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Weekend Outlook May 29, 2009

Article | | By Michele Skalicky
  • Dance
  • Cheer on athletes
  • Go green
  • Instill love of gardening in kids
  • Swim
  • Enjoy live music
  • Run or walk
  • Celebrate elephants' birthdays
  • Learn how to play tennis
  • Buy fresh produce
  • There will be a dance tonight (5/29) at the Library Center. Adults can jitterbug, lindy and swing under the stars on the Library’s patio to the music of the Queen City Dance Band with vocalist Cathy Coonis. Take lawn chairs. For more information, 882-0714.
  • The Special Olympics Summer Games continue thru tomorrow (5/30) at Plaster Sports Complex on the Missouri State campus. For more information, www.somo.org.
  • Young Sprouts in the Garden will be held tomorrow (5/30) from 9 to 2 at Nathanael Greene Park. There will be lots of hands-on gardening activities for children. For more information, www.ozarksharvestinghope.org.
  • The Greater Ozarks Audubon Society and the Springfield-Greene County Park Board will host Green Fest tomorrow (5/30) along the South Creek Greenway along Sunset between Jefferson and National. Learn ways to go green and have a fun time in the process. There will be drawings for prizes, including bird houses, native plants, a rain barrel and a native plant garden. The event will also feature nature walks, face painting and temporary tattoos.
  • Dickerson Park Zoo invites you to help celebrate the elephants’ birthdays tomorrow (5/30) during Zoobilee. The children’s entertainment festival will be held from 10 to 2. The elephant birthday party starts at 1 with fruit and gelatin cakes for the zoo’s elephants. Other activities during the day will include performances by the Fishin’ Magicians, “Zoolympics,” an inflatable bounce house and obstacle course and animal feedings and keeper chats. For more information, 864-1800 or www.dickersonparkzoo.org.
  • Marshfield’s City Pool opens tomorrow (5/30). For details, 468-5110.
  • The Pierce City Pool opens tomorrow (5/30). For more information, 235-8213.
  • Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield’s Arts in the Park series continues tomorrow night (5/30) at 7 with Suzanne and Jim providing “old time” entertainment. The event is free—take lawn chairs.
  • Enjoy fine food, entertainment and dancing tomorrow night (5/30) at the Star Ball at the Discovery Center of Springfield. Doors open at 6. Admission is $50—tickets can be purchased at the door or ahead of time by calling 862-9910.
  • CoxHealth will host the 18th annual Medical Mile race and Medical Mile fun walk/run tomorrow morning (5/30) at 7. Participants can register and pick up packets today (5/29) until 7 at The Meyer Center, 3545 S. National or tomorrow morning (5/30) from 5:30 to 6:30.
  • The 2nd Annual Southwest Missouri Area Kidney Walk will take place tomorrow (5/30) at Phelps Grove Park. There will be children’s activities, live entertainment, food and drinks, a 3-mile or 1-mile walk and prizes. For more information, 881-8602 or www.kidneywalk.org.
  • The Springfield-Greene County Park Board is offering free tennis lessons tomorrow morning (5/30) from 10 to 11:30 at Gillenwaters Tennis Complex, 3635 S. Jefferson. For more information, 837-5800.
  • The Seymour Area Arts Council presents “Art in the Park” tomorrow (5/30) from 10 to 3 at the Park at the Square in Seymour. The event is designed for kids 3 to 12 and their families. There will be face painting, a storytelling tent and activity stations for kids to make their own art. Take lawn chairs. Admission is free.
  • The Wilson’s Creek Farmers Market opens at 5:30 tonight (5/29) at Battlefield City Park.
  • The Greater Springfield Farmers Market opens at 8:30 tomorrow morning in the NE corner of the Battlefield Mall parking lot.
  • The C-Street Farmers Market opens at 8 tomorrow morning near the Footbridge on Commercial Street.
  • To find out more about those and other farmers markets in the area, visit www.agebb.missouri.edu.
  • An advanced nature photography class will be offered at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center tomorrow morning (5/30) at 8:30. And kids 3 to 6-years-old are invited to the Little Acorns program “Hooray for Hummingbirds” tomorrow morning (5/30) at 11 at the Nature Center. For details on either program or to register, 888-4237.
  • The Nature Center will show the conservation video “Birds” from the MO Outdoors TV Collection Sunday afternoon (5/31) at 2.