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Weekend Outlook October 16, 2009

Article | | By Michele Skalicky
  • Visit a corn maze
  • Listen to music
  • Dance
  • Watch a movie
  • Attend a fall festival
  • Get in the mood for Halloween
  • Celebrate the Vietnamese culture
  • See marching bands in competition
  • Canoe
  • Go Birding
  • Tour a cave
  • The HBO Home Remodeling Expo is this weekend at the E-Plex at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds. Hours today (10/16) are 1 to 7, tomorrow (10/17) 10 to 7 and Sunday (10/18) 11 to 5. For details, visit www.springfieldhba.com.
  • A carillon concert is today (10/16) at noon outside Meyer Library on the Missouri State campus.
  • A dance is held each Friday night at the West Plains Senior Center. Admission is $4, and all ages are welcome.
  • Old Time Days is today (10/16) from 10 to 1 at the West Plains Senior Center. There will be horse and wagon rides, music by “Sunny Side Up,” a ham and bean lunch, horseshoe pitching, a bake sale and more. All proceeds will go to the United Way.
  • A silent auction to benefit the CoxHealth Pastoral Care Department is today (10/16) until 4 pm in the main lobby of Cox South.
  • Adults are invited to watch the PG-rated movie “Confessions of a Shopaholic” tonight (10/16) at 6:30 at the Library Station.
  • The 1st Annual Fox Trotter Heritage Days is tonight (10/16) from 6:30 to 9 and tomorrow (10/17) from 8 am until 10 pm at the MFTHBA Show Grounds in Ava. There will be bluegrass, a farmer’s market, a horse pull, petting zoo, an art show, games demonstrations of molasses making, basket making and rope making, a horse training demonstration and more. For more information, call 683-2468.
  • The Southwest Center for Independent Living will host Freedom Fest today (10/16) from 3:30 to 6:30 at 2864 S. Nettleton. There will be free food, entertainment and resources. For details, 886-1188.
  • The Missouri State Mountain Grove Campus will host “Jeans and Jewels” tomorrow night (10/17) from 5 to 8:30. There will be vineyard tours, a silent auction, wine tasting, live music and a barbecue dinner. To make reservations, call 547-7502.
  • Find your way through a corn maze at the Rutledge-Wilson Farm Park in Springfield. The maze is open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in October. For more information, visit www.parkboard.org and click on “special events.”
  • The Ozark Community Center invites you to the Forest of Fears Children’s Tour tonight and tomorrow night (10/16-10/17) from 5 to 8:30. The Adult Fear Tour will be from 9 to 11:30. The location is the Bluff Springs forest trail next to the center, 1530 W. Jackson in Ozark. For details, 581-7002.
  • The program “The Haunting and Hollows of Galloway Creek” will be held at Galloway Creek Nature Park in West Plains tomorrow (10/17) from 3 to 10 pm. There will be crafts, live eagle presentations, a petting zoo, storytellers, face painters, treats and more. For more information, 256-8313.
  • Three to six-year-olds are invited to listen to Vietnamese Folktales tomorrow morning at 10:30 at the West Plains Public Library. A Vietnamese Festival will start tomorrow afternoon at 2 for those 8 and older. A program and concert, “The Impact of the Vietnam War-Era ‘Counter Culture’ on Our Region’s Traditional Music” is tomorrow night (10/17) at 7 at the West Plains Civic Center.
  • The Springfield Conservation Nature Center’s Teen Club meets tomorrow (10/17) from 1:30 to 4:30 at the Andy Dalton Shooting Range and Training Center. To register and for more information, 888-4237.
  • Kids 3 to 6-years-old are invited to learn about black bears during a Little Acorns program tomorrow morning (10/17) at 11 at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center. To register, 888-4237.
  • The Springfield Symphony will present a concert at 7:30 tomorrow night (10/17) at Hammons Student Center. Master trumpeter Byron Stripling will pay tribute to jazz great Louis Armstrong. For tickets, 836-7678.
  • The Missouri Environmental Education Association presents “Outdoors in the Ozarks” today thru Sunday (10/16-10/18) at OTC’s Richwood Valley Campus. There will be field trips, 5 workshops, 40 sessions, a performance by the Fishin’ Magicians and much more. For more information or to register, 581-5800.
  • It’s the Homestead Days Festival tomorrow (10/17) from 10 to 5 and Sunday (10/18) from 10 to 4 at the Nathan Boone Homestead State Historic Site near Ash Grove. There will be history and crafts demonstrations, food and more. For details, visit www.mostateparks.com or call 751-3266.
  • A fundraiser for Helping Hands will be held at the Jubilee Theater Center in Marshfield tomorrow night (10/17) at 7. There will be an auction, country, bluegrass and gospel music, clogging, comedy and food. Admission is free.
  • The Ozarko Invitational Marching Band Festival is tomorrow (10/17) at Plaster Sports Complex on the Missouri State campus. Admission is $9 for adults and $6 for students and seniors. For more information, 836-5454.
  • The 42nd Annual Gem and Jewelry Show is tomorrow and Sunday (10/17-10/18) from 10 to 5 at the Springfield Expo Center. Admission is $3.50 and 50 cents of anyone 12 and under. All proceeds benefit the Developmental Center of the Ozarks.
  • Go birding tomorrow (10/16) with members of the Greater Ozarks Audubon Society along the South Creek Greenway. Meet in the parking lot of the Forest Institute at 2885 W. Battlefield at 8 am.
  • Go on a float trip on the James River tomorrow afternoon (10/17) with the Springfield-Greene County Park Board’s Outdoors Initiative. The cost is $30 for a canoe that seats 1 to 3 people and $20 for a one-person kayak. For details, visit www.parkboard.org.
  • Celebrate Chemistry Week Sunday (10/18) at the Discovery Center of Springfield. Drury University students will offer hands-on projects from 1 to 5. To learn more, call 862-9910.
  • Sunday Sounds at the Library Station will feature Lights of Home presenting contemporary and traditional bluegrass Sunday afternoon (10/18) at 2.
  • Help Council of Churches of the Ozarks celebrate their 40th anniversary Sunday afternoon (10/18) from noon to 3 at Drury University. There will be a free picnic lunch, live music and more. Special speaker Shane Claiborne will unveil the tragic messes he says we’ve made of our world and the tangible hope that another world is possible. He’s been featured on several national news outlets including National Public Radio. For more information, 862-3586.
  • Tour Giboney Cave at Doling Park Sunday with the Springfield-Greene County Park Board’s Outdoors Initiative from 11:30 to 4:30. Walking tours cost $3 or $10 for a family of 4, and tunnel tours are $5 or $20 for a family of 5. For details, 833-8647.
  • The Missouri State women’s soccer team will take on Drake Sunday afternoon (10/18) at 1 at Plaster Sports Complex. For tickets, 836-7678.