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May
11, 2009: Curiosity Zone nominated again for a Nickelodeon
Parents' Pick Award for the D.C. Metro Area. Curiosity
Zone was named Nickelodeon's Parents' Pick for Best Indoor Play
& Party Space in D.C. in 2008.
Vote now and help us win!
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Nominated for a 2009 "Best of
Families" Award in Washington Family Magazine. More info
coming as voting begins!
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May
7, 2009: Curiosity Zone, through its related company Ever
Wonder Records, closes a significant private investment round
for its line of "Science You Can Sing To" line of music CDs for kids.
The first CD in the series,
Swamp Stomp
Boogie, is available now at Amazon.com and iTunes.com.
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January
5, 2009: Tommy McFly features Swamp Stomp Boogie live on
his Mix 107.3 show.
Listen to the
show & call-in banter.
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December
30, 2008:
Swamp Stomp
Boogie CD featured in
USA Today as a recommended CD for kids.
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December 2008: C-Zone founder
Mary Porter talks
live on the radio with Tommy McFly on Mix 107.3 about kids & curiosity.
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December 1, 2008: C-Zone founder
Mary Porter talks to the
National Law Journal about the versatility of a law degree.
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October 2008: Curiosity Zone
provides hands-on science activities for the launch of
the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum's Early Learning program.
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October 2008: Curiosity Zone
wins the 2008 Nickelodeon Parents' Pick for Best Indoor Play &
Party Space, 2008.
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August 23, 2008: Curiosity Zone
performs live on the main stage at Family Fest, Dulles Town
Center Mall.
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August 21, 2008:
Swamp Stomp
Boogie, a "science you can sing to" CD written, recorded
& produced in Nashville by Grammy and Wammie Award-winning
producers and musicians, based on the Curiosity Zone's
curriculum, is released electronically by Dualtone Music on
iTunes. Album available at the Curiosity Zone,
SwampStompBoogie.com, Amazon.com and Target.com.
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August 12, 2008: C-Zone featured
in full-page ad in the Washington Enquirer. Ad sponsored
by Loudoun County Department of Economic Development.
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July 9, 2008: C-Zone appears
live on Fox 5 Morning News for the second time.
View Video.
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June 10, 2008: Curiosity Zone
releases its first single from the album Swamp Stomp Boogie. Listen to the
single on
YouTube.
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June 2008: Curiosity Zone
video published online.
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May, 2008: Curiosity Zone featured on the cover
of
Loudoun's 2008 Guide to Doing Business in Loudoun County.
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Toys Safe at the Curiosity Zone.
Searching for Safe Toys, The Connection, Dec. 12, 2007.
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Class video clips now available in
C-Zone founder's blog,
Days of Wonder.
Dec. 11, 2007.
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Curiosity Zone founder appointed to
Loudoun's Economic Development Commission.
Supervisors Appoint Two to the EDC, Loudoun Business, Dec.
6, 2007.
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Curiosity Zone & founder Mary Porter
featured in Modern Mom Magazine.
Rebranding Science as Fun, Modern Mom Magazine, Oct. 2007.
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Curiosity Zone founder participates in
entrepreneurship panel at University of Virginia School of Law.
Alumni Explore How to Break Into Entrepreneurial World after Law
School. Oct. 24, 2007.
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Curiosity Zone founder gives keynote
at Loudoun Small Business Awards. Loudoun Business, November 7,
2006.
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Curiosity Zone chosen to be one of
the "Stories
of Loudoun" in new Loudoun County economic development
marketing campaign. July, 2006.
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Fox 5 Morning News broadcast
live C-Zone Monday, Nov. 28, 2005, from 7-9 am.
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Curiosity Zone named Loudoun County's
2005 Entrepreneur of the Year (Nov. 2005)
Chamber Honors Loudoun's Small Businesses, Loudoun Times
Mirror, Nov. 15, 2005.
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A
Conversation with Mary Porter, Washington Business Journal
(May 6-12, 2005)
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Curiosity Zone Helps Children Learn Joys of Science, Loudoun
Times (January 25, 2005).
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Ashburn 'Curiosity Zone' Offers Creative Activities for Children,
The Observer (January 14, 2005)
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Cascade Moms' Network Newsletter (January 2005)
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Children's Science Lab Opening in Ashburn, Loudoun Times
(January 5, 2005)
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Science
Lab for Kids Coming to Ashburn, Loudoun Times (October 22,
2004)
