Over 1000 listings of kids activities around Gainesville
Inside This Edition Family Events
6
Egg Hunts
10
Ongoing Programs and Classes Library Programs Story Times Restaurant Fun Kids Eat Cheap/ Free Nights
12 16 17 18 19
Spring Break Camps
20
At the Movies
21
Stay Connected Join our mailing list Once a week, you’ll get a short email summarizing the events coming up that weekend, plus notices on new giveaways, exclusive coupons and more. It’s FREE!
“Like” us on Facebook and/or Follow us on Twitter Facebook fans and Twitter followers find out first about site updates, upcoming events, giveaway announcements, links to articles of interest, special offers and more.
March 2013 Family Events Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
For listings for Egg Hunts and other Easter events, turn to page 10. King O the Moon opens Feb 20th and runs through March 17th at the Hippodrome In the Heights opens February 22nd and runs through March 3rd at PK Yonge
Fri
Sat
Sun
1 Father’s Field Day Gainesville Chamber Orchestra 30th Anniversary Gala
2 Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Guided Tour Early Steps Spring Festival O2BKind Race the Tortoise Stone Age Arts Festival Back Handspring Tuck Bootcamp
3 Stellar Wind Recital
4
5
6
7 Harlem Globetrotters Youth Fair and Livestock Show
8 Casting Call for Cuties Sun Country Family Fun Night Tioga Town Center Movies on the Square Youth Fair and Livestock
9 Danscompany presents The Wiz Dudley Kids Hogtown Reptile Shop Kids Program Spring Kids Fest at Oaks Mall Summer Activities Fair Youth Fair and Livestock Show
10 Youth Fair and Livestock Show
11
12
13
14 O2BKids Open House JBF Consignment Sale NHRA Gator Nationals
15 Into the Woods JBF Consignment Sale NHRA Gator Nationals St. Patty’s Day Spring Fling
16 Dudley Farm Antique Tractor Day Family Day at UF Dairy Farm FLMNH Can You Dig It? JBF Consignment Sale Health Fair and India Fest Into the Woods Littlewood Carnival NHRA Gator Nationals Sun Country Run for Haven Camp Toys R Us Thomas Playdate Where the Sidewalk Ends Festival Wild Azalea Festival Yulee Railroad Days
17 Into the Woods JBF Consignment Sale NHRA Gator Nationals St. Patrick’s Day Celebration UF Carillon Recital Where the Sidewalk Ends Festival
18 Cole Brothers Circus
19 Cole Brothers Circus Meet UF AREVA and Nuclear Clear Air Energy Team
20 21 Discovery Your Library at the Museum Sweet Dreams Miracle Flavor Night
22 Sun Country Parents Night Out Harry Potter Movie Marathon
23 Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl for Kids Sake Family Fishing Day Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Spring Garden Festival Hunter Jumper Horse Show Lowe’s Build & Grow Clinic March of Dimes March for Babies Nations Park Grand Opening Toys R Us Lego Friends Event Viva Europe
24 Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl for Kids Sake GCB Concert GYC Concert Hunter Jumper Horse Show Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Spring Garden Festival Nations Park Grand Opening
25
26
27
29
30 William Bartram Trails Day
31
28
Egg Hunts
March 16th Egg Drop Alachua Pepine Realty
March 23rd Milam Funeral Home O2BKids Eggstravaganza University City Church Of Christ
March 30th Abiding Savior Abundant Grace Church Celebration UMC Destiny Community Church Faith Presbyterian Haile Village Center Waldo Flea Market March 31st: Ginnie Springs
March 24th Gainesville Moms
Spirit of Faith Gainesville City Wide Easter Celebration: March 31st
Easter Photo Shoots Chic Pics with Photography 35 Step 317 Spring Portraits with the Ducklings Photos with the Easter Bunny at the Oaks Mall
On-Going Programs & Classes Mondays
Thursdays
Saturdays
Every Monday
Every Thursday
Every Saturday
Yopp Creative Kids Mornings
O2BKids Morning Magic Yopp Creative Kids Mornings
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
Every other Monday Art Classes with Jane Gravois
Second Thursday Harn Museum Night
First and Third Thursday Skate Station Roller Skating Playdate
First Saturday
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
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 Homeschoolers Park Day
First Friday
Wednesdays Every Wednesday Barnyard Buddies (Sept—May only) O2BKids Morning Magic Yopp Creative Kids Mornings Dudley Farm Craft Workshop (Oct-July)
Loga Springs Play Therapy Seminar
Click HERE to go to the Ongoing Programs page on the website.
