The Children’s Theatre of Cedar Rapids Playtime Poppy is ready to start its 2008-2009 Play season. The first play will be “Timeless Tales” which is a rendition of four of Hans Christian Andersen’s stories. It will include scenes from “The Princess and the Pea”, “The Little Mermaid”, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, and “The Ugly Duckling”.
This [...]
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October 15, 2008
It’s Playtime Poppy
October 10, 2008
New, Interactive Dinosaur Exhibit at Lindale Mall
Although the Science Station is closed due to this summer’s flooding, that doesn’t meant the children of the corridor will miss an awesome traveling dinosaur exhibit.
The Science Station’s first post-flood exhibit opened at the end of September at the Lindale Mall (4444 First Ave. NE) Admission to the exhibit, which runs through Dec. 31, is [...]
October 2, 2008
Oktoberfest is here!
This weekend is the annual Oktoberfest festival in Amana.
Saturday at 10 a.m. is the parade. It is a nice parade for families. Kids always get a lot of candy and it lasts about an hour.
Sit by the chocolate Haus and the Stone Hearth Bakery. And because it may be a little chilly, you can get [...]
September 3, 2008
Mississippi River Museum: A fun and educational getaway for the whole family
We decided to take advantage of the long weekend and take a short trip to Dubuque. We’d visited the Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium before when my son was two, but now at age four he really seemed to appreciate the impressive sights he was seeing. Upon entering he rushed to the entrance way tank, [...]
August 8, 2008
The Iowa State Fair is Here!
Iowa is famous for a few things. Corn. The Field of Dreams. And the Iowa State Fair. Ok, we’re famous for more things than that, but I’ve traveled enough to know these are three near the top of the list.
Yesterday marked the opening day of the Iowa State Fair.
It’s one of the only places in [...]
