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ChillKids

July 2019

Fun Family Educational Resource of Chapel Hill • Carrboro • Durham • Hillsborough • NC Triangle

Walking on the Moon: Celebrating Apollo 11's 50th Anniversary First Moon Landing

2019 Tour de France Bicycle Race

2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winners: Historic 8-Way Tie!

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Welcome July!

PUBLISHER/EDITOR Kate Look kate@ChillKids.com July 2019 Cover Art by Mia Look

It's summertime in the North Carolina Triangle, and there are lots of fun things to do with your family and friends! July is National Blueberry Month, a perfect time to go blueberry picking at a local blueberry patch. Visit www.chillkids.com to find local berry patches! Make some delicious 2-ingredient, healthy blueberry sorbet (recipe on page 7.)

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On July 20, 1969, 600 million people watched as Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin rin Jr. J took their first steps on the moon's surface. This month we'll celebrate the 50th Anniversary ry of o the Apollo 11 spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon (pages 10 and 11).

Copyright Š 2019 ChillKids. All rights reserved. No part of this issue may be reproduced in whole or in part in any form without permission of the publisher. Neither participating advertisers nor the publishers will be responsible or liable for misinformation, misprints or typographical errors. The publishers reserve the right to edit any submitted material. ChillKids is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts, artwork, or other material. Children's art submissions should include name, address, telephone number, and permission to publish signed by a parent or guardian.

Go on a family hike in the beautiful local forests: the hiking paths at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens, or at Riverwalk along the Eno River in Hillsborough. Check out the 2019 winners of the Smokey Bear Poster Contest (pages 4 & 5) and learn how you can create your own poster for the 2020 contest. In coming ChillKids issues we'll be learning more with Smokey Bear p about protecting forests and wildlife by preventing wildfires. a

On page 6, read about the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee championship and the North Carolina finalists. Challenge your family to a spelling bee, and increase your vocabulary by learning the winning words of the previous National Spelling Bee final rounds. Summer is a great time for outdoor fun with your family. Go for a family bicycle ride (visit www.chillkids.com to find local bicycle trails). For inspiration, watch the televised coverage of the Tour de France to see some of the world's greatest cyclists in action. Read all about it on pages 12 & 13. Visit your local library and when you're not outside playing, or playing games with your family aand friends, keep up your reading all summer long! Have a happy July!

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ART CONTEST

Smokey Bear Poster Contest 2019 Winners!

This year is Smokey Bear's 75th Anniversary! Smokey Bear is recognized nationally and internationally as the symbol for fire prevention. The original Smokey Bear appeared in 1944. We'll learn more about Smokey Bear and wildfire prevention in coming issues of ChillKids. Every year the National Garden Clubs host a poster contest (sponsored by local Garden Clubs) featuring Smokey’s wildfire prevention message: Only you Can Prevent Wildfires! The annual poster contest is open to students in first through fifth grade. The 2019 National Smokey Bear & Woodsy Owl Poster Contest winners have been announced, and some of the winners are shown here to help inspire you to create your OWN Smokey Bear poster. Children from first through fifth grade are invited to participate in the 2020 National Garden Clubs, Inc. Poster Contest! The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the National Garden Clubs, Inc. are giving students the opportunity to demonstrate through original drawings of Smokey Bear or Woodsy Owl their understanding of wildfire prevention and basic environmental conservation principles. Get out your pencils, crayons, pens and/or paints and start working on your own poster art to submit for the 2020 contest. Posters should encourage children to take a personal role in preventing wildfires, and the poster size for the contest is 11 x 17 inches. Smokey Bear is an official icon, and the color of his clothing needs to be accurate. Check the colors at www.smokeybear.com. Also, students should be reminded to check spelling. (Posters with spelling errors will be disqualified). Parents and teachers can find 2020 poster contest details at http://www.gardenclub.org/ youth/smokey-bear-poster-contest.aspx.

