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The museum will be OPEN on: Monday, January 2
Monday, January 16
Monday, January 23
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Welcome to the January edition of The Marbleous Monthly.
Brrr! It may be cold outside, but it's always warm at Marbles! Visit us this month for a Family Camp-In, Green Energy Workshop, Jump Rope Jam and much more... |
 Catch the Wave! Our year-end fundraising campaign ends in just two days. Help us meet our $30,000 goal. Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution and help keep the Marbles play experience affordable for all families. Make a splash by giving today! | |
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Family Camp-In
Saturday, January 28 | 6pm-9am
$42/person or $150/family of four
Break out your sleeping bags and join us for a night "camping in" at Marbles! No bugs. No weather worries. Just the fun stuff.
Start with dinner, enjoy camp-like activities, and spend free time exploring the museum and playing games. End the evening with campfire stories, s'mores and hot chocolate. Camp out "under the marbles" in the exhibits; bring your own tent or reserve a free tent compliments of our friends at REI, who will be on-hand to share their expertise for those new to camping. After a night in the museum, wake to a continental breakfast and special screening of an IMAX movie. Dinner, s nack and breakfast all included. Find out more>>
Coming February 18... In It to Win It!, a camp-in especially Cub Scouts and other boys (must be accompanied by an adult). |
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 Marbleous Merriment
Now through Monday, January 2
'Tis the season for making memories and bringing families together. Grab the whole gang and let Marbles light up your winter holidays. Special activities include Fireworks Painting, Fizzy Rockets and Candy Cane Hockey. Click here for our daily schedule>> |
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 Noon Year's Eve
Saturday, December 31
Celebration starts at 11:30am
Museum open 9am-5pm
Ring in the "noon" year with bubble wrap "fireworks" and a jammin' ball drop at high noon. Guests wearing a First Night Raleigh button receive buy-one-get-one-free museum admission (limit 4) and a free small popcorn with the purchase of an IMAX movie ticket on Saturday, December 31. |
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 Crazy Toy Lab & First Friday Savings Spree
Friday, January 6 | 5-8pm
Mad scientist? Inventive artist? Make something crazy from recycled and rescued toys! Bring in your old toys, take 'em apart, mix and match pieces, and create something new.
EVERY FIRST FRIDAY AT MARBLES - special admission savings, museum store deals and a food truck.
*Only $10 for your entire family after 5pm (As always, members play free)
*Or, just $6 for a grown-up and a child
*Only $2 per additional guest (friend, neighbor...)
Special Marbles Corner Store discount on First Friday, January 6 - save 75% on all holiday items! |
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 Sing! Dance! Play!
Saturday, January 7 | 3:30-4pm
Join Jammin' Baby, a presenter of Music Together®, for musical fun and exploration. Appropriate for ages birth to five. |
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 Clowning Around with Ringling Bros.
Special Performance by Jamarr,
famed Ringling Bros. Circus Clown
Tuesday, January 10 |10:30-11am
Clown around with Jamarr - juggle scarves, spin plates and balance feathers. Get in the circus spirit for Ringling Bros. Fully Charged at the RBC Center in February. Support Marbles by purchasing your circus tickets at Marbles Corner Store. Find out more>> |
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Family Fit - Jump Rope Jam
Saturday, January 14| 2-4pm
This month's guest star is fun, physical and fit-tastic! Learn new jump rope techniques from the Salem Skip-its, Salem Elementary School's jump rope team. From Double Dutch to the Chinese Wheel, join us for high impact activities to get your body movin'.
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 Science Solvers - Chemistry Magic Sunday, January 15| 1pm, 1:30pm & 2pm
Marbles is exploding with excitement to host Dr. Alex Deiters and his team of organic chemists from NC State. Come experience the wow of chemical reactions; it's sure to be a blast!
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 Celebrate Community Heroes
on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Museum open Monday, January 16 | 9am-5pm
Help us celebrate community heroes on MLK Day at Marbles. Meet a fire fighter, police officer, paramedic and more. You can be a helpful hero too - join us in packing food for the Backpack Buddies program to feed children in need from 10am-1pm.
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 Target $2 Tuesday Night
Tuesday, January 17 | 5-8pm
Bring the family for a night of play for just $2 per person! As always, members play free. Join our friends from Target for storytime and illustrate your very own Marbleous book.
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 Family Fun Night
Thursday, January 19 | 5:30-8pm
Special screening of Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels at 7pm
Family Fun Night is an after-hours event for kids with special needs, offering the opportunity to experience Marbles in a calmer, quieter environment. This event is free and exclusive for kids with special needs and their families.
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 Green Energy Workshop
Saturday, January 21 | 2-4pm
Calling all energy innovators! Explore the powerful possibilities of renewable energy as we build electrical circuits in a hands-on, minds-on workshop. No reservations necessary.
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 Gadgets & Gizmos
Sunday, January 22 | 1-3pm
It's your turn to design vehicles that move fast! Try designing a streamlined car with as little wind resistance as possible. Or how about designing a hovercraft? Design, build and test innovative solutions to inventive challenges with The Engineering Place, NCSU College of Engineering's K-12 Outreach Program. |
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 Hooray for Ballet
Saturday, January 28 | 1-3pm
Step up to the barre with the Carolina Ballet. Whirl and twirl your way through the museum. Crafts, moves and mini-performances celebrate the Ballet's upcoming performance of The Little Mermaid. |
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Extend the fun! Explore at-home play activities for kids and parents from the Verizon Foundation's online resource website thinkfinity.org:
Explore the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. with a book and word art activity.
