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It's that wonderful time of year again.

Studio 34, home of a recently featured Mom and Baby yoga mention, is starting a fantastic new class for kids (ages 18 months to 4 years) and they want you to try it out for free. Today, October 15th, check out the kids' ZoomDance series at 10:30 a.m. What is ZoomDance? I didn't know, either, but Studio 34 was kind enough to explain it to me. A high-energy class of dance, music, story-telling, and imagination which promotes literacy and creative expression. In other words, it's kinda a perfect class. Each week the group will read a different book and then act it out, inventing characters, exploring the space, and showing off—everything kids love to do. A seven week course, the whole session will run you $70, however if you sign up before the 15th, they'll knock off ten. Pre-register and get all your questions answered here or, feel free to give Studio 34 a call at 610-937-2032.

Give us a race with kayaking, naked bowling, and murderball any day. For anyone who thinks running just to run is just plain boring, the urban adventuring event that is City Chase USA is where it's at. Saturday morning in Love Park with started off some pre-chase chocolate covered cricket smoothie drinkin', an on-the-spot, off-key rendition of the national anthem sung a guy wearing shiny, shiny Rocky shorts and a warm up session led by two trainers from race sponsor Sweat Fitness. If there's one best decision Team Phillyist made along the way, it was to NOT DO SQUATS before literally running around Philadelphia for 4 hours. Crazy Sweat Trainer Dude: I would come take your class—that was a good live commercial. But did no one tell you the amount of cardio that was about to commence? (Hint: a lot).

The current Franklin Square seems designed more for visitors to our fair city than for its residents, which is fine. It is a splendid presentation and the fancy park is a huge step up from what the place used to be. And besides, while we may not be tourists, that doesn't mean we can't play mini-golf or ride the carousel.

No debate: there’s no better, or more appropriate, place to celebrate the birth of our nation than right here in Philly. Here are a few things to help you enjoy your freedom this weekend. The best part? Most of it’s free.

We drove by Franklin Park on Saturday and were convinced we saw a giant sand sculpture, but we couldn't figure out what dinosaurs, a baseball, and a gym would all be doing on the same sculpture, so we chalked it up to our overactive imaginations.

Today a new family-friendly attraction is opening at 6th and Race, courtesy Once Upon A Nation and Fairmount Park, and in celebration of Ben Franklin's 300th birthday. It's the new Franklin Square (more on its history here), featuring an old-fashioned carousel with 30 horses; a restored 19th century fountain; a picnic area (with food provided, it sounds like); an 18-hole Philly-themed mini golf course (called, appropriately enough, Philly Mini Golf); and two new "state-of-the-art" playgrounds - one for the little kids, and "a more challenging one" for the bigger kids. Sounds very cool, although we're not sure how a playground can be "state-of-the-art" - or "more challenging," for that matter. We're particularly excited about the Philly Mini Golf. We couldn't care less about boring old real golf, but putting your ball over the B. Franklin bridge, up the steps of the Art Museum, and then into the Liberty Bell? That's pure entertainment. We don't think there are any windmills in Philly, but now we kind of wish there were because one of those really puts any course over the top. Anyway, everything's free for kids 2 and under, while slightly older kids will pay $6 for the golf and $2 for the carousel, and adults will pay $8 for the golf and $3 for the carousel. The square will be open 10AM-9PM through Labor Day; check the website for fall hours. Now, when are they going to reopen the old Franklin Square PATCO station?