By Anna Skinner
GiGi’s Cupcakes and Kits and Kaboodle are partnering to provide a kid-friendly President’s Day event.
Danny Russel will impersonate Abraham Lincoln and Larry Marple will impersonate Teddy Roosevelt in the GiGi’s Cupcakes Monon Room, 2454 E. 146th St., Feb. 20.
“GiGi’s Cupcakes and Kits and Kaboodle partner together on story time and other community events together because we have a great resource at GiGi’s called the Monon Room,” said Kits and Kaboodle Owner Teneen Dobbs, who is partnering with GiGi’s Cupcakes owner, Nick Pappas, for the event. “It’s just a nice place for us to go with little ones and have an event.”
The show will show Lincoln’s routes through Indiana, and Dobbs said the Roosevelt portion will add something different the partnership has never had before. Russel also portrays James Whitcomb Riley for kids through a separate event.
Two shows will take place, one starting at 2:30 p.m. and the other beginning at 4 p.m. Tickets in advance cost $9 with at-the-door purchases costing $12. A cupcake and a drink are included in the price.
“We are really stressing in our store the whole 200th year celebration in Indiana,” Dobbs said. “We are trying to bring in different toys to represent Indiana. We are looking for special items made in Indiana.”
A certain corner of Kits and Kaboodle will be designated to Indiana’s bicentennial celebration. In addition the specialized corner, Dobbs said Kits and Kaboodle is hosting a diorama competition throughout February.
“Nick has a lot of accessories (at GiGi’s Cupcakes) like some great T-shirts celebrating our history,” she said. “Also, we are working on a historical time in Indiana’s history where you create a diorama in our store with a shoebox that displays a favorite historical time.”
To purchase seats for the post President’s Day event, call 663-8553.
