Calendar May 2012
Here’s what’s happening this
month!
Mother’s Day Events
Blueberry Picking
Swim Lesson Registrations
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CAMPS
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Over 1000 listings of kids activities in the greater Gainesville area
This Month’s Calendar
Kids Events 6
Ongoing Programs and Classes 10
Programs Now Registering 12
Sports Programs Registering 14
Library Programs 16
Story Times 17
Restaurant Fun 18
Kids Cheap/ Free Nights 19
At the Movies 20
Hot Local Deals 21
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May 2012
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
3 4
Godspell Junior
Midsum-mer Night’s Dream
5
Family Fest
Godspell Junior
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Moonlight Walk
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mindfulness Training Yoga Workshops
Newberry Elementary School Carnival
Next Level Sports and Fitness Kids Fit Day
Wild Florida at Stephen Foster Folk Center
6
River Ranch Community Sunday
Godspell Junior
Midsummer Night’s Dream
1 2
7
8 9 10 11
Midsum-mer Night’s Dream
12
GYC Mother’s Day Concert
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Windsor Zucchini Festival
13
Gainesville Community Band Mother’s Day Concert
Midsummer Night’s Dream
River Ranch Community Sunday
14
15 16 17 18
French Congress
19
Bostwick Blueberry Festival
Newberry Watermelon Festival
Sweet Dreams Touch a Truck
20
21 22 23
Peace Salad and Peaceworks Dem-onstration
24 25
Blue Crab Festival
Florida Folk Festi-val
Take 25
26
Blue Crab Festival
Florida Folk Festival
27
Blue Crab Festival
Florida Folk Festival
River Ranch Community Sunday
28
Blue Crab Festival
29
Alternatives to Violence for Youth Training
30 31
Kids Events
On-Going Programs & Classes
Mondays Every Monday
Homeschoolers Park Day
Every other Monday
Art Classes with Jane Gravois
Tuesdays Every Tuesday
O2BKids Morning Magic
Sun Country Stay and Play
Bilingual Enrichment for Preschoolers
Children’s Zumba
Chick-fil-A Family Night
Mommy & Me Lunch at the little shop
Zumbatomic at the little shop
First Tuesday
Story/ Craft Time at Sprout
Last Tuesday
Tot Time at the Harn
Wednesdays Every Wednesday
O2BKids Morning Magic
Barnyard Buddies
Parents Day Out at Academy Preschool
Wild and Wiggly at the little shop
Twinkle Toes at the little shop
Mommy & Me Lunch at the little shop
Thursdays Every Thursday
O2BKids Morning Magic
Bilingual Enrichment for Preschoolers
Second Thursday
Harn Museum Night
Fridays Every Friday
O2BKids Parents Night Out
PJ Library Tot Shabbat
Sun Country Gym Jam
Sun Country Stay and Play
Scribble and Dribble at the little shop
First Friday
Feed-a-Frog Fridays
Sun Country Little Lunchers
Tot Time at the Harn
Second Friday
Sun Country Family Night
Third Friday
Trinity UMC Parents Night Out
Fourth Friday
YMCA FridayFun Night
Every Other Friday
Superhero / Warrior/ Pirate/ Jedi
Training at the little shop
Saturdays Every Saturday
O2BKids Morning Magic
