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CUYAHOGA FALLS — Debi Derryberry, the voice of Jimmy Neutron and other animated characters, will bring her “What a Way to Play!” children’s show to the auditorium at Cuyahoga Falls High School, 431 Stow Ave., April 8 at 2 p.m. The cost is $5 for adults and free for children, with a limit of two free children per paying adult. For more information, call (330) 703-1183.
• DOWNTOWN AKRON —
Best-selling author, satirist and National Public Radio
commentator David
Sedari will present
his work and sign books at the Akron Civic Theatre April
8 at 8 p.m. Sedaris is the author of essay collections
“Barrel Fever,” “Naked,” “Me
Talk Pretty One Day” and his latest, “Dress
Your Family in Corduroy and Denim.” In 2001, Time
magazine named Sedaris “Humorist of the Year,”
and he received the Thurber Prize for American Humor.
He also was nominated for two Grammy awards in 2005
for spoken word albums. Tickets range in price from
$30 to $35 and are available by calling the Akron Civic
Theatre Box Office at (330) 253-2488 or the Thomas Hall
Ticket Office at (330) 972-7570 or TicketMaster at (330)
945-9400.
• BROOK PARK — The I-X Indoor Amusement Park, presented by Marc’s, is returning to the I-X Center April 7-30, with more than 20 acres of family fun. The I-X Indoor Amusement Park will be in the I-X Center on state Route 237, adjacent to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. The cost is $18 for general admission, $15 for children shorter than 48 inches; $9 for senior citizens ages 60 and older; and free for children ages 2 and younger. Advance tickets are available for $15 at Marc’s. McDonald’s has coupons good for $2 off one adult general admission any day and $4 off one adult general admission April 17-21 after 4 p.m. Bring a Mountain Dew can to the I-X Center box office after 5 p.m. April 7, 11-13, 18-20 and 25-27 and receive one general admission ticket for $10. The park will be closed on April 10 and 24. Hours of operation are: all Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; all Sundays, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; April 7 and 28, 5 to 11 p.m.; April 11-12 and 25-27, 5 to 10 p.m.; April 13, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; April 14 and 21, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; and April 17-20, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. For more information, call (800) 897-3942 or visit the Web site www.ixamusementpark.com.
• PENINSULA — The Peninsula Library, 6105 Riverview Road, invites the public to a puppet show about Br’er Rabbit April 8 at 10 a.m. Puppet Master Nancy Sander’s Puppets with Pizazz will present “Br’er Rabbit in Love,” co-starring Miss Meadow with a guest appearance by Br’er Wolf, Br’er Wildcat, Br’er Terry-pan and Br’er Gator. This program is for families and children of all ages. In addition, The Friends of the Peninsula Library will once again sponsor the Spring Jazz Festival, April 9 from 3 to 6 p.m. at Happy Days Visitors Center, 500 W. Streetsboro Road. The festival will include organized traditional jazz bands, as well as impromptu sets by groups organized from those in attendance. Call the library at (330) 657-2665 for more information.
• DOWNTOWN AKRON — The Ohio Egg Artists Guild will present its ninth annual spring Elegant Egg Show & Sale April 8-9 at Akron’s First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 647 E. Market St. Hours for the show are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 8 and 1 to 5 p.m. April 9. All artists will be willing to speak with visitors about their crafts, including: hand-painted watercolor, hand-painted acrylics, Faberge style, miniatures, hand-painted Precious Moments style with name personalization, jewelry and more. During the show, a class on how to create a “pysanky” egg, a traditional Ukrainian decorated egg, will take place both days from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Reservations are required for the class. Visitors also can bring a decorated basket to be judged, and those people can win prizes. Visitors can also enter to win prizes at the show. A pancake breakfast will take place on April 8 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at a cost of $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 5-12 and free for children younger than 4. Net proceeds of the breakfast will benefit “Summer’s Best Two Weeks,” a sports-oriented program. Admission to the egg show is $1. For more information, call (330) 434-5183.
• FAIRLAWN — American Commodore Tuxedo and Dillard’s will present a prom fashion show at Summit Mall April 9 from 1 to 2 p.m. in front of Dillard’s South (men’s) store. The show will feature prom dresses in all styles from Dillard’s and formalwear by American Commodore Tuxedo. Music and entertainment will be provided by LV Sound Entertainment. The event is free.
