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What happens when a long-time feminist activist becomes a mother? How does she stay true to her vocation and voice and still have time for her daughter? She's not sure either, but join this baseball-loving Chicago feminist as she tries to find her way through typical parenting land mines with a feminist perspective.

Going to the movies without going broke

Remember the days when you just needed patience and a dollar to see a movie? Well now all you need is patience and five dollars! Kerosotes Theaters have this nifty club ingeniously called, The Five Buck Club. I read about it on Gapers Block a few months ago, filled out the application, and within a week or so, my member card showed up in the mail.

I've used it twice and it's easy schmeezy.  All you do is wait (that's where the patience comes in) for a movie to be out 2-3 weeks and be shown at a participating Kerosotes theater, show your card to the ticket seller and BAM! You get in for $5. Technically the website site says it is good for one ticket, but both times we've gotten both our tickets for only $5. My husband & I just saw Juno on Monday with this baby. Other movies that have been on the list for this special included "Alvin & The Chipmunks" and "I Am Legend," so there is a good mix between family movies and date night movies. And with the going rate for babysitters, us parents need a way to save money at the movies other than sneaking in red rope licorice & bottles of water.

Veronica loves her popcorn with all that fake butter & popcorn salt, not table salt. She also blogs at Viva La Feminista and Chicago Moms Blog. 

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Published Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:43 PM by Veronica Arreola

Comments

 

mclairch said:

Oh, I'm definitely signing up for that! The lack of movies seen in the theatre is my second biggest loss since becoming a parent (sleep is #1)...

January 24, 2008 5:32 PM
 

Veronica Arreola said:

Oh yeah...I feel ya. Child-free friends always ask me if I've seen this or that and many have been surprised it took me so darn long to see "Juno" considering who I am. haha!

January 25, 2008 9:30 AM
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