Grand Prize Winner: 4th Grade: Penny Atkinson Sponsored by: the Neighborhood Garden Club, Utah

Smokey Bear’s Five Rules of Wildfire Prevention An average forest is about 70–100 years old, and the trees in some forests can be 4,000–5,000 years old! To help protect these amazing places, remember Smokey’s Five Rules of Wildfire Prevention: * Only you can prevent wildfires * Always be careful with fire * Never play with matches or lighters * Always watch your campfire * Make sure your campfire is completely out before leaving it To learn more about our nation's forests and other outdoor areas, check out DiscoverTheForest.org. You'll find games and activities to enjoy indoors and out, and a search tool to find the forest closest to you. Source - Five Rules of Wildfire Prevention https:// smokeybear.com/en/smokey-for-kids/preventing-wildfires

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Smokey Bear Poster Contest 2019 Winners (cont.)

5th grade: Amanda Avitia Sponsored by: the Garden Club of Dearborn, Michigan

1st Grade: Ryan Woodbury Sponsored by: the Neighborhood Garden Club, Utah

3rd grade: Annaliese Spradley Sponsored by: the Magnolia Garden Club, Georgia

We'll learn more about Smokey Bear and preventing wildfires in future issues of ChillKids!

2nd grade: Eleanor Pratt Sponsored by: the Neighborhood Garden Club, Utah

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2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee Co-Champions Celebrate a Historic 8-Way Tie! The 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee results KIDS IN THE NEWS

are in, and it is a historic 8-way tie!

The eight winners are referring to themselves as "octochamps." The spelling bee ended in a tie in 2014, 2015 and 2016, but each time there were just two winners. After this year's competition, the eight champions (two girls and six boys) were named co-champions since they all lasted 20 rounds. Each winner gets a $50,000 prize. The eight winners are Sohum Sukhatankar (from Dallas, Texas), Abhijay Kodali (a sixth grader from Flower Mound, Texas), Rohan Raja (13 years old, from Irving, Texas), Saketh Sundar (13 years old, from Clarksville, Maryland), Christopher Serrao (13 years old, Allentown, Pennsylvania), Rishik Gandhasri (a 13-year-old from San Jose, California), Erin Howard (14 years old, from Huntsville, Alabama) and Shruthika Padhy (13 years old, from Cherry Hill, New Jersey). The National Spelling Bee first started in 1925 when nine newspapers joined together to host a spelling bee. Today in 2019 their literacy effort now reaches 11 million students every year. The purpose of the Scripps National Spelling Bee is to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, learn concepts and develop correct English usage that will help them all their lives.

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North Carolina Spellers Shine in the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee Eighteen students from North Carolina participated in the 2019 National Spelling Bee, competing with 562 competitors from across the country. Jason Sorin of Durham, NC tied for 30th place. Jason, 13, is a seventh-grade student at Triangle Day School. He was among the 50 spellers who competed in the Spelling Bee finals that were aired on ESPN2.

On every stage and during every round, family, friends and spectators witnessed the journey of Scripps National Spelling Bee competitors, complete with its ups and its downs.

After spending last year in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his family on sabbatical, Jason returned home this year to Durham, North Carolina.

The televised competition began with 562 spellers who advanced to the Scripps National Spelling Bee after beating the odds to reach this level. Vying to reach this finalist stage were more than 11 million students who participated in spelling bees held in classrooms, schools and locally sponsored events around the country. Each of the eight 2019 co-champions will receive a $50,000 cash prize and other prizes. They also will appear on numerous national television shows. For more information, spelling bee practice resources, and to learn how to participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, visit spellingbee. com.

Jason Sorin of Durham, NC

Jason previously competed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2017 (when he tied for 41st place) and in 2018 (when he tied for 42nd place).

The youngest of the spellers from North Carolina was Joel Jose, a thirdgrader from Oxford, NC.

