THE WASHINGTON POST • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2010
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through Oct. 21. GALita presents a play set in a forest where books grow on trees and children learn about writers’ colorful lives and discover the joy of writing and reading. GALA Theatre-Tivoli, 3333 14th St. NW. 202-234-7174.
www.galatheatre. org. $18, $8 seniors and students, $5 student matinees.
“BUNNY BUSINESS” Sunday at 10 and 11:30. Glen Echo Park, Puppet Co. Playhouse, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. 301-634-5380.
www.thepuppetco. org. $5.
“EGG AND SPOON” Tuesday and Wednesday at 10:30 and 11:45, through Oct. 27. The first show of the “My First Imagination Stage” series follows the journey of Percy and Mary, Mary Quite Contrary. Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda. 301-280-1660.
www.imaginationstage.org. $10; $5 for lap babies younger than 12 months.
SPECIAL EVENTS
FAMILY TOON DAY Saturday 10 to 4:30. Kids can meet SpongeBob SquarePants and Bob the Builder, make a cartoon character, listen to Halloween songs with the Kindersinger and watch magic tricks and balloon animals created by Bubbles the Clown. Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Pl., Baltimore. 410-727-8120.
www.portdiscovery.org. Included in museum admission.
RIDDLE ME THIS DROP-IN ART ACTIVITY Saturday and Sunday at 10, through Oct. 31. Every week will feature an art activity inspired by the exhibit “Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic.” Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St., Baltimore. 410-547-9000.
www.thewalters.org. Free.
SUBURBAN NURSERY SCHOOL TRUCK TOUCH Saturday 10 to 3. Touchable trucks include fire and EMS apparatuses, motorcycles, pickup trucks, a trash/recycling truck, Pepco vehicles, a construction crane and more. Suburban Nursery School, 7210 Hidden Creek Rd., Bethesda.
www.suburbannurseryschool.org. $5, $3 ages 3 to 12, free for children younger than 3.
JUMP-ROPE JUMP-OFF Saturday 11 to 4. The event includes performances by double Dutch jump-rope teams plus a special focus on health and safety, with members of the Prince George’s County Police and Fire and Rescue. Representatives from the Redskins and the Washington Wizard Girls will be on
BRUCE DOUGLAS
Every dog has its day: John Robert Keena, Danny Pushkin, Joshua Dick in “Spot’s Birthday Party,” this weekend at Glen Echo Park.
hand. National Children’s Museum Launch Zone, 112 Waterfront St., National Harbor. 202-675-4129. www.
ncm.museum. Free.
ALEXANDRIA ARTS SAFARI Saturday noon to 4. The event features craft activities for kids and their families and a scavenger hunt. Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105 N. Union St., Alexandria. 703-838-4565.
www.torpedofactory.org. Free.
MAGICAL MONTGOMERY FESTIVAL Saturday noon to 6. The event includes face painting, fall crafts, storytelling and performances by county arts and humanities organizations. Veterans Plaza, Fenton Street and Ellsworth Drive and indoors at the Silver Spring Civic Building, One Veterans Place. 301-565-3805.
www.creativemoco. com. Free.
MOUNT VERNON STORYTELLING Saturday and Sunday at 2 and 3. “Washington Comes Home to Mount Vernon” is the theme for October’s storytelling sessions, featuring stories about George Washington’s life and Aesop’s Fables. Mount Vernon, Hands-On History Room in the Donald W. Reynolds Education Center, 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy., Alexandria. 703-780-2000.
www.visit.mountvernon. org.
visit.mountvernon.org. Included in estate admission.
TAVERN TODDLERS Monday 10:30 to noon, through Nov. 15. Tots can make crafts and play games from previous centuries. Gadsby’s Tavern Museum,
134 N. Royal St., Alexandria. 703-746-4242.
www.gadsbystavern.org. $7 for a group of three, which must include one adult. Additional people are $3.
KIDS EURO FESTIVAL Thursday through mid-November. The festival, which includes more than 150 performances and activities, kicks off Thursday and runs through mid-November at locations in and around the city.
www.kidseurofestival.org. Free.
SCULPTURE SAFARI Thursday 10:30 to 11:15, through Oct. 28. Kids can explore a garden, make art projects, sing songs and more. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. 202-686-5807. www.
hillwoodmuseum.org. Best for ages 2 to 5. $30.
NATURE
NATIONAL AQUARIUM, WASHINGTON More than 200 specimens of aquatic life, including sharks, piranhas and alligators. Open daily 9 to 5. Department of Commerce Building, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-482-2825.
www.nationalaquarium. com. $9, $8 seniors, $4 ages 3 to 11, free for children younger than 3.
NATIONAL ZOO The zoo houses about 2,000 animals representing nearly 400 species, a quarter of which are endangered. Animal exhibits are open daily 10 to 6. 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-633- 4800.
www.nationalzoo.si.edu. Free.
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