Things to do in Tucson {Weekend Edition July 30, 2016}

Things to Do in Tucson 

{Weekend Edition July 30, 2016}

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Are you looking for events and things to do in Tucson with your families this weekend? Saturday has   activities listed and MANY are FREE------>CLICK HERE for the Full Calendar 

1. Harry Potter fans? See all the release parties in Tucson 

INFO HERE

2. Head down to Apple Annie's Orchard in Willcox, AZ for fresh peaches and a country fair this weekend PLUS enter to win 1 of 2 $20 gift certificates HERE

3. $3 Admission all weekend for everyone at Childrens Museum Tucson
 INFO HERE

4. Head out in the AM and get 60 pounds of produce for $10 two different programs POWOW and MOM - MANY locations

 INFO HERE

5. See a fabulous and free car show at Little Anthony's Diner- we love to head out there for a bite to eat or to catch the Gaslight Theatre show on the same nights as they fun shows INFO on Gaslight Show HERE

Tucson Children's Museum Discount {$3 Admission All Weekend Long}

Tucson Children's Museum Discount 
{$3 Admission All Weekend Long}

The Tucson Children's Museum located at 200 S. 6th Ave. is offering $3 admission for everyone all weekend long!First off on Saturday, July 30th join them as they celebrate  30 years of play-based learning. Come jam with Mr. Nature from 10:30-1:30, then stick around for FREE ice cream during our Ice Cream Social at 2 pm! They will  also have super fun crafts and activities throughout the day and Family Brain Boost at 1 pm.

Admission is valid for all day 10am-5pm for the $3 price per person kids and adults

Sunday July 31 - STEAM
-The Schoolhouse of Rock! 10 am – 2 pm
Interaction and demos with electric Rock Band instruments, amplifiers and microphones.
-Tucson Botanical Gardens 1pm – 4 pm
Learn all about the Tucson Botanical Gardens and make your own fun craft to take home. 

$3 admission all day for kids and adults again on Sunday for all the fun listed above

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Tucson Events {Things to Do In Tucson}

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Tucson Events {Things to Do In Tucson}

SATURDAY

WHAT:Countdown to Midnight Party leading up to the release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One & Two, a special rehearsal edition script book, which goes on sale 7/31 at midnight. The party will feature a special Muggle Wall where customers can share their favorite memories of Harry Potter as well as amazing giveaways and fun activities! 

Customers can also enter the Harry Potter Limited Edition Cover Prints Sweepstakes for a chance to win a set of 7 Harry Potter Limited Edition Cover Prints, available exclusively at B&N. Ask a bookseller for complete details and Official Rules.

WHEN:Saturday July 30, 2016 8:00 PM 

WHERE:Barnes & Noble (Eastside) 5130 E. Broadway Blvd. 512-1166 OR Barnes & Noble (Westside) 7325 N. LaCholla Blvd. 742-6402

COST:FREE

Photo credit: Mostly Books Facebook Page

WHAT: Midnight Release Harry Potter Party You have until 6 PM on Saturday, July 30th to pre-order you copy of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and get a FREE Harry Potter coloring book. All other purchases of the new book during the party will be first come.Harry Potter themed activities throughout the evening as well as sales on all our Harry Potter items/Tasty snacks such as, Gryffindor Red Velvet Cupcakes, Slytherin Snake gummies, Hufflepuff Cheese Puffs, and Ravensclaw Nest (a yummy chocolate bark) and more/At midnight you get your copy of the book

WHEN: Party starts 10:30pm Saturday, July 30, 2016

WHERE:Mostly Books 6208 E. Speedway at Wilmot 571-0110

COST: FREE

WHAT: Attend the Midnight Release for 20% off the book!

We will be re-opening at 11:45PM Saturday night for the Midnight Release. Books will go on sale at the stroke of midnight. You'll get to enter our raffle for Trivial Pursuit: The World of Harry Potter or instead get free Honeydukes sweets.Psssst! A little owl told me that muggles who make it to the midnight Potter pickup in wizardly costume this Saturday might get special prizes...

