Calendar September 2012

Over 1000 listings of kids activities in the greater Gainesville area

SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

Fall Festivals are BACK

See details on page 3

After school activities now registering

Whether your kids are looking for sports

drama music art or foreign languages

wersquove got it all on the website

Kids 4 Kids Triathlon

September 15th

Gainesville Duck Derby

September 16th

This Monthrsquos Calendar

Family Events 4

Ongoing Programs and Classes 6

Programs Now Registering 10

More Programs Now Registering 14

Library Programs 12

At the Movies 14

Story Times 15

Restaurant Fun 16

Kids Eat Cheap Free Nights 17

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September 2012

Mo Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1

Newberry Main Street Luau

2

Labor Daze Fest

3 4

Chappie and His Bees

5 6

Harry Potterrsquos World Opens

7

Year of the Bat

Celebration

Dudley Farm Recon-struction Period Event

8

Child ID Event

Literacy Day

Mentor Center Grand Opening

Kids Fit Day

Dudley Farm Reconstruction Period Event

9

Gathering for Peace Understanding and Hope

10 11 12 13 14

Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Paint-Out

Sun Country Back to School Sleepover

15

Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Paint-Out

Florida Monarch Festival

Kids 4 Kids Triathlon

Downtown Latino Festival

Naeday

16

Kanapaha Botanical Gardens

Paint-Out

Ask a Scientist

Gainesville Duck Derby

17 18

19 20 21

United

Downtown

22

Elephant Appreciation Day

Olustee Civil War Expo

Suwannee Railroad Days

23

24 25 26

O2BKids Morning Magic Open House

27 28

Eerie Acres opens

29

Alachua County Heartwalk

Family Literacy Festival

Opening Day of Peanuts exhibit at FLMNH

Rogerrsquos Farm Fall Festival opens

Thornebrook Art Festival

Read with Trees

30

Thornebrook Art Festi-val

Family Events

On-Going Programs amp Classes

Mondays Every Monday

Homeschoolers Park Day

Yopp Creative Kids Mornings

Every other Monday

Art Classes with Jane Gravois

Tuesdays 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

Wednesdays Every Wednesday

Barnyard Buddies (SeptmdashMay only)

O2BKids Morning Magic

Yopp Creative Kids Mornings

Dudley Farm Craft Workshop (Oct-July)

Third Wednesday

Loga Springs Play Therapy Seminar

Thursdays Every Thursday

O2BKids Morning Magic

Bilingual Enrichment for Preschoolers

Yopp Creative Kids Mornings

Second Thursday

Harn Museum Night

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

Yopp Creative Kids Mornings

First Friday

Feed-a-Frog Friday (SeptmdashMay 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

