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ROCHESTERfamilies.com - Newsletter #133

February 29, 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 Creatures of the Deep @ Quarry Hill. You’ll 
also find information on the Citywide Spelling Bee 
(register by next Friday), Rochester Civic Theatre’s 
“Charlotte’s Web,” Recreation Lanes’ Adult/Youth Spring 
League registration (sign up early - spots go fast!), and 
this weekend’s RCTC Physics Demo show. 
 
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… catch Children’s Dance Theatre’s 
Hansel & Gretel or Free Family Days @ Rochester Art Center, 
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. 29  
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Friday Night Family Fitness @ The Y 
• Charlotte's Web - Rochester Civic Theatre 
 
 
Saturday, March 1 
• Creatures of the Deep @ Quarry Hill - begins today! 
• Free Family Days @ Rochester Art Center 
• Rochester Downtown Farmers Winter Market 
• Adult/Youth Spring Leagues @ Rec Lanes - Registration 
Begins Today! 
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau - Mr. Magorium's Wonder 
Emporium 
• Story Time @ A Puzzled World 
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• 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 
 
 
Monday, March 3  
• Kids & Cocoa @ Color Me Mine 
• Open Gym @ Soccer World 
• Story Time @ Christian Book & Gift 
• Story Time @ B&N (Apache) 
• Harmony for Mayo 
• Bob Miller @ Dos Amigos 
• Parenting a Child w/ Special Needs @ PAIIR 
 
 
Tuesday, March 4  
• Story Time @ Great Harvest 
• Grandparents Parenting Again 
• School Board Meeting 
• Bob Miller @ Good Sport Bar & Grill 
• Circle of Parents Support Group 
 
 
Wednesday, March 5  
• Baby & Me Stroller Fitness Class 
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Story Time @ B&N (Apache) 
 
 
Thursday, March 6  
• Ladies Night @ Color Me Mine 
• Bob Miller Magician @ O'Neill's 
• Single Parent Support Group @ PAIIR 
 
 
Friday, March 7  
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Friday Night Family Fitness @ The Y 
• Charlotte's Web - Rochester Civic Theatre 
• Citywide Spelling Bee - registrations due today! 
 
 
Saturday, March 8  
• SOS applications available today! 
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau - Open Season 
• Story Time @ A Puzzled World 
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone 
• Maple Syruping @ Oxbow 
• Charlotte's Web - Rochester Civic Theatre 
 
 
Sunday, March 9  
• Critter Sunday @ Quarry Hill - 2008 Exhibit 
• Charlotte's Web - Rochester Civic 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!  
 
 
 
SPRING BREAK - LOCAL OPTIONS 
There’s lots of fun to be had if you’re sticking around 
town over Spring Break. Visit our Summer Camps webpage, 
www.rochesterfamiliescom/summercamps.html for information 
on Spring Break activities offered through Community 
Education and Color Me Mine. If your organization is 
offering special classes, activities, programs over Spring 
Break, email lindy@rochesterfamilies.com. 
 
 
 
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 @ the Rochester Art Center, the 
Masque Theatre, the Reading Center and Camp Moon-Hwa. 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. 
 
 
 
ADVERTISE HERE 
Is your business looking for an effective way to reach out 
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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family-friendly activity, class, or special event coming 
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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or newsletter? If so, please consider adding a link to or 
article on ROCHESTERfamilies.com - to help us get the word 
out about this informative, family-friendly local resource! 
If you have any questions about adding a link, or would 
like a ROCHESTERfamilies.com press release, please email 
lindy@rochesterfamilies.com.