Theater targeted for children as young as one year and up to elementary? YES! That’s the beauty of Spot’s Birthday Party at Adventure Theatre, opening this weekend! You can introduce your children to the joy of attending plays before they can even walk. It’s just for them! And every child who attends this show will receive a special birthday hat and surprise goodie bag too.
I’m sure you know Spot from the adorable graphic picture books by Eric Hill, and when your child attends the play it’s Spot’s B-Day! And your kid is invited to the party. Also attending the celebration will be Spot’s friends Tom the crocodile, Helen the hippo, and Steve the monkey will be there for fun, games, songs and magic.
The show opens on Friday, and you and your kids can even attend the special Pajama Party on Friday night. Show up in your p.j.s,, see the show and after the play nosh on milk and cookies! The Pajama Party is also a “Pay What You Can” performance, which means you can purchase your tickets at full price in advance if you would like to guarantee your tickets, or you may purchase your tickets starting at $5 at the door using cash only (but they might run out, it’s a gamble). Tickets go on sale exactly at 6:00pm.
Or you can attend the show for another time – a weekend matinee maybe – until November 2nd. Showtimes and tickets here.
Adventure Theatre
Glen Echo Park
7300 MacArthur Blvd
Glen Echo, MD 20816
Phone: (301) 634-2270
Website: www.adventuretheatre.org
E-Mail: info@adventuretheatre.org
Map & Directions
Tickets $15
Buy Tickets • Subscription Form • Calendar
The Gem, Lapidary & Mineral Society of DC will host its 60th Annual Gem Show & Sale THIS weekend on Saturday August 7 10am-6pm and Sunday August 8 10am-5pm in Bethesda. The show has one whole room dedicated to activities for kids, and kids 16 and under are FREE.
The star of the GLMS kids’ room is the incredible “Crystal Cave” for kids to walk through and explore that features stalagmites and stalactites and lavacicles and dark crystals and other cool cool stuff. There are also lots of educational hands-on activities for all ages and gobs of give-a-ways for all ‘junior rockhounds’ compiling their own gem stone and fossil collections.
The show is held at the Stoneridge School in Bethesda, at the corner of Rockville Pike & Cedar Lane.
You could also leave the kids behind and browse the 30 quality dealers selling gems, jewelry, fossils, minerals, and beads.
Saturday: 10am to 6 pm
Sunday: 10 am to 5 pm
Cost: $6 Adults, $5 Seniors
Kids under 16 FREE with paid adult.
The Montgomery County Agricultural Fair has just four days left! Don’t miss this awesome annual event. At the fair you’ll find carnival rides, 4-H farm animals, rodeo acts, magicians, monster trucks, tractor pulls, demolition derbies, musical acts, carnival games, vendors selling agricultural gems of fresh food and others selling the yummiest artery-clogging treats in the county.
10am – midnight daily, last day is Saturday August 22
Saturday is African American Heritage Day at National Colonial Farm
The National Colonial Farm in PG County’s Accokeek, MD (just a hop, skip and a jump from the District, NoVA & MoCo via the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and I-95) is the place to be this Saturday. This year’s theme is “Stories of Southern Maryland’s Agricultural Past” and the National Colonial Farm’s 18th century tobacco barn and historic farm house is the perfect setting. There’ll be “music, storytelling, and living history encounters with costumed actors and interpreters, as well as a variety of opportunities to learn and share stories of rural life.” Click here for the entire incredible line-up! Saturday, August 22, 2009, noon – 6pm, just $5 per person & kids under 2 are free.
Clark’s Elioak Farm’s Enchanted Forest 54th Birthday Party is Saturday Head to Ellicott City (right on the Silver Spring/MoCo/Howard County border) for special family activities all day. There’ll be fairy tale characters, story times, face painting and more to celebrate the anniversary of the retro-cool Enchanted Forest. There’s a brand new Forest Maze on the farm, and as always, there’s a petting farm, hay rides and pony rides. Open Saturday (and all Tuedays-Sundays until November 
from 10am to 4pm.
The Little Gym of Silver Spring’s Open House Weekend
The Little Gym of Silver Spring is hosting a free weekend of fun for families and kids aged infant to 12 years old. Stop in on Saturday and Sunday for kid activities like gymnastic-based class demos, snacks, prizes. You’ll meet the instructors, learn about the programs and have fun too. Saturday August 22 2:30-5pm and Sunday August 23 2-4:30pm. RSVP to attend at 301-681-7005 or tlgofsilverspringmd@thelittlegym.com
And check out more family fun on the APISS Calendar!
AP Photo/Nick Wass
So you didn’t make it to Wimbledon, don’t fret. You can see 2009 and three-time Wimbledon Ladies’ Singles winner Serena Williams and her Washington Kastles teammates all this month in the second season of Advanta World TeamTennis (WTT). You can also see sister Venus Williams, Anna Kournikova and John McEnroe when their own WTT teams are in town.
