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AAA MEDIA KIT | EDITORIAL CALENDAR
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Florida
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Local travel
destinations,
experiences
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Georgia
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Local travel
destinations,
experiences
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Tennessee
Road Trips
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Local travel
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Iowa
Road Trips
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Local travel
destinations,
experiences
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Jan./Feb.
March/April
May/June
July/Aug.
Sept./Oct.
Nov./Dec.
Staying Connected
On the Go/Spring
Summer Savings
Back to School
Fall Savings
Holiday Shopping
Flowers for Valentine’s Day, Sprint, UPS, Dell, TV,
Partners
Penske, Prescription Savings, Online Mall Partners
Hertz Gold, Six Flags, Universal Orlando, Premium
Outlets, Tanger, Denny’s, Online Mall Partners
Dell, Sprint, Prescription Savings, Gap, NY&Co, Payless,
Vision Partners, Online Mall Partners
Papa John's, DirecTV, Sprint, Penske, Prescription Savings,
Online Mall Partners
Retail Partners, Hertz Gold, Prescription Savings,
1-800 Flowers
5 Things You Need to Know About the Connected Car
Giving Your Car What it Needs and Car Buying
Statistics
The Tech Behind AAA's Battery Testing
Using Mobile App for Roadside Assistance (Including Truck
Tracker)
How to Tell if Your Auto Repair Shop Makes the Grade —
ASE Certification and Warranty
Tire Safety Myths and Facts — Use Own Pressure Gauge
Senior Driving Part I: New Insights on Senior Driving
Teen Driving Safety
Effects of Marijuana on Driving
Senior Driving Part II: To Drive or Not to Drive
Child Car Seat Safety
Safe Driving Tips for Winter Snow and Ice
Caribbean Cruise
Africa — Serengeti and South Africa
Cuba
China
Europe — Italy
Europe — France
European River Cruise
National Parks
Family Travel Planning with Caribbean Focus
Mexico — Riviera Maya/Cancun
Alaska
Costa Rica
Disney
Canada
Asheville/Savannah
Washington, D.C.
Jan./Feb.
March/April
May/June
July/Aug.
Sept./Oct.
Nov./Dec.
Florida’s National Parks and Monuments
Dog-friendly getaways (tied to National Pet Day, April 11)
Silver Spurs Rodeo, Kissimmee; Patriotic
Destinations, Florida (tied to Memorial Day)
Playing and Learning: Museums and other destinations
emphasizing educational fun
Ghost Walks and Homespun Halloween: Corn mazes,
scarecrow contests, pumpkin festivals
New Year's Eve: For families, for romance, for fun (and
things to do during the day)
Gasparilla Parade, Tampa
Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In, Lakeland and SunFest, West Palm
Beach
Ethnic Enclaves: Towns and neighborhoods with
international flavor
Sunrise Cities: Great places to welcome the new day (and
things to do after)
No Tricks, All Treats: Destination-worthy spas
Naples International Film Festival and World Food
Championship, Kissimmee
Everglades Seafood Festival
Spring training hot spots (and things to do at night)
Mollusks in Peril Symposium, Captiva
Sugarland Tour, Clewiston
Festival of Bacon, Orlando
Literary Road Trip: Famous books about places, Florida
(with local detail)
Georgia's National Parks and Monuments
St. Patrick's Day, Savannah and Blessing of the Fleet,
Darien
Ethnic Enclaves: Towns and neighborhoods with
international flavor
Playing and Learning: Museums and other destinations
emphasizing educational fun
Ghost Walks and Homespun Halloween: Corn mazes,
scarecrow contests, pumpkin festivals
New Year's Eve: For families, for romance, for fun (and
things to do during the day)
Savannah Book Festival
Dog-friendly getaways (tied to National Pet Day, April 11)
EVP Beach Volleyball Tour, Tybee Island; Helen
Balloon Race
Sunrise Cities: Great places to welcome the new day (and
things to do after)
No Tricks, All Treats: Destination-worthy spas
Literary Road Trip: Famous books about places, Georgia
Hiroya Tsukamoto, Sautee Nacoochee Center
Savannah Music Festival
Patriotic destinations, Georgia (tied to Memorial Day)
Butternut Creek Festival, Blairsville
Savannah Jazz Festival
Festival of Lights, Savannah and Wildlife Festival,
Thomasville
Tennessee’s National Parks and Monuments
Dogwood Arts Festival, Knoxville; World’s Biggest Fish
Fry, Paris
Patriotic destinations, Tennessee (tied to Memorial
Day); MLK, Jr. Celebration, Memphis
Playing and Learning: Museums and other destinations
emphasizing educational fun
Ghost Walks and Homespun Halloween: Corn mazes,
scarecrow contests, pumpkin festivals
New Year's Eve: For families, for romance, for fun (and
things to do during the day)
East Tennessee Fishing Expo, Knoxville
Dog-friendly getaways (tied to National Pet Day, April 11)
Ethnic Enclaves: Towns and neighborhoods with
international flavor
Sunrise Cities: Great places to welcome the new day (and
things to do after)
No Tricks, All Treats: Destination-worthy spas
Literary Road Trip: Famous books about places, Tennessee
(with local detail)
Smoky Mountain Winterfest, Gatlinburg
Mule Day, Columbia
Strawberry Festival, Portland
Big Band Swingfest, Chattanooga
Shakespeare in the Park, Cookeville
Nashville Jewish Film Festival; Winter Magic, Gatlinburg
Jan./Feb.
