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Weekend Outlook May 6-8, 2011

Article | | By Michele Skalicky
  • Buy plants
  • Attend an arts and crafts festival
  • Learn about tree frogs
  • Get bicycle safety tips
  • Watch college softball
  • Listen to the Beartones
  • Bird watch
  • Run or walk for a cause
  • Visit the zoo on Mother's Day
  • Learn to canoe or kayak
  • Tour a cave
  • Play bingo
  • Buy books
  • Take your kids fishing
  • Learn to garden
  • The MSU School of Agriculture plant sale continues today (5/6) from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm in the Karls Hall Greenhouse. Plants for sale including bedding plants, herbs, vegetables and houseplants. For details, 836-5097.
  • Barnyard Days, a juried arts and crafts festival, will be held today and tomorrow (5/6-5/7) from 8:30 am to 6 pm and Sunday (5/8) from 11 to 4 at Circle R Ranch in Neosho. There will be beekeeping seminars, horseback riding, a petting zoo and more. Proceeds benefit the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks. For more information, bcfo.org.
  • Kids 3 to 6-years-old are invited to the Little Acorns program “Trilling Treefrogs” today (5/6) at 11 or 1:30 or tomorrow (5/7) at 11. To register, 888-4237.
  • Bikers United and the West Plains Optimist Club will hold the 2011 Bicycle Safety Fair tonight (5/6) from 5 to 7 at the Sports Complex across from West Plains High School. To learn more, visit wpoptimist.org.
  • The Park Central Branch Library will host an Art Talk tonight (5/6) at 6. This month, join in on a discussion about “A New Romanticism.” For details, 831-1342.
  • The Eureka Springs May Festival of the Arts is taking place this month in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. The Afrique Aya Drum and Dance Company will bring the 4th Annual Africa in the Ozarks to Basin Spring Park today and tomorrow (5/6-5/7). The Ozakwaaba Afropop and Reggae Band take the stage tonight from 8 to 10. Drum and dance classes start tomorrow morning at 10 and a demonstration performance begins after the Artrageous Parade at about 3. A community drum circle starts at 6. To find out more, www.mayfestivalofthearts.com.
  • ArtsFest on Walnut Street is tomorrow (5/7) from 10 to 6 and Sunday (5/8) from 10 to 5. The event will feature more than 130 artists from across the country. There will an interactive kid’s area and live performances. The first 500 moms through the gate on Sunday will get a free gift. Tickets are $5 at the gate. Kids 5 and under get in free.
  • The Greater Springfield Farmer’s Market opens at 8:30 tomorrow morning (4/23) in the southeast corner of the Battlefield Mall parking lot. To learn about other farmer’s markets in the area, visit agebb.missouri.edu.
  • The Missouri State softball team will face Evansville tomorrow and Sunday (5/7-5/8) at noon at Killian Softball Complex.
  • The Beartones will hold their 10 Year Anniversary Concert tomorrow night (5/7) at 7 in the Plaster Student Union Theatre. Admission is $5 for students and $10 for the general public, and tickets can be purchased at the door.
  • The Greater Ozarks Audubon Society will visit the Busiek Conservation Area tomorrow (5/7) to look for warblers and other migrants. Anyone is welcome, regardless of bird watching experience. Meet at 7 am in the MODOT parking lot at the southwest corner of Highway 65 and Evans Rd. For more information, call Greg Samuel at 767-1152.
  • The 20th Annual Kitchen 5K Fun Run and Mutt Strutt (one-mile dog walk) is tomorrow morning (5/7) starting at City Utilities, 301 E. Central. To find out more or to pre-register, visit ozarkraces.com or cityutilities.net.
  • Dickerson Park Zoo will give free admission to mothers all day Sunday (5/8). Kids can make pasta jewelry for their moms from 10 to 2.
  • The Springfield-Greene County Park Board’s Outdoor Initiatives will hold a program on Kayaking or Canoeing Safety and Skills tomorrow (5/7). For more information, www.parkboard.org or call 833-8647.
  • A free bat awareness Program will be held tomorrow morning (5/7) at 9 at Giboney Cave at Doling Park. An artifacts and fossils presentation will start at 10. Giboney cave tours will be offered from 11 to 6 tomorrow for a fee. To learn more, www.parkboard.org or call 833-8647.
  • The Friends of the West Plains Library will hold their annual Spring Book Sale tomorrow (5/7) from 9 am to 4 pm at the West Plains Library.
  • The Eleven Point Fire Department invites you to a day of bingo and demonstrations to support the American Red Cross tomorrow (5/7). Doors open at 10, and bingo starts at noon. The fire department is located at the Fire Museum on the east side of Willow Springs. For more information, 252-7185.
  • The Pomona Christian Church Youth Group will host an Active Water 5K tomorrow (5/7) at Carmichael Field on Missouri Ave. in West Plains. Proceeds will go to Active Water, which provides clean water and sanitation to communities around the globe. Registration starts at 8 am.
  • Bennett Springs State Park will host a Kid’s Fishing Day tomorrow (5/7) from 6:30 am to 8:15 pm. A portion of the fishing area will be reserved for kids 15 and under. Kids can get free trout tags today (5/6) at the Missouri Department of Conservation Hatchery or tomorrow at the event. They’ll also get stringers, fish posters and other fish-related items. Volunteers will be on hand to help kids and some fishing equipment will be available, but children are encouraged to take their own fishing gear. Lunch will be available for children only from 11 to 1. There will also be a variety of educational seminars at the park tomorrow. For more information, 532-4418.
  • The American Red Cross will hold a babysitter training course for kids 11 and older tomorrow (5/7) in Marshfield. To register or for more information, 832-9500, ext. 117.
  • Greene County Master Gardeners are offering a series of four gardening classes as part of a program called “Intro to Gardening.” The class “Spring into Gardening” will be held tomorrow morning (5/7) from 9 to 11 at the Springfield-Greene County Botanical Center. Learn to identify and control weeds in your lawn and learn to identify Japanese beetles and other summer pests. To register, 891-1515.
  • HOLA Sertoma will host a Mother’s Day Brunch, Moms & Mimosas, Sunday morning (5/8) from 10 am to 2 pm at Mille’s Café, 313 S. Jefferson. The cost is $23 for adults and $10 for children. All proceeds will allow HOLA Sertoma to help support a hospital and schools in Guatemala. To make a reservation, 831-1996.
  • The Nature Center will present a flint knapping demonstration, part of the Primitive Skills Series, Sunday (5/8) from 1 to 3. Stop by anytime—you don’t need to register.
  • The Greater Ozarks Audubon Society will travel to Red Bridge Rd. and the Busiek Conservation Area Sunday (5/8). Meet in the MODOT commuter parking lot at Highway 65 and Evans Rd. and take a lunch. For more information, call Greg Swick at 581-2757.
  • Recording artist John Two-Hawks will hold a concert Sunday afternoon (5/8) at 2 at the City Auditorium in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Mothers will get in free in honor of Mother’s Day. For ticket information, www.johntwohawks.com.