Artsy Kids Open Studio
Do-Re-Moosica at Sprout
French Club
Living History Days
Planetarium Kids Matinee
Michael’s Kids Craft Events
Mill Creek Farm Retirement Home for Horses
Skate Station Skating Lessons
Family Yoga at the little shop
First Saturday
Home Depot Kids Workshop
Second Saturday
Dudley Kids
Hogtown Reptile Shop
Children’s Program
Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic
Third Saturday
Family Fishing Day
Old Time Dance at O’Leno Park
Fourth Saturday
Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic
Sundays Every Sunday
Artsy Kids Open Studio
Family Fun Shoot
Second Sunday
Gainesville Hoola Hoop Jam
Every Week Day A Child’s Academy Mommies Day Out
Library Turn to page 16 for library programs
Cade Museum Click HERE to see this month’s programs
Programs Now Registering
Sun Country Sports Center Team Spirit Cheer and Dance—All Month
Artsy Kids Studio—Registration Ongoing
O2BKids—Registration Ongoing
Studio Percussion — Registration Ongoing
Click HERE to go straight the Summer Camps page
Sports Programs Registering
Gainesville Youth Lacrosse FREE Clinics—start May 19th
Den and Ken’s Basketball Camp and Tournament—May 19th & 20th
Swim for Safety— May 12th—18th
Gainesville Kids Triathlon—June 2nd
Season of Archery—Season begins June 4th
Gainesville Synchro Gaviatas– Summer session starts June 23rd
Trinity UMC TBall and Coach Pitch—Summer league starts June 26th
Gator Swim Club—Ongoing
Sun Country Sports Center—Ongoing
Pro Taekwondo—Ongoing
Click HERE to go straight the Sports Camps page
Library Programs May 2012
M Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1
Beading with Avalon 3:30PM
Junior Panther Den 3:30PM
Wii Fun 3:30PM
2
Tween Club 3PM
History of Chocolate 3:30PM
Wii Wednesday 4PM
3
Gaming 2PM
Florida’s Rep-tiles & Amphibi-ans 3:30PM
4
Head Start Registration Drive 10AM
Star Wars Day 2:30
5
Musikgarten 11AM
Folktales from Europe 1PM
6
Mother’s Day Craft 2PM
Contadores de Estorias de Gainesville
3:15PM
7 8
Discovery Science 10:30AM
Kids Love Books 2PM
Ruby the Rescue Dog 2:30PM
Children’s Book Week 3PM
Mother’s Day Creations 3PM
Junior Panther Den 3:30PM
9
Girls Tea Party 4:30PM
Wii Wednesday 4PM
10
Gaming 2PM
Mother’s Day Card Craft 3:30PM
Arts & Crafts: 4PM
11
Head Start Registration Drive 10AM
12
13
14
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15
Beading With Avalon 3:30PM
Junior Panther Den 3:30PM
Wii Fun 3:30PM
16
Tonewood Music 1:30PM
Tween Club 3PM
Wii Wednesday 4PM
17
Head Start Reg-istration Drive 1PM
Gaming 2PM
18
Head Start Registration Drive 10AM
19
Game Day 2PM
20
21
22
Beading with Avalon 3:30PM
Creative Dance 3:30PM
Junior Panther Den 3:30PM
23
Wii Game Day 3:15PM
Wii Wednesday 4PM
24
Gaming 2PM
Arts & Crafts: 4PM
25
Head Start Registration Drive 10AM
26
27
28
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Beading With Avalon 3:30PM
Junior Panther Den 3:30PM
30
Wii Wednesday 4PM
31
Gaming 2PM
See the next page for library story times. Turn to page 20 for movie times at the library.
