Tucson Parks and Recreation Department and Dan Felix Memorial Fund present the 7th Annual Family Festival in the Park. This free annual community-wide event is about having family fun and a terrific opportunity for Tucson Parks and Recreation to showcase programs and activities offered to the community. This year we have partnered with the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, so please bring a donation of canned goods to the festival. The event is expected to attract more than 9,000 Tucsonans. Family activities include stage entertainment, carnival games, inflatables, crafts, golf clinic, tennis games, and demonstrations of pottery, and drawing offered by the leisure class unit.

The Reid Park Zoo will have free admission as well as the Edith Ball Adaptive Recreation Center hosting an afternoon of free swimming from Noon-4 p.m. and Tucson City Golf will offer a free 10-minute golf instruction at the Randolph Driving Range adjacent to the park on Alvernon Way from 10 a.m.-noon. Come to our Parks and Recreation information booth to catch the highlights the various Parks and Recreation units offering services and programs to the community. Entertainment will be presented throughout the day and a variety of foods will be available for purchase through local vendors.

Who:Everyone

What:Family Festival in the Park

When:Saturday, November 17th, 10 a.m-2 p.m.

Where:Reid Park, 22nd and Country Club (West of the Zoo)

Contact:Sierra Davenport, Community Promotions and Marketing Manager
Sierra.Davenport@tucsonaz.gov or 837-8032 for more information

A special thanks to our event sponsors: Dan Felix Memorial Fund, Northwest Medical Center, Pyramid Federal Credit Union, Carondelet, Tucson Lifestyle Magazine, Bear Essential News, and Wendy’s.

I hate bullies. Don’t you? And ask 12 year old local author Levi Fallavollita (of
Vail, AZ) about bullying at school, which is what this book “The Good The Bad and The Bullies” is about.

Levi writes about his personal experiences with other boys at school, jealousy over friendship, thoughts about what is a “real friend”, how to fit in.

Various lessons are portrayed in the book, with discussion about how to get away from bullies, and how to get help. Most of all the book talks about the necessity of trying to stop bullying behavior and turn the situation from fear & anger into something positive.

Book Ordering Information:

http://www.thegoodthebadandthebullies.com/

Hardcovers are $15
Softcovers are $10
PLease add $2.00 for postage

You can pay by paypal to gclfall@msn.com.
To contact Levi about purchasing the book please email gclfall@msn.com or levifall@yahoo.com.

Proceeds for the book are to start up & maintain their website to “hopefully help towards reaching the end of bullying in our country”.

This children’s book about school life and bullying is well written with realistic illustrations by fellow student Gabe Villa (who was also bullied by the same boys). There even is mention of the perils of cyber-bulling. And the book title is very clever.

Levi and Gabe signing their book at Bookman’s on Speedway on August 14, courtesy of Chantel Fallavollita

My son was bullied in middle school here in Tucson, and prevailed due to intervention from the school counselor, principal, teachers, and us parents. The gang of boys apologized for their nasty behavior and didn’t pick on him again. I definitely advocate that people of any age who are being bullied learn to speak out & find a way to overcome bullying.

The Pima County Board of Supervisors will be proclaiming Monday August 20, as “Anti-bullying Day” and Levi and Gabe will be present at the Board’s meeting for that proclamation, at 130 W. Congress St. at 9 a.m. Supervisor Ray Carroll has sponsored this proclamation as the boys live in his District 4. Levi is a student reporter for the monthly “The Vail Voice”, and he meet Supervisor Carroll at the July 11 grand opening of Old Vail Hot Rod (click here for Levi’s article). It was at that event that Supervisor Carroll found out about Levi’s “Bullies” book, and last Saturday he attended the book signing at Bookman’s on Speedway.

Just found out that both boys are young reporters for Bear Essential News for Kids.

Congratulations to Levi and Gabe on publishing this book. And let us all work together to stop bullying.

Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult, please. Note free book “Holes” at showing on July 28, while supplies last.

THE MOVIE LINE-UP:
(Featuring great short films from around the world before every feature)

Saturday, July 23
ANNIE Sing-A-Long!
(1982, 127 min., live action, rated G)
The world’s favorite plucky redhead sings and dances her way from Miss Hannigan’s orphanage to Daddy Warbuck’s mansion, while still finding time to battle the bad guys, hang out with her faithful dog Sandy and dream about what might happen “Tomorrow!”
All the words to all the songs will be up on the screen so you can sing-a-long to such classic tunes as “It’s the Hard Knock Life,” “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile” and “Tomorrow!”

Sunday, July 24
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?
(1988, 104 min., live action / animated, rated PG)
It’s wild fun in Toontown when tough guy detective Eddie Valiant joins forces with cartoon superstar Roger Rabbit and his bombshell wife Jessica to find out who framed the bunny … but can they solve the mystery in time to save the residents of Toontown from destruction by the evil Judge Doom?

