We’re downtown, and there’s a lot going on. Our son, Mike is having a blast but trying to act all cool. We’re laughing, watching him switch from a foot tapping kid to the quick cool dude pose. We’re feeling great and having fun. So, I grab my wife’s hand and bend in for a quick kiss. Mike sees us and starts rolling his eyes. Yet the whole time he’s rolling his eyes, he’s bopping his head to the music. Doesn’t even know he’s bopping and tapping. He’s like “I’m cool.. Mom and Dad, they’re lame.” So we start playing it up. Dancing, a little more flirty stuff and Mr. Eye-Rollin’-Head Bopper, he starts turning red and he starts to...

JUST FOR KIDS IBM Children’s Celebration 2:00-6:00pm Kids, come out and make some noise! Celebrate the New Year with entertainment, crafts activities, and exhibits for the whole family. Kids Schedule [printable PDF] NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY www.ncmuseumofhistory.org PERFORMANCES Wrights of Passage 2:30 & 4:30 Daniels Auditorium The courage and invention of Wilbur and Orville Wright in action Paul Miller’s Flow Circus 2:15-3:15 Lobby Juggling & amazing tricks up close CRAFTS ACTIVITIES Magnificent masks and wonderful wands Demo Gallery Sparkling collages First Floor, Red Room Temporary henna tattoos by artist Deepika Bhatt 3:00-5:00 Third Floor EXHIBITS Two special exhibits commemorate the Wright brothers’ First Flight at Kitty Hawk Lindbergh More than four hundred artifacts related to aviator Charles A. Lindbergh, his historic transatlantic flight, and resulting celebrity Pioneers of Aviation A celebration of the first century of flight in North Carolina NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES www.naturalsciences.org PERFORMANCES Michael Stanwood 2:15-3:00 Paul Miller Flow Circus 3:45-4:30 The Spin Man, Master Ball Handler 5:00-5:30 First Floor Auditorium Who Was Thursday 3:30-5:00 Third Floor - Mountain Cove Foot stomping Fiddlers delight Animal of the Hour 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 Third Floor Windows on the World Meet a different live animal every hour Clevinger Four 4:00-5:00 Fourth Floor Acro Café Enjoy great jazz and a snack CRAFTS ACTIVITIES Faces in the Clouds 2:00-5:00 Lobby What do you see when you look at the clouds? Super Stamping Third Floor, Classroom A EXHIBITS Titanic: The Artifact Exhibit Experience the world’s only touring exhibition of actual artifacts recovered from the Titanic’s wreck site, 2 1/2 miles below the surface of the North Atlantic Show your First Night button for a discount on Titanic tickets: $3 off adults ($12.50 regular admission) $2 off seniors and children ($7.00 regular admission) Offer valid during Museum hours of First Night Raleigh Last ticket sold one hour before closing OUTSIDE ON THE BICENTENNIAL PLAZA Kid’s Karaoke Stage 3:00-5:00 Sponsored by Celito Communications & Kidsville News STREET PERFORMANCES The Spin Man, Master Ball Handler 2:00-2:30 Kevin Brock On Drums 2:30-4:30 Kim Armstrong’s Popular Dance 5:00-5:40 Paperhand Puppet Intervention & Hubba Bubba CRAFTS ACTIVITIES Make More Noise Decorate dramatic drums, colliding clackers, marvelous megaphones and super strummers and shakers People’s Picture Add a picture of yourself, marching through Raleigh, to a mural of the People’s Procession Whaky Wheels Adorn your bikes, trikes, strollers and wagons with streamers and ribbons; add noise with cards and clothespins FNR © · artsplosure · all rights reserved | hosting by celito.net