The Newseum just 
announced that in honor of the anniversary of September 11th, it will waive its admission price on Saturday September 10 and Sunday September 11. This will be the first time since the Newseum’s grand opening in 2008 that admission has been free to the entire public. Tickets are available at newseum.org or at the Newseum the day of your visit.
If you’ve hesitated visiting The Newseum’s because of the entry fee, then this promotion is a great time to check it out, as well honor this grave date by visiting The Newseum’s 9/11 Gallery.
The Newseum’s 9/11 Gallery is the first permanent museum exhibit about the terrorist attacks. The gallery features a 31-foot section of the broadcast antenna that stood atop the World Trade Center’s North Tower, a limestone cornice piece from the damaged section of the Pentagon and a twisted piece of fuselage recovered from the field near Shanksville, Pa., where United Flight 93 went down. An 11-minute original film, “Running Toward Danger,” tells the stories of journalists who covered the attacks. The gallery also includes cameras used by Bill Biggart, a photojournalist killed while covering the attacks, along with some of the digital images he took moments before he died.
“Our 9/11 Gallery is one of the most visited and memorable exhibits in the Newseum,” said Charles L. Overby, chairman and chief executive officer of the Newseum. “We hope that by offering free admission on Sept. 10 and Sept. 11, many more visitors will have an opportunity to experience this important reminder of why we should never forget 9/11.”
Did you also know that Washington-area public and private schools receive free museum admission when they visit as a school group? Tell your teachers for field trips this coming school year!
Baby Loves Disco Giveaway! Interested in winning one of two free family 4-packs (a $50 value) for Baby Loves Disco on Sunday August 22 at 11am at the 9:30 Club?
The Baby Loves Disco Lemonade Tour rocks its way into DC on Sunday August 22nd. This national tour of the super fun dance parties for parents and kids has a summer mission to spread awareness and raise money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand, a nonprofit organization devoted to finding a cure for childhood cancer.
If you haven’t heard of it, Baby Loves Disco is a daytime dance party featuring real music spun and mixed by real DJs blending classic disco tunes from the ‘70s and ‘80s. The party is geared toward both children aged baby-kid, as well as (gasp!) the parents. Hey, just because you have a high chair in your kitchen and crayon on your walls does NOT mean that you no longer need to shake your booty - just shake it at the 9:30 Club on a Sunday afternoon WITH your kids and introduce them to funky-fresh and family-friendly music!
To win one of these FREE FAMILY 4 PACKS, leave a comment below with a song that you and your kids like to dance around the house to together! The two winners will be drawn on Thursday night 8/19 at 9:30 (get it??) p.m. Please provide your email address in your comment!
My six year old son Charlie has just “discovered” the Bob Marley and the Wailers tunes in our family iPod, so our house currently sounds like a college dorm on spring break as we shuffle-reggae-dance around to “Could You Be Loved” all day long.
Baby Loves Disco Lemonade Tour at the 9:30 Club
815 V Street, Washington, DC
Sunday, August 22nd, 11 am to 2 pm
Buy Tickets online: $20 per walking human. Family 4-pack is $50
Info: http://www.babylovesdisco.com/events/
Thanks to 9:30 Club for sponsoring this giveaway and H&M for sponsoring the Baby Loves Disco Lemonade Stand tour. I was not compensated in any way for this giveaway or post.
“Let me tell you about being a child actor, kid. It’s great in the beginning if you can keep your folks out of the till. Then you’ll hit 24 and wonder if you should rent a permanent Hollywood Square. But if you can hold on through those Lifetime movies and animated voice work, eventually you’ll be able to re-woo your teen fans when they’re moms. Just ask Patrick D. and Robert D.J.!”
Want to watch Jen get sperminated?
Jason do his loveable-manic-sarcastic schtick?
Relax in a cool air-conditioned theatre while watching something decidedly not for children?
Because I have 100 tickets to The Switch for Tuesday – a few days before it officially opens.
I haven’t seen the film. But I do see a lot of (OK, every) romantic comedy or comedy targeted to women age 12 – 90. Yes, I suffer through it all. The implausible drivel and sexless kisses and doll-hair extensions and Ephronian retorts and recycled plots and man-childs who finally step up and BFFs who finally bone and he-said-she-said misunderstandings and squees and OMG cute shoes and ohhhh, they have a baby at the end I want another one sniff sniff.