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Meet 7-Year-Old Faizan Zaki: Youngest Competitor in the 2019 National Spelling Bee First grader Faizan Zaki of Allen, Texas is 7 years old, and he was the youngest of the 562 competitors in the 2019 national Spelling Bee. His favorite subjects are Astronomy and Science. Faizan especially likes to learn long words, and he explained that his favorite word to spell is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, “a disease caused by volcano ash.� Faizan wants to be a scientist one day "so that he can help make life easier for everyone." While he did not advance to the televised finals this year, he plans to work hard and compete again next year!

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HEALTHY KITCHEN

Blueberry Sorbet

Summer Word Find also Find the Hidden Secret Word!

July is National Blueberry Month, and this easy, two-ingredient recipe inspired by the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council is the perfect way to celebrate. With frozen blueberries and juice on hand, parents can create this icy and refreshing treat in a matter of minutes! For more delicious blueberry recipes, visit www.blueberrycouncil.org. Ingredients 4 cups frozen blueberries 1 can (6 ounces) frozen apple juice concentrate Instructions 1. (Parent/Grown-up) In the container of a food processor or high-power blender, combine blueberries and apple juice concentrate. 2. (Kids and Parent/Grownups) Eat and enjoy now, or spoon into a 9 X 5-inch loaf pan and place in the freezer to serve within a few days.

Circle all of the listed words, then unscramble the remaining letters that are not circled to spell the Secret Word. BALLOON FAMILY PICNIC BAT FIREWORKS RADIO BAY FLY SANDCASTLE BEACH FUN SEASHORE BEAR FRIENDS STARS BICYCLE GAMES SUNBURN BLANKET HOME SUNSHINE BUG JULY SUMMER BUS JUMP

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Around the World in

JULY Man’s First Landing on the Moon 50th Anniversary! The 50th anniversary of man’s first landing on the Moon is July 20, 1969, when two American astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle on the Moon, while hundreds of millions of people around the world watched on their televisions. The astronauts brought back rock samples, they took photos, and they left monitoring equipment to help us learn more about the Moon. Read all about it on pages 10 and 11!

The Fourth of July in the United States commemorates America's independence from Britain. On July 4, 1776, a group of Americans signed the Declaration of Independence. Today, Americans celebrate with parades, barbecues, firework displays and by wearing red, white and blue. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Fourth of July celebrations last all day long, beginning early in the morning with a reading of excerpts from the Declaration of Independence on the steps of Independence Hall, and ending with an amazing fireworks display.

Every year on July 14th, people in France celebrate the beginning of the French Revolution, a day known as Bastille Day. On July 14, 1789, French citizens rebelled against the King and stormed into the Bastille Prison to free political prisoners. In France, Bastille Day also is referred to as La Fête Nationale, and is marked with parades, celebrations and fireworks.

Visit the Museum of Life + Science in Durham, NC and sit inside a prototype of the Apollo 15 Lunar Lander, and real space artifacts from the Apollo era including a moon rock, and the Mercury capsule that carried the first U.S. animal into orbit.

What is your favorite way to celebrate on the Fourth of July?

Visit www.ChillKids.com to find fun local July 4th festivals, events and fireworks!

July Word Find

What is Energy?

Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways and diagonally.

Energy is the ability to do work. You use energy to do things like taking your dog for a walk. Electricity is a kind of energy that is made in power plants when they burn some kind of fuel - like coal or oil. Renewable fuel sources (solar, wind, water) are also used to produce electricity. Electricity is what lets us turn on a light or turn on a fan to cool off!

Word Search Energy is what keeps your food cold in the refrigerator. When you stand with the door open you're letting out all the cold air. Keep the door closed and you will use less energy! Can you find more energy words?