Click HERE to go directly to the Alachua County Library Events
Calendar
Color Code Guide: Alachua Archer Cone Park Hawthorne Headquarters High Springs
Library Partnership Micanopy Millhopper Newberry Tower Road
Tuesdays
Library Partnership
9:30AM
Sprout Learning Resources
10:00AM
Headquarters Library
10:30AM
Archer Library
11AM
High Springs Library
11AM
Tower Road Library
10:30AM
& 7:00PM 2nd Tuesday
Chick-Fil A
5:30PM
2nd Tuesdays
Story Times Thursdays
Hawthorne Library
10:30AM
Milhopper Library
10:30AM
Alachua Library
11AM
Saturdays
Books a Million
10:AM
Mondays
Cone Park
10:00AM
Millhopper Library
6:30PM on 5/21
Wednesdays
Learning Path
10:30 (RSVP PLEASE)
Millhopper Library
11AM— 5/9 & 5/23
Newberry Library
11AM
Micanopy Library
11:30AM
Professional Moms
of Alachua County
Restaurant Fun Magic Mike Beef O’Brady’s on 43rd St: Tuesdays 5:30-8:30
Leonardo’s 706 : Wednesdays 6:00 –9:00
Sonny’s on Archer Road: Fridays 5:30-8:30
Moe’s on Newberry Rd: Sundays 12-3
Cody’s Roadhouse
Monday and Tuesday Nights
The Magic Man performs tableside
Chick Fil-A Fun Nights
Tuesday Nights:
Arts & Crafts, Games and Entertainment
Gator’s Dockside Tuesday Nights
Clown / Balloon Artist
Texas Roadhouse Tuesday Nights
Arts & Crafts, Entertainment, Games, and Prizes and
Andy the Armadillo
Mexico Lindo
Tuesday Nights : Mariachi Band
Kids Eat Cheap
Every Day
Bahn Thai— Kids eat free at the lunch buffet with adult purchase
Crispers - Kids 12 and under eat for .99 when wearing Kids Club t-shirt
IHOP - Kids 12 and under eat FREE with purchase of adult meal / 4 -10pm
Sundays
Mamma Mia Kids 9 and under eat
FREE at buffet w/ adult purchase
Steak and Shake - Kids 12 and under
eat FREE with purchase of adult meal
Stevi B’s Kids eat for .99 at the buffet
after 4 pm
Tuesdays
Beef O'Brady's - Kids 12 and under
eat FREE with adult purchase /Dine In
Only from 4 - 8pm
Chick-fil-A— Kids eat free with adult
purchase 5:30-7:30PM
Cody’s Original Steakhouse
Kids 10 and under eat FREE with adult
purchase
Gainesville Ale House - Kids 12 and
under eat FREE with purchase of
adult meal
Gator’s Dockside - Kids under 12
years of age, l child per adult eat
FREE / 6:00-8:30 PM
I Love NY Pizza in Haile—Kids 10 and
under eat free with adult purchase
Kazbor's Grille - Kids 10 and under
eat FREE with adult purchase
Texas Roadhouse - Kids 12 and under
eat for $.99 with adult purchase / 4 -
8pm
Mondays
Bubbaque’s—Kids 8 and under eat
FREE with paying adult
Cody’s Original Steakhouse -Kids 10
and under eat FREE with adult pur-
chase
David's Real Pit BBQ - One FREE kid's
meal with one adult meal purchased
Newberry’s Backyard BBQ—$1.50 Kids
meals with adult purchase
Pazza Bistro—.99 Kids meals for kids
10 and under with adult purchase
Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q - Kids 12 and
under eat 1/2 off with adult purchase
Saturdays
Piccadilly Restaurants - .99 Kid's
Meals and $1.99 Big Kids meals / All
day Thursdays /11-4 on Saturdays
Steak and Shake - Kids 12 and under
eat FREE with purchase of adult meal
Wednesdays
Applebee’s – Kids eat for .99 price w/
adult purchase
Blue Highway Pizzeria—Kids eat for $1
with adult purchase of pizza or pasta
4-7PM
Haile Village Bistro - Kids eat FREE
Mamma Mia Kids 9 and under eat
FREE at buffet w/ adult purchase
O!O Tapas and Tinis—Kids eat free off
the kids menu with adult purchase
Sisters—Kids eat free off the kids
menu with adult purchase.
Joe’s Place – Kids 10 and under eat
FREE with each adult meal purchase
Zaxby’s - 2 kids meals for $.99 with
adult purchase
Thursdays
Captain D's - Two FREE kid's meals
with any adult entree purchase /
Dine in only
Piccadilly Restaurants - .99 Kid's
Meals and $1.99 Big Kids meals / All
day Thursdays /11-4 on Saturdays
Fridays
Burger King—Kids eat for .99 with
adult purchase
At the Movies
Click HERE for current show times
Free Movies at the Library Every Monday 4PM / Headquarters
First Saturday 2PM / Millhopper: Smurfs
First Wednesday 4PM / Cone Park
Friday, May 25th
Secondhand Lions