THINGS TO DO

THURS 01–SUN 04 Strawberry Days at Blooms and Berries Berry picking, petting farm, bee train, bounce pad, barnyard 500, shopping, live music and food trucks during Strawberry Days! • Location: Blooms and Berries Farm Market, Time: 9a bloomsandberries.com

THURS 01–SAT 03 Milford Frontier Days The 61st Frontier Day celebration kicks off with the annual Thursday night parade followed by festival rides, games, food, entertainment and a market in Old Milford. • Location: Riverside Park frontierdaysmilford.com

THURS 01 Children’s Nature

Storytime Insects are fascinating creatures! Join us in the Children's Garden as we read "How to Build an Insect" and then use different materials to create bug art. • Location: Wegerzyn Gardens, Time: 11a metroparks.org

FRI 02–SUN 04 Summer Fair

For over 50 years, Summerfair Cincinnati has been supporting and promoting artists and the arts in Greater Cincinnati. Through the organization’s annual three day fine arts fair enough funds are raised to support awards, scholarships and exhibitions. With it’s many members and one employee a years worth of giving, promoting and having fun is accomplished. • Location: Coney Island, Time: Fri 12p-7, Sat 10a-7p, Sun 10a-5p coneyislandpark.com

FRI 02 Frog Stories Bring the little ones for some frog themed stories and activities to kick off the morning. Stay when the exhibit opens at 11 a.m. for even more fun. • Location: Farbach-Werner, Time: 10:30a greatparks.org FREE

Evening Hours at Bricktionary See what happens after dark with extended hours for Bricktionary: the ultimate LEGO® A–Z and the OMNIMAX® Theater. • Location: Cincinnati Museum Center, Time: 10a-7:30p cincymuseum.org

SAT 03 Morning Chores Join a farm staff member to experience a typical workday for a farm hand. Participants aged 8-12 will help with a variety of historic chores. • Location: Carriage Hill Historical Farm, Time: 8:30a metroparks.org

German American Day Join us for our German American Day celebrations with beer, food, and performances all day. • Location: Findlay Market, Time: 10a-4p findlaymarket.org

SUN 04 Horse Trail Rides Rides are approximately one hour and are walk-only on guided trails through the woods for ages 8+. Western tack is used. • Location: Carriage Hill Historical Farm, Time: 10a metroparks.org

MON 05 Crystal Clear Science: May the Force be with You You won't find Darth Vader here, but you'll find tons of hands-on STEM fun with Crystal Clear Science's

Spectacular Science Show, May the Force Be with You. For ages 5-12. Registration required. • Location: Harrison Library Branch, Time: 10:15a chpl.org

TUES 06 Kids Crew Bring your kids crew for playtime at the Levee. Weekly activities may include face painters, story tellers, magicians, arts and crafts and more! • Location: Newport on the Levee, Time: 11a newportonthelevee.com FREE

WED 07–SAT 10 Snake Week Sssssee and learn about several of Ohio’s native snakes on exhibit this week. A craft is available for a small fee.

• Location: Farbach-Werner, Time: 11a greatparks.org FREE

WED 07 Good Green Earth Petting

Farm Good Green Earth Farm offers a chance to experience animals directly in a safe and fun way with the Cincinnati Public Library. • Location: 4033 Gilmore Ave, Time: 1p chpl.org

THURS 08–SUN 11 Italianfest Enjoy many internationally recognized Italian and other local musicians while taking in the sites along Newport’s riverfront. Many of the area’s most popular Italian restaurants and vendors provide authentic Italian cuisine and children are entertained by rides, puppet shows, and games.

