July
Day Out With Thomas: The Celebration Tour 2010
Saturday, July 31st 8:00am - 6:00pm
Next Date: Sunday, August 1st
Event End Date: Sunday, August 8th
Lakeville
All aboard for the best birthday party ever! Thomas the Tank Engine is coming to town to celebrate with all of his fans. This fun-filled event offers preschoolers and their families the opportunity to take a ride with a 15-ton replica of Thomas the Tank Engine, star of the popular Thomas & Friends series. Children will ride along with their favorite hero on his latest adventure. Activities for the whole family include arts & crafts, storytelling, video viewing, live music and more!
Art & Song - Mommy's Time at Kidcreate Studio
Saturday, July 31st 9:00am - 12:00pm
Next Date: Saturday, July 31st
Event End Date: Thursday, August 5th
Mom, you deserve a break! Let your kids express their creativity at Kidcreate Studio while you enjoy some time to yourself. Kidcreate Studio and Kindermusik have teamed up to offer a Mommy’s Time that is filled with art and music! We will get messy with great art projects and have fun singing and playing instruments. Are you signing up siblings? Sign up additional children for $15 each, that's a 50% savings! Kidcreate Studio is an art studio just for kids located in Eden Prairie. To register call 952-974-3438 or register online at- http://kidcreatestudio.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_19&products_id=528 Age: 3-9 years old Date: Friday 8/6, 9:00-12:00 Cost: $30
The Dead Sea Scrolls: Words That Changed the World
Saturday, July 31st 9:30am - 9:00pm
Next Date: Saturday, July 31st
Event End Date: Saturday, October 23rd
Minnesota History Center
Blooming Butterflies
Saturday, July 31st 10:00am - 6:00pm
Next Date: Saturday, July 31st
Event End Date: Monday, September 6th
Minnesota Zoo
Back by popular demand, this seasonal butterfly exhibit is a total immersion experience. Witness hundreds of butterflies as they metamorphose from crawling caterpillars into beautiful winged creatures.
Summer Flower Show
Saturday, July 31st 10:00am - 6:00pm
Next Date: Saturday, July 31st
Event End Date: Monday, October 4th
Como Zoo
The Summer Flower Show displays the greatest plant diversity of any of the Sunken Garden Flower Shows, as well as the longest duration. Roses, Statice, Geraniums, Asiatic Lilies, Heliotrope, New Guinea Impatiens, Petunias and Caladiums are some of the floral features, representing a rainbow of colors, bloom sequence, form and fragrance.
The Beatles: A One-Night Stand in the Heartland
Saturday, July 31st 10:00am - 5:00pm
Next Date: Saturday, July 31st
Event End Date: Sunday, September 12th
In August 1965, a 17-year-old local photographer documented the Beatles’ only appearance in Minnesota. His images are the focus of The Beatles: A One-Night Stand in the Heartland, opening July 17 at the History Center. Bill Carlson took pictures of the band’s arrival at Wold Chamberlain Field, the mobs of girls waiting to greet them, their press conference and performance. This will be the first major exhibit of the images, some of which have never been published.
Sparky the Sea Lion Show
Saturday, July 31st 11:30am - 11:45am
Next Date: Saturday, July 31st
Event End Date: Monday, September 6th
Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka
Here's one more must-do for the weekend: Spend some time with everyone's favorite creepy chocolatier. The Stages, which uses music from the 1971 movie is way lower on the creepy scale than the Johnny Depp version and even the Ooompa-Loompas are unlikely to give little ones nightmares.
Stages Theater
1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins
Cost: $15
StagesTheater.org
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