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Trick or Trot 5K/10K and Kid’s Spooky Sprint
Paint Your Own Pottery Studio Times: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Price: $2 studio fee for nonresidents, price by the piece Phone: (513) 474-6364 Location: Synder House, Mason www.starglazers.com Join Star Glazers for some great Fall fun! Make cool pottery pieces for yourself or get a jump on holiday shopping and make special handmade gifts for everyone on your list.
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Alice (in Wonderland) Occurring Daily Beginning Friday, October 26 Through Sunday, October 28 Phone: 513.621.5282 Location: Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati cballet.org Wonderland awaits. Down the rabbit hole lies a world of fantastic curiosities and only the adventurous find it. Curiouser and curiouser is the girl that takes us there. Are you mad enough to join her?
Wildlife Watch Times: 6:30 PM Price: FREE Phone: (513) 521-7275 Location: Miami Whitewater Forest, Harrison GreatParks.org This quiet wildlife watch takes place in a special place during a very active time in nature.
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Times: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Phone: 720-985-9047 Location: Corwin Nixon Park, Mason www.ohiorunning.com Come have fun with the whole family at this spooktacular race to benefit children with cancer through the nonprofit organization Cancer Free Kids. Then celebrate your monster of a victory with food, drinks, and music. Stick around for the costume contest, the free Kids Spooky Sprint, and trick or treating.
BatFest Times: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Price: FREE with Museum Admission Phone: (513) 287-7021 Location: Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati www.cincymuseum.org/ October brings cooler weather, beautiful fall colors and...BatFest! Did you know that there are 13 bat species recorded in Ohio? Join us and learn the importance of bats in our ecosystem from experts. You’ll discover that they’re not so scary after all!
Rumpelstiltzkin Phone: (513) 936-1576 Location: UC Blue Ash College, Blue Ash www.ucblueash.edu/performingarts/ artrageous.html The Frisch Marionette Company, an audience favorite, is returning to the UC Blue Ash Stage with the classic tale of Rumpelstiltzkin.� Adapted from the Brothers Grimm’s version, this story teaches the importance of making promises that one can keep and the perils of exaggerating the truth.
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Sensory Sunday: Stories, Songs and Fun for You and Your Little One Times: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Price: FREE, RSVP online! Phone: 513-703-3343 Location: Gymboree, Mason www.myshalomfamily.org Now Shalom Family has a great new way for parents and babies to get connected to one another and the Jewish community. Presenting private interactive playgroups that feature the popular Miss Meliss, who keeps babies and their parents engaged and entertained. A program of Shalom Family, an initiative of The Mayerson Foundation. Open to families in the Jewish community with children two years & younger in which at least one parent is Jewish. Plus, two families will each win a $50 Target Gift Card at every event!
wonderful outlet for your child’s creative side. Have fun listening to a good book and participating in an art-making activity! ages 2-4
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Special “Stand up to Cancer” Session Times: 7:00 PM Price: $35 Phone: 513.271.2793 Location: Cheers to Art, Madeira www.cheerstoart.com $10 of every painter will be donated to “Stand up to Cancer”. Come paint your HOPE VASE any color ...pink for breast cancer, blue for colon cancer, white for lung cancer...your choice!
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SENSORY NIGHT Times: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Price: $8/child. Parents are Free Phone: Call 513.829.7867 Location: Pump It Up, West Chester www.pumpitupparty.com/oh/west-chester A night for Special Needs kids, and their siblings and families! Kids with autism and those on the autism spectrum love the active movement of jumping and climbing on our safe, giant inflatables.
Make a Mess at the Manatee Occurring Each Monday Times: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Price: $5 per child, Pre-Registration Required Phone: 513-731-2665 Location: Blue Manatee Children’s Bookstore, Cincinnati www.bluemanateebooks.com Join Ms. Kelli every Monday to enjoy this
Wee Wednesday: Halloween Bash! Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Price: FREE Phone: 513-721-2787 Location: Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati cincinnatiartmuseum.org Put on your costume and come to the Art Museum for some trick-or-treating. Travel through our galleries to find treats while enjoying four interactive storytelling stops with our specially trained docents. For a small fee, join us for a kidfriendly, healthy lunch buffet. Don’t forget that for this special Halloween edition of Wee Wednesday, you can stop by Artworld for some hands-on art.