Looking for inexpensive activities the whole family can enjoy on those sultry summer evenings? Head to Behringer-Crawford Museum in Devou Park, where children and their grown-up companions will both enjoy entertaining and interactive outdoor happenings each Friday night during the month of July.
Family-Friendly Fridays take place in BCM’s open-air amphitheater starting at 7 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children aged 3-12. Parking is free. And while you are there, visit the museum’s free outdoor playspace, NaturePlay@BCM, where children can play “house” in a log cabin, “sail” on a flatboat, explore the natural world and just run free.
Family-Friendly Fridays are supported by Dick and Pam Spoor in memory of Bill Keating, and by Jack Moreland.
The 2017 Family-Friendly Friday calendar:
July 7 – Madcap Puppets -“Jumping Over the Moon”
The creepy party guests (the audience) have already arrived when two vaudeville actors, Sigmund and Edie, enter a mysterious old house to perform at a birthday party. They’re astonished to discover the party is for a baby monster! Thinking fast on their feet, they entertain with twists on traditional rhymes fit for a monster party.
July 14 – Mix & Mingle with the Animals
The Cincinnati Zoo will bring three of its animals to NaturePlay @BCM for an up-close-and-personal experience! Guests will able to visit, touch and learn about each animal from a zoo expert and also create an animal craft.
July 21 -Drones
Learn all about unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as drones, and watch a demonstration by the experts at Flamingo Air’s Worker Bee Drone Training Program.
July 28 -Circus Mojo
Juggling! Balancing! Stilt-walking! Circus Mojo presents the circus arts with a fresh perspective and encourages everyone to express their unique mojo-talent, zeal, confidence, drive and spirit.
For more information about Family Friendly Fridays, contact Community Engagement Coordinator Regina Siegrist at 859-491-4003 or rsiegrist@bcmuseum.org