• Location: Newport's Riverboat Row italianfest newport.com

FRI 09–SUN 11 Charm at the Farm Enjoy an open air shopping vintage market located on a 56 acre farm in quaint Lebanon! The best local artisans and shops come together only three fabulous weekends a year exclusively at Charm at the Farm. This innovative market provides rustic gifts, furniture, and home decor all in one vibrant place. • Location: 4953 Bunnell Hill Rd., Lebanon, Times: Friday: VIP 4p-8p, Saturday: Early Bird 9a-11:30a, General Admission 12p-4p, Sunday: General Admission 10a-3p charmatthefarm.com

SAT 10–SUN 11 Upstander Weekend

Join CMC for a weekend full of events that will inspire you to make your own mark in the community. Come celebrate and uplift the changemakers in our community! • Location: Union Terminal and Holocaust & Humanity Center, Time: Saturday 8a-5p, Sunday 6p holocaustandhumanity.org

SAT 10 Bunny Encounters Pet a bunny’s soft fur in this bunny encounter! Registered participants will get to learn about, pet, and spend time with the farm bunnies in this 15 minute animal encounter. • Location: Gorman Heritage Farm, Time: 11:40a gormanfarm.org

Marching through Time This timeline event will focus on military history through the ages brought to life, including the Roman Legion, Holy Roman Empire Landsknechts, American Revolutionary War, Wayne’s Legion, War of 1812, Civil War, Mexican American War, WWI, and WWI. This family friendly event also includes demonstrations, and artifact displays. • Location: Heritage Village Museum, Time: 11a-5p heritagevillagecincinnati.org

Yellowsprings Street Fair 250+ vendors, 65 shops and eateries and a music & beer fest take over the historic town of Yellowsprings. The streets shut down and are full of family fun including live dancers, street performers and creative art. Location: , Time: 9a-5p yellowspringsohio.org/street-fair/

SUN 11 Bike Rodeo Come meet the Great Parks Rangers and learn about bike safety for a wheelie exciting afternoon! Kids ages 4–12 and their families will enjoy fun activities, education stations, and a ride around the trail. Kids must bring their own bikes. There will be a helmet giveaway while supplies last! • Location: Sharon Woods, Time: 1p greatparks.org FREE

Dayton City Market Dayton City Market is hosting its first ever vendor market at Riverscape. Enjoy a complimentary workout class at noon with Space Three Dayton. Enjoy live music, shop local artisans, clothing boutiques, and local food vendors. • Location: RiverScape MetroPark, Time: 12-5:30p metroparks.org FREE

TUES 13 STEM Fun: Soap Science

Discover the science behind soap at this fun program with experiments and hands-on activities. For ages 8-12, or younger with a grown-up. • Location: Reading Library Branch, Time: 2p chpl.org

WED 14–SAT 17 Turtle Week Join us for this exhibit featuring turtles and totally turtle activities. A craft is available for a small fee. • Location: Farbach-Werner, Time: 11a greatparks.org FREE

WED 14 Sensory Exploration: Let’s explore the prairies Take a walk through the Wegerzyn Garden prairie to explore your senses. Touch, smell, hear and even taste new things as we learn about plants, pollinators and prairies. • Location: Wegerzyn Gardens, Time: 9:30a metroparks.org

THURS 15 –SAT 17 SpiritSong

SpiritSong Festival is back this summer at Kings Island's Timberwolf Amphitheatre! Get ready for your favorite weekend of Christian music with TobyMac, CROWDER, Skillet, Lecrae, Truren Wells, Newsboys and more. • Location: Kings Island, Time: 3p visitkingsisland.com

THURS 15 Blippi The Wonderful World Tour Dance, sing, and learn with Blippi and special guest Meekah as they discover what makes different cities unique and special. Will there be monster trucks, excavators, and garbage trucks galore? You bet! So get ready to shake those wiggles out and OJ Twist your way through this brand-new musical party. • Location: Taft Theatre, Time: 6p tafttheatre.org

Wiggle Worms: Summer Bash Our Wiggle Worms program is back again for another year of fun! Come kick off summer with some fun! These programs are drop-in programs, parents/adults are required to remain and assist. • Location: Fairgrounds Recreation Center in Xenia, Time: 10a-2p gcparkstrails.com

FRI 16 Turtle Stories Bring the little ones for some turtle themed stories and activities to kick off the morning. Stay when the exhibit opens at 11 a.m. for even more fun. • Location: Farbach-Werner, Time: 10:30a greatparks.org FREE

