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April 2013 Family Events Mon 1
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8 9 10 FCAT FCAT FCAT Bootcamp Bootcamp Bootcamp A Child’s Academy VPK roundup
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4 Antique Tractor and Engine Show Schoolhouse Rock Live
5 Antique Tractor and Engine Show Chambers Farm PowWow Feed a Frog Friday Little Lunchers Schoolhouse Rock Live YMCA Pool Party
6 Antique Tractor and Engine Show Butterfly Festivus Chambers Farm PowWow Great American Cleanup Home Depot Kids Workshop Jest Fest NCAA Gymnastics Regionals Orange and Blue Debut Party for the Planet at SF College Zoo Paynes Prairie Family Birding Program Poochapalooza Santa Fe College Spring Arts Festival Schoolhouse Rock Live Sun Country Back Handspring Boot Camp Yermen Friends of Children 5K
7 Chambers Farm PowWow Gainesville EcoTour Hike Party for the Planet at SF College Zoo Schoolhouse Rock Live Yearling Movie on the Lawn
11 FCAT Bootcamp Harn Museum Night Schoolhouse Rock Live VOCA People
12 FCAT Bootcamp Robin Hood Schoolhouse Rock Live Sun Country Family Fun Night Tioga Town Center Movies on the Square
13 Dudley Kids Gainesville TriHard Kids Triathlon Gator CPR Training Hogtown Reptile Shop Kids Program Jest Fest Rise n Run 1 Mile Run Robin Hood Schoolhouse Rock Live UF College of Vet. Medicine Open House World’s Greatest Baby Shower
14 FLMNH Ask a Scientist Little Red Riding Hood Robin Hood Schoolhouse Rock Live
April 2013 Family Events Mon
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16 1 Man Star Wars Trilogy Robin Hood
17 1 Man Star Wars Trilogy ACT Wild Wednesday Robin Hood
18 1 Man Star Wars Trilogy O2BKids Open House Robin Hood
22 Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale
23 Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale
24 25 Friends of Robin Hood the Library Spring Book Sale Robin Hood UF Robotics Demo
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19 1 Man Star Wars Trilogy Dudley Farm Infant Regiment Muster Robin Hood
20 1 Man Star Wars Trilogy 5th Avenue Arts Festival Bradford County Strawberry Festival Celebrate the Child Corks n Colors Family and Kids Class Dudley Farm Infant Regiment Muster Family Fishing Day Farm and Forest Festival FLMNH Earth Day BioBlitz Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale Gator CPR Training GHFC Family Fitness Festival Great Cloth Diaper Change Harn Family Museum Day Jest Fest Robin Hood Yoga Workshop for kids with ADD
21 Alachua Spring Festival 5th Avenue Arts Festival Dudley Farm Infant Regiment Muster Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale Robin Hood Sweet Dreams Spring Chocolate Night
26 Robin Hood Sun Country Parents Night Out
27 Family Fun Event Fishin’ for Kids Gator CPR Training Grace UMC Spring Carnival Harn Museum Slow Art Day Hershey’s Track and Field Games Jest Fest Lowe’s Build & Grow Clinic Marion County Farmland Preservation Fest Native Plant Sale Pioneer Days P.K. Yonge Odyssey of the Mind Event Relay for Life Robin Hood Swallowtail Farm Country Fair Swamp Dash and Kids Mud Wallow YMCA Kids Healthy Kids Day Youth Film Workshop at the Doris
28 Robin Hood ACYO Concert Yopp Spring Portraits
On-Going Programs & Classes Mondays
Thursdays
Saturdays
Every Monday
Every Thursday
Every Saturday
Homeschoolers Park Day Yopp Creative Kids Mornings
O2BKids Morning Magic Yopp Creative Kids Mornings
Every other Monday
Second Thursday
Art Classes with Jane Gravois
Harn Museum Night
O2BKids Morning Magic Corks N Colors Family Art Class French Club Living History Days Planetarium Kids Matinee Michael’s Kids Craft Events Mill Creek Farm Retirement Home for Horses Skate Station Skating Lessons
Third Thursday Gainesville Eco Tour Family Nature Club
Tuesdays Every Tuesday O2BKids Morning Magic Sun Country Stay and Play Chick-fil-A Family Night Yopp Creative Kids Mornings
Last Tuesday Tot Time at the Harn
First Saturday First and Third Thursday Skate Station Roller Skating Playdate
Fridays Every Friday O2BKids Parents Night Out PJ Library Tot Shabbat Sun Country Stay and Play Sun Country Gym Jam Sun Country Splash Jam Yopp Creative Kids Mornings
Home Depot Kids Workshop Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Guided Tour
Second Saturday Hogtown Reptile Shop Children’s Program Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic Dudley Kids
Third Saturday Family Fishing Day
Fourth Saturday Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic
First Friday
Wednesdays Every Wednesday Barnyard Buddies (Sept—May only) O2BKids Morning Magic Yopp Creative Kids Mornings Dudley Farm Craft Workshop (Oct-July)
Feed-a-Frog Friday (Sept—May only) Sun Country Little Lunchers Tot Time at the Harn
Second Friday Sun Country Family Night Movies on the Square
Sundays Every Sunday Family Fun Shoot
Third Friday Trinity UMC Parents Night Out
Third Wednesday Loga Springs Play Therapy Seminar ACT Wild Wednesday
Fourth Friday
Click HERE to go to the Ongoing Programs page on the website.
