids & Teens - Bluestem 
• Rochester Arts & Sciences Academy 
• Mothers & More Mtg. - Wills, Guardianship and Life Ins. 
 
Wednesday, Feb. 27  
• Much Ado About Nothing auditions @ Masque 
• Baby and Me Postnatal Fitness Class 
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Story Time @ B&N(Apache) 
• Family to Family Support Group Mtg. 
 
Thursday, Feb. 28  
• Much Ado About Nothing auditions @ Masque 
• MOPS @ Rochester Assembly of God 
• Stories for Toddlers & Twos @ Library 
• Bob Miller Magician @ O'Neill's 
• Single Parent Support Group @ PAIIR 
• “Good Night Monkey” - Community Ed. 
 
Friday, Feb. 29  
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Friday Night Family Fitness @ The Y 
• Charlotte's Web - Rochester Civic Theatre 
 
Saturday, March 1  
• Rochester Downtown Farmers Winter Market 
• Adult/Youth Spring Leagues @ Rec Lanes - Registration 
Begins Today! 
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau - Mr. Magorium's Wonder 
Emporium 
• Animal Tracks and Signs @ Oxbow 
• Charlotte's Web - Rochester Civic Theatre 
• Hansel & Gretel - Children's Dance Theatre 
• Physics Demo Show - RCTC 
 
Sunday, March 2  
• Bird Sunday @ Quarry Hill - 2008 Exhibit 
• Charlotte's Web - Rochester Civic Theatre 
• Physics Demo Show - RCTC 
• Early Childhood Parenting Made Fun - begins today! 
• Parenting On Purpose 
• Hansel & Gretel - Children's Dance Theatre 
 
 
ROCHESTERfamilies.com Advertiser of the Month (see coupon 
below) 
Welcome to Color Me Mine -- the newest member of the 
ROCHESTERfamilies.com Family of Advertisers and the 
February Advertiser of the Month! Color Me Mine is a 
paint-your-own ceramic studio where you choose an 
unfinished piece of ceramic and paint it, leave it for 
glazing and firing, and return about 4 days later to pick 
up your masterpiece. 
 
Not an artist? Not a problem! Our friendly and creative 
staff, along with many fun painting techniques, are here to 
help make sure you bring a masterpiece home that is sure to 
delight your family and friends. We stock over 300 
different items, everything from cups and canisters, to 
fairies and frogs, even penguins and petunias. All of our 
paints and glazes are lead free, 100% friendly to the 
environment and completely safe for kids and adults.  
 
Visit Color Me Mine's website, 
www.rochester.colormemine.com for more information on 
birthday parties, ladies night out events, Mom & Me classes 
and more!  
 
 
 
SUMMER CAMPS WEBPAGE 
ROCHESTERfamilies.com Summer Camps 2008 webpage is now 
online. Each week we’ll be adding new summer camps. This 
week we added summer camps @ Crossings in Zumbrota, Healing 
Adventures Camp as well as a list of Spring Break options 
through Community Ed. If your organization is hosting a 
summer camp, email the details to 
lindy@rochesterfamilies.com.  
 
 
 
COLOR ME MINE COUPON 
$5 off at Color Me Mine when you mention this ad. Limits 
may apply. Not to be combined with any other offer or 
party. One coupon per customer, per day, please.  
 
 
 
ROCHESTERfamilies.com's "Family Of Advertisers" 
And a big thank you to all of our advertisers - Magician 
Bob Miller (www.BobMillerMagic.com), the Rochester Area 
Family Y (www.rochfamy.org), Olive Juice Studios 
(www.olivejuicestudios.com), Tim & Sandy Williams, Coldwell 
Banker Burnet (www.rochesterhomes4you.com) and Color Me 
Mine (www.rochester.colormemine.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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to Rochester parents? Consider advertising on 
ROCHESTERfamilies.com. Advertising on ROCHESTERfamilies.com 
is a great way to:   
 
• Target your advertising message to Rochester families.   
• Communicate your business’s commitment to Rochester   
families.   
• Foster a lasting relationship with Rochester families.   
 
If your family-friendly business would like to join 
ROCHESTERfamilies.com’s family of advertisers, email 
lindy@rochesterfamilies.com or visit our Advertise With Us 
page, 
www.rochesterfamilies.com/advertise_on_rochesterfamilies.html. 
 
 
 
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up? Would you like it to appear on ROCHESTERfamilies.com?  
If so, email lindy@rochesterfamilies.com. There is never a 
fee to have an event listed. 
 
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article on ROCHESTERfamilies.com - to help us get the word 
out about this informative, family-friendly local resource! 
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lindy@rochesterfamilies.com.