family time!
October
TOP EVENTS
NOTE: Because last-minute schedule changes can occur, please confirm dates and times on event websites. Find more extensive day-by-day event listings at raisingarizonakids.
Phoenix Children's Hospital 5K Walk and Fun Run (Oct. 2) at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza.
com/calendar. Send calendar information to familytime@RAKmagazine.com
OCT. 1-2
OCT. 2
The Great American Seed Up. A unique and popular “pop up”
“Kids Music Day” Fun! Come experience the joy of family music while celebrating “Kids Music
seed bazaar that offers well-known garden varieties in a bulk
Day!” Singing, dancing and making beautiful music with your child! Music Together in Phoenix is
seed format where customers can scoop up as many seeds as
offering a free preview of our Mixed Age class for families with children age birth to 5 years. (one adult
they want from popcorn buckets. This one-of-a-kind purchasing
and two children maximum per family). 1 p.m. Kids.Play.Music., 3241 E Shea Blvd, Phoenix. 602-363-
option eliminates the high cost of packaging, printing and mailing
8202 or musictogetherinphx.com
so that seeds can be dramatically discounted. Plus free online classes and chats to help answer questions about growing
Monster Jam It’s time to fire up the engines again as the most action-packed motorsports experience
fruits and vegetables. All seeds are non-GMO, desert-adapted,
for families in the world today roars back into Arizona for another high-octane weekend event.
open pollinated, and dramatically reduced in price. 4 to 8 p.m.
Featuring the ultimate mix of high-flying stunts and four-wheel excitement. With unbelievable action
Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. $7.50 per person. Saturday. North
to unexpected thrills, this is full throttle family fun. 7 p.m. (Pit Party 2:30 to 5:30 p.m.). Tickets $23-
Phoenix Baptist Church Bldg. B, 5757 N. Central Ave., Phoenix.
$149. State Farm Stadium, 1 Cardinals Drive, Glendale. 800-745-3000 or monsterjam.com
greatamericanseedup.org Once Upon a Star workshops: Spooky Poetry in Motion. Join Step and Lisa from Desert Dance for a movement and communication class incorporating poetry, dance and mask making.
OCT. 1-10
Open to all special needs persons ages 6-adult. Participants do not need to be enrolled at Hi Star to
Miss Demeanor: The Musical Comedy Beauty Contest.
attend workshops. Classes meet the first Saturday of every month. 1 to 3 p.m. $30 per workshop.
Fountain Hills Youth Theater presents a fun, toe-tapping musical
Reservations are required for all worships due to limited class size. Hi-Star Center for Children, 5807
spoofs beauty pageants and the silly stereotypes that enter these
N. 43rd Ave., Phoenix. 602-548-3038 or onceuponastar@gmail.com or histarcenter.com
events. Presented by the fictional Demeanor Hair Care Company, six questionable contestants vie in beauty, pose and talent
Phoenix Children’s Hospital 5K Walk and Fun Run. A family-friendly event for runners, weekend
categories to win the ‘coveted’ title of Miss Demeanor. It is soon
joggers and everyone looking for a fun activity, will be in-person and virtual this year. 6:30 a.m. In-person
discovered that one of the contestants is sabotaging the pageant.
registration; 7:30 a.m. 5K walk/run; 8:30 a.m. and the Kids’ Dash. Proceeds support vital PCH programs
7 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sundays. $18, group rates
and services that are funded through donations to the Phoenix Children’s Foundation. 5K $55 adults,
available. Fountain Hills Theater (Main stage), 11445 N. Saguaro
$15 youth. Kids’ dash $15 ages 12 and younger. Fundraising encouraged. Donations gratefully accepted.
Blvd., Fountain Hills. 480-837-9661 x3 or fhtaz.org
Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, 1700 W. Washington Street, Phoenix. phoenixchildrensfoundation.org
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