Check out the schedule and purchase your tickets here (they’re going fast.) The matches take place in the intimate Kastles Stadium at CityCenterDC, located downtown in The District. All matches start at 7pm except for Sunday when they begin at 5pm.
Some fun facts:
- All kids 16 & under receive an autograph from every home & visiting player after each match.
- Discounts are available to groups of 10 or more. Get the whole gang together and call 202-483-6647 to reserve.
- There are two goofy Kastles tennis ball mascots named Topspin and Slice that dance around at the matches.
- Even though she’s an eleven-time Grand Slam winner, Serena is throwing herself into community work while she’s in town. Just today she hosted tennis clinics for tennis-playing kids in The District.
I’m definitely taking my high school senior brother Evan Slovak (an amazing writer, and fellow blogger, for SlowPlanet.com) to a match when he visits later this month. Sadly for him, he’ll just miss Anna Kournikova. But maybe I’ll take Charlie that night and snag her free autograph for Evan.
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Win A Free Photo Shoot with Adelaide Photography April hasn’t had a winner yet in photographer Kristin Callahan’s amazing spring promotion: during the months of April, May, and June, a special password will be clearly listed somewhere on the Adelaide Photography website. The first person to email the password to kristin@adelaide-photography.com each month will win a free photo shoot (value $100), plus 10% off any purchase
Holy Cross School in Garrett Park/Kensington is hosting an open house on Sunday, April 26 from 12:30-2:30pm. This Catholic school in Kensington offers full day programs for pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. The middle school program focuses on high school preparation and there is a 1:13 student teacher ratio. For more info e-mail office@hcross.org or call 301-949-1699.
The Oneness-Family School for Children in Chevy Chase is offering a summer program for kids age 2-6 years. The program is entitled “Around the World” and will explore a different continent each week. Within the “Around the World” theme, teachers and staff will incorporate the School’s special programs such as peace education, the arts, music, storytelling, conflict resolution, environmental education, and mind/body fitness into your child’s summer fun! Beforecare and Aftercare programs available from 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Weeks offered include:
- Around the World: June 22 – July 31 (All 6 Weeks)
- The Americas: June 22 – July 3 (2 Weeks)
- Europe and Africa: July 6 – July 17 (2 Weeks)
- Asia and Australia: July 20 – July 31 (2 Weeks)
To request an application or more information, please e-mail: summer@onenessfamily.org or call 301-652-7751. Also, limited spaces still available for the 2009 – 2010 school year for 2 years olds and for grades 1 – 8. If interested, email the Oneness-Family School Office of Admissions for more information: admissions@onenessfamily.org.
Momoir Class for Writer Moms DC Mother and freelance writer Jessica Stockton Clancy is teaching a writing class that encourages and teaches mothers how to write their own first-person stories about motherhood (giving one a wide range of topics to choose from!) The first class starts next week on Thursday April 16th and meets every other Thursday for six weeks at Circle Yoga (near Chevy Chase Circle.) The fee for the series is $360. To read other mother’s stories, check out the Feature Stories on the Momoir Project website. Sign up for the DC class here, there are a few spaces left.
Catholic High School Fairs Middle school families interested in Catholic high schools can obtain a sneak peek at the 18 offerings in the Archdiocese of Washington at the following school fairs:
- Wednesday, April 22, 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road, North Bethesda, MD 20852 (off Rockville Pike/adjacent to White Flint Metro)
- Thursday, April 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Marriott Greenbelt, 6400 Ivy Lane, Greenbelt, MD 20770 (Greenbelt Metro)
- Sunday, May 3, 2-4 p.m. – Trinity University Main Hall, 125 Michigan Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20017 (Brookland-CUA Metro)
For more information go to www.CatholicSchoolsWork.org or call 301-853-4517.
Family Friendly Dance Performance The CityDance Ensemble in Baltimore will be presenting Jungle Books on Saturday, April 25 at 11:00 a.m. at the Joseph Meyerhoff Hall of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The CityDance Ensemble and live musicians will bring the classic characters of Rudyard Kipling’s tales to life. See Mowgli, Baloo, Shere Khan and more to life as they leap, prance and pounce their way across the stage. The performance is geared towards children ages 7-12 and their families. Tickets are $12-20.
Whew! That’s a lot of news. If you have something you’d like me to post that you believe will benefit the DC area parenting community, send it to me. Maybe I’ll post it, maybe I’ll add it to the calendar. Maybe I’ll simply vacuum my rug and play Monopoly with the kids…you never know! I’m probably more likely to post it if you have a familiarity with the goals of A Parent in Silver Spring and your offering is of service to others. If you’d like to obtain a guaranteed & permanent placement on APISS, the site’s always open to family-friendly advertisers at budget-friendly rates.