Fourth Friday

YMCA FridayFun Night

Saturdays Every Saturday

O2BKids Morning Magic

Corks N Colors Family Art Class

French Club

Living History Days

Planetarium Kids Matinee

Michaelrsquos Kids Craft Events

Mill Creek Farm Retirement Home for Horses

Skate Station Skating Lessons

First Saturday

Home Depot Kids Workshop

Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Guided Tour

Second Saturday

Hogtown Reptile Shop Childrenrsquos Program

Lowersquos Build and Grow Clinic

Dudley Kids

Third Saturday

Family Fishing Day

Old Time Dance at OrsquoLeno Park

Fourth Saturday

Lowersquos Build and Grow Clinic

Sundays Every Sunday

Family Fun Shoot

Second Sunday

Gainesville Hoola Hoop Jam

Lowersquos Build and Grow Clinic

Fourth Sunday

Lowersquos Build and Grow Clinic

Library Turn to page 12 for library programs

Cade Museum Click HERE to see this monthrsquos programs

Click HERE to go to the

Ongoing Programs page

on the website

Sports Programs

Now Registering

Most programs are now registering for the fall semester

Click on the links for details

TEAM SPORTS Programs

SWIMMING LESSONS AND TEAMS

HORSEBACK RIDING LESSONS

MARTIAL ARTS PROGRAMS

GYMNASTICS PROGRAMS

More Programs

Now Registering

Most programs are now registering for the fall semester

Click on the links for details

ART Programs

MUSIC Programs

DANCE Programs

DRAMA Programs

FOREIGN LANGUAGE Programs

Library Programs September 2012

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1

Musikgarten 11AM

2

3

ALL BRANCHES

CLOSED

4

Wii Fun 330PM

Football Craft 330PM

Homework Help 4PM

Lego Club 4PM

5

Discover Science 1030AM

Tonewood Family Music 130PM

Wii Gaming 330PM

6

7

8

Dream Team All Star Performance Dog Team

11AM

9

10

Commotion in the Ocean 330

Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM

11

Butterfly Bonanza 230PM

Pet Rescue 330PM

Homework Help 330PM

Lego Club 4PM

12

Frsctured Fairy Tales 11AM

Wii Gaming 330PM

13

Arts and Crafts 4PM

14

15

Game Day 2PM

16

17

Cupcake

Decorating 330

Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM

18

Girls Tea Party 300PM

Beading wAvalon 330PM

Wii Fun 330PM

19

Tonewood Family Music 130PM

Talk Like a Pirate Day 3PM

Underwater Archaeology Fun 330PM

Talk Like a Pirate Day 4PM

20

21

22

Puppet Man and

Storybook Lady 11AM

23

24

Gainesville Creative Kids 330PM

Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM

25

Beading With Avalon 230PM

Lego Club 2PM

Homework Help 330PM

26

Wii Game Day 315

Wii Gaming 330PM

27

Arts amp Crafts 4PM

28

29 30

Color Code Guide Alachua Archer Cone Park Hawthorne Headquarters

High Springs Library Partnership Micanopy Millhopper Newberry Tower Road Waldo

Click HERE to go to the Alachua County Library Events Calendar

Library Movie Times page 14 | Library Story Times page 15

Please check the website for programs for teens This page only lists programs for kids 12 and

under

At the Movies Free Movies at the Library

Every Monday 4PM Headquarters

Every Wednesday 3PM Newberry

September 1st 2PM Millhopper

September 19th 330 Headquarters

Pirates Movies all afternoon

Click HERE for current show times

Friday

914

Dolphin

Tale

Tuesdays

Library Partnership 930AM

Headquarters

1030AM

Archer 11AM

High Springs 11AM

Tower Road 1030AM amp 700PM

911 and 925

Chick-Fil A Archer Rd 530PM

2nd Tuesdays

Story Times Thursdays

Hawthorne 10AM

Milhopper 1030AM

Headquarters 1030AM

Alachua 11AM

Mondays

Millhopper 630PM on 910

Wednesdays

Learning Path 1030 (RSVP PLEASE)

Headquarters 1030 919 (Bilingual)

Millhopper 11AMmdash 95 amp 919

Newberry 11AM

Micanopy 1130AM

Professional Moms

of Alachua County

Fridays

PJ Tot Shabbat 930AM

Sundays

Contadores de Estorias 330PM

Restaurant Fun

Magic Mike Beef OrsquoBradyrsquos on 43rd St Tuesdays 530-830

Sonnyrsquos BBQ on Archer Road Mondays 530-830

Moersquos on Newberry Rd Sundays 12-3

Space Walk of Gainesville

Beef OrsquoBradyrsquos on Archer Road Tuesdays 5-8PM

Codyrsquos Roadhouse

Monday Nights

The Magic Man performs tableside

Chick Fil-A Fun Nights

Tuesday Nights

Arts amp Crafts Games and Entertainment

Gatorrsquos Dockside Tuesday Nights

Clown Balloon Artist

Texas Roadhouse Tuesday Nights

Arts amp Crafts Entertainment Games and Prizes

and Andy the Armadillo

Mexico Lindo

Tuesday Nights Mariachi Band

Kids Eat Cheap

Every Day

Bahn Thaimdash 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 Brsquos Kids eat for 99 at the buffet

after 4 pm

Tuesdays

Beef OBradys - Kids 12 and under

eat FREE with adult purchase Dine In

Only from 4 - 8pm

Codyrsquos 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

Gatorrsquos Dockside - Kids under 12

years of age l child per adult eat

FREE 600-830 PM

I Love NY Pizza in HailemdashKids 10 and

under eat free with adult purchase

Kazbors 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

BubbaquersquosmdashKids 8 and under eat

FREE with paying adult

Codyrsquos Original Steakhouse -Kids 10

and under eat FREE with adult pur-

chase

Davids Real Pit BBQ - One FREE kids

meal with one adult meal purchased

Newberryrsquos Backyard BBQmdash$150 Kids

meals with adult purchase

Pazza Bistromdash99 Kids meals for kids

10 and under with adult purchase

Saturdays

Piccadilly Restaurants - 99 Kids

Meals and $199 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

Applebeersquos ndash Kids eat for 99 price w

adult purchase

Blue Highway PizzeriamdashKids 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

OO Tapas and TinismdashKids eat free off

the kids menu with adult purchase

SistersmdashKids eat free off the kids

menu with adult purchase

Zaxbyrsquos - 2 kids meals for $99 with

adult purchase

Thursdays

Piccadilly Restaurants - 99 Kids

Meals and $199 Big Kids meals All

day Thursdays 11-4 on Saturdays

Fridays

Burger KingmdashKids eat for 99 with

adult purchase