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Nancy Churnin writes about family entertainment for The Dallas Morning News.
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12/03/2008

Fast-growing youth theater opens new shows
Wonder what happened to Plano Children's Theatre? The little company in a Plano shopping mall is growing, just like the kids on its stages, and it has sprouted two adjuncts and lots of new spaces.

11/25/2008

3 families create marionette magic in holiday shows opening this weekend
Marionettes are magical. As they prance upon the stage, strings flying, it's easy to forget the puppeteers behind their performance – just one of the many ways the puppets lend themselves to endless metaphors about the human condition.

11/12/2008

Eager pooch earns his treats as a canine actor
McCulley Morrow has no stage fright. The 5-year-old can't wait to perform with the kids taking dance and theater lessons at Morrow's Performing Arts Center in Plano, where he hangs out most days. Just don't tell this little Yorkie-dachshund mix that he's a canine.

11/05/2008

Reptile Fest celebrates reptiles of the world
They're creepy and they're crawly – and that's why we love them.

11/04/2008

Actress, author Jamie Lee Curtis celebrates her older, happier self
Weeks from turning 50, Jamie Lee Curtis has never been happier. It's not because the longtime movie star, who last enchanted the kids in Freaky Friday , is appearing in the hit Beverly Hills Chihuahua . Although, she says, that was a lot of fun.

10/31/2008

Youngsters can dress up for Dallas Symphony's Walt Disney concert
A blizzard of Disney princesses and pirates descended on The Dallas Morning News last week, eager to preen in the dazzling duds they'll don for "The Magical Music of Walt Disney" performed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

Dallas, Plano symphonies offer Halloween performances, fun

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Concert-goers at a past Spooky Symphony

Kids don't have to wait for Oct. 31 to strut in their costumes.

King Tut's belongings suggest afterlife one big game
Tutankhamun ascended the throne as a 9-year-old and died about 10 years later. Many things in the boy king's tomb, from a dog collar to game boards, reflect his young age.

9-year-olds tell what they'd do if they were Pharoah
King Tut ascended the throne when he was only 9 years old. Which makes us wonder – what's the first thing a 9-year-old would do upon becoming a ruler?

State Fair: Frugal family fun
The kids might be clamoring to go to the State Fair of Texas. But it can be a budget-buster for families, especially if you head straight to the midway, where the colored lights weave hypnotically through the air and giggles call like siren songs.