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Saturday, August 4, 2012

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Family & Kids Events Calendar for Saturday, August 4, 2012

Animals
	100th Visitor Free: Franklin Park Zoo	Boston	Free
	Experience One World Day at the Zoo!	Boston	$$
	Family Night at Roger Williams Zoo	Rhode Island	$
	Franklin Park Zoo's Seasonal Butterfly Landing...	Boston	$$
	Masters of Flight: Birds of Prey at Stone...	Stoneham	$
	MSPCA Take Home the Gold Senior Cat Adoptathon...	Boston	Free
	Open Barnyard at Weir River Farm	Hingham	$
	Outdoor Animal Story Time: Burgess Museum...	Sandwich	$
	Zoorassic Park at Franklin Park Zoo	Boston	$
Arts & Crafts
	Drop-In Ceramics and Mosaics Studio	Needham	$
	Glass Fusing for Valentines Day	Belmont	$$
	Home Depot's Kids' Workshops (First Saturday...	Massachusetts	Free
	Lexington Arts and Crafts Society Annual...	Lexington	Free
	Saturday Crafts: Lakeshore Learning Store...	2 Locations	Free
	Twelve Artists,Twelve Objects, 2012	Boston	Free
Arts & Culture
	ARTS ROCK! 2012 Featuring Ayla Brown	Boylston	$
	Bank of America's Free Museum Admission	Boston	Free
	Drop-in Art Studio: Isabella Stewart Gardner...	Boston	$
	Essex National Heritage Area Photo Safari...	Beverly	$$
	Let's Celebrate Childhood: Then and Now	Wenham	$
	Summer Art Classes & Workshops	Medford	$$
Books & Poetry
	Book signing - Wishing Away by Ann Dwan	Boston	Free
Camps
	Pow-Wow Summer Music Day Program	Belmont	$$$
Dance
	Hoop Dancing (Ages 7-12)	Boston	$$
	Marcia Cloutier's Family Dance Program	Harvard	$$
Exhibits
	All Hands on Deck: A Sailor's Life in 1812...	Charlestown	Free
	Brighton Transformed: Brighton-Allston Heritage...	Brighton	Free
	Marine Mammal Center: NE Aquarium	Boston	$$
	Native Voices	Boston	$$
	New England Forests Exhibit	Cambridge	$
	Summer in the City	Lowell	Free
Fairs & Festivals
	79th Annual Craftsmen's Fair	New Hampshire	$
	Beverly Homecoming Days	Beverly	$
	Fairy House Festival: Coastal Maine Botanical...	Maine	$
	Family Fun at the Beach	Quincy	Free
	Family Fun on the Beach	Quincy	Free
	Festival by the Sea	Manchester-by-the-Sea	Free
	Lexington Arts & Crafts 8th Annual Summer...	Lexington	Free
	Mass Marketplace Festival	Wellesley	$
	Massachusetts Marketplace Festival	Wellesley	$
	Salem Maritime Festival	Salem	Free
	Summer Arts Fest	Boston	Free
	Yankee Homecoming Days at Newburyport	Newburyport	Free
Farmers Markets
	Andover Farmer's Market	Andover	$
	Ashland Farmers Market	Ashland	Free
	Everett Farmers Market	Everett	Free
	Maynard Farmers Market	Maynard	Free
	Waltham Farmers Market	Waltham	Free
Movies
	Family Film Festival: Prudential Center	Boston	Free
	Magic 106.7 Annual Family Film Festival	Back Bay	Free
	Movies Under the Stars & Funtastic Saturdays...	Wellesley	Free
	Simons IMAX Theatre Shows	Boston	$$$
Fitness Classes
	Stroller Strides - North Wilmington	Wilmington	Free
Food Fun
	Blueberry Festival: Green Briar Nature Center...	Sandwich	$
	Mix it Good! Cooking Class: Sonesta Hotel...	Cambridge	$$
Fundraisers
	Bring your bottles & cans to Stone Zoo!	Stoneham	Free
	Hair Cuttery Annual 'Share a Haircut' Program...	Cambridge	$
Get Some Exercise
	Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures Open Gym	Roxbury	Free
	Open Jump at Sky Zone Everett Trampoline...	Everett	$$
	Summer 'Kids Bowl Free' Program	New England	Free
Health & Wellness
	Helping Children Cope with a Loved One's...	Hingham	Free
Hiking
	Babes in the Woods Hikes	Stoneham	Free
Holiday Events
	Massachusetts Fireworks 2012 (By Date)	Massachusetts	Free