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
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
Third Friday Trinity UMC Parents Night Out
Third Wednesday
Home Depot Kids Workshop Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Guided Tour
Fourth Friday
Sundays Every Sunday Family Fun Shoot
Second Sunday Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic
Sun Country Parents Night Out YMCA FridayFun Night
Library
Cade Museum
Turn to page 16 for library programs
Click HERE to see this month’s programs
Library Programs
March 2013 Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
7
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
2 La Leche League 10AM Musikgarten 11AM
3 Kidding Around Yoga 2PM Tales and Tutus 2PM
8
9 African Dance & Drums 11:30AM ContARTE 10:30AM
10
4 Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM Puppet Making Workshop 4PM
5 PreTeen Book / Craft Club 3PM Beading w/Avalon 3:30PM Wii Fun 3:30PM
6 Tonewood Family Music 1:30PM Lego Club 3PM Wii Gaming 4PM
11 Wii Gaming 3PM Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM Spring Forward with Spring Flowers 4PM
12 PreTeen Book / Craft Club 3PM Compost Kid 3:30PM Slime and Scales 3:30PM
13 14 Lego Club 3PM Girls Tea Party 3:30PM Wii Gaming 4PM Gator Robotics Demonstration 5PM
15
16 Baby & Toddler Yoga 11AM MAP Muppets 11:30AM
17 St. Patrick’s Day bookmarks all day Greathouse Butterflies 2PM
18 Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM
19 PreTeen Book / Craft Club 3PM Junior Panther Den 3:15PM Wii Fun 3:30PM Beading w/Avalon 3:30PM
20 Tonewood Family Music 1:30PM Lego Club 3PM Croc Craft 3:30M Womens History Month, Who am I? 3:30PM
21
22
23
24 Fun with Cars and Planes 1:30PM
25 Wii Gaming 3PM Once Upon Springtime Party 3:30PM Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM
26 PreTeen Book / Craft Club 3PM Easter Crafts 3PM Weird Science 3:30PM
27 Lego Club 3PM Board Games 3PM Wii Gaming 4PM
28
29 30 Minecraft Puppet Man and 2PM Storybook Lady 11AM
31
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
Corks n Colors 10AM
Millhopper 10:30AM
Learning Path 10:30 (RSVP PLEASE)
Headquarters 10:30AM
Archer 10:15AM Headquarters 10:30AM High Springs 11AM
Alachua 11AM Headquarters Cuentos Latino Americas 10:30 3/6 only Millhopper 11AM
Tower Road 10:30AM & 7:00PM 2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Newberry 11AM Micanopy 11:30AM
Chick-Fil A Archer Rd. 5:30PM 2nd Tuesdays
Saturdays Arabic Storytime at Headquarters Library 11AM 2/9 only
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 Bubbaque’s—Kids 8 and under eat FREE with paying adult Cody’s Original Steakhouse -Kids 10 and under eat FREE with adult purchase David's Real Pit BBQ - One FREE kid's meal with one adult meal purchased
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
Newberry’s Backyard BBQ—$1.50 Kids meals with adult purchase Pazza Bistro—.99 Kids meals for kids 10 and under 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
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
Guide to spring break camps Camp
Half Day Full Day
Camp Empower
x
Camp Good News
x
Canopy Oak Trails
x
A Child’s Dream
x
City of Gainesville
x
Corks n Colors
x
Dreamstone Farm
x
Earth Academy
x
Florida Museum of Natural History
x
x
French, Fun, Food, and Foreign Languages
x
x
Gatorball Baseball
x
Guide to spring break camps Camp Girls Place Harn Art Camp Madonna’s Equestrian Academy Meadowbrook Junior Golf
Half Day Full Day x x
x x x
O2BKids Pony Paddock at Cedar Lane
x
Skate Station Funworks
x
Star Martial Arts Sun Country Sports Center YMCA
x
x
x
x
x
x
At the Movies Free Movies at the Library Every Monday 4PM / Headquarters Every Wednesday 3PM / Newberry Thursday, March 28th 3PM / High Springs
Friday, March 8th FREE Movie: Megamind
Click HERE for current show times