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Events To Keep The Kids Busy During School Vacation Week

BOSTON (CBS) -- If you're looking for activities and events to keep your kids busy during school vacation week, look no further.

Free Movies

Faneuil Hall Marketplace will host a series of free movies at night this week at Quincy Market.

The movies will start at 6:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, and will be shown in the lower rotunda of the marketplace's Quincy Market building.

The schedule is:

  • Monday - Finding Dory
  • Tuesday - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the version featuring Johnny Depp)
  • Wednesday - The Secret Life of Pets
  • Thursday - Captain America

"Here at Faneuil Hall Marketplace we are always looking for fun ways to engage kids," Carol Troxell, President of the Faneuil Hall Merchants Association, said in a statement. "We are excited to present Marketplace Movie Nights as a fun and affordable activity for families during their February school vacation."

The films are all rated PG. Special discount parking is being offered nearby at the State Street Garage after 4 p.m. for $10.

For more information, visit faneuilhallmarketplace.com.

Gardner Museum

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is hosting a Winter Party on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Activities include a blue-themed art party, an interactive theater in the building's Gothic Room on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, a performance by an electric violinist, and a chance for kids to try their hand at conducting students from the New England Conservatory on Thursday at Calderwood Hall.

On Friday from 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., there will be an Afro-Latin percussion performance by the Hyde Square Task Force Musicians in Community.

Tickets to the museum are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, and $5 for college students--and admission is free to anyone under 18.

The museum said the activities are for children aged 7-12. For more information, visit gardnermuseum.org.

 

Patriot Place

At the home of the New England Patriots in Foxboro, a week of ice skating, mini golf, and more is in order.

There will be an outdoor winter skate from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day of the week--but it ends for the season this Sunday.

On Tuesday, Cinema de Lux will host a reading of "D.W. Goes to Preschool" as part of a free weekly storytime, with a special appearance by Arthur.

The Patriot Place Activity Center will be hosting parties from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. all week:

  • Monday - Mini golf party featuring a six-hole mini golf course
  • Tuesday - Science party
  • Wednesday - Board game party featuring life-sized board games
  • Thursday - Royal Carnival party featuring a castle, carnival games, and crafts
  • Friday - Twister party featuring temporary tattoos and carnival games

For more info, and a full schedule, visit patriot-place.com.

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