Zoo-La-La One of the hottest events of the summer season, Zoo La La, is the region’s wildest party for a purpose. Zoo La La supports Zoo programming including the Living Classroom Education Access Fund, providing free educational experiences to children in need. Attire is “Zoo Chic.” • Location: Cincinnati Zoo, Time: 6:30p cincinnatizoo.org

Baby Tours: Outside Art Walk This 40-minute experience will introduce you and your infant (ages 0-2) to the world of art with a tour designed to stimulate their developing minds. • Location: Cincinnati Art Museum, Time: 11a, 2p, 3p cincinnatiartmuseum.org FREE

SAT 17 Escape the Village Escape the Village is an escape room style challenge! Choose from one of our two escape room adventures

“Morgan’s Raiders of the Lost Art” or “Leaving the Station.” • Location: Heritage Village Museum, Time: 12p, 1:30p, 3p heritagevillagecincinnati.org

History Alive Days Visit the Village during History Alive Days for a guided or self-guided tour and meet interpreters in historical clothing doing demonstrations. There will be different demonstrations each day and they may include: woodcarving, broom making, textile demonstrations, food preservation, and an organ performance in the church. • Location: Heritage Village Museum, Time: 10a-5p heritagevillagecincinnati.org

WWE Supershow WWE Supershow is a live event or house show produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The show comprises a roster of Raw and SmackDown superstars as they take to the ring to unleash their extreme feats of athleticism, strength, and sensational showmanship. • Location: Heritage Bank Center, Time: 7:30p heritagebankcenter.com

City Flea The City Flea is Cincinnati’s original curated, urban flea market that takes place once a month at Washington Park. The Flea is a place to keep your dollars local, support small business and experience YOUR city in a unique and engaging way.

• Location: Washington Park, Time: 10a-4p washingtonpark.org

THROUGH SUN, JUNE 04

MON 12 Wiggly Worms Discover the world of worms and learn what they eat, how they survive and what environment they live in. A worm bin will be brought in order to have a hands-on experience with worms and soil and investigate why the underground world is so important to us! • Location: Mariemont Library Branch, Time: 11a chpl.org

STRAWBERRY DAYS AT BLOOMS & BERRIES FARM MARKET

Children’s Garden Wonders: The Wetlands Have you experienced the amazing Children's Garden at Wegerzyn? There are so many fascinating areas of the garden to explore and learn about so we will be doing a deep dive into each area this summer. This program will explore the wetland area of the children's garden and study the fish and other creatures that live there. • Location: Wegerzyn Gardens, Time: 2p metroparks.org

Create & Play: Through the Trees

SUN 18

Create a family memory aboard the Fathers Day train ride. Fathers can enjoy a complimentary seasonal brew as they ride through the countryside of Warren County. • Location: Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad, Time: 11a, 1p, 3p lebanonrr.com

Father’s Day at the Zoo Every dad that comes to the Zoo on Father’s Day will get in for FREE! Make the dads in your life feel extra special this year at the Zoo. • Location: Cincinnati Zoo, Time: 10a-5p cincinnatizoo.org FREE

MON 19 Ethics and Dragons Embark on fun-filled adventures and exploration as you play Dungeons and Dragons® with Game Masters affiliated with the Cincinnati Ethics Center at the University of Cincinnati. Recommended for ages 1118. • Location: Westwood Library Branch, Time: 12p chpl.org

TUES 20 Cincinnati Zoo Night at the Reds Have a wild time with the Cincinnati Zoo! Visit us in the Fan Zone before the game to meet special animals and watch from the stands as animals from the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden parade around the field! • Location: Great American Ballpark, Time: 7:10p cincinnatizoo.org

Greene Grasshoppers: Bubble Fun

Designed to get kids, ages 6-9, out into the parks having fun while doing so. These are drop-in programs; parents are required to remain with the child/children. • Location: Fairgrounds Recreation Center in Xenia, Time: 6-8p gcparkstrails.com

