Calendar November 2012
Over 1000 listings of kids activities around Gainesville NOVEMBER HIGHLIGHTS Holiday Shows Giveaway Enter once a day November 5th—16th
UF Homecoming Parade November 9th
Sweet Dreams Chocolate Night November 11th
Thanksgiving November 22nd
Annual Cane Boil and Fiddle Fest November 24th
This Month’s Calendar Family Events Holiday Shows Library Programs Story Times Ongoing Programs and Classes Restaurant Fun Kids Eat Cheap/ Free Nights At the Movies
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November 2012 Family Events Mon Tue
Wed
Thu 1 Day of the Dead Rural Folklife Days Halloween Candy Buy Back Three Musketeers
Fri 2 Day of the Dead Rural Folklife Days Three Musketeers
8 9 Movie on the UF Homecoming Parade Lawn Gainesville Gone Austin
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3 Day of the Dead Rural Folklife Days Family Church Family Harvest Festival Fire Fest Gainesville EcoTour and Hike Three Musketeers
4 Antioch Baptist Church Fall Festival Harn Museum Children’s Book Signing Event Three Musketeers
10 Eco Tour Environmental Hike Ocali Country Days
11 UF Homecoming BBQ and Carnival Alachua Harvest Festival Sweet Dreams Chocolate Night
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7 Festival Francais
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13 Gainesville EcoTour and Hike
14 15 ACT Program Things That Go Bump in the Night
16 Alachua Shop Dine & Stroll Camp Life Carnival Trashformations Exhibit High Springs Tree Lighting Lady Bug Action Hero
17 Cross Creek Festival Yopp Holiday Fundraiser
18 Two Hawk Hammock Family Festival
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21 22 Sing-along- Turkey Trot a-Sound of Music
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24 Cane Boil and Fiddle Fest Gainesville EcoTour and Hike
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30 4H Holiday Gift and Craft Workshop Alachua Tree Lighting FLMNH Starry Night Riders in the Sky
Turn to page 10 for details on all the holiday shows starting in November.
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Holiday Shows 2012 A Tuna Christmas playing at the Hippodrome: November 23rd – December 23rd A Christmas Carol playing at the Hippodrome: November 24th – December 22nd White Christmas playing at the Gainesville Community Playhouse: November 23rd - December 23rd Peter Pan and Wendy playing at P.K. Yonge Performing Arts Center: November 29th – December 2nd Christmas Belles playing at High Springs Community Theater: November 30th – December 16th Gainesville Christmas Festival playing at Westside Baptist Church: November 30th – December 9th How to Eat Like a Child presented by Musical Me Theater Playing at Gainesville High School: November 30th – December 2nd A Children’s Holiday playing at Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall: December 1st Cinderella performed by Danscompany playing at the Phillips Center: December 8th Sleeping Beauty and the Saving Prince performed by Doxa Dance Company playing at the Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall: December 8th The Nutcracker performed by Dance Alive playing at the Phillips Center: December 14th – 31st The Little Match Girl performed by the Gainesville Ballet Theatre playing at the Phillips Center: December 19th – 22nd
Library Programs
November 2012 Mon
Tue
Wed
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3 Musikgarten 11AM
4 Kidding Around Yoga 2PM
5 Turkey RoundUp 3:30PM Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM Wii Gaming 4:30PM
6 Beading w/Avalon 3:30PM Wii Fun 3:30PM Lego Club 4PM
7 8 Arts and Literacy Tutoring 1PM Tonewood Family Music 1:30PM Crafts 4PM PreTeen Book / Craft Club 2PM Origami for Kids 3PM Wii Gaming 3:30PM Mystery and History of Chocolate 3:30PM
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10 ContARTE 2:30PM
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13 Beading w/Avalon 3:30PM Girls Tea Party 3:30PM Thanksgiving Turkey Hat Craft 3:30PM Mystery and History of Chocolate 3:30PM Lego Club 4PM
14 Literacy Tutoring 1PM PreTeen Book and Craft Club 2PM Wii Gaming 3:30PM
16 Thanks giving Crafts 3:30PM
17 Baby & Toddler Yoga 11AM Game Day 2PM
18 Arabic Storytime 1:30PM
19 Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM Wii Gaming 4:30PM
20 Junior Panther Den 3PM Wii Fun 3:30PM Fall Crafts 3:30PM Lego Club 4PM
21 22 Literacy Tutoring 1PM CLOSED Tonewood Family Music 1:30PM PreTeen Book and Craft Club 2PM Wii Gaming 3:30PM
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24 Puppet Man and Storybook Lady 11AM
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26 Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM Wii Gaming 4:30PM
27 Beading With Avalon 3:30PM Lego Club 4PM
28 Literacy Tutoring 1PM PreTeen Book and Craft Club 2PM Wii Gaming 3:30PM
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Click HERE to go straight to the Events Calendar on the Alachua County Library website.
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29 Fun Desserts for Kids 3PM
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 Mondays
Wednesdays
Thursdays
Fridays
Millhopper
Cone Park
Hawthorne
PJ Tot Shabbat
6:30PM on 9/10
10:00AM
10AM
9:30AM
Tuesdays
Learning Path
Milhopper
10:30 (RSVP PLEASE)
10:30AM
Library Partnership
Headquarters
Headquarters
9:30AM
Headquarters 10:30AM
10:30
10:30AM
Millhopper
Alachua
11AM— 11/7 & 11/21
Archer 10:15AM
Newberry 11AM
High Springs 11AM
Micanopy 11:30AM
Tower Road 10:30AM & 7:00PM 2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Chick-Fil A Archer Rd. 5:30PM 2nd Tuesdays
Professional Moms of Alachua County
Sundays Contadores de Estorias 3:30PM
11AM
On-Going Programs & Classes Mondays
Thursdays
Saturdays
Every Monday
Every Thursday
Every Saturday
Homeschoolers Park Day Yopp Creative Kids Mornings
O2BKids Morning Magic Bilingual Enrichment for Preschoolers 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
Tuesdays
Home Depot Kids Workshop Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Guided Tour
Every Tuesday O2BKids Morning Magic Sun Country Stay and Play Bilingual Enrichment for Preschoolers 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 Yopp Creative Kids Mornings
First Friday
Wednesdays Every Wednesday Barnyard Buddies (Sept—May only) Eco Tour Environmental Hike O2BKids Morning Magic Yopp Creative Kids Mornings Dudley Farm Craft Workshop (Oct-July)
Third Wednesday Loga Springs Play Therapy Seminar
First Saturday
Second Saturday Hogtown Reptile Shop Children’s Program Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic Dudley Kids
Third Saturday Family Fishing Day Old Time Dance at O’Leno Park
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
Sundays Every Sunday Family Fun Shoot
Third Friday Trinity UMC Parents Night Out
Second Sunday
Fourth Friday
Gainesville Hoola Hoop Jam Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic
YMCA FridayFun Night
Fourth Sunday Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic
Click HERE to go to the Ongoing Programs page on the website.
Library
Cade Museum
Turn to page 12 for library programs
Click HERE to see this month’s programs
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 Moe’s on Newberry Rd: Sundays 12-3
Space Walk of Gainesville Beef O’Brady’s on Archer Road: Tuesdays 5-8PM
Cody’s Roadhouse Monday 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 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
At the Movies Free Movies at the Library Every Monday 4PM / Headquarters Every Wednesday 3PM / Newberry Every Thursday 3:30PM / High Springs November 19th & 26th 4PM / Tower Road
Movies on the Lawn Tioga Town Center Friday, November 9th 8PM: Elf Campus USA Thursday, November 8th: The Lorax
Click HERE for current show times