• BATH — Committee members are putting the final touches on the 29th Bath Volunteers for Service Annual Home Tour set for May 25 from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Six distinct homes will be featured. Tickets, which include lunch, are $30 for general admission, $40 for patrons and $60 for sponsors. Patrons will receive one Home Tour ticket and a listing in the program. In addition, sponsors can enjoy a continental breakfast, immediate home entrance and reserved luncheon seating. Sponsors also are entitled to shuttle transportation for the day. For tickets, make checks payable to Bath Volunteers for Service and mail to P.O. Box 673, Bath, Ohio 44210. Glenna Spelich still is looking for more community involvement from industry and business organizations in the way of underwriting. For more information on that, call her at (330) 659-4823. Underwriters of more than $150 will receive two sponsor tickets and those of more than $500 also will receive two invitations to the Homeowners’ Dinner with a private tour of the homes on the evening of May 25. The sponsor and patron deadline is May 5, and the general reservation deadline is May 19. For more information, call (330) 665-4338 or e-mail BVShometour@adelphia.net.
• COPLEY — The Akron Fossils and Science Center, a creation-based science center located at 2080 S. Cleveland-Massillon Road, will offer Super Science Saturdays, a children’s science experiment and craft activity program, on the second Saturday of each month from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. This program is geared for children ages preschool through 10 years. The cost is $3 per child or $8 per family. The programs will include: Wooly Mammoths — Were They Really Wooly? More Experiments with Ice,” April 8; and “DNA Models & Complex Machines,” May 13. For more information, call (330) 665-DINO, or visit www.akronfossils.com.
• DOWNTOWN AKRON — The University of Akron Pan African Center for Community Studies 2006 lecture series, “Developing the Urban Infrastructure: Where Economics and Education Intersect” will present Ronald Ferguson, a lecturer in public policy and an economist and senior research associate at the Weiner Center for Social Policy at Harvard University, April 12 at noon. Ferguson will present his research on racial achievement gaps, much of which was done in the Shaker Heights schools, in the Student Union Theatre. The event is open to the public, but a ticket is required. For more information, call (330) 972-7030.
• DOWNTOWN AKRON — CNN co-anchor and broadcast journalist Soledad O’Brien will deliver the 2006 John S. Knight Lecture April 19 at 7:30 p.m. at The University of Akron’s (UA) E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall. Tickets for “An Evening With Soledad O’Brien” are free, but must be picked up in person at the Thomas Hall Ticket Office. O’Brien is visiting Akron as part of UA’s 2005-06 Forum Speaker Series. O’Brien anchors CNN’s “American Morning” with Miles O’Brien. In December 2004, she was among a handful of CNN anchors sent to Puhket, Thailand, to cover the disaster and aftermath of the tsunami. Prior to joining CNN in July 2003, O’Brien was at NBC News, where she anchored the network’s “Weekend Today” show.
• CLEVELAND — Are you looking for a special activity for your Scouting, youth or church group? Check out Night Tracks, an overnight program for groups at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, which offers adventure, Get-Close encounters with animals and a sleepover at the zoo. Night Tracks is designed for groups with a minimum of 15 participants and must include one adult for every 10 children. Children must be 6 years old and older. The fee is $35 per person, which covers the curriculum, equipment, counselor(s) who stay with each group through the entire program, sleeping arrangements in Northern Trek or the Administration Building, refreshments in the evening and a light breakfast in the morning. Additionally, each Night Tracks participant receives a souvenir Wolf Wilderness patch for completing the Night Tracks program and admission into the zoo and The RainForest immediately following the program. Night Tracks will take place on weekends from September through May, but registration is taking place now. For more information or to make a reservation, call (216) 635-3391.
• COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Development’s Division of Travel and Tourism has unveiled the 2006 Ohio Travel Planner. The 172-page annual planner is 28 percent larger than its biannual predecessor, the Discover Ohio Travel Planner, and presents information in a more traveler-friendly style, according to Division of Travel officials. The full-color planner contains a shorter editorial section focused on Ohio travel experiences divided into four areas: arts and culture, history and heritage, sports and recreation and family fun. A majority of the publication consists of seven geographic regional sections containing information for more than 2,000 attractions, recreation facilities, shopping venues, restaurants, lodging facilities and more. The 2006 Ohio Travel Planner is available free of charge at www.discoverohio.com or by calling (800) BUCKEYE.
• COPLEY — The Akron Fossils and Science Center, a creation-based science center located at 2080 S. Cleveland-Massillon Road, will host Al Gotch, Ph.D., May 6. Gotch will present “Skin Deep: DNA, Information & Race” from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. A Cleveland native, Gotch received his doctorate degree in physical chemistry in 1991 from Purdue University. He has taught chemistry at the college level for 15 years and has published 10 peer-reviewed scientific papers. His research interests include novel materials, chemical sensors and solar energy conversion. Gotch is chairman of the Chemistry Department at Mount Union College. The lecture is recommended for older students and adults. The cost is $2 per person. For more information, call (330) 665-DINO, or visit www.akronfossils.com.
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