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Grab & Go Kids Planner

Catch a show! Magic or musical?

YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN

  • Where/When: ; Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26, and April 1 and 2, at 7:15 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, March 26 and 27, and April 2 and 3, at 2:15 pm
  • Why Go: Go enjoy Charlie Brown’s life moments based on the characters created by Charles M. Schulz. From Valentine's Day to the baseball season, from bright uncertain mornings to hope-filled star-lit evenings, from wild optimism to lunch on the school playground.
  • Price: $12
ANIMAL BABIES
  • Where: ; Monday, March 28, 10 a.m.
  • Why Go: Head down to the Lindsay Musuem for its Mini Monday program for ages 2-5 featuring stories, arts and crafts and animal encounters. The theme this month is animal babies!
  • Price: $10 for the first child; $5 for each additional child
WILLY WONKA
  • Where/When: ; Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26, Thursday, March 31, and April 1 and 2, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 27 and April 2 at 2 p.m.
  • Why Go: The timeless story of the world famous candyman and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this stage adaptation of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, which features the songs from the classic family film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
  • Price: $7.50-9.50
"THE WIZARD OF OZ"
  • Where: ; Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26, Thursday, March 31, and April 1 and 2 at 7 p.m.
  • Why Go: Carondelet and De La Salle high schools perform The Wizard of Oz.  Dorothy longs to go "over the rainbow," and after a tornado she finds herself in the Land of Oz with the munchkins and the witches, the Wizard, the Scarecrow, the Tin-Man and the Cowardly Lion.
  • Price: $10 adults, $5 students and seniors
MAGIC WITH ALEX
  • Where: , Thursday, March 24 at 4 p.m and 6 p.m.; . 
  • Why Go: Magician Alex Ramon will make doves materialize, cards vanish and objects float. Ramon has performed as a principal illusionist for Disney LIVE! Mickey’s Magic Show, and just finished two years as the ringmaster for Ringling Brothers Zing Zang Zoom! Circus.
  • Price: Free
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