WHEN:Saturday, July 30th, 11:45PM

WHERE:Antigone Books 42 N. 4th Ave

COST:FREE 

WHAT: Harry Potter Midnight PartyCelebrate the release of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts I & II" and join us for an evening of magical fun from 10pm-midnight. Wear your finest wizarding wardrobe for a chance to enter our Harry Potter costume contest, help us wish Harry a very happy birthday, and participate in different Hogwarts-inspired activities. Don't forget to pre-order your copy of the book to save 40%.  

WHEN:10pm-12midnight

WHERE:UA Bookstores 1209 E. University Blvd.

COST:FREE

SUNDAY:

WHAT:Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Celebration If you missed our midnight party, or if you read the book and now want to talk about it, join us all day for events and activities as we celebrate the release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. 

WHEN: Sunday July 31, 2016 10:00 AM

WHERE:Barnes & Noble (Eastside) 5130 E. Broadway Blvd. 512-1166 OR Barnes & Noble (Westside) 7325 N. LaCholla Blvd. 742-6402http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780061794158-0

COST:FREE

Photo from Antigone Books Website

WHAT: Harry Potter Party Attend the party for 20% off the book! The celebration's only just begun! Join us Sunday afternoon for lots of Wizarding fun and magical prizes.Feast in the Great Hall on Dumbledore's Lemon Sherbet Slush, Licorice Wands,Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, Fudge Flies,Chocolate Snitches and more!We'll be having a costume contest at 2:30PM.Dress up as your favorite Harry Potter character and enter to win a $20 gift certificate.Head over to the Kids' Common Room for little ones and First Years, where there will be special coloring and activity sheets. You can also make your own moving portraits. Take your O.W.L. (Ordinary Wizarding Levels) or N.E.W.T. (Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test). The two top students will each win a $15 gift certificate.  Join your House's team on the Quidditch Pitchwhere you'll be able to win more prizes. Still getting ready for Hogwarts? Stop byFlourish and Blotts or Eeylops Owl Emporium in Diagon Alley to fulfill all your Wizarding needs. 

WHEN:Sunday, July 31st, 1PM - 3PM 

WHERE:Antigone Books 42 N. 4th Ave

COST:FREE 

Cheap Produce Deals Tucson and Phoenix {60 Pounds for $10}

The produce season from November through May has ended, now enjoy the early shopping hours of the 2016 Summer Distribution this Saturday, July 30th, from 6:00am - 9:00am **unless otherwise specified for special hours**. With a $10 contribution a supporter can shop for up to 60 lbs. of fresh produce.

***REMEMBER IT'S SUMMER TIME*** We do not rescue the amount of varieties in the summer that come thru fall and winter and cannot guarantee all variety of produce will be available at each host site distribution location.

* Cucumbers (Euro)
* Grapes (Red)
* Squash (Butternut)
* Squash (Spaghetti)
* Squash (Yellow)
* Watermelon

METRO PHOENIX AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA SERVICE AREA

• Sword of the Spirit Ministry – 501 W. Van Buren, Avondale 85323
• *NEW* Legacy Foundation Chris-Town YMCA – 5517 N. 17th Ave., Phoenix 85015
• *NEW* Northwest Valley Family YMCA (So. of Peoria Ave. and El Mirage Rd.) – 12450 W. Cinnabar Ave., El Mirage 85335
• *NEW* Scottsdale/Paradise Valley Family YMCA (So. of 68th Pl. and Shea Blvd.) – 6869 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale 85254

METRO TUCSON AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA SERVICE AREA

• Sonoran Science Academy (West of Sunset Rd. and La Cholla Blvd.) – 2325 W. Sunset Rd., Tucson 85741
• *NEW* Vineyard City Church – 3150 E. Ft. Lowell Rd., Tucson 85716

Good MORNING MOMERS!!!!

Saturday 6am - 9am
July 30th, 2016 Markets

Come by with the family!