Build on your experience in Moneypalooza at Marbles by playing Coin Box, a game about counting, collecting and exchanging money.
Ice and snow, oh no! Play around with the science of winter with this experiment.
|  Verizon Foundation has partnered with Marbles to enhance our online Teacher Resources and to provide additional online learning tools through thinkfinity.org. |
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Register TODAY for Upcoming Camps at Marbles
Marbles award-winning camps offer specialty enrichment activities, museum play and easy drop-off/pick-up.
First Friday Kids Camp
Friday, January 6 | 5:30-8:30pm
Ages 3-5 and K5-11
Drop off your children at Marbles for an evening of fun on their own, while you dine, shop or simply relax.
Take advantage of our First Friday Savings! Purchase 2 tickets for the 6:20pm showing of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol at Marbles IMAX for only $20. Plus, one free medium popcorn for all First Friday Kids Camp parents. | |
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Little Kids COOK - Pigs Love Potatoes
Wednesday, January 11 | 9am-12pm
Ages 3-5
Let's get cooking! Preschoolers prepare tasty dishes inspired by favorite storybooks. While waiting for the timer to ding, stories come to life through crafts, games and activities, followed by playtime in the museum. | |
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School's Out Camp
Monday, January 16 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday, January 23 - Teacher Workday
Ages 5-11 | 9am-5pm (extended care available)
Kids have an exciting camp adventure on the days when they have off but you don't! | |
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Little Kids CREATE - Hey Diddle Diddle
Wednesday, January 25 | 9am-12pm
Ages 3-5
Favorite storybooks come to life through crafts, games, activities and songs, followed by playtime in the museum.
For more information on camp programs, contact the Camps Coordinator at 919.857.1040. | |
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Choose from one of our popular museum party packages for a memorable celebration at Marbles!
Book your party today! Remember, Marbles members receive a 10% discount. Contact Laura Fleming at 919.857.1037. |
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Marbles is thrilled to announce two new science partners! The Biogen Idec Micro-Grants in Science Education Fund of Triangle Community Foundation has underwritten educational materials for biology and life science as part of the Born to Be Wild 3D IMAX Learning Lab. The NISENet mini-grant program has also provided funding to help implement nano-science in our summer science camps in 2012. | |
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For Grown-ups Only! Martinis to the MAX
Thursday, January 12 | 5:30-8pm
Featuring Hubble 3D at 7pm
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BIGGEST SCREEN. BEST PRICES. |
Kids' Movie Series
Introduce your child to the giant screen with the Kids' Movie Series at Marbles IMAX, featuring a new animated short film each month - all perfect for young learners. Take advantage of our combo pricing and add a movie to your next museum visit. As always, members receive buy-one-get-one-free tickets to documentaries including the Kids' Movie Series.
OLIVIA Wintertime Cheer - Now Playing
Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels - Now Playing
Hollywood Features
The Adventures of Tintin: An IMAX 3D Experience - Now Playing
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol The IMAX Experience - Now Playing
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax: An IMAX 3D Experience - Opens March 2012
Inspiring Documentaries Only at Marbles
Forces of Nature - Now Playing
Experience the power and spectacle of tornadoes, floods, erupting volcanoes and hurricanes.
Born to be Wild 3D - Now Playing
An inspired story of love, dedication and the remarkable bond between humans and animals.
The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D - Now Playing
From astounding 3D surfing action with 10-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater to the chaos of ocean streams, experience one of the planet's most intriguing and dramatic phenomena.
Hubble 3D - Now Playing
Experience the gripping story-full of hope, crushing disappointment, dazzling ingenuity, bravery, and triumph in the seventh awe-inspiring film from the award-winning IMAX Space Team.
To the Arctic 3D - Opens April 2012
From the producers of Everest comes the extraordinatory journey of one mother polar bear's determination to keep her cubs alive in the face of natural predators and a rapidly changing climate. |
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 Discounted Circus Tickets to
Ringling Bros. Fully Charged at the RBC Center
Sunday, February 12 at 3pm
Save on the perfect stocking stuffer for friends and family - tickets to Fully Charged from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey®. Marbles is excited to offer lower level tickets at a discounted rate. Sit with your Marbles friends in our block seating! Tickets are on sale now at the Marbles Corner Store and are $15 each (retail: $25 each).
Support Marbles by purchasing your Circus tickets from the museum! |
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NCS Kids Young People's Concerts with the
North Carolina Symphony
Discounted Tickets on Green Eggs and Ham
Saturday, January 7 | 11am or 4pm performance
Would you like them in a house? Would you like them with a mouse? Would you like them on a ball? How 'bout Meymandi Concert Hall? Join Rob Kapilow, composer of The Polar Express, as he puts his unique spin on Dr. Seuss's beloved story about Sam-I-Am and his green eggs and ham. Marbles Kids Museum members receive discounted tickets for just $14 (regularly $20) Use the discount code: Music Makers. Click here to purchase tickets. |
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Make your child's next birthday larger than life with an IMAX party! Treat your guests to an amazing GIANT screen adventure at Marbles IMAX. Book your party now for 
