Arts & Entertainment
Grab and Go Kids Planner
As always, there's a wide variety of things to do with your kids and for your kids in and around Scotts Valley this week. Here are our Patch recommendations!
Take your child to try out for a role in a youth Shakespeare production, go as a family to the meeting about Relay for Life, go to a home and garden show and wander with your kids, or see a toy train exhibit and ride a real train, too. These are just a few of our suggestions for what to do in and around Scotts Valley—with and for your kids this week!
Where/When: 5271 Scotts Valley Dr., (St. Phillips Episcopal Church). Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
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Why Go: Young actors are wanted, and one of them could be your child. The program is looking for young actors, ages 5 to 19, for this year's production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest: Revisited & Fantastic Journey: Poetry in Motion.
Come to an informational meeting and sign up. If you can't make it this week, there is another meeting, same time, same place, on Tuesday.
Pricing: Free
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Where/When: , 230 Mt. Hermon Rd. Friday, 6-8 p.m.
Why Go: You and your family can enjoy some barbecue and learn more about the official start of "Relay Season" and the Relay for Life. Celebrate those who have won their battle with cancer and remember those who lost. You and your family can get involved in the fight against this disease by raising money and awareness. And you can enjoy, the music, food and perhaps win a door prize.
Pricing: Free
Where/When: Cocoanut Grove, 400 Beach St., Santa Cruz. Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Why Go: Need home improvement ideas? Need garden ideas? See all that's new and different and see what suits your taste—and your child's taste, too. This is a terrific event to bring your child to. If you get there early, you may get a free plant and/or T-shirt!
Pricing: $3 adults; children 12 and under, free
Where/When: Henry Cowell Redwood State Park, 303 Big Trees Park Rd., Felton. Saturday and Sunday (and this is the last weekend it is open!)
Why Go: Again, this is the last weekend the toy train exhibit AND the real train ride will be open and available to you and your children. The Toy Train presentation in the Nature Store is a look at a delightful ride through the redwoods. Then you can walk right next door and ride the Roaring Camp Railroads!
Pricing: Parking, $10; park admission free. Check for price of Roaring Camp Railroad ride.
Where/When: Love Apple Farm, 2317 Vine Hill Rd., Santa Cruz. Saturday, noon-4 p.m.
Why Go: You and your child (age 7 and up) can learn together about farming, food and the connection between what is grown and what you eat.
Pricing: $149 for parent and child; $79 for each additional child.