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June 3
ADF Project Dance
6:30pm and 7:30pm
First Fridays at Marbles Museum open until 8:00pm
June 4
Eco Heroes Guest Star
1:00pm-3:00pm
June 12
Science Solvers Guest Star
1:00pm-3:00pm
June 15
Garden Gourmet
11:00am-12:00pm
June 16
Hockey Fun with the Canes
12:00pm-2:00pm
June 18
FutureVet
11:00am-12:00pm
June 18-19
Dad's Weekend
June 21
Target $2 Tuesday Night
5:00pm-8:00pm
June 24
Cars 2 An IMAX 3D Experience Opens
June 25
The Home Depot Kids Workshop
10:00am-12:00pm
June 25
Family Fit Series
2:00pm-4:00pm
July 4
Museum Open
9:00am-5:00pm
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Welcome to the June edition of The Marbleous Monthly.
With ADF Project Dance making its way to the finish line on Friday, Dad's Day as a close second on June 19, and catching up mighty quickly is Cars 2 An IMAX Experience which opens June 24 - Marbles is moving fast as lightning into the month of June. Zoom on down for some fast-paced fun and learning!
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First Fridays at Marbles with ADF Project Dance
Friday, June 3 | 6:30pm and 7:30pm
Museum open until 8:00pm
Enjoy an evening of play and adventure with the American Dance Festival, featuring Gaspard Louis, a member of the world-renowned Pilobolus Dance Theatre from 1996-2001. Gaspard will lead children's creative workshops. Get ready to immerse yourself into bold movements!
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Eco Heroes Guest Star
Saturday, June 4 | 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Join Southern Energy Management for fun with and in the sun, exploring solar power in Castaway Cove Kids Garden.
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 Participate in the Duke University Child Learning Lab study
with your child!
How Do Children Learn & Grow?
The first session at Marbles is Friday, June 3.
At the Child Learning Lab, we are interested in how children's own actions help them learn and think about the world. Appointments available at Marbles Kids Museum and Duke University. For more information and to sign up, visit http://childlab.psych.duke.edu, call 919.660.8755 or email childlab@duke.edu.
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Science Solvers Guest Star
Sunday, June 12| 1:00pm-3:00pm
Come and explore creatures that live and grow in ponds. Meet guest star, Jackie Trickel, Education and Natural Resource Specialist from Wake County Parks.
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Garden Gourmet
Wednesday, June 15| 11:00am-12:00pm
Make and taste a simple and delicious treat using some of summer's freshest ingredients from Castaway Cove Kids Garden.
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Hockey Fun with the Canes Staff
Thursday, June 16| 12:00pm-2:00pm
Take your best slapshot as Carolina Hurricanes staff take to Center Ice to improve your hockey skills! |
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 FutureVet with Banfield Pet Hospital
Saturday, June 18| 11:00am-12:00pm
Calling all future vets and animal lovers! Marbles is excited to host Banfield Pet Hospital's FutureVet interactive program led by a veterinarian. Kids will explore careers in pet health, meet a therapy dog and graduate with a FutureVet certificate. There is no additional fee to attend this workshop.
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 Dad's Day Weekend at Marbles
Saturday, June 18 and Sunday, June 19
Want to be just like dear ol' dad? Race lawn mowers, make mustaches, paint with shaving cream and participate in silly activities and contests. Make dad proud!
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Target $2 Tuesday Night
Tuesday, June 21| 5:00pm-8:00pm
Bring the whole family for a night of play for just $2 per person! As always, members play free. Join our friends at Target for story time, and illustrate your very own Marbleous book. |
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The Home Depot Kids Workshop
Saturday, June 25 | 10:00am-12:00pm
Why should Dad have all the fun? Use your noggin to tinker, plan and build a new project bi-monthly with our friends at The Home Depot. |
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 Family Fit Series
Saturday, June 25| 2:00pm-4:00pm
Our monthly guest star series is fun, physical and fit-tastic! Join us for high impact actvities designed to get your body movin'. Guest Star: Be Active North Carolina.
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Kick-off the summer camp season with one of the following engaging and adventurous camps...
Kitchen Concoctions | Week of June 13 AM (Ages 7-8)
Take a pinch of kitchen, add a dash of science, mix in lots of creativity and look out! Make spectacular concoctions with ingredients straight from the pantry shelf. Move over mom, the kitchen's not just for cooking anymore.
Twisted Tales | Week of June 13 PM (Ages 7-8)
Flip the story and see things from a different perspective for a laughably different take on classic tales. Why was Goldilocks in the woods by herself? Let Wolf tell his side of the story. Lots of giggles are in store as we turn things inside out and upside down.
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With just 4 weeks left in our fiscal year, we hope that you will consider making a gift to the Imagination Fund at Marbles. As a nonprofit organization, Marbles relies on your support to keep programs and exhibits growing strong while keeping admission fees affordable. With $130,000 left to raise before June 30, every dollar counts and every gift is important!
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New internships have been added Looking for an exciting opportunity at Marbles? We'd love to have you! Opportunities are available for various majors including Education, Graphics and Tourism to name a few.
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Get Connected!
Sign up for our mailing list by Monday, June 6 for a chance to win a combo pass to the museum and Cars 2 An IMAX 3D Experience. Sign Up Now>> |
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 Born to Be Wild 3DNow Playing
"Your kids will never forget seeing this film." - Boston Herald.
The critics are raving about our newest documentary! Born to be Wild 3D is an inspired story of love, dedication and the remarkable bond between humans and animals. This film documents orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them. Find Out More>> |
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 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides An IMAX 3D Experience Now Playing
Captain Jack returns to the high seas in this action-packed IMAX 3D adventure. Crossing paths with the enigmatic Angelica, he's not sure if it's love or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. Find Out More>> |
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 Super 8: The IMAX Experience Opening Friday, June 10
In the Summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth-something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.
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 Cars 2 An IMAX 3D Experience Opening Friday, June 24
Star racecar Lightning McQueen and the incomparable tow truck Mater take their friendship to exciting new places in Cars 2 when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the worlds fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage. Find Out More>>
Cars 2 Birthday Packages Available!
Contact Laura Fleming for details. |
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 The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D Now Playing
Featuring 10-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater, Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D immerses you in the story of an ocean wave and the lives it impacts and transforms. From astounding 3D surfing action to the chaos of ocean storms, go on quest to understand one of this planet's most intriguing and dramatic phenoma. Find Out More>> |
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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>> |
| | |  2011 IMAX Power Pass What better way to experience our recent theatre upgrades than FREE documentaries and $5 feature films all year long? Find out more>> |
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 $3 Off Tickets to Sesame Stree Live at the RBC Center | "1-2-3 Imagine! with Elmo & Friends"
Friday, June 3 - Sunday, June 5
Sesame Street Live is a larger-than-life, musical touring stage production featuring Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie...and more. Each performance is 90 minutes of singing, dancing and audience participation, including a 15-minute intermission. The perfect length for very young children! Use passcode ERNIE online in the promotion code box at Ticketmaster.com or at the RBC Center box office.
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 20% Off Storyteller Media
Storyteller Media is offering Marbles Kids Museum members 20% off a Storyteller Media chronicle. Story teller Media is a professional production company that has found an innovative way to capture moments that can show the progression of your child's school years, in addition to preserving the life stories of individuals by making chronicles to be enjoyed for generations to come. Find out more>>
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 Date night at Sullivan's Steakhouse in Raleigh
Sullivan's Steakhouse is offering Marbles members a fixed price discount menu on any day of the week! Pick a starter, entree, side and dessert from their exclusive Museum Date Night Menu... for just $69 per couple! Find out more>> |
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