Posted on 29 April 2011 by tibtv
Did you know you can visit most of the city’s major museums for free every month? Just about all museums have one day a month set aside as a free day. They all aren’t on the same day, too, so if you plan it right you can take in several museum outings without having to pay a thing.
Note that most museums still charge for special exhibitions, although usually your general admission fee will be deducted from the total.
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Posted on 29 April 2011 by tibtv
Here are our picks for great events and activities for children and families this weekend. Find more events for the whole week in Marin and beyond in our Family Events Calendar.
Friday, April 29
- Mill Valley Farmers’ Market
Alto Shopping Center—CVS Pharmacy Parking Lot
Friday, 9 am–2 pm
Come check out the wide assortment of certified organic, seasonal and fresh farm products. They also have organic and specialty artisan foods: baked goods, pasta, empanadas, crepes, tamales, dim sum, bolani, yogurt, cheeses, and more direct from local producers. Free. For more info, visit their website.
- Jumping Jacks Indoor Play
Strawberry Recreation District Mill Valley
Friday, 10:30 am–noon
Jumping Jacks is a safe, soft, super place to play. There are obstacle courses, climbing structures, slides and rides are all part of the fun. Kids will have fun with parachute games and songs. You stay and play with your little one. For children under 5 with adult supervision. Cost: drop in: $5 per child or $8 per family. For more info, call (415) 383-6494 or visit their website.
- Friday Nghts at the de Young
de Young Museum, San Francisco
5–8:45 pm
Every Friday, the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park is open until 8:45 pm. View the de Young’s Olmec exhibition for free (5–8:45 pm only), and enjoy live music, dining in the café, and hands-on art-making activities. All activities free after museum admission. More information: (415) 750-7694 or www.deyoungmuseum.org.
- Crazy for You
The Playhouse in San Anselmo
Friday, 7:30 pm, Saturday & Sunday, 1 pm
George and Ira Gershwin’s Crazy for You is performed by 53 young people from throughout Marin County, is directed and choreographed by Marilyn Izdebski with musical direction by Judy Wiesen. Crazy for You chronicles the adventures of stage-struck Bobby Child in the Nevada mining town of Deadrock, where romance, mistaken identities, irresistible fun, and showstopping musical numbers fill the show with such memorable songs as I Got Rhythm, Slap That Bass, Embraceable You, and Someone To Watch Over Me. Tickets are $12. For more info and to purchase tickets, visit their website.
Saturday, April 30
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Visit your local Baskin Robbins ice cream store tonight only from 5-10 pm for 31-cent scoop night and help honor America’s firefighters. The Baskin Robbins Foundation is donating $100,000 to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, so come on in and get your 31-cent scoop.
Participating Baskin Robbins locations in Marin include:
- Mill Valley–29 Miller Avenue
(415) 388-9897
- Novato–1769 Grant Avenue
(415) 897-9862.
- San Rafael–909 B Street
(415) 456-1450
If I missed one, please let me know. Enjoy!
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Posted on 29 April 2011 by tibtv
Help raise funds for Novato’s schools at the 2011 Tour of Novato, an annual bicycling event organized by School Fuel, the Novato Foundation for Public Education, this Saturday, April 30 from 7 am to 3 pm. You can sponsor an existing rider or sign up to ride yourself—registration is accepted the day of the event starting at 6 am. There are three possible routes to ride, ranging from easy to challenging, and a Cycling for Schools FunFair at San Marin High School starting at 9 am.
The Tour of Novato is School Fuel’s biggest fundraiser for the Novato Unified School District, and has raised over $238,000 for Novato schools over the last three years. All money raised goes directly to the schools, with money raised by each rider going directly to the school they represent.
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Posted on 29 April 2011 by tibtv
The Parents Center is moving! Offering support, advice, information, and activities for parents, parents-to-be, and young children, the Parents Center moves out of its original home in San Rafael’s Heller’s children’s store and relocates after a brief hiatus to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin in Terra Linda. The Parents Place will operate out of Heller’s until May 5, and programs start again at the new location on May 18, starting with Little Music Circle. Little Music Circle, taught by Parents Center founder and program director Georgia Montgomery, has the distinction of being the only program of its kind in Marin where families only pay for classes they attend (make-up classes can be attended at any time); drop-ins are welcome, too.
Their drop-in New Moms Support Group, with a breastfeeding and newborn care specialist facilitating, begins May 31 and continues on Tuesdays at 11 am. The Parents Center also offers infant/child CPR and choke-saving classes, as well as other special programs througout the year. Check their website for schedule and registration information.
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Posted on 29 April 2011 by tibtv
The Kid’s Place is a Reggio-inspired school based in Corte Madera, with new campuses in Novato and San Anselmo. Their Corte Madera location is located just off Highway 101 at 50 El Camino Drive. The year-round Corte Madera campus offers infant, toddler, preschool and pre-kindergarten programs. Interested? Make sure you attend the Corte Madera open house on May 26, 2011.