Ice & Snow Fun
	Favorite Sledding Hills near Boston	Massachusetts	Free
Learn Something
	Cambridge Discovery Days	Cambridge	$
	Colossal Construction	New Hampshire	$
	Magic Show with Rupayan Neogy	Acton	$
	Mutinous Expedition: USS Constitution Museum...	Charlestown	Free
	Seabag Discovery Kits - Charlestown Navy...	Charlestown	Free
	Youth Gardening Class	Concord	$$
Lectures/Discussions
	Treasured Lands Gallery Talk	Lexington	Free
Music & Concerts
	Battle of the Arts & Summer Art Fest	Boston	-
	Ben Rudnick and Friends Concert	Boston	Free
	Ben Rudnick and Friends with Catching Joy...	Back Bay	Free
	Family Jam Concert with Karen K and the Jitterbugs...	Boston	Free
	Hatch Shell Events 2013	Boston	Free
	Lowell Summer Music Series	Lowell	-
	Summer Concerts: Hatch Shell 2013	Boston	Free
	SurfSide Live! Free Concerts & Fireworks...	Salisbury	Free
	Wellesley Summer Concerts	Wellesley	Free
Nature & Outdoors
	Free Kids Day on Duxbury Beach	Duxbury	Free
	Great Park Pursuit Family Adventure	Massachusetts	Free
	Meet Beach Creatures & Summer Theme Weeks...	Newburyport	Free
	Schooner Lannon Chowda & Lobsta Roll Sunset...	Gloucester	$$
Performances
	Boston Harbor Mystery Cruise	Boston	$$
	Circus Smirkus 25th Anniversary Big Top Tour...	Newbury	$$
	Cirque de Soleil - Totem	Boston	$$$
	Legally Blonde - The Musical	Byfield	$
	Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour	Boston	-
	Miss Saigon	Byfield	$
Sales & Deals
	Free & Discounted Admission Days	New England	Free
	NH Ski Anywhere Anytime Passes	New Hampshire	$$$
School Vacation
	February Vacation at the Larz Anderson Auto...	Brookline	$
Science & Technology
	Brain Development Study at MIT	Cambridge	Free
	Drop In Legos, Knex, Robotics & More	New Hampshire	$
	Planetfest Boston - Mars!	Cambridge	$$
	Research Opportunity: What is your baby thinking?...	Dorchester	Free
	Spider-Sense! Scavenger Hunt at HMNH	Cambridge	$
Seasonal Fun
	AMC Family Camps at Cardigan Lodge	New England	$$$$
	AMC Family Camps at Highland Center	New England	$$$$
	AMC Family Camps at Joe Doge Lodge	New England	$$$$
	Carousel Rides on the Greenway	Boston	$
	Greenway Open Market	Boston	-
	Reach For the Sky — Annual Kite Flying &...	Boston	$
	Wee Wanderers (Ages 2-5): AMC Cardigan Lodge...	New England	$$$
Special Events
	Family Fun Day at Maudsley Park	Newburyport	Free
	Hair Cuttery's Thirteenth Annual Share a...	Boston	-
	Redcoats & Rebels Revolutionary War Reenactment...	Sturbridge	-
	Summer Lego Club	Watertown	Free
Story Hours
	Nature Storytime at Harvard Museum of Natural...	Cambridge	$
	Story & Craft Hour: Harvard COOP For Kids...	Cambridge	Free
Theater & Shows
	Arlington Children's Theatre: Spring Awakening...	Arlington	$
	Billy Elliot:The Musical	Boston	$$$
	Car Talk: The Musical!	Cambridge	$$
	Legally Blonde - The Musical!	Byfield	$
	Legally Blonde The Musical	Wilmington	$
	Miss Saigon	Byfield	$
	Plimoth Plantation Summer Shakespeare Series...	Plymouth	$
	Shows for Ages 5+: Puppet Showplace Theater...	Brookline	$$
	Urinetown, The Musical!	Framingham	$$
Tours
	Beyond Twilight Walks of Boston & Concord...	Concord	$$
	USS Constitution Tours	Charlestown	Free
Water Fun
	Bradley Palmer State Park Wading Pool	Topsfield	$
	Crane Beach & Essex Shuttle	Ipswich	$
	Frog Pond & Spray Fountain	Boston	Free
	Guided Kayak Tours of Crane Wildlife Refuge...	Ipswich	$$$$
	MA DCR Public Pools, Spray Parks, Ponds &...	Massachusetts	Free
	Paddle at Patuxet and Native Clambake	Plymouth	$$
	Schooner Sails-Gloucester	Gloucester	$$

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