WHAT'S ROLLING...
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January 1
Museum opens at 12:00pm
January 3 Museum closed; IMAX open
January 7 First Fridays at Marbles Museum open until 8:00pm
January 8 Music Makers 10:00am-3:00pm
January 9 Science Solvers Guest Star 1:00pm-3:00pm
January 15 Art-rageous! Guest Star 1:00pm-3:00pm
Monday, January 17 Museum and IMAX open January 20 Family Fun Night 5:30pm-8:00pm Family Fit Series - Karate Kids
2:00pm-4:00pm January 23
Gadgets & Gizmos
1:00pm-3:00pm
January 25
January 29
Hooray for Ballet
10:00am-2:00pm
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Let's Get Social
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You Search...We Earn!
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Welcome to the January edition of The Marbleous Monthly.
Make a resolution to play more! Come to Marbles in January for Music Makers with the NC Symphony, Karate Kids, Hooray for Ballet, and more. |
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Noon Year's Eve at Marbles
Friday, December 31| Celebration starts at 11:30am
Ring in the "noon" year with kids at Marbles at 12:00pm. Guests wearing a First Night badge receive free museum admission on Friday, December 31 (not valid at the Wachovia IMAX Theatre at Marbles).
5, 4, 3, 2, 1... Happy Noon Year!
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 New Year's Day
Saturday, January 1 | 12:00pm-5:00pm
Make a resolution to play more in 2011. Start off on the right foot (or left foot) by visiting Marbles and participating in New Year's themed activities.
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 First Fridays at Marbles
Friday, January 7 | Museum open until 8:00pm
Enjoy an evening of play and adventure.
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 Music Makers | The Mozart Experience
Saturday, January 8 | 10:00am-3:00pm
Listen to the music of Mozart, play instruments from the Instrument Zoo (10:00am-2:00pm only), make a powdered wig, meet members of the NC Symphony and create your own music!
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 Science Solvers Guest Star
Sunday, January 9 | 1:00pm-3:00pm
Check out cool rocks from outer space with NC State's American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics.
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 Art-rageous! Guest Star
Saturday, January 15 | 1:00pm-3:00pm
Experiment with the process and fun of creating art! Go global and try Turkish paper marbling with the American Turkish Association of North Carolina. Sponsored by International Affairs Council. |
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 Martin Luther King, JR Day
Monday, January 17 | 9:00am-5:00pm
Help your child grow into a dreamer, innovator and leader with special activities to celebrate Martin Luther King, JR Day. Visit with community heroes, create a Dream Poetry collage and share your dreams with Marbles. |
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 Family Fun Night - ARTS ON!
Thursday, January 20 | 5:30pm-8:00pm
Family Fun Night is an after-hours event for kids with special needs to experience Marbles in a calmer, quieter environment. FREE and exclusive for kids with special needs and their families. Come to Marbles and "get your ARTS ON" while exploring theatre, music, visual arts and dance! |
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 Family Fit Series - Karate Kids
Saturday, January 22 | 2:00pm-4:00pm
Join Bushido Karate Shotokan and learn simple karate moves that leave you feeling good and full of confidence. Wax on, wax off!
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Gadgets & Gizmos
Sunday, January 23 | 1:00pm-3:00pm
Join NCSU's The Engineering Place to explore engineering and solve puzzles with hands-on, creative activities. |
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Target $2 Tuesday Night
Tuesday, January 25| 5:00pm-8:00pm
Bring the whole family for a night of play for just $2 per person! Please note that the regular schedule of every third Tuesday of the month will resume in February.  |
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 Hooray for Ballet | The Ugly Duckling
Saturday, January 29 | 10:00am-2:00pm
Join Carolina Ballet at Marbles for Step Up to the Barre, Stars of the Show, Curtain Call and special craft activities. The Carolina Ballet is offering a 25% discount on tickets to The Ugly Duckling, which plays February 17-March 6, 2011. The discount is available through the office box office 919-719-0900 using the code word MARBLES. |
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At Marbles Kids Museum, we keep our admission fees low - among the lowest in the country - to help make it possible for more children to visit, and visit more often.
Your donations help make our unique museum experience accessible to all children through the Marbles Full Circle access program. In addition, it helps develop, create and enhance our innovative play settings and initiative-based programs.
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School's Out Camps Need Your Help
Come be a part of our award-winning camp program! Play games, make crafts, explore the museum and help animators bring camp themes to life. Do something different and join the camp adventure at Marbles.
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School's Out Camps
Turn the next day off from school into an adventure at School's Out Camp, fun-filled days of museum discovery and unique classroom activities.
Upcoming School's Out Camps
December 27-30 | Winter Break
January 17 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 24 | Teacher Workday
For more information, contact Kristi Heckel at 919.857.1040.
Group Camp-Ins
Give the Girl Scout, Cub Scout, Y-Guide or Y-Princess in your family a new way to experience Marbles with a themed overnight camp-in designed for their troop, tribe, den or pack. Stay and play, see an IMAX film and sleep in the museum!
January 22 | Brownie Girl Scouts - Move to the Music February 19 | Cub Scouts - Super Science March 5 | Y-Guides, Y-Princesses and Adventure Guides - Pirate and Princess Party March 26 | Junior Girl Scouts - Move to the Music May 7 | Daisy, Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts - Dance the Night Away
We also offer private camp-ins year round - perfect for youth groups, sports leagues, church groups or school clubs. Contact Kristi Heckel at 919.857.1040 to schedule your group camp-in, or register now for one of the pre-scheduled events. First Fridays Kids Camp - All New Friday, February 4 | 5:30pm-8:30pm The Wild World of Maurice Sendak (Ages 3-5) The Great Marble Mystery (Ages K5-10) Once again, kids have a night out to call their own! First Fridays Kids Camp is a unique experience that includes museum play and making new friends, while exploring a different theme each month. Parents are free to experience downtown Raleigh's First Fridays festivities, see an IMAX film or simply relax while kids embark on their own adventure. Find out more>> and register online.
Summer Camp Registration Opens Soon!
Opens February 8 - Marbles members
Opens February 15 - Non-members
Our award-winning camp program offers the BEST of Marbles all summer long! Summer camp registration is just around the corner, so mark February 8 on your calendar as our first day of summer camp registration for Marbles members, or February 15 as the first day for non-members. More information available soon on our website. Stay tuned!
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| |  2011 IMAX Power Pass On Sale Now!
Enjoy $5 Hollywood features, FREE documentaries, plus advanced seating and no online ticketing fees all for the low annual price of $40! Find out more>>. |
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 TRON: Legacy An IMAX 3D ExperienceNOW PLAYING
Tech savvy Sam Flynn finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father, Kevin, has been living for 25 years. Thus begins a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous over time. Find Out More | Buy Tickets | See Showtimes |
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 Hubble 3DNOW PLAYING
Experience the gripping story - full of hope, crushing disappointment, dazzling ingenuity, bravery, and triumph - in HUBBLE 3D, the seventh awe-inspiring film from the award-winning IMAX Space Team. Find Out More | See Showtimes | Buy Tickets
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 Animalopolis
NOW PLAYING
Perfect for early learners
Voyage into the magical world of animals. A bit fanciful, a bit "Seussian" perhaps, with good natured humor, beauty and just plain fun for kids and their parents.
Find Out More | See Showtimes | Buy Tickets
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Wachovia IMAX Theatre at Marbles is getting a face lift... including new seats! Your favorite IMAX Theatre is temporarily closing for upgrades on January 10, 2011. Look out for more details in the new year! |
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