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Make a note:
The museum will be OPEN on Monday, April 2 for
Spring Break.
The museum will be CLOSED on Sunday, April 8 for Easter, but IMAX will be OPEN.
The museum will CLOSE at 4pm on Saturday, April 28 in preparation for the
Imagination Ball.
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Prepare for an Arctic Blast on Opening Weekend!
To The Arctic 3D Opens April 20 at Marbles IMAX
Join us the opening weekend of To The Arctic 3D. Presented by MacGillivray Freeman Films, the producers of Everest, and narrated by Meryl Streep, To the Arctic 3D features the extraordinary journey of a mother polar bear and her cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness. Find out more about the movie>>
Opening Weekend Events:
- To The Arctic 3D movie marathon: Purchase your advance tickets now.
- Play in real snow in our IMAX courtyard
- Balance on an "iceberg" in the IMAX lobby
- Test your Arctic savvy and learn about polar bears and their environment in an IMAX Family Learning Lab
- Enjoy Northern Lights Painting, Ice Sensory Sparks and a Snowball Toss in the museum
- Join special guest, author Katie MacGillivray, in the museum at 11am on Wednesday, April 18 for a reading of The Adventures of Charlie Mac to the Arctic and Back, a children's book inspired by the film.
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New Additions to IdeaWorks
IdeaWorks has recently been refreshed with new, colorful graphics and interactive stations. Come explore these exciting additions and be inspired to create and innovate!
Updates include:
- Panoramic mural that gets imagination in motion
- Pit Stop in the Go Zone area for kids to get "under the hood"
- Vertical loom in Studio Style to practice the art of scrap weaving
- Toddler Tools play for tinkerers ages 3 and under
- More renovating on the way!
Find out more about IdeaWorks>> | |
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Spring Break Blast!
Now through Saturday, April 7
Power up your Spring Break and fuel your days with fun! Spring Break at Marbles has a green energy twist with activities like Sun Prints, Curious Cloud Science and Garden Tasting. Join us April 2-6 from 11am-1pm for Green Energy Workshops, sponsored by Progress Energy. *The museum will be open on Monday, April 2 from 9am-5pm. Click here for the daily schedule>>
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First Friday Fun at Marbles! | |
Rip-It, Stitch-It T-shirts
Friday, April 6 | 5-8pm - OPEN LATE!!
Transform your t-shirts into cool new creations. Bring your old t-shirts, and we'll have some here too. We'll show you how to cut, rip, print, and stitch new styles, sacks and more.
Every First Friday at Marbles - Create|Innovate every First Friday night at Marbles as part of downtown Raleigh's monthly art celebration. Also enjoy special deals and a food truck.
- Special Marbles Corner Store Discount - save 20% on all T-shirts.
- Special IMAX Discount - Purchase 2 tickets for the 7:30pm or 10:15pm showing of The Hunger Games for only $25, plus receive one free medium popcorn. (Offer valid for onsite ticket purchase only.)
- This month's food truck - Purchase a slice from Klausie's Pizza.
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Barbie Bash at Marbles IMAX
Saturday, April 7 & Saturday, May 5
Movie at 10am | Barbie Bash from 11:15am-12:30pm
See Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2 at Marbles IMAX and stay for a Barbie Bash! A ticket for the 10am movie on April 7 or
May 5 is your entry into a bash full of Barbie fun. Create surfer fashions for Barbie and friends and design your very own, wearable mermaid accessory. Movie tickets available online soon.
Does your birthday girl love Barbie? Contact Laura Fleming at 919.857.1037 for details about our birthday celebration package. |
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Marbles and the NC Science Festival
Friday, April 13 - Sunday, April 29
Marbles is part of the North Carolina Science Festival, hosting hands-on activities and events that celebrate science, technology, engineering and math. Experience the fun of science and explore how it impacts our state! Special events include:
- Forces of Nature IMAX Family Learning Lab
- To The Arctic 3D IMAX Family Learning Lab
- Gadgets & Gizmos Guest Star - "Help Humpty" Challenge with NCSU Engineering
- Science Solvers Guest Star - FEAST! Food Engineering & Science Technology with NCSU Food Science Club
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 Castaway Cove Kids Garden Planting
Saturday, April 14 | 9am-12pm
Spring is here and it's time to dig, plant and water the garden! Kids are invited to help us plant our summer garden, taste what's to come and take home a plant of their own. |
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 Sing! Dance! Play!
Saturday, April 14 | 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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 Target $2 Tuesday Night
Tuesday, April 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, April 19 | 5:30-8pm
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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 Celebrate Earth Day
Sunday, April 22 | 9am-5pm
Show your support for a healthy planet and join in activities that promote preserving our natural resources, including Recycled Paper Pots, Earth Volleyball and a FEAST! Science Solvers experiment. |
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 Teach Children to Save Day
Tuesday, April 24 | 10am-12pm
Join our partners from the NC Bankers Association to explore the power of saving through hands-on activities like making smart spending choices for a birthday party and pretending to save. |
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 Family Fit - Basketball Beats with
Bugg Elementary
Saturday, April 28 | 1-2pm
The Bugg Elementary Ball Handlers Club takes basketball skills and drills to the next level with awesome moves set to music. Over, under, through, and around...Test your dribbling talents and learn some new b-ball tricks from the best.