Monday, July 25
THE SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD
(1958, 88 min., live action, rated G)
Join the heroic Sinbad on his grand swashbuckling adventure involving a tiny princess, a fire-breathing dragon, a very angry Cyclops and an equally crabby two-headed monster bird! Featuring amazing stop-motion special effects from legendary artist Ray Harryhausen, this was the very first installment of the beloved Sinbad movie series!

Tuesday, July 26
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
(1960, 126 min., live action, rated G)
Disney’s spectacular screen version of the classic novel by Johann David Wyss chronicles the courageous exploits of the Robinson family after they’re shipwrecked on a desert island. With little hope of rescue, they must band together as a family in order to overcome an avalanche of obstacles while trying to create a new home for themselves, but can they defeat the cutthroat pirates who want to destroy their makeshift paradise?

Wednesday, July 27th
ELEANOR’S SECRET
(2010, France, dubbed in English, 80 min., animated, Not Rated / All Ages)
In this new animated feature from France, a young boy who can’t read discovers his eccentric Aunt Eleanor’s magic library, which serves as a shelter for all the heroes found in children’s literature. When an evil book dealer tries to obtain all the books in the library, such characters as Little Red Riding Hood and Peter Pan come to life and the boy must learn to read and stop the book dealer’s nasty plan in order to save the characters from extinction, since without the magic library, they will cease to exist. But a wicked fairy from one of the books has shrunk the boy to miniature size, so how will he be able to save his new friends and their stories for future generations of readers?

Thursday, July 28th
HOLES
(2003, 117 min., live action, rated PG)
With FREE copies of the book for those in attendance, while supplies last!
Louis Sachar’s award-winning book comes to life in this phenomenally fun, adventure-filled Disney movie. Dogged by bad luck stemming from an ancient family curse, young Stanley (Shia LaBeouf) is sent to Camp Green Lake, a very weird place that’s not green and doesn’t have a lake. Once there, he’s thrown headlong into the adventure of his life when he and his colorful campmates — Squid, Armpit, Zigzag, Magnet, X-Ray, and Zero — must dig a hole a day to keep the nasty warden at bay. But why? Through it all, Stanley and company must forge fast friendships as they try to unearth the mystery of what’s really going on in the middle of nowhere.
This screening is made possible by the generous support of Bookmans Entertainment Exchange and the Pima County Public Library!

Friday, July 29th
KING KONG / THE ORIGINAL VERSION
(1933, 100 min., live action, Not Rated / All Ages)
A movie crew on a filmmaking expedition discovers a mysterious island full of incredible wonders (and dangers), including long-lost dinosaurs, fantastic creatures and of course, a giant ape known as King Kong! When Kong falls for the movie’s beautiful blonde starlet, things start to get hairy, but when the movie crew decides to take the big ape back to civilization, things really go bananas as Kong tries to destroy New York City! Packed with thrills, chills and amazing special effects that still seem special almost eight decades later, this is THE all-time classic monster movie, and one of the most famous films ever made!

Saturday, July 30
THE SECRET OF NIMH
(1982, 82 min., animated, rated G)
Based on the classic children’s book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, this beautifully animated adventure stars Mrs. Brisby, a mild-mannered mother mouse with a plan to move Heaven and Earth (or at least her house and home) to save her family from Farmer Fitzgibbon’s plow! Along the way she gets some help from a lovelorn Crow, a busybody neighbor mouse and a fearsome Great Owl. Unfortunately, Mrs. Brisby will need an engineering miracle to hoist her home, and for that she must face a mysterious rat, fend off a ferocious cat and claim a magic amulet! But when Mrs. Brisby discovers the astounding secret of NIMH…it could change her life forever!

Sunday, July 31
BABE
(1995, 89 min., live action, rated G)
This Oscar-winning family classic tells the hilarious and heartwarming story of a shy Yorkshire piglet who doesn’t quite know his place in the world. But when Farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell) wins him at the county fair, Babe discovers that he can be anything he wants to be – even an award-winning sheepdog! With the help of a delightful assortment of talking barnyard friends and a chorus of singing mice, the heroic little pig is headed for the challenge of his life in this endearing and fun-filled tale. “That’ll do pig, that’ll do.”

PLUS: Fantastic short films before each feature! And don’t forget to enter our FREE DAILY RAFFLE to win FABULOUS SURPRISES!

The TUCSON INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL receives additional support from Bear Essential News, Bookmans Entertainment Exchange, KGUN 9′s The Morning Blend, Pima County Public Library and Tucson Federal Credit Union.