We asked the staff at the Kid’s Place in Corte Madera to tells us about the programs offered at their campus. For more information on the Kid’s Place, visit www.kidsplaceofmarin.com.
Please describe your school’s educational philosophy. What’s it all about?
The Kid’s Place emphasizes artistic expression, fosters creativity, and follows the interests of the children to develop project-based curriculum. We also incorporate the best ideas from diverse childhood developmental philosophies to create a well-rounded program. We believe that children learn through play, and that a play-based program will develop a lifelong love of school and of learning.
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Posted on 18 April 2011 by tibtv
In the spring, lovers of wildlife and wildflowers head to the Point Reyes National Seashore to experience the area’s abundance of both. One of our go-to spots for an outdoors outing in Point Reyes is Chimney Rock, where you can see both masses of amazing widlflowers and massive Northern Elephant Seals lounging on the beach below the cliffs. Also worth visiting here is the historic Chimney Rock Lifeboat Station, where Coast Guard crews set out to rescue victims of the many shipwrecks off the coast of Point Reyes.
If you visit Chimney Rock in the late winter or spring, your first destination upon arrival should be the Elephant Seal Overlook. It’s a short hike on a well maintained gravel trail overlooking Drakes Bay, about 1/2 mile round trip between the parking area and the overlook. The overlook at the end of the trail gives you an unsurpassed view of the Elephant Seal colony on the beach below. While mid-April is considered the end of the Elephant Seal season in Point Reyes, there were still hundreds of the enormous pinnipeds (mostly juveniles) on the beach and in the water. It’s quite a sight, so make sure you bring your binoculars. Docents are on hand at the overlook with binoculars and spotting scopes from 11 am to 4 pm on weekends and holidays late December through April.
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Posted on 18 April 2011 by tibtv
Here are our picks for great events and activities for children and families this weekend. Find more events for the whole week in Marin and beyond in our Family Events Calendar.
Friday, April 15
- Mill Valley Farmers’ Market
Alto Shopping Center—CVS Store Parking Lot
Friday, 9 am–2 pm
Come check out the wide assortment of certified organic, seasonal and fresh farm products. They also have organic and specialty artisan foods: baked goods, pasta, empanadas, crepes, tamales, dim sum, bolani, yogurt, cheeses, and more direct from local producers. Free. For more info, visit their website.
- Jumping Jacks Indoor Play
Strawberry Recreation District Mill Valley
Friday, 10:30 am–noon
Jumping Jacks is a safe, soft, super place to play. There are obstacle courses, climbing structures, slides and rides are all part of the fun. Kids will have fun with parachute games and songs. You stay and play with your little one. For children under 5 with adult supervision. Cost: drop in: $5 per child or $8 per family. For more info, call (415) 383-6494 or visit their website.
- Friday Nghts at the de Young
de Young Museum, San Francisco
5–8:45 pm
Every Friday, the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park is open until 8:45 pm. View the de Young’s Olmec exhibition for free (5–8:45 pm only) and live flamenco dance, and fashion from Discarded to Divine, and create a recycled art project. All activities free after museum admission. More information: (415) 750-7694 or www.deyoungmuseum.org.
Saturday, April 16
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Like Tennessee Valley further to the south, Phoenix Lake is one of Marin’s most popular spots for outdoor recreation. Located on Marin Municipal Water District watershed lands, Phoenix Lake sits at the base of Mt. Tamalpais near the town of Ross. It’s a great place for a family hike or bike ride with small children, as the trails that lead to the lake and ring it have gentle slopes and relatively short distances that are manageable by most. There are also numerous more challenging trails accessible from Phoenix lake that are sure to please more advanced hikers or mountain bikers. You’ll see a lot of people running and walking dogs (on-leash dogs are allowed on trails) as well as hiking and mountain biking.
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Posted on 18 April 2011 by tibtv
Marin Mommies contributor, cooking teacher, and award-winning blogger Michelle Stern has just released her first cookbook, titled The Whole Family Cookbook: Celebrate the Goodness of Locally Grown Foods (182 pages, Adams Media, 2011; $17.95). If you and your kids love to cook together, then this is the book you’ve been waiting for! The Whole Family Cookbook contains over 75 family-friendly, kid-approved recipes, illustrated with beautiful color photos, that are easy to make, delicious, and healthy. Recipes are clear and concise, with color-coded instructions for kids of all ages. The book is also filled with Michelle’s practical advice and tips on cooking with kids, culinary techniques, finding the best local and natural foods, green living, and more.
Chapters are divided into different cooking concepts: breakfasts, including crunchy granola, sweet potato biscuits, and an breakfast burritos; dinner fare like chicken pot pie with biscuit topping, miso-glazed salmon, and pumpkin ravioli; side dishes including oven-fried zucchini sticks, Mediterranean quinoa salad, and kale chips, mom-approved treats and desserts like lemon buttermilk sherbet, peaches and cream cobbler, and chocolate chip pumpkin bread; and finally, a collection of recipes for making your own pantry and refrigerator staples such as pancake mix, hummus, hot chocolate, and pesto.
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