March/April
May/June
July/Aug.
Sept./Oct.
Nov./Dec.
2016 Iowa Caucus Tie-in: Presidential stops, Herbert
Hoover Museum; Mamie Eisenhower Birthplace;
Lincoln memorabilia, Council Bluffs, Des Moines
Ways to enjoy Iowa's campuses without having to
go to class (including preview of new music building,
University of Iowa)
Frank Lloyd Wright roundup (including Stockman
House and Historic Park Inn Hotel, Mason City;
Cedar Rock, Quasqueton)
Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, Davenport,
celebrates 45th anniversary (fun facts, Q&A or insider's
guide)
State Parks: 3-page package
Butterfly Blizzard at Reiman Gardens, Ames
Winter of Bacon: Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival, Des
Moines; BaconFest, Jr., Science Center of Iowa;
“bacon calendar,” including Cedar Valley Baconfest
Dog-friendly getaways (tied to National Pet Day, April 1;
mention of Cesar Millan event, Cedar Falls)
Fresh produce calendar — what's in season and when,
plus where to get it, such as u-pick farms, farmers
markets and food festivals
Outdoor Getaway: What's new at Dunlop Wildlife Area,
Orange City (new amphitheater, fishing piers, trails)
Historic Christmas celebrations
Ways to Break the Ice: Ice skating, ice fishing, ice
climbing, ice hockey
Sioux City Symphony wraps up 100th season in April
Birding on the Green, Okoboji, and other Iowa birding
hot spots
Roller coaster roundup, including new coaster at
Adventureland, Altoona
Arts story (concerts, plays, etc.)
Reasons to Visit the Zoo in Winter: Blank Park Zoo,
Des Moines and others
Where to go for movie night, including FilmScene,
Iowa City
Historic Baseball: Fun facts and Q&A (tied to start
of historic baseball season at Living History Farms,
Urbandale)
No Salt Added: Roundup of the state's best beaches
Winter holiday markets
10 ways to experience the Des Moines Social Club
Cedar Rapids celebrates Grant Wood's 125th
birthday
New summer museum exhibits to beat the heat and
boredom (including Rodin exhibit, Cedar Rapids Museum
of Art)
City getaways for kids
4th page: TBD
4th page: Donna Reed Festival, Denison; National
Public Gardens Day
4th page: National Ice Cream Month
4th page: Children’s Museum of Siouxland (opening
January 2016); An Evening with Garrison Keillor,
Cedar Falls
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Hawaii
4th page: TBD
4th page: TBD
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NORTHERN
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Illinois
Road Trips
& Highlights
Local travel
destinations,
experiences
and events
Michigan
Road Trips
& Highlights
Local travel
destinations,
experiences
and events
Minnesota
Road Trips
& Highlights
Local travel
destinations,
experiences
and events
North Dakota
Road Trips
& Highlights
Local travel
destinations,
experiences
and events
Nebraska
Road Trips
& Highlights
Local travel
destinations,
experiences
and events
Wisconsin
Road Trips
& Highlights
Local travel
destinations,
experiences
and events
Jan./Feb.