List of Words: Watt Power Voltage Electricity Kilowatt Energy

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Apollo 11 50th Anniversary! Observe the Moon and Beyond… By David Prosper, NASA Night Sky Notes July 2019

July 16, 2019 is the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 11 mission! On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on a journey of almost a quarter million miles to the Moon, our nearest celestial neighbor, a mission made possible by the tremendous power of the Saturn V rocket – still the most powerful rocket ever launched. Just a few days later, on July 21, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the lunar surface and became the first people in history to walk on another world. The astronauts set up equipment including a solar wind sampler, laser rangefinder, and seismometer and gathered up 22 kilograms (48 pounds) of precious lunar rocks and soil samples. After spending less than a day on the Moon’s surface, they blasted off and returned to the orbiting Columbia Command Module, piloted by Michael Collins. Just a few days later, on July 24, all three astronauts splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean.

You can follow the timeline of the Apollo 11 mission in greater detail at bit.ly/TimelineApollo11 and dig deep into mission history and science on NASA’s Apollo History Site: bit.ly/ApolloNASA. Have you ever wanted to see the flag on the Moon left behind by the Apollo astronauts? While no telescope on Earth is powerful enough to see items left behind at the landing sites, cameras onboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) can! Read more about it below. Also discover how much you can observe with the Flag on the Moon handout at bit.ly/MoonFlag.

Learn more about the Apollo 11 mission below, and at https://www.nasa.gov/ mission_pages/apollo/apollo-11.html. Catch up on all of NASA’s current and future missions at nasa.gov, and visit NASA Space Place at https://spaceplace.nasa.gov for fun interactive games and educational projects.

Apollo 11 Lunar Module pilot Buzz Aldrin climbs down the ladder to the Moon's surface as Neil Armstrong photographs his descent on July 21, 1969. Image: NASA

Apollo 11 Landing Site: Tracks on the Moon the Laser Ranging RetroReflector (LRRR) allows precise measurements to be collected to this day. You can even spot the discarded cover of the LRRR.

"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." With those eight words, astronaut Neil Armstrong let the world know that Apollo 11 had landed safely on the Moon, beginning humankind's first exploration of another world. The landing kept the mission operations crew in suspense as Armstrong maneuvered around large rocky boulders, finally settling down with only tens of seconds of fuel remaining. After Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon, they walked on the Moon, collected soil and rock samples, and set up equipment which was left there to help us learn more about the Moon. Laser Ranging RetroReflector Earth-based telescopes can’t see the equipment left behind at the Apollo 11 landing site, but the cameras onboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) can.

Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM)

Passive Seismic Experiment Package

The photo at right shows Tranquility Base (where Apollo 11's lunar module landed on July 20, 1969) as seen from the LRO, just 15 miles above the Moon’s surface, (with helpful labels added by the NASA imaging team). This image of the Apollo 11 landing site captured from just 15 miles above the surface, provides the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)'s best look yet at humanity's first Image: NASA Goddard/Arizona State University. venture to another world. A few minutes later Buzz Aldrin descended the When Neil Armstrong took his famous first steps ladder and joined Neil on the surface of the Moon! onto the lunar surface, he kicked around the soil. "Yes, the surface is fine and powdery." Gazing at You can see the remnants of their first steps as the flat horizon, he took in the view. "Isn't that dark regions around the Lunar Module (LM) and something! Magnificent sight out here." in dark tracks that lead to the scientific experiments the astronauts set up on the surface. After collecting a sample of Moon rock and soil, Neil looked around and observed, "it has a stark The Passive Seismic Experiment Package (PSEP) beauty all its own. It's like much of the high desert provided the first lunar seismic data, returning of the United States. It's different, but it's very pretty data for three weeks after the astronauts left, and out here."

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Another trail leads toward Little West crater around 50 meters (164 feet) to the east of the Lunar Module (LM). This was an unplanned excursion near the end of the two and a half hours spent on the surface. Armstrong ran over to get a look inside the crater, and this was the farthest either astronaut ventured from the landing site. Compared to Apollo 12 and 14, which allowed for more time on the surface, and Apollo 15, 16, and 17, which had the benefit of a Lunar Roving Vehicle, Armstrong and Aldrin's surface activities were quite restricted. Their tracks cover less area than a typical city block! Not only was the landscape a place of "stark beauty", but also the source of rocks that revealed the Moon's fiery past for the first time.