I’m truthfully afraid of someday spontaneously bursting into a huge flame of hot pink tampons. Maybe I have a third ovary.
So I can say with a confidence and the self-imposed expert status that only a blogger can claim that this movie will probably be good. It’s by the same factory that churned out Little Miss Sunshine and Juno, two great screenplays with quirky, loveable characters.
Will the film be formulaic? I hope not, but probably. Rachel Green and Ross Geller-ish? Definitely. Aniston and Bateman playing their same old patented neurotic gorgeousness? Ya ya ya, but hey, it’s a Tuesday night in August. There’s nothing on TV except Discovery and TLC (Hi baby, nice plug, right?) and you can set your DVR. What else do you have to do? Leave the kids with Dad, throw on a tank top, grab your girls and a catch a free show.
Tuesday, August 17th
AMC Mazza
7:30pm
Watch The Switch trailer here – fyi it’s about a single mom doing IVF with a donor. It’s not a biopic of Mother Teresa. Please don’t be like the woman who emailed me after attending a free screening of Sex and the City that she was horrified about the rampant sexuality and materialism. Seriously. BTW I really liked Olivia Hussey in Madre Teresa, add it to your Netflix queue.
OK, you just want your tickets. You can each have up to 4. Send me your name for the exclusive guest list to apissgiveaways@gmail.com. If you’re one of the first responders I’ll email you back. If you don’t receive an email from me it means the tickets are all gone. You don’t have to give me the name of your lucky 3 friends, just yours.
There will be no printable ticket. Just arrive 1 hour before the 7:30pm show and get in line. Tell the good looking greeter your name and she’ll check you and your guests off the list frat party style. There’s always the chance that the show will be overbooked and thus you are not guaranteed a seat until your tush is in it.
Have fun! Tell Jason and his furrowed brow I said hi.
Looking for something cultural to do with your kids this week? Look no further! Wolf Trap Children’s Theatre-in-the-Woods has given me a family pack of FOUR free tickets for their last performances of summer this week, featuring the Dance Institute of Washington performing a hip-hop version of West Side Story, and then Rocknoceros bringing the best in kid rock and folk.
The winner can choose either the Thursday, Friday or Saturday performances. The dancing begins at 10am, and then after an intermission (aka snack and potty break) Rocknoceros will storm the stage at 11:15am.
UPDATE: THE WINNER IS LEIDA M. She has been contacted and has redeemed her 4 tickets. Just leave a comment here to be entered to WIN! I’ll draw the winner at 5pm tomorrow, Wednesday August 11th.
But ANYONE can head to see these performances – they’re reasonably priced at $10 for both shows,$8 for the one gig of your choice, and tickets are available for the Wednesday-Saturday performances. It’s your last chance in 2010 to experience this Washington tradition of entertaining and educating kids during the summer, in a beautiful outdoor venue. Grab yo’ tickets here!
Official description of the performances this week
Join the Dance Institute of Washington for an innovative, family-friendly adaptation of a celebrated classic.
When the Hip Hops challenge the Techni-Ques to a lively dance-off, it seems like everyone’s choosing sides! This fun, age-appropriate competition is the backdrop for a love story that makes two rivals reevaluate their differences and honor the importance of acceptance through their love of dance.
After the dance show, stay for…
Rocknoceros
Painting the Town PINK!
Tuesday, August 10 – Saturday, August 14 at 11:15 am
Coach Cotton, Williebob, and Boogie Bennie bring their zany charm back to Theatre-in-the-Woods. Help this sensational three-man band paint the town pink as they perform original children’s songs that are loved by all ages!
Come to two performances in one day for only $10!
Make it a morning in the park! Enjoy a picnic in the meadow between performances at Wolf Trap’s Children’s Theatre-in-the-Woods. Tickets may be purchased for a single performance for $8 or for both the 10 am and 11:15 am performances for only $2 more.
Enjoy a wonderful woodsy experience … and come back at 5pm on Wednesday to see if you WON!
announced that in honor of the anniversary of September 11th, it will waive its admission price on Saturday September 10 and Sunday September 11. This will be the first time since the Newseum’s grand opening in 2008 that admission has been free to the entire public. Tickets are available at newseum.org or at the Newseum the day of your visit. 