March/April
May/June
July/Aug.
Sept./Oct.
Nov./Dec.
The Greeks exhibit, Field Museum, University Art
Museums: Loyola, Krannert Museum, Brauer Museum
Fermilab, Batavia; 3-D Printer Experience; STEM Tours,
University of Illinois
A View of the City: Kayak on the river, binocular
tours, pedway/underground tunnel tour
Roundup of Presidential Sites in Illinois: Lincoln Home National
Historic Site, Springfield
State Parks: 3-page package (including Volo Bog, Illinois
caverns and Snake Road)
Chicago Kids: LEGO, American Girl, Wonderland Express,
Joffrey Ballet Nutcracker and tea at the Palmer House Hilton
Coziest fireplaces at AAA Diamond hotels and
restaurants
3 ways to experience Frank Lloyd Wright: Bach House,
The Rookery, Wright Home and Studio
Mississippi River top attractions (river boat cruise,
scenic overlooks, birding)
Chicago's ethnic enclaves/neighborhoods (food, shopping, etc.)
Holiday Markets: Christkindlmarket, Julmarknad Swedish
festival, Randolph Street Holiday Market
Hatch Creative Reuse Festival, Champaign
Indiana Bicentennial: Where to go, what to see and do;
sidebar on cool Indiana facts
3 Places to Try Zip Lining: New zip line, Chestnut
Mountain Resort
Up and Away: Where to try hot air ballooning (Galena, Lisle)
Curling: How to play, where to play; Highlight: Chicago
Curling Club, Northbrook
Underground Railroad Shuttle Tours, Alton
MOTO: How to savor your molecular gastronomy
restaurant experience
Urban Adventure: Chicago School of Wilderness
Skills and foraging classes
Summer music festivals (including Ravinia, etc.)
Zoos in Winter: Lincoln Park Zoo and zoolight
4th page: Downton Abbey, Driehaus; Dozin' with the
Dinos, Field Museum; Made In: South Bend Chocolate
4th page: Boneyard Arts Festival
4th page: Basic sailing, Chicago Sailing; Made In:
Shoes on the Fly shoebags
4th page: Mermet Springs Scuba Diving, Illinois; festival
focus: Bacon Throwdown, Springfield; Whitey's Ice Cream
4th page: Lincoln Ghost Walk; African drumming, Midwest Mandeg,
Urbana; Corvette Funfest, Effingham; or Fest Focus: Guitar
4th page: Don't Miss: Champaign-Urbana Folk Festival; On
Course Signature Scent Workshop
Ice Golf: Tips for golfing on ice or Q&A with ice golfer
(tied to U.P. Ice Golf Scramble in St. Ignace)
Ways to enjoy Michigan's campuses without having to
go to class (museums, performances, etc.)
Fresh produce calendar — what’s in season, u-pick
farms, farmers markets and food festivals
Summer Exhibits: Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, Grand Rapids
Art Museum exhibits, Woodward Dream Cruise (insider's guide)
State Parks: 3-page package
Historic Christmas celebrations, winter holiday markets
Indoor table tennis at Drive, Detroit's Table Tennis
Social Club; chocolate-making classes story
New LEGOLAND, Auburn Hills; Gerald R. Ford
Museum expansion, Grand Rapids
Camp Kitigin, West Branch; Adult Band Camp,
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Local tours (including Solid Gold Detroit tour, Detroit Public
Library tours)
DIYpsi in Ypsilanti (indie art festival)
Reasons to Visit the Zoo in Winter (including new
penguin and wolf habitats at Detroit Zoo, plus other zoos)
Dog-friendly getaways (tied to National Pet Day, April 11)
Historic Baseball: Fun facts in August, World
Tournament of Historic Baseball, The Henry Ford
No Salt Added: Roundup of the state's best beaches
Arts story (concerts, plays, etc.)
Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History,
Detroit, celebrating 50th anniversary through March
Ford Piquette Plant, Detroit (tours begin April 1)
Detroit Grand Prix, National Cherry Festival,
Traverse City; recipe
4th page: "From Heart to Hand: African-American
Quilts, Flint Institute of Arts
4th page: "Maurice Sendak: The Memorial Exhibition,"
Grand Rapids; First Folio Shakespeare exhibit, Detroit
4th page: Phantom of the Opera, Grand Rapids; Midwest
Banjo Camp, Olivet; National Public Gardens Day
4th page: Festivals: Thunder Over Michigan; National Ice Cream
Month; African World; Arab and Chaldean; Kalamazoo Blues
4th page: Hemingway Weekend, Petoskey; Paddle Antrim
Festival, Traverse City
4th page: TBD
Ice Golf: Tips, Wayzata Chilly Open Frozen Golf
Tournament; U.S. Figure Skating Championships, St. Paul
Dog-friendly getaways (tied to National Pet Day, April 11;
Minnesota Pet Expo); National Eagle Center, Wabasha
Fresh produce calendar — what’s in season, u-pick
farms, farmers markets and food festivals
Summer Museum Exhibits: Fishing Museum, Little Falls;
newly updated SPAM Museum
State Parks: 3-page package (including 125th anniversary
of Minnesota state parks and Itasca State Park)
LARK Toys, Kellogg, featuring handmade wooden and
antique toys, carousel, bookstore, candy and more
Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona — four great
paintings
Ways to enjoy Minnesota's campuses (including
museums, performances, etc.)
International Wolf Center, Ely, expansion and new
pups; Historic Home Tours, Glensheen, Duluth
Celebrating World Cultures: Bavarian Blast, New Ulm;
Kolacky Days Czech Festival, Montgomery
Winter holiday markets (St. Paul Christmas Market;
Holidazzle, Minneapolis; New Ulm Christkindlmarkt)
Reasons to Visit the Zoo in Winter, including new
Hawaiian monk seals at Minnesota Zoo
Trapeze classes, St. Paul — fun facts or list of moves
you'll learn with definitions
Historic Baseball: Fun facts or Q&A (tied to the start
of historic baseball season)
No Salt Added: Roundup of the state's best beaches
Arts story (concerts, plays, etc.), North Shore Readers and
Writers Festival, Grand Marais
Children's Theatre Co., Minneapolis, wraps up 50th
anniversary
FlyOver America flight simulator ride, Mall of America,
Bloomington
Tennis and Life Camps, Gustavus Adolphus College,
St. Peter
New Minnesota Vikings Stadium: Fun facts or Q&A
Historic Christmas celebrations
4th page: “Suburbia” exhibit, Minnesota History
Center; Art Shanty; Shepherd’s Way Farms, Nerstrand
4th page: TBD
4th page: Northern Spark festival, Minneapolis,
Valleyfair turns 40; National Public Gardens Day
4th page: Austin Artworks Festival; Big Island State BBQ
Championship; Ribfest, Mankato
4th page: Ryder Cup golf tournament, Chaska; First Folio
Shakespeare exhibit, Duluth
4th page: TBD
Visit the Zoo in Winter: Dakota Zoo, Bismarck; Red
River Zoo, Fargo; Roosevelt Park Zoo, Minot
International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s Hockey
Championship, Grand Forks (premier event)
Kite festivals; hot air balloons; stargazing, Medora;
Fargo AirSho; climbing White Butte
Minot Motor Magic; Bottineau Crazy Days; Dickinson
Prairie Cruisers; John Lindemann Garage, Golden Valley
State Parks: 3-page package
Curling: How to; North Dakota curling clubs (Minot Curling
Club, Grand Forks Curling Club, est. in 1960)
Romantic getaway in Fargo (stay at AAA FourDiamond rated Hotel Donaldson)
Jurassic Dakota: Museums, dinosaur digs and other
important sights
Outdoor concerts (including North Dakota Museum
of Art concerts in the garden, etc.)