The samples showed that the Apollo 11 landing site in Mare Tranquillitatis was once the site of volcanic activity, and the flat surface that afforded such an incredible vista was due to broad, thin flows of lava that flooded the region.

See more Apollo mission Moon landing sites on page 11, and at NASA online at bit.ly/ApolloLRO.

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Apollo 11 50th Anniversary! Observe the Moon (cont.)

n, This summer marks 50 years since Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins made their daring journey to the Moon.

Apollo 11 mission patch Credit: NASA

This photo taken by Neil Armstrong looks north past Edwin Aldrin with the seismometer (Passive Seismic Experiment Package (PSEP)), and the laser retroreflector (Laser Ranging RetroReflector (LRRR)). Image credit: NASA/Neil Armstrong/GSFC/Arizona State University. Can you find the PSEP and LRRR on the image of the Moon's surface on page 10?

Above: Panoramic mosaic of several images taken by Neil Armstrong at Little West Crater. You can see Neil Armstrong's shadow at the lower left of the photo, and the Lunar Module is in the distance. Image: NASA/Neil Armstrong.

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SPORTS

All About the TOUR de FRANCE

The Tour de France is one of the most famous bicycle races in the world! In July each year, top cyclists from many different countries compete in this 3-week long Grand Tour bicycle race that takes them on winding hilly roads.

World-Famous Cycling Race Celebrates its 106th Year

The first Tour de France took place in 1903. The Tour de France will take place this year from July 6th to July 28th. The Tour de France covers more than 2,160 miles. Each year the race takes a different route, covering a large geographic in France and in some years also covers several neighboring countries. The 2019 Tour de France will begin in Brussels, Belgium, continuing into France and all the way across France, down to the South of France, through many steep mountain passes, and finally to Paris. Although the Tour de France route changes from year to year, the finish is always in Paris with a spectacular sprint down the Champs-Élysées and past the Arc de Triomphe - an appropriate triumphant finishing place! Huge crowds of people line the course to cheer on the cyclists. It is expected that around 15 million spectators will line the route of this year's Tour.

2010 Tour de France, Champs-Élysées, Wikimedia Commons

Each day of the race is known as a ‘Stage’, and stages can last up to six hours. At the end of each day the rider who crosses the finish line first is the ‘Stage Winner’ and gets to go up onto the podium.

2019 Tour de France Map, Wikimedia Commons

In total, there are 21 stages over the 23 days, so the riders only get two rest days over the whole race! The lead rider gets to wear the yellow jersey. Cyclists in the Tour de France race in teams, sponsored by companies/ organizations who help to pay the teams' expenses to participate in the race (for example, the expense of the teams' travel, clothing/gear, bicycles, vehicles, hotels, coaches). In 2018, Geraint Thomas of Great Britain won the Tour de France. Who will win this year? Tune in to the Tour de France on July 28th to watch the final sprint in Paris !

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Tour de France Fun Facts Tour de France Winners' Jerseys The Stage Winner is not the only rider who gets to go on the podium each day. There are other winners too, with each getting to wear a special color cycling shirt known as a ‘jersey.’ The jerseys are made of a special material that keeps the rider cool.

The Tour de France is a Grand Tour race, one of the world's longest bicycle race that takes place over 23 days and covers over 2,100 miles. Each year the race takes a different route, but the finish is always in Paris with the final sprint down the Champs-Élysées. The first ever Tour de France took place in 1903. The 100th Tour de France didn’t take place 100 years after the first race. This is because the Tour de France was canceled during World War I and World War II. The 100th Tour de France did not take place until 2013. Some stages of the race are flat and fast, and others are mountainous. Hundreds of thousands of people line the route of the race each day, and some people camp for up to a week to be sure to get a good view. With all of the crowds and excitement, the atmosphere is often festive, like a parade.

Yellow Jersey Each day, the cyclist with the fastest overall time from the very start of the first day of the race, gets to wear the prestigious yellow jersey.