For a donation of $10, you can get up to 60 lbs. of fresh produce that you can share with other families.

We are actively looking for volunteers to support these additional outreach and would be grateful if you can come on board and help. Please call us @ (623) 374-2559 or send an email at info@the3000club.org.

Thank you so very much for your continued support!

Our last Wednesday in Phoenix was Wednesday June 8th. Our Tucson location will be open on Wednesdays still, but the Phoenix location and the Tucson location will be on Saturdays from 6-9 am for the summer months located inside our AIR CONDITIONED (whew) warehouses on:

This weeks schedule:

PHOENIX: 6am - 9am

The 3000 Club Phoenix
1741 West Rose Garden Lane
Phoenix, AZ 85027

TUCSON: 6am - 9am

The 3000 Club Tucson
250 South Toole Ave
Tucson, AZ 85704

Varieties will be:

MANGOS!
EGGPLANTS! (only in Phx)
ENGLISH CUCUMBERS
BEEFSTEAK TOMATOES
VINE TOMATOES
KABOCHA SQUASH
ACORN SQUASH

Winners for Apple Annie's Peaches in Wilcox + A New Giveaway

Winners for Apple Annie's Peaches in Wilcox + A New Giveaway

This weekend is now upon us and I have 2 gift certificates to get to the two winners for there journeys to Apple Annies Peachmania this weekend!

The two winners are Patricia Lynn Seachman Moore AND Michele Nelms 

And guess what? If you didn't win- you can enter again for next weekend (form below in post)- Peachmania will continue with a celebration of peaches, featuring sweet & juicy tree-ripened peaches!
The 17th annual Peach Mania starts with a delicious “All You Can Eat” Peaches & Pancakes breakfast served from 7:30 AM-10:30 AM each Saturday and Sunday.

Take a free wagon ride and experience the fun of picking your own peaches!

Enjoy free samples of peaches and dozens of peach products.

Sit in the shade of our peach orchard and enjoy a slice of homemade peach pie or a bowl of homemade peach ice cream.

Apple-smoked burger lunches will be served daily from 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM.

A perfect way to spend a memorable day with family and friends!

***Peach Mania events are on weekends through August 7. We are open everyday for picking!

CLICK HERE to enter if the form does not load for you otherwise the form below will make it easy peasy to enter too.
 There will be 2 more winners!

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Friday Tucson Events [July 29, 2016]

Friday Tucson Events [July 29, 2016]

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1. Is Back to School shopping on your to do list? Dillards has an additional percentage of clearance right now to help get the kids styling and beck to school plus handbags, fit bits, luggage, adult clothing, shoes, jewelry and more all on sale INFO HERE

2. After all that shopping we need some cheesecake right? Half price sounds good INFO HERE

3. Try out the OTT YMCA with your family for free INFO HERE

4. FREE admission and a PokemonGO event at Tohono Chul Park INFO HERE

5. Family Swim Night at Oro Valley Aquatic Center 22 W. Calle Concordia Family Night runs from 6 – 8 p.m., and costs just $5 for a family up to 6 members.

OTT YMCA Tucson Try It Out! {Free Passes}

 OTT YMCA Tucson Try It Out! {Free Passes}

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The Ott YMCA Tucson is an awesome eastisde locations for great things to do with the entire family to stay healthy and have fun together. To get your free passes for a day at the facilities to enjoy together and to try out classes print the pass below, fill it out and take it to the OTT.

