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ROCHESTERfamilies.com - Newsletter #152

July 24, 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), 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 the Olmsted County Fair. You’ll also find information on the Wienermobile’s one-hour visit to Rochester, Story Time @ Great Harvest, the Young Adult Improv Acting Class (sponsored by the Library, hosted at The Masque), and the Roosters Classic Vintage Base Ball Festival.


Also tune into the Tracy McCray show, 1340 KROC-AM (www.KROC.com), Friday mornings at 9:40 a.m. for a quick ROCHESTERfamilies.com rundown of this weekend’s family-friendly events.


GREAT GIVEAWAY
Register today for the Star Wars Exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota Great Giveaway! One lucky family will win four vouchers good for a free admission to the Star Wars exhibit, the Omnitheater and the permanent museum exhibits. The vouchers must be redeemed (by calling 651-221-9444) and making reservations. The vouchers expire Aug. 15, 2008. To register email lindy@rochesterfamilies.com by Tuesday, July 29. The winner will be announced in the Aug. 1 newsletter.

For more information on the exhibit visit, www.smm.org. Thank you to the Science Museum for providing this great giveaway.



CALENDAR OF EVENTS  
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, July 25
• Storytime @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Hello Dolly - Words Players
• Honkers Baseball

Saturday, July 26
• Roosters Classic Vintage Base Ball Festival
• Storytime @ B&N(Apache)
• Storytime @ A Puzzled World
• Storytime @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau Theatres - Spiderwick Chronicles
• Bison Feeding @ Oxbow Park
• Hello Dolly - Words Players

Sunday, July 27
• VBS @ Christ Community - begins

Monday, July 28
• Olmsted County Fair
• Storytime @ Christian Book & Gift
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau Theatres - Spiderwick Chronicles
• Storytime @ B&N(Apache)
• Kids Day @ Color Me Mine
• Harmony for Mayo
• Bob Miller Magician @ Dos Amigos
• Young Adult Game Night @ Rochester Public Library
• Honkers Baseball

Tuesday, July 29
• Olmsted County Fair
• Playdates @ The Park
• Young Adult Improv Acting Class @ The Masque
• Storytime @ Great Harvest
• Bob Miller Magician @ Good Sport Bar & Grill
• Bedtime Stories @ Rochester Public Library
• Circle of Parents Support Group Mtg.
• SEEDS of Early Literacy Training for Parents
• Honkers Baseball

Wednesday, July 30
• Olmsted County Fair
• Ventriloquist Gary Wick @ Rochester Public Library
• Storytime @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Oscar Mayer Wienermobile
• Storytime @ A Puzzled World
• RCLS Preschool Open House

Thursday, July 31
• Olmsted County Fair
• SNAP Bus @ Goose Egg Park
• Ladies Night @ Color Me Mine
• B&N’s "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" event for kids
• Bob Miller Magician @ O'Neill's
• Honkers Baseball

Friday, August 1
• Olmsted County Fair
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Honkers Baseball

Saturday, August 2
• Rochester Downtown Farmers Market - Shade Gardens
• Olmsted County Fair
• Story Time @ A Puzzled World
• Story Time @ ABC&Toy Zone
• Free Kids Movie @ Chateau Theatres - Shrek the Third
• Summer Theatre Academy of Rochester - free performance
• Feed the Critters @ Oxbow Park
• Ann & Eric Peterson Family Benefit
• Honkers Baseball
• Star Gazing @ Chester Woods

Sunday, August 3
• Olmsted County Fair



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families.  
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