Library
Cade Museum
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Sun Country Parents Night Out YMCA FridayFun Night
Library Programs
April 2013 Mon
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1 Music Mesh 3PM Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM
2 Childrens Book Day Readalong 10AM Junior Panther Den 3:15PM Beading w/Avalon 3:30PM Wii Fun 3:30PM
3 Tonewood Family Music 1:30PM Beautiful Bookmarks 3PM Lego Club 3PM Wii Gaming 4PM
4 Things with Wings 3:30PM
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6 7 La Leche League Kids Paint! Art Class 10AM 1PM ContARTE 10:30AM Musikgarten 11AM
8 Music Mesh 3PM Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM
9 Junior Panther Den 3:15PM
10 Lego Club 3PM Girls Tea Party 3:30PM Wii Gaming 4PM
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13 Game Day 2PM
14 Veggie Printing 2PM
15 Music Mesh 3PM Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM
16 Junior Panther Den 3:15PM Beading w/Avalon 3:30PM Wii Fun 3:30PM
17 Discover Science 10:30AM Tonewood Family Music 1:30PM Lego Club 3PM Magic School Bu Trivia Challenge 3:30PM Wii Gaming 4PM
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19 Earth Day Butterfly Rlease and Craft 11AM
20 Celebrate the Child 10AM Baby & Toddler Yoga 11AM
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24 Lego Club 3PM Arts and Crafts 4PM Wii Gaming 4PM
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27 Fun & Play for Toddlers 11AM Puppet Man and a Storybook Lady 11AM
28 Kidding Around Yoga 2PM
CLOSED 22 23 Music Mesh 3PM Earth Day 4PM
29 Wii Gaming 3PM Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM
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CLOSED Click HERE to go straight to the Events Calendar on the Alachua County Library website. Movies at the Library: page 18
Color Code Guide: Alachua
Archer Cone Park Hawthorne Headquarters High Springs Library Partnership Micanopy Millhopper Newberry Tower Road Waldo
Story Times Tuesdays
Wednesdays Thursdays
Fridays
Library Partnership 9:30AM
Cone Park 10AM
Hawthorne 10AM
PJ Tot Shabbat 9:30AM
Learning Path 10:30 (RSVP PLEASE)
Millhopper 10:30AM
Archer 10:15AM Headquarters 10:30AM High Springs 11AM
Headquarters Cuentos Latino Americas 10:30 4/3 only
Chick-Fil A Archer Rd. 5:30PM 2nd Tuesdays
Saturdays
Alachua 11AM
None
Millhopper 11AM Newberry 11AM
Tower Road 10:30AM & 7:00PM 2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Headquarters 10:30AM
Micanopy 11:30AM
Sundays Corks n Colors 12:30PM
Restaurant Fun Magic Mike Beef O’Brady’s on 43rd St: Tuesdays 5:30-8:30 Sonny’s BBQ on Archer Road: Mondays 5:30-8:30
Space Walk of Gainesville Beef O’Brady’s on Archer Road: Tuesdays 5-8PM
Cody’s Roadhouse Monday Nights Caricature artist 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 Sundays
Tuesdays
Wednesdays
Mamma Mia Kids 9 and under eat FREE at buffet w/ adult purchase
Beef O'Brady's - Kids 12 and under eat FREE with adult purchase /Dine In Only from 4 - 8pm
Applebee’s – Kids eat for .99 price 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
Cody’s Original Steakhouse Kids 10 and under eat FREE with adult purchase
Haile Village Bistro - Kids eat FREE Gainesville Ale House - Kids 12 and under eat FREE with purchase of adult meal
Mondays Bono’s –Kids eat free with purchase of $8 entrée or more. Bubbaque’s—Kids 8 and under eat FREE with paying adult Cody’s Original Steakhouse -Kids 10 and under eat FREE with adult purchase
Blue Highway Pizzeria—Kids eat for $1 with adult purchase of pizza or pasta 4-7PM
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
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
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. Zaxby’s - 2 kids meals for $.99 with adult purchase
Thursdays Piccadilly Restaurants - .99 Kid's Meals and $1.99 Big Kids meals / All day Thursdays /11-4 on Saturdays
Pazza Bistro—.99 Kids meals for kids 10 and under with adult purchase
Fridays Burger King—Kids eat for .99 with adult purchase
Every Day 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
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
At the Movies Free Movies at the Library Every Monday 4PM / Headquarters Every Wednesday 3PM / Newberry 4/11 and 4/25 3:30PM / High Springs
Friday, April 12th FREE Movie: Toy Story 3
Click HERE for current show times
Sunday, April 7th 7:30PM Matheson Museum | FREE