Some of the people whose homes, businesses or farms are along the Tour de France route decorate their buildings and homes, and paint the roads and display yellow bikes on the side of the road. Some farmers have even painted their sheep, or ploughed bicycle shapes into their crops!

Each team has a "team car" in which their coach, doctor, and bicycle mechanic ride in. The team car is the team's mobile base on the road from which the team's coach directs the team's strategy, and the team's mechanic and doctor look after the riders. Each team also has a team leader. The team leader is the team's best rider, for whom the rest of the team is working to achieve a goal like the overall victory, or the points jersey. The Stage Winner is not the only rider who gets to go on the podium each day. There are other winners too, with each getting to wear a special colored cycling jersey (shirt): a yellow jersey, a green jersey, a white jersey and a red and white polka-dotted jersey. (Read about the meaning of the different colors of the winners' jerseys at left). The overall race leader gets to wear the yellow jersey. The overall winner of the Tour de France is the rider with the quickest time for all the stages put together.

Upon crossing the finish line of each stage, each cyclist's time is recorded. At the end of each day, the stage times from the start of the race are added up for each cyclist. The cyclist with the fastest overall time from the start is awarded the yellow jersey to wear on the next stage. The overall winner of the Tour de France is the rider with the fastest time for all the stages put together.

Green Jersey "Sprinter's Jersey" The green jersey is worn by the best sprinter and time trialist.

Polka-Dot Jersey Best Climber, or "King of the Mountains"

2016 Tour de France, Champs-Élysées at the Arc de Triomphe, Wikimedia Commons Image: Rob Larsen

The best climber, or the "King of the Mountains" wears the red and white polkadot jersey. The King of the Mountains is the rider who has the most points from the mountain stages. The steeper the mountain, the more points a rider can get.

White jersey The white jersey is given to the best young rider (under 26 years old) overall. Jersey images: lecoqsportif.com

Above: A sea of cyclists in the 1962 Tour de France. Above: Abov Ab e: 1912 1912 Tour Tour de de France France

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JULY 2019 Flick Picks Spider-Man: Far From Home

The Lion King

(In Theaters: July 2, 2019)

(In Theaters: July 19, 2019)

Peter Parker's relaxing European vacation ttakes an unexpected turn when Nick Fury ssuddenly shows up in his hotel room. Parker soon finds himself donning his Spider Man suit to help Fury stop the evil S Mysterio from wreaking havoc in cities M across Europe, including Venice, Prague, a Berlin, and London. B

Rated PG (for some mild action and rude humor). (2 hours, 10 min.) Sony Distribution, Pascal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures.

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2019 FREE Summer Kids Movie Series at Northgate Stadium 10 Theater Northgate Stadium 10 Theater presents a Free Summer Kids' Movie Series, with films screening three days a week—Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays—at 9:30 a.m. beginning Tuesday, June11 and concluding Thursday, August 15. $5 Kids Summer Fun Snack Packs available.

Northgate Stadium 10 Theater is located at 1058 West Club Boulevard, Durham. For more information call (919) 286-1001 or visit www.stadium10northgatemall.com.

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Northgate Stadium 10 Theater 2019 FREE Summer Kids’ Movie Series Schedule Kids Summer Series Movies start at 9:30 a.m., every Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. Week 1 June 11, 12, 13 - Storks - PG Week 2 June 18, 19, 20 - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch - PG Week 3 June 25, 26, 27 - Trolls - PG Week 4 July 2, 3, 4 - Wonder Park - PG Week 5 July 9, 10, 11 - Minions - PG Week 6 July 16, 17, 18 - Secret Life of Pets - PG Week 7 July 23, 24, 25 - Lego Movie 2 - PG Week 8 July 30, 31, Aug 1 - How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World - PG Week 9 Aug 6, 7, 8 - Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation - PG Week 10 Aug 13, 14, 15 - Despicable Me 3 - PG

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