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Fun events, helpful tips and monthly to-do’s for March

Update your Pinterest board, and plan a project.

Head to the First Friday Art Walk in downtown Ocala.

Take

Buy tickets now for the Ocala Culinary Festival, happening next month.

Wash exterior of car. Aerial Fitness at Studio SC: Barre, Yoga, Fitness (every Thursday)

Family movie night: Premiere of A Wrinkle in Time

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

Set the clocks ahead.

Wash all door knobs, mirrors and glass.

Declutter the kitchen cabinets. Bike around the neighborhood.

Attend Family Night at Sky Zone Ocala.

Try a new recipe for dinner.

Clean blinds and curtains. Check out the newly installed sculptures in Tuscawilla Park.

Line dancing at the Forest Community Center at Sandhill Park (every Wednesday)

The Foreigner at the Ocala Civic Theatre

Tune into the New York Yankees @ Tampa Bay Rays game at 1:05pm.

Schedule a parentteacher conference before the end of the year.

Start researching summer camps for the kids.

Chair Yoga at Blissful Life Corporation (every Wednesday, 10:30am)

Grab lunch at Feta Mediterranean Cuisine in downtown Ocala

Book an ATV Off-Road Adventure Tour in the Ocala National Forest.

Visit Ocala Downtown Market (every Saturday 9a-2p).

Eighth Street Elementary Tradition Trot 5K at Eighth Street Elementary st. patrick’s day

Visit animals at Uncle Donald’s Farm with the kids. 8th annual St. Paddy’s Day 5K Run/Walk at Citizens’ Circle

Pints for Parks, presented by the Junior League of Ocala benefitting Ocala Recreation and Parks

HITS Fitness Expo at Carney Island Park

HITS Triathlon Series: half and full races at Carney Island Park

did you know: daylight saving time edition

1784: Concept first thought of by Benjamin Franklin

1913: The Standard Time Act established time zones and daylight saving time. Hawaii and much of Arizona do not observe a time change.

70 countries around the world observe daylight saving time.

Yes, it’s daylight saving, not savings, time. Contrary to popular belief, it wasn’t started because of farming. DST began to make better use of daylight hours and conserve energy.

CNN.com, nytimes.com