DISCOVEROO! May 2nd - Charlottesville Pavilion!

DISCOVEROO!
A Family Music Festival

Sunday May 2, 2010
3-5pm, gates open at 2pm
Charlottesville Pavilion

Discoveroo! – a children’s music festival featuring local bands popular with adult audiences who will perform a set expressly for children and families. In addition, local organizations will have hands-on activities available to keep children occupied between sets. Tickets are $6 for members, $7 for nonmembers (purchased in advance at the Museum), and $8 for everyone on the day of the show.

We are so excited Danny Shea, who is responsible for Events Promotions and Booking for the beautifully-restored Jefferson Theatre, will once again invite four musical groups to perform a 20-minute family-friendly set at DISCOVEROO! Between performances children will visit local businesses and organizations, who will provide tons of hands-on activities. During the concert, we plan to have lots of dance/wiggle room in front of the stage.

Last year was our first DISCOVEROO!, and despite the rain, it proved to be one of the year’s most popular events. Equally important, DISCOVEROO! reflects our commitment to active, healthy, well-organized activities for children and their families. Please join us!

Are You Ready For KIDVENTION?

KID*VENTION 2010 - DISCOVER NATURE!
FREE EVENT!
Saturday, March 27 from 10am-2pm Key Recreation Center, 800 E Market Street
(Near the Virginia Discovery Museum and the Charlottesville Pavilion)

You won’t want to miss this year’s Kid*Vention! We’re Discovering Nature, and Charlottesville’s best and brightest are putting together an exciting set of games and activities for you. Join us for this incredible FREE event! Bring your whole family downtown to the Key Recreation Center on Saturday, March 27 from 10am-2pm and get ready for a day of hands-on activities, door prizes, special guests and a few surprises. Thank you to our sponsors for helping to make all of this possible: Charlottesville Parks & Recreation, WVPT, and Lite Rock Z95.1!

Discover Nature this March 27th with Kid*Vention, where you can start your own garden by getting seeds ready for planting, learn about plants and insects and get to draw and paint from observation, see bees in an observation hive, enjoy tree-related games and quizzes, and more!

Meet our incredible exhibitors:
Albemarle/Charlottesville 4H Program
Blandy Experimental Farm
Central Virginia Beekeepers Association
Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards
Charlottesville Astronomical Society
Ivy Creek Foundation
Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center
People’s Alliance for Clean Energy
RetailRelay.Com
Rivanna Master Naturalists
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
University of Virginia’s Environmental Science Organization
UVA Sustainability
Worm Crusader
WVPT (also a Sponsor)
…and the Virginia Discovery Museum.

Don’t forget!
Kid*Vention 2010: Discover Nature
Saturday, March 27 from 10am-2pm
At the Key Recreation Center, 800 E Market Street near the Virginia Discovery Museum and the Charlottesville Pavilion

Admission is FREE, so tell your friends!

Sponsors: Charlottesville Parks & Recreation, WVPT, Lite Rock Z95.1

Let's Light Up Young Minds! Lights, Lasers & Lenses Wine Reception

(photo by Amy Vorenkamp of Pure Photography)

More than 60 people braved the rain and sleet on January 21st to attend our first-ever Friends of the Museum “Let’s Light Up Young Minds!” reception to celebrate the opening of our new “Lights, Lasers, & Lenses” exhibit. Visitors enjoyed delicious food in our Back Gallery decorated with candles, flowers, lights, and chocolate. Over 15 local businesses donated food or decorations, and Nest Realty and Beer Run provided beverages. Thank you also to Festive Fare for providing us with glasses. Please see our newsletter’s back page for a complete listing, and thank you to these businesses as well as our Friends of the Museum committee for their support of Museum programs. A fun time was had by all. Our next “friend-raiser” will be Sunday, May 16th. Mark your calendar!

…these local businesses who donated food and services to our recent “Let’s Light Up Young Minds!” reception: Baggby’s, Bashir’s Taverna, Beer Run, Brix Terrace Café, Cappellino’s Crazy Cakes, C&O Restaurant, Eppies, Escafe, Fellini’s, Festive Fare, Lee’s Hallmark, Hedge Fine Blooms, Nest Realty Group, The Paramount Theatre, Petit Pois, Pure Photography, Revolutionary Soup, Shenanigans, Sticks Kebob Shop, Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, The Upstairs, Virginia Athletics Kid’s Club (Caveman’s Crew)

…our Friends of the Museum Committee, whose hard work and dedication made our recent “Let’s Light Up Young Minds!” reception such a smashing success: Katie Barr, Sarah Bedford, Stephanie Bolton, Moira Kavanagh Crosby, Jennifer Ferguson, Dianna Gibson, Tamar Goodale, Kennon Ibbeken, Diane Krehmeyer, Robyn Mattern, Kathi Paul, Beth Solak, Betsy Whitten