WED 21 Kids, Cultures, Critters and Crafts Festival Family fun entertainment based on LTA’s A World of Possibilities programming will feature a mainstage of unforgettable cultural dances, international music, marionettes and puppets, children’s theater, storytelling, stilt walkers, jugglers, choirs, African drummers, crafts, and of course – the wonderful animals of the Cincinnati Zoo! • Location: Cincinnati Zoo, Time: 10a-5p cincinnatizoo.org

Explore the galleries together while learning about art through guided activities and interactive games. Designed for children ages 2–6 and their caregivers. This month, imagine what you could uncover in Robert S. Duncanson’s landscape murals by peering through the painted trees. • Location: Taft Museum of Art, Time: 10:15–11a taftmuseum.org

THURS 22 Reds Day at the Zoo

Don’t miss an exclusive Q&A session at the Wings of Wonder Amphitheater with your favorite Reds players! • Location: Cincinnati Zoo, Time: 11a-12p cincinnatizoo.org

FRI 23 What She Said Dance Party

Coney Island invites you to come and rock with "What She Said" band at Moonlite Pavilion as they play an irresistible blend of your favorite party rock and pop hits. • Location: Coney Island, Time: 7:30p coneyislandpark.com

A Happening with Pablo Party for a purpose and be one of the first to experience the exhibition Picasso Landscapes: Out of Bounds.

• Location: Cincinnati Art Museum, Time: 6p cincinnatiartmuseum.org

SAT 24–SUN 25 Carillon Historical Park’s Rail Festival

A two-day family fun event featuring free miniature train rides, live steam engines, model train displays, historical displays, train merchandise, rail vendors, and much more. • Location: Carillon Historical Park, Time: Saturday 9:30a-5p, Sunday 11a-4p daytonhistory.org

SAT 24 SunWatch Summer Fest

The day will feature vendors selling handmade arts and crafts, food trucks, educational programming about the site, information from our community partners, and more! • Location: SunWatch Park, Time: 10a-4p boonshoft.org

SUN 25 Show and Tell on the Farm

Eyes and Ears Can you tell by the shape of an animal's eye whether it is a prey or predator? Why do some animals have ears that stick out and some are hidden? Investigate eyes and ears on the farm through hands-on activities and more.

• Location: Chrisholm MetroPark Time: 2p yourmetroparks.net

MON 26 STEM Technology Day: Robots Robots are like us or are they? Come and discover Cubelets and what they can do and if they are like you! For students entering 1st and 2nd grade. • Location: Oakley Library Branch, Time: 1:30p chpl.org

TUES 27 STEM Fun: Stomp Rockets

Build, stomp, and fly a rocket! Using household supplies create your own launcher and paper rocket, and then set it in motion outside. For ages 8-12, or younger with a grown-up. • Location: Reading Library Branch, Time: 2p chpl.org

WED 28 Market Muscles Join Findlay Market and Quidwell this summer for healthy and fun Wednesday night. After you sweat it out in the Shed, head on over to Jane’s and grab yourself a much-deserved drink! • Location: Findlay Market, Time: 5:45p findlaymarket.org

THURS 29 Mud Ball Throwing Join us to celebrate International Mud Day! We’re taking the cornhole toss game to a whole new level. We’ll make our own mud balls and try our hand at throwing them at targets located throughout the Nature PlayScape. Be prepared to get seriously muddy! Perfect for all ages. No registration necessary for this drop-in program. • Location: Cincinnati Nature Center, Time: 3p cincynature.org

FRI 30 Goodnight Fireflies Enjoy a relaxing end to the day with an outdoor storytime on fireflies. After we read our books, we’ll go for a short evening stroll and discover the fireflies that like to come out early to begin their light show. Perfect for early elementary-aged children. Preregistration required. • Location: Cincinnati Nature Center, Time: 7:30p cincynature.org

2nd Street Market Fridays through Sundays. Local growers, bakers, culinary specialists and artisans fill this charming historical freight house. Reminiscent of European markets, it's alive with vendors, people and activity during market hours. • Location: Second Street, Time: Varies metroparks.org

Mud Day International Mud Day is June 29, so come and celebrate with us and enjoy everything mud: wading pools, mud building, murals and mud face painting, games and crafts for all. Dress for muddy fun and bring your friends for a special treat. • Location: Wegerzyn Gardens, Time: 10a metroparks.org

Pop Up Play June 6, 13, 20 & 27. Add a bit of creative fun to your day at Pop Up Play! Join Word Play Cincy and Dino Buddies on Tuesdays for games, adventures, craft projects and more!

