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Weekend Outlook March 26, 2010

Article | | By Michele Skalicky
  • Go to a craft sale
  • Meet international students
  • Attenda dance concert
  • Find bargains
  • Watch a baseball game
  • See a movie
  • Learn about frogs
  • Find your way with a GPS unit
  • Fly a kite
  • Run
  • Experience Africa
  • Learn to garden
  • Watch for birds
  • Hunt eggs
  • Get free tax help
  • Listen to live music
  • Tour Sequiota Park Cave
  • A spring craft sale to benefit Children’s Miracle Network is today (3/26) until 4 in the main lobby of Cox South.
  • Any student interested in getting to know Missouri State University’s international students is invited to the first meeting of “English Corner” today (3/26) from 4:30 to 6:30 at Missouri State’s International Center in the John D. Morris Building at Jefferson and McDaniel.
  • Missouri State University’s Theatre and Dance Dept. presents the Spring Dance Concert “Fault Lines” tonight and tomorrow night (3/26 & 3/27) at 7:30 and Sunday afternoon (3/28) at 2:30 in Coger Theatre. For tickets, 836-7678.
  • An indoor garage sale continues until 5 today and will also be held tomorrow (3/26 & 3/27) at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2852 S. Dayton.
  • A dance is held each Friday night at 7 at the West Plains Senior Center. Admission is $4 and all ages are welcome.
  • The Interior Design Student Showcase is today (3/26) from 4 to 7 in Missouri State University’s Plaster Student Union West Ballroom. See projects done by senior MSU Design students.
  • The Missouri State Baseball Bears will face Evansville tonight (3/26) at 6:30, tomorrow (3/27) at 2 and Sunday (3/28) at 1 at Hammons Field. For tickets, 836-7678.
  • The Park Central Branch Library’s Animated Film Series for adults continues tonight (3/26) at 7 with the showing of the film “Up.” For details, 831-1342.
  • Kids 3 to 6-years-old are invited to the Little Acorns program “Spring Peepers” today (3/26) at 11 or 1:30 at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center. To register, 888-4237.
  • Adults are invited to the program “GPS for Beginners” tomorrow morning (3/27) from 9 to noon at the Nature Center. Registration is required.
  • The 7th annual Cherry Blossom Kite Festival is tomorrow (3/27) from 11 to 3 at the Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden at Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park, 2400 S. Scenic. Admission is free. Take your own kite. There will be Japanese snack food items for sale. For more information, 864-1191.
  • The 20th Annual Eureka Springs Kite Festival is tomorrow (3/27) from 10 to 4 on the grounds in front of the Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, 7 miles south of Eureka Springs on Highway 23. Admission is free. Take chairs, blankets and kites. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. For more information, http://www.kaleidokites.tripod.com.
  • The Frisco High Line Run for Scouting is tomorrow (3/27) starting at the Courtyard by Marriott, 3527 W. Kearney. The half-marathon will start at 8, the 5K at 8:30 and the 1K at 9. Registration tomorrow begins at 6:30 or you can preregister. For more information, 881-5529 or visit http://www.active.com.
  • Nixa’s School Health Advisory Committee will host a 5K Family Fun Run tomorrow (3/27) at Nixa High School starting at 8. Registration is from 7 to 7:45 at the football stadium. There is no cost to participate.
  • Missouri State University’s African Students United present “A Night in Africa” tomorrow night (3/27) at 6 in the Plaster Student Union West Ballroom. Experience the richness and diversity of Africa thru this extravaganza of authentic African food, fashion, music, poetry and dance. Admission is $7. To learn more, 314-565-7279.
  • A free workshop tomorrow (3/27) is designed to help immigrants with a residency visa or Green Card better understand the citizenship process. The workshop will start at 10 at the Pathways/La Trinidad Methodist Church, 1232 Dale St. For more information or to make an appointment, 865-0608.
  • Master Gardeners of Greene County will host an “Off and Growing” program for beginning gardeners tomorrow (3/27) from 8:30 to 2 at St. John’s C.H. O’Reilly Cancer Center, 2055 S. Fremont. To register, 862-9284.
  • The Greater Ozarks Audubon Society invites you to go on a birdwatching trip to prairie lands in Barton and Dade Counties tomorrow (3/27). Meet at 5 am in the northwest corner of the Walmart parking lot at West Bypass and Sunshine. For more information, call Charley Burwick at 860-9505.
  • The Trading Hands Kids Sale is today and tomorrow (3/26 & 3/27) at the E-Plex at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds. For more information, http://www.tradinghands.net.
  • Folk musician Cindy Woolf will present a concert tomorrow night (3/27) at 8 at the Gillioz Theatre. Tickets are $6, and you can purchase them at the door.
  • The Springfield-Greene County Park Board will host an Easter Egg Hunt tomorrow (3/27) at 1 at Doling Park for kids 2 to 9-years-old. Besides the egg hunt, there will be games, inflatables and coloring stations from noon to 2.
  • Those with low to moderate incomes, non-English speakers and the elderly can get free tax help tomorrow (3/27) from 10 to 2 at the Midtown Carnegie Branch Library. For more information, 862-0135.
  • Drury University students will offer free tax preparation tomorrow (3/27) from 10 to 3 at the Breech School of Business Administration at the corner of Central and Drury Lane. Another session will be held Sunday (3/28) from 1 to 5 at Deliverance Temple, 2101 W. Chestnut Expressway. To learn more, 873-7522.
  • The Ozark House Concert Series presents new music from Beyond Reach, featuring original Ozark Mountain Daredevil members Larry Lee and Randle Chowning. Also featured will be David Wilson and Ned-the-Band Wilkinson. That’s tomorrow night (3/27) at 7:30 in Clara Thompson Hall on the Drury campus. Doors open at 6:30. Admission is $10. Children 12 and under get in free.
  • Boat tours of Sequiota Park’s Fisher Cave will be offered to anyone 6 and up tomorrow and Sunday (3/27 & 3/28). The cost is $5 per person. For more information, 833-8647.
  • The Christian County Library is offering free monthly writing workshops for kids in fifth thru 8th grade. The first workshop is tomorrow (3/27) from 10 to 11:30. Take a notebook and pen or pencil. To register, 581-2432.
  • The Springfield Conservation Nature Center will show the conservation video “Missouri’s Tallgrass Prairies: An American Original” Sunday afternoon (3/28) at 2.