Fireworks: North Dakota Capitol grounds, Bismarck;
Medora; Williston Basin Speedway; FM Redhawks game
Insider's guide to Dickens Festival, Garrison
Insider's Guide: North Dakota State Pinochle
Tournament, Valley City
North Dakota Winter Show: What to see, what to do
Fargo Restaurant Week; Highlight: AAA Diamond
restaurants; Annual Bakken BBQ
Fort Stevenson Regatta (including peculiar rules and terms)
Kuchen Trail: Foods and traditions of south-central North
Dakota's German heritage
Fargo Beat the Blues Festival
Fargo Fashion Week; Fargo Marathon by the numbers
What's new at the zoos
Insider guide to Red River Valley Fair, West Fargo
North Dakota Art Pilgrimage: Grand Forks metalsmiths, glassblowers;
Prairie Fire Pottery, Beach; Dacotah Clayworks, Hebron
4th page: Cabin Fever Days, Jamestown; Papa's Polar
Patch
4th page: TBD
4th page: Ashley Sizzling Summer Days
4th page: Cycling Around North Dakota in Sakakawea
Country (CANDISC)
4th page: Dakota Night Skies; Applefest, Buckstop Junction;
Papa's Pumpkin Patch; Mandan Corn Maze
4th page: TBD
Nebraska History Museum, Lincoln; Hidden Gem:
Petrified Wood and Art Gallery, Ogallala
Amazing western Nebraska trails; Agate Fossil Beds
National Monument; Toadstool Geologic Park
Fresh produce calendar — what's in season, u-pick
farms, farmers markets and food festivals
No Salt Added: Roundup of the state's best beaches
State Parks: 3-page package
Historic Christmas celebrations
Ways to Break the Ice: Ice skating, ice fishing, ice
climbing, ice hockey
Dog-friendly getaways (tied to National Pet Day, April 11);
National Licorice Day, Licorice International, Lincoln
National Willa Cather Center, Red Cloud
Native Americans items, Pine Ridge Reservation; Chadron
Fur Trade Days; Museum of the Fur Trade
Winter holiday markets
Reasons to Visit the Zoo in Winter, including Omaha
Zoo
Ways to enjoy Nebraska's campuses (including
museums, performances, etc.)
Celebrate Your Heritage: Swedish Festival, Stromsburg;
Wurst Tag Festival, Eustis; Polish Days, Loup City
Summer museum exhibits to beat the heat (including
National Guard Museum, Seward)
City getaways for kids
Spielbound Board Game Café, Omaha
Cabela's headquarters, Sidney (what to see and do)
Scottsbluff Getaway: Monument tours; plus
Diamond-rated restaurants and B&Bs
Nebraska Balloon and Wine Festival; Omaha Zoo's new
grassland exhibit
Arts story (concerts, plays, etc.)
4th page: TBD
4th page: First Folio Shakespeare exhibit, Omaha
4th page: National Public Gardens Day; Sidney
Gold Rush Days
4th page: National Ice Cream Month
4th page: Harvest Festival; Legacy of the Plains Museum, Gering; Indian
Summer Rendezvous, Ogallala; "Dirt Meridian," Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha
4th page: TBD
Ice palaces, Eagle River; trolls, Mt. Horeb; ice caves,
Bayfield; ice project, Superior; ice climbing, Dodgeville
Feline Fine: Art of Cats; new exhibit at Neville Public
Museum, Green Bay, March 6–April 17
Wisconsin shorelines (Kenosha, Milwaukee, Sheboygan,
Manitowoc, Door County, Green Bay, Bayfield, Superior)
Lumberjack World Championship, Hayward; U.S. Open Chainsaw
Sculpting Championships; Paul Bunyan Logging Camp Museum
Package idea: State park roundup
Indoor gardens/butterfly exhibits
In Celebration of Chocolate: 3-day event and culinary
demonstrations, Destination Kohler
Film festival roundup (including Green Bay Film Festival
and Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison)
Washington Island, Rock Island State Park, Madeline
Island, Stout's Island Lodge, Cardinal Island
All Things Lavender Festival, Washington Island —
featuring one of the midwest's largest lavender farms
20th annual WPS Garden of Lights, Green Bay Botanical
Gardens
U.S. National Snow Sculpting Competition, Lake
Geneva
60th anniversary, National Railroad Museum; New
Exhibit: 60 Years, 60 Objects
Art of Seating: 200 years of American design,
Woodson Art Museum
HAWK International Challenge, Elkhart Lake: A show with
more than 100 vintage race cars
Winter holiday markets
Madison Science Museum (new museum opening
late 2015)
Dog-friendly getaways (National Pet Day is April 11)
Dock and Dine: Boat-friendly restaurants in
Wisconsin (possibly Lake Geneva and shore walk)
Egg Harbor Dovetail Gallery and Studio Egg Museum
Treat Yourself: Spa destinations around the state
Apostle Islands Sled Dog Race
Frank Lloyd Wright (3 or 4 ways)
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