• Location: Washington Park, Time: 4p washingtonpark.org

Summer Fun June 1-24. Don’t miss EnterTRAINment Junction’s Summer Fun Event! Buy a full price Do-It-All ticket to see all our great attractions and get a soft serve ice cream cone –FREE! And be sure to check out the buy ten items, get one free special! • Location: EnterTRAINment Junction, Time: 10a-6p entertrainmentjunction.com

Turtle Creek Valley Flyer June 3, 9, 16, 17. Experience a historic 1 hour and 15 minute round trip train ride on the Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad. You will travel through the countryside of Warren County in Southwestern, Ohio. • Location: Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad lebanonrr.com

Summer Series for Kids Every Friday in June & July. Children ages 5-12 can join at the Park every Friday in June and July for art in nature workshops. From crafts to critters, kids will love learning in the great outdoors. Registration is required! • Location: Pyramid Hill, Time: 1p pyramidhill.org

Butterflies of the Meadow Through June 18. Wander through a conservatory meadow surrounded by butterflies in flight. Admire monarchs and blue morphos as they soar through wildflowers and a flowing waterfall. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to see what it’s like for butterflies in the wild and to learn why we must protect their habitats.

• Location: Krohn Conservatory, Time: 10a-8p Monday-Friday cincinnati-oh.gov

The Art of Fashion June 1-August 20. The Art of Fashion: Fay Applegarth Maddux features one-of-a-kind illustrations, advertising clothing and accessories in local newspapers from 1945-1965. The elaborate drawings were used for Reeds of Hyde Park, McAlpin's, Mabley & Carew, Pogue's, Shillito's, Tall Fashions, Macperth Sportswear and more.

• Location: Behringer-Crawford Museum bcmuseum.org

Fifth and Vine Live June 3, 10, 17 & 24. Are you ready to rock, Cincinnati?! Join us every Saturday night at Fountain Square to dance and sing-along to the anthems you know and love at Fifth & Vine Live! Each of the over 20 nights of free live shows features a fan-favorite cover or tribute band from across the region taking over Fifth Third Bank Center Stage. • Location: Fountain Square, Time: 7p myfountainsquare.com FREE

Cinderella June 22-August 6. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella returns to our stage with its beautiful musical score featuring songs such as “In My Own Little Corner,” “Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful,” and “Impossible.” The enchanting stage adaptation is your family’s chance to experience this timeless fairy tale live on stage! The hearts of princes and princesses of all ages will soar when the slipper fits! This enchanting classic is perfect for the entire family and children 11 and under. • Location: Lacomedia Dinner Theatre lacomedia.com

Cinema at Ziegler June 7, 14, 21 & 28.

Cinema features a free movie screening every Wednesday at Ziegler Park this summer and fall! Dust off those lawn chairs, grab a picnic basket, and join for a fun, relaxing evening on the Great Lawn.

• Location: Ziegler Park, Time: 9p zieglerpark.org FREE

Story Walk Enjoy hiking while reading Stella, Fairy of the Forest written by Marie-Louise Gay. Walk through the woods with Stella and her brother, Sam, as they look for fairies and explore the magic of the forest. • Location: California Woo ds Nature Preserve, Time: June 1- July 31, 7a-8p cincinnati-oh.gov FREE

Bricktionary Through June 30. Filled with over 150 models from the best selling book –Bricktionary. The exhibition includes some of the most mind-boggling LEGO® models from a life-sized orca whale to a massive Saturn V rocket and over 45 models from the imaginations of the world's greatest LEGO® builders – the Brickman team. • Location: Cincinnati Museum Center cincymuseum.org

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