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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau
Kimberly Schmitz
MTCVB Director of Communications & PR
kschmitz@visitTucson.org
520.638.8350
Katie Maass
Rodney Glassman Ward 2 Council Aide
www.tucsonaz.gov/ward2
520.791.4687
Mayor Walkup Guides Families Through A Place of Refuge
At Family Friendly Weekends Program Kickoff
Tucson, Ariz., January 15, 2009. Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup will lead the new Family Friendly Highlights Tour at the Tucson Museum of Art to launch the Glassman Foundation's Family Friendly Weekends presented by the Arizona Daily Star, Saturday, January 24, 2009. Mayor Walkup will lead children and families through an in-depth, interactive presentation of three significant pieces of the exhibition A Place of Refuge: Maynard Dixon's Arizona. The tour will focus on three of four lunettes that Dixon was commissioned to create by the Southern Pacific Railroad for the Historic Train Depot in Downtown Tucson. A plein air painting workshop will be offered for children in the lobby and courtyard of the Tucson Museum of Art until 1:00 p.m. Admission to the Tucson Museum of Art will be waived 10:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m.
The Family Friendly Highlights tour was created specifically to enhance the Tucson Museum of Art's family offerings and to support the Glassman Foundation's Family Friendly Weekends presented by the Arizona Daily Star. The tour will be offered on the second Saturday of every month.
Event Schedule
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10:00 a.m.
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Tucson Museum of Art opens
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10:30 a.m.
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Refreshments served in TMA lobby featuring information booths of Family Friendly Weekends partners and featured venues
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11:00 a.m.
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Rodney Glassman emcees ceremony launching Glassman Foundation's Family Friendly Weekends program presented by the Arizona Daily Star
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11:10 a.m.
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Mayor Walkup speaks
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11:30 a.m.
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Mayor Walkup leads the FREE Family Friendly Highlights Tour
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12:00 a.m.
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Photo opportunity for children with Mayor Walkup & wrap-up.
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1:00 p.m.
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Photo opportunity with Mayor Walkup at Tucson Children's Museum Chinese New Year's Lion Dance Ceremony
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About Glassman Foundation's Family Friendly Weekends Presented by the Arizona Daily Star
The Family Friendly Weekends program serves to promote events and activities for local and visiting families to experience in Tucson's core. The goal of the program is to educate and inform Tucsonans about the myriad of family-oriented things there are to do in our own community. The program organizers also strive to create understanding and awareness of the availability of parking, great restaurants, and safe and fun opportunities for learning, adventure, and exploration just a short drive from home. Visit http://www.familyfriendlyweekends.org/ or call 628-1817 for further information and event calendar listings.
Family Friendly Weekends program is supported by the Glassman Foundation, Arizona Daily Star, Cox Communications, Mortenson Construction, Tucson Electric Power, the Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau, Good News Broadcasting/K-LOVE 88.1, Citadel Broadcasting KHIT 107.5, KOLD News 13, and Madden Media.
Other Family Friendly Weekends events taking place in Tucson's core on Saturday, January 24, include:
- Chinese New Year, Tucson Children's Museum
1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., ages 2 years-10 years
Come celebrate the year of the Ox during this festive Chinese New Year's celebration. This event will be in partnership with the Tucson Chinese Association and activities will include a Dragon Dance, children's martial arts, calligraphy, Lion Dance and more.
- Tykes Time
Tucson Children's Museum
10:30a.m. ages 4 and Under
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff is a fun story that children enjoy hearing. Come listen to this story and make your own non-edible cookie.
- Family Story Time and Craft
Main Library
11:00 a.m.-noon, free event* ages 0-12 years
Winter & Snow- Usher in the winter season with fun stories, songs and activities. Also learn about textures and shapes by making a Sensory Snowman to take home.
- Hands on Activities
Tucson Children's Museum
3:00 p.m.* ages 2 years-10 years
Good Luck Kitty- Get ready for Japanese New Year by making an individual 3-D "good-luck" kitty.
- Locomotive Saturdays
Southern Arizona Transportation Museum
*10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., free event, all ages
Learn and have all your steam locomotive questions answered. Explore transportation history in Southern Arizona through interactive museum exhibits! Listen and look at the modern day freight trains passing by! Ring the locomotive bell! And much more!
- University of Arizona Icecats
Tucson Convention Center
Puck drops at 7:30 p.m.
The University of Arizona Icecats compete as a D-1 team in the American Collegiate Hockey Association.
- A Raisin in the Sun
Arizona Theatre Company, onstage at the Temple of Music and Art
For information, call Bevan Brunelle Bluemer, at 1-520-884-8210, ext. 8205.
Fifty years ago, the gripping tale of one family living and learning together on Chicago's south side in the 1950s was the first authentic voice of an African-American playwright to hit the Broadway stage.
Visit http://www.familyfriendlyweekends.org/ for further information and event calendar listings.
The MTCVB is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the Tucson area as a convention, visitor and film production destination. It is financially supported by the City of Tucson, Pima County, the Town of Oro Valley and its nearly 800 individual and business members.
Visit the MTCVB website at http://www.visittucson.org/ or call 1.800.638.8350 for further information.
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