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April 9
Kids Day in the Park with Buddy from Dinosaur Train: Families can celebrate the Week of the Young Child together at Kids Day in the Park. Buddy from Dinosaur Train will be making special appearances all day so come and enjoy the outdoors with your family and friends at this fun family event. Free. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rosedale Park, 340 Dartmouth St. 210-2709000. https://www.facebook. com/KidsDaySATX
April 24 KIDZ BOP “Life Of The Party” Tour:
The #1 kids’ music brand is taking its 15th birthday celebration on the road with the “Life Of The Party” tour. The brand new live show features the biggest pop songs of the year, awesome new dance moves, and more fun surprises from The KIDZ BOP Kids - a pop star experience for the entire family. The KIDZ BOP Kids have been named Billboard Magazine’s “#1 Kids’ Artists” for the sixth consecutive year. In 2015, KIDZ BOP outsold some of the today’s biggest artists, including Meghan Trainor, Sam Smith, and Maroon 5, and released the best-selling children’s album of the year, KIDZ BOP 27. $22.50 - $49.50. 6 p.m. The Tobin Center, 100 Auditorium Circle. 210-223-8624. https://www.tobincenter.org/ box-office/2016-04/kidz-bop
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at McNay Art Museum Along with Free H-E-B Thursday Nights and Free Dickson-Allen Foundation First Sundays, The McNay Art Museum now offers Free Admission for Teenagers daily. Free admission for teens 19 and under is provided by the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation. For museum hours, go to http:// www.mcnayart.org/visit/ hours-and-admission
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In celebration of National Poetry Month this April, U.S.A. Gold launched a student poetry contest open to students in grades 1–6. The contest, created together with Scholastic, asks students to create original poems to answer the question, “What makes the USA special to you?” Three grand prizes of $500 each, plus $50 in U.S.A. Gold pencils, will be awarded to students writing the best poems in grades 1–2, 3–4 and 5–6. Teachers of the winning students will also receive a $150 gift card, plus $100 worth of products including U.S.A. Gold pencils, an electric pencil sharpener and erasers. Contest details, forms, and official rules can be found at www.scholastic. com/usagold To Advertise Call 305-4181