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Crayola invites you to Dandelion’s retirement tour this weekend in Atlanta

Did you hear that Dan D. is retiring? He’s not the lazy guy near the vending machine, well, at least this is not about that Dan D. Dandelion, is in the final stages of the Crayola Crayon Retirement Tour. Yellow, at least this particular shade of yellow, dandelion, is hanging up the paper wrapper. However, he’ll be making a special stop in Atlanta this coming weekend. Not only is he appearing at five metro Atlanta Target stores, he’s bringing some presents.

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Dig the Scholastic Summer Reading Road Trip RV in Atlanta on July 21

The Scholastic Summer Reading Road Trip RV is ending its nationwide trip in Atlanta on July 21. The summer slide is real and all summer long the Scholastic Reading Road Trip RV has been cruising across the USA helping kids, parents and communities keep kids reading during those school-free months. An RV full of free reading activities, authors signing books and giveaways is just the sort of thing to help out parents and energize young readers.

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Cinderella Della Circus adds quirky twists and puppets to shake up story

The story of Cinderella is timeless and offers lots of avenues for twists. That is important especially when your audience might have short attention spans. Cinderella Della Circus has roots in the classic tale, but also offers up some strange twists and bigger laughs than some in the audience are expecting. It’s appearing at Center For Puppetry Arts in Atlanta through July 23.

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Plan ahead for MomoCon next year, May 24-27, 2018

Geek life, parenting, family, pre-teens who like manga or anime and college students who want to cosplay and party. To some extent all of those variables exist at any con; however, at MomoCon they exist on a level so perfectly other cons wish that they could bottle its secret sauce. The tricky part of that equation is the family element. If you have a con that’s too family friendly then it won’t be interesting to the kids. If the con has too high of a demographic then it’s great for adults, but too much for children.

MomoCon manages to assemble the standard elements that make a con fabulous, but has deftly managed to keep it incredibly family friendly. A family that cons together stays together and families that attend MomoCon can usually be divided up into two groups. There are the families that go there to cosplay and those that go for the games.

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Justice League: Battle For Metropolis at Six Flags is top notch family fun

Justice League: Battle For Metropolis just opened at Six Flags Over Georgia. It’s a 4D interactive attraction that takes riders through Metropolis as its under siege from a litany of villains in the DC Universe. The ride was names one of the Top Ten New Amusement Park Attractions by USA Today and was awarded the Brass Ring for “Best New Product In The World” by international Association of Amusement Parks. That’s a whole bunch of accolades, but is Justice League: Battle For Metropolis a fun ride for the family?

Oh yes, Justice League: Battle For Metropolis is a hoot for ages 5 and up. I was concerned that our 5 year old wouldn’t like it-or be too scared to go on it, but he really enjoyed the ride. This is a slow moving ride where riders shoot various bad guys and villains with the laser guns that are in front of them once they’re seated.

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Mamma Mia!, the farewell tour finishes in Atlanta

Mamma Mia!, the massive Broadway tour is finishing its run after an amazing 14 year run. My wife and I saw the show when it came through Atlanta several years ago. It’s a greatest hits recap of ABBA’s career. However, odds are that you already knew that, to recap the headline again: Mamma Mia! is ending its tour this year. Ending, final, last, no mas, this is it for Mamma Mia!

Did you see the film? Mamma Mia ties together a handful of great songs from one of the world’s greatest musical groups. Think of a great ABBA song and it’s most likely included in this traveling show. Dancing Queen, Take A Chance On Me, S.O.S., Super Trooper, The Winner Takes It All and many more will all be heard during this show’s final run.

I love ABBA. I really enjoyed Mamma Mia!. My wife likes ABBA and loved the musical. She loved it so much that it was one of her go-to, ‘if it ever comes to town again, just get tickets’. For the record Sting and Annie Lennox have the same ticket mandated request from her. It’s a short list. Continue reading Mamma Mia!, the farewell tour finishes in Atlanta

The Wonderful World of Ashley Bryan at High Museum of Art

There’s a new exhibit at High Museum of Art. The Wonderful World of Ashley Brown collects more than 70 original works of art from the prolific artist in a variety of mediums. Ashley Brown is one of those artists that families and children know and love, even if they don’t know they know him.

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Time flies at Brookaven Cherry Blossom Festival

We were compensated for this post. All thoughts are our own. Oh Sakura, you spoil us. Cherry Blossom season is short-so get out and take advantage of these magical light pink flowers. They’ll be gone from trees before you know it. Take this time now to plan ahead and put the Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival on your calendar for 2018. The 2017 Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival ended and it’s one that is incredibly family friendly, it’s also dog friendly, has live music, great food and some special surprises that only Atlanta can bring.

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