Free Admission to Tohono Chul Park {PokemonGo too!}

Free Admission to Tohono Chul Park {PokemonGo too!}

What: Free admission to Tohono Chul Park plus some fun PokemonGo opportunities at Monsoon Madness Plant Sale

The wet and wonderful monsoon season brings you more than just rain as Tohono Chul hosts local growers and nationally-renowned plant experts with their specially-selected inventory at this Tucson tradition. The annual sale is for more than just plant nerds, anyone can come on down to buy the weird and wondrous and learn plant care from the professionals. With a variety of shrubs, succulents, and cacti from the bizarre and edible to the showy and tricky, you are bound to bring home a peculiar plant. Noted as the King of Rare Species and “the most incredible horticulturist”, Mark Dimmitt along with twenty-four talented vendors are slated to attend.PLUS
‪#‎PokemonGo‬ Players should take advantage of FREE admission during our Monsoon Madness Plant Sale this Friday & Saturday. We are extending garden hours to 8 p.m. so players have enough time to capture the 20+ ‪#‎pokemon‬ spotted on the grounds! The Mobile Bistro food truck will be on-site Friday & the first 150 players in the garden receive a custom pin featuring Oddish

When:  3 to 8 p.m. on Friday, July 29 and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 30. 

Where: Tohono Chul Park

Cost: A special bonus is free admission to the gardens during the event, so you can view all the other native species in the Tohono Chul collection, catch PokemonGo or just check out the gardens- no purchase necessary for free admission.

Things to Do with Kids in Tucson Today {Thursday, July 28, 2016}

Things to Do with Kids in Tucson Today {Thursday, July 28, 2016}

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There are some great deals and things to do with kids in Tucson today Thursday July 28, 2016 
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1. Get some of the last tickets for Beach Blanket Be-Bop only on Thursdays at Gaslight Music Hall in Oro Valley - a musical revue for the entire familia INFO HERE

2. Stop by your local Dairy Queen and help Children's Miracle Network by purchasing a blizzard today- great reason to treat the kids too #miracletreatday INFO HERE

3. Start planning that Fall break vacation - maybe Halloween Party at Disney INFO HERE

Gaslight Music Hall Brings Us to the Beach! {A Review}

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The Gaslight Theatre Music Hall in Oro Valley is now showing not only fabulous concerts (See HERE )but also some silly and extremely fun high audience participation shows starting with Beach Blanket Be-Bop - A New Musical Revue on Thursdays this summer!

My family and I were invited to see this show and it comes complete with some of the tried and true aspects of the Gaslight Theatre - free refills on the  popcorn, lots of laughs, checkered tablecloths, a great menu (including Grandma Tony's pizza), audience participation, live music accompaniment, witty (sometimes groan-worthy) jokes, great singing and did I say popcorn and pizza?

Photo credit: Gaslight Music Hall 

There are also a few differences- this show is more like the Olios from the end of a Gaslight show on Broadway. There is an emphasis on jokes, songs and on-stage audience participation! This makes for a slightly different experience from the melodrama expected at the Broadway Gaslight location but a laugh-out-loud-one nonetheless. My favorite joke was: Q. What do you call a surfer that broke up with his girlfriend?  A. Homeless. 

My son danced in the aisle with Bonnie-
played by Samantha Cormier

Kids and adults are invited on stage for different parts of the show- a hula hoop contest and limbo contest that award both the winners and participants a little extra souvenir to take home. When at the show, leave your shyness behind and jump in to participate. Your name may be used throughout the rest of the show- hint hint.Watch the Big Kahuna (Played by Jesus Limon) get down with the crowd- you do not want to miss his moves!

Glen (played by Brian paradis) on the far right will keep you laughing all night!

The standout performance for us throughout the entire show was the naturally wacky and silly Brian Paradis playing Glen in the show. He is over the top but makes it seem effortless and that he really is like that- maybe he is who knows but you have to watch all of his expressions and reactions- LOVED him!

Photcredit: Gaslight Music Hall

There is a storyline of young love between Rhonda (played by Brittany Mazur) and Mickey (Played by Jeremy Vega) that earned a squeal and covering of her eyes from my daughter when Rhonda found out out that he really loves her because "It's In His Kiss". Mickey can play the drums too! He joined the band in one of my favorite numbers of the night-"Wipeout". My kids were singing surfing songs and belting out the word "Tequila" on the way home. All in good fun. 

Mickey (played by Jeremy Vega)  and the rest of the crew banging out Wipeout 

You can purchase your tickets on line at www.gaslightmusichall.com or call #520-529-1000