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 Bookmarked! 2012 with Lucy's Book Club
Tuesday, May 1 | 10:30am
Join our friends from the Lucy Daniels Center in BB&T Storybook Forest for a special reading by WRAL-TV anchor Gerald Owens.
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 Marbles is excited to announce a new partnership with Harris Teeter to support a love of cooking at an early age through sponsorship of our Little Kids Cook Classes. In Little Kids Cook, children ages 3-5 participate in hands-on preparation of tasty dishes inspired by favorite storybooks. Find out more about Little Kids Cook>>
Thanks to our most recent sponsors of the new Power2Play gallery: CocaCola Bottling Co. Consolidated's Dasani Water, Triangle Orthopaedic Associates, P.A. and The Goddard School. Their support of physical activity and healthy choices makes the power of play possible at Marbles! Find our more about Power2Play>>
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Extend the fun of Marbles! Explore these at-home play activities from Verizon Foundation's online resource website thinkfinity.org:
 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.
Summer Camp Registration is Open!
Spend your summer packed full of adventure with Camp Marbles! Choose from a variety of camps for ages 3-13, including Kids Cook: Mix & Measure (ages 3-4), In It to Win It! (ages 9-10) and IMAX & Motion: Film & Photography (ages 11-13). Click here to find out more>> | |
| First Friday Kids Camp
Friday, April 6 | 5:30-8:30pm
Two Camps: Ages 3-5 and K5-11
Drop off your children at Marbles for an evening of fun on their own, while you dine, shop, simply relax...or catch a movie at IMAX! | |
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Little Kids COOK - Apple Pie Tree
Wednesday, April 11 | 9am-12pm
Ages 3-5
Celebrate all things apple with an easy apple pie recipe, apple pie play dough and apple tree collages, followed by playtime in the museum. | |
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Little Kids CREATE - My Garden
Wednesday, April 25 | 9am-12pm
Ages 3-5
Explore the fun of gardening and themes from the book My Garden with activities including vegetable prints, pot decorating and vegetable tasting, followed by playtime in the museum. | |
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Group Overnight Camp-In - All Dolled Up (for girls only!)
Saturday, May 12 | 6pm-9am
Marbles is throwing another slumber party for you and your favorite doll! Pick out a new hairdo for her at our beauty salon, make matching jewelry and sip tea together. Stay and play, see an IMAX movie and sleep in the museum!
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For more information on camp programs, contact Libby Connor at 919.857.1040. |
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Hollywood Features
The Hunger Games (PG-13) - Now Playing
Marvel's The Avengers 3D (not yet rated) - Opens May 4
Men In Black III 3D (not yet rated) - Opens May 25
The Amazing Spider-Man 3D (not yet rated) - Opens July 3
The Dark Knight Rises(not yet rated) - Opens July 20
Inspiring Documentaries Only at Marbles
To the Arctic 3D- Opens April 20
From the producers of Everest comes the extraordinary journey of a mother polar bear and her cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness.
Born to Be Wild 3D - Now Playing
An inspired story of love, dedication and the remarkable bond between humans and animals.
Under the Sea 3D - Now Playing
Journey to some of the most exotic and isolated under sea locations on earth and experience face-to-face encounters with some of the most mysterious and stunning creatures of the sea.
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.
Forces of Nature - Now Playing
Experience the power and spectacle of tornadoes, floods, erupting volcanoes and hurricanes. |
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 Special Pre-Sale to NC Theatre's Summer Production of Oliver! Come see the musical favorite, Oliver!, July 17-22 in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. Purchase tickets now before they go on sale to the general public and "consider yourself" part of the NC Theatre family!
Marbles Kids Museum members - Pre-sale offer starts April 11 at 8am and ends April 15 at 11:59pm. Buy now with code OLIVERTWIST. Click
here for tickets or call the NC Theatre Box Office at 919.831.6941 x6944. For more information, visit www.nctheatre.com. |
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Participate in the Duke University Child Learning Lab study with your child.
How Do Children Learn & Grow?
Duke's Child Learning Lab is interested in how children's actions help them learn and think about the world. Study sessions are interactive and last just under an hour. Appointments available at Marbles Kids Museum for Friday, April 13 and at Duke University. For more information and to sign up, visit http://childlab.psych.duke.edu, call 919.660.8755 or email [email protected]. |
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Support Schools in Your Neighborhood
with Your Harris Teeter VIC Card
Harris Teeter Together in Education wants to make it easy to raise money for schools in your neighborhood but also needs your help. Please link your VIC card to a Together in Education code and earn money for your Together in Education school each time you purchase Harris Teeter Brands or fill a prescription through the Harris Teeter pharmacy. Schools in the Greater Triangle earned over $98,000 in the second payout of the 2011-2012 school year, and we encourage you to help them earn even more in the third payout! How much has your school earned this year?
Visit harristeeter.com to find out! | | |
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