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Weekend Outlook Oct. 22-24, 2010

Article | | By Michele Skalicky
  • Halloween Happening “A Glitch in the Niche” is tonight (10/23) from 6:30 to 9:30 at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center. Go on a guided hike and enjoy indoor activities. For more information, 888-4237.
  • Halloween Spooktacular starts tonight (10/22) and runs thru October 31st from 6:30 to 9 each evening at Dickerson Park Zoo. For more information, 833-1570.
  • The Missouri State field hockey team will take on Ball State today (10/22) at 1 and Sunday (10/24) at noon at Plaster Sports Complex.
  • The Missouri State women’s Soccer team will host Creighton tonight (10/22) at 7 at Plaster Sports Complex.
  • The Park Central Branch Library’s Animated Film Series continues tonight (10/22). The film Ponyo, rated G, will be shown at 7.
  • The Rutledge-Wilson Community Farm Park is offering hay rides, a pumpkin patch and a corn maze each weekend in October. Hours are Friday 5 to 10 pm and Saturday and Sunday noon to 10 pm. For more information, www.parkboard.org.
  • Storytellers of the Ozarks will present their 2nd annual Family Halloween Storytell tonight (10/22) at 6:30 at the Library Center.
  • The Springfield-Greene County Library’s Fall Book Sale continues thru Sunday at Remington’s, 1655 W. Republic Rd. For more information, 883-5366.
  • Missouri State University will celebrate its “Rock This Town” Homecoming tomorrow (10/23). A Jumpin’ Jack Flash 5K Run starts at 7 am at the Plaster Student Union. Registration is from 6:30 to 7. For details, or 836-4064 or http://missouristate.edu/wellness. The MSU Homecoming Parade gets underway at 9 am and will go south from St. Louis St. on John Q. Hammons Parkway to Grand. BEarfest Village is from 9 am to 1 pm in parking lots 22 and 24 south of Plaster Sports Complex. The football Bears will face Western Illinois at 1 at Plaster Sports Complex. For more information, http://missouristate.edu.
  • The National Weather Service Office in Springfield will hold an Open House tomorrow (10/23) from 9 to 3. Visitors are asked to take a non-perishable food item for Ozarks Food Harvest.
  • The 4th City Pride Community Wide Yard Sale is tomorrow (10/23) in West Plains. For more information, 256-9191.
  • Haunting in the Hollows at Galloway Creek Nature Park in West Plains is tomorrow (10/23) at 4. There will be storytelling, a pet costume contest, a live owl from Dickerson Park Zoo and more.
  • Go on a fall tree identification hike tomorrow morning (10/23) at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center. Enjoy fall color and learn to identify common trees thru a variety of methods. To register, 888-4237.
  • Learn to cook healthy meals for your family during a program tomorrow afternoon (10/23) at 1 at the Midtown Carnegie Branch Library. To register, 862-0135.
  • “Afternoon at the Movies: The Great Silents on the Big Screen” is tomorrow afternoon (10/23) at 1:30 at the Library Center. Enjoy the silent movie, “The Gold Rush,” starring Charlie Chaplin, and a live demonstration of organ music written for silent films.
  • Tomorrow (10/23) is Chemistry Day at the Discovery Center of Springfield. To learn more, 862-9910.
  • Women are invited to the Discover Nature Women program “Archery for Beginners” tomorrow (10/23) from 1 to 4 at the Andy Dalton Shooting Range and Outdoor Education Center. To register, 888-4237.
  • A Party in Pink Zumbathon to benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure will be held tomorrow (10/23) from 1 to 4 at the West Plains Civic Center. For details, 274-0297.
  • MSU’s Meyer Library’s United Nations depository and the local United Nations Association chapter will host a talk Sunday night (10/24) at 6:30 in Glass Hall room 101. Dr. Donald Lee, Senior Development Economist with the UN will discuss significant achievements of—and challenges facing—the United Nations at 65.