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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20260119
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 loads-of-fun-and-educational-things-to-do/
SUMMARY:School's Out on MLK Day and There Are Loads of Fun and Educational 
 Things to Do
DESCRIPTION:\nMon 1/19\nOnce again\, organizations all over town will be ho
 sting special events and open houses for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day\, 
 many of them oriented to families since kids are off school that day.\nThe
  Cleveland Museum of Art is not typically open on Mondays\, but it will be
  on January 19 from 10am-4pm with a variety of events and hands-on activit
 ies inspired by Dr. King’s life and mission. Visitors can create prints 
 with Zygote Press\, design a flag\, craft a journal\, leave a message with
  the Splice Cream Truck\, engage in a hands-on filmmaking workshop with Cl
 eveland filmmaker Robert Banks and take a guided tour to learn how art can
  express strong messages of inspiration. Admission to its special exhibit 
 Renaissance to Runway will be free on a first-come/first-serve basis\, and
  there will be dance\, poetry\, classical guitar and storytelling performa
 nces. Find more info here.\nAcross the street\, Severance Hall will be cel
 ebrating its annual open house and day of music\, starting at noon. Admiss
 ion is free and so are the hot chocolate and cookies. There’ll be intera
 ctive activities and performances throughout the building\, including by t
 he Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra\, the 10K Movement dancers\, the le
 gendary Shaw High School Band\, the St. Edward High School Trash Talkers p
 ercussion group and many more. There's a full schedule at mlk-open-house-a
 nd-day-of-music.\nAlso open and free in University Circle are the Clevelan
 d Botanical Garden (10am-5pm)\, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (1
 0am-5pm)\, and the Cleveland History Center (10am-4pm)\, with a free shutt
 le running to take visitors between them.\nYou can also visit the Rock Hal
 l for free with an advance registration: go here.\nDown in Akron\, the Akr
 on Zoo will be open from 11am-4pm and free and will have a temporary exhib
 it called Celebrating Black History in Perkins Woods. The Akron Art Museum
  will also be open from 11am-5pm—and free—with family-friendly games i
 n the lobby and short films celebrating Black stories in the auditorium.\n
  And if you’re looking for something really low-key to do\, stop by the
  Summit Lake Nature Center from 10am-noon for its MLK Day of Service\, mak
 ing seed balls with pollinator-friendly native plant seeds. “Martin Luth
 er King Jr. continues to inspire communities with the work he did over hal
 f a century ago\,” they share. “In his honor we will be making seed ba
 lls with native\, pollinator friendly plant species that can be planted du
 ring spring in areas lacking vegetation. Dress for a mess. Please bring an
  egg carton to transport seed balls.” Registration is required. Go here.
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