August Summer Activities Guide
In This Issue August Family Events August Kids Programs August Library Programs August Story Times Programs Now Registering Open Houses Restaurant Fun Nights Kids Eat Free Nights Indoor Play Areas SUMMER DEALS At the Movies Swim Lesson Providers Swim Teams Places to Get Wet August Summer Camps
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August 2013 Family Events Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
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2 Sun Country Little Lunchers
3 Home Depot Kids Workshop Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Tour Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Kids Day Sun Country Sunny’s Showcase Super Spark Truck Saturday
4 Circle of Love Summer Carnival
8 Harn Museum Night
9 Sun Country Family Fun Night Movies on the Square
10 Corks n Colors Angry Birds Class Hogtown Reptile Shop Kids Program Lowe’s Build to Grow Clinic Independance Studio Auditions for Competitive Dance Team O2BKids Fall Classes SignUp Skate Station Planes Party Stop the Violence Back-to-School Rally
11 UF Carillon Recital River Ranch Community Sunday Corks n Colors TyeDye Class
18 River Ranch Community Sunday Corks n Colors Mommy and Me Class
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12 Bouncin Big Splasht acular Days
13 Bouncin Big Splasht acular Days
14 15 Corks n Family Nature Colors Club Kids Lovebird Class Studio 32 Birthday Bash
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17 Gator CPR Friends and Family Training Seminar Next Level Sports and Fitness Kids Day Family Fishing Day Archer Elementary Back to School Bash Gainesville Civil War Reenactment Harn Museum Family Day Independance Studio Birthday Bash UF Volleyball and Football Fan Day
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20 American Heritage Girls Info Meeting
21 22 Cameron GYC Annual Dance Auditions Center Open House
23 Sun Country Parents Night Out
24 25 EARS Family Day Tour Corks n Colors Mother Daughter Jewelry Date Tioga Town Fair YMCA Back to School Splash
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Ongoing Programs Mondays
Thursdays
Saturdays
Every Monday
Every Thursday
Every Saturday
Homeschoolers Park Day Yopp Creative Kids Mornings
O2BKids Morning Magic Yopp Creative Kids Mornings
Every other Monday
Second Thursday
Art Classes with Jane Gravois
Harn Museum Night
Third Thursday
O2BKids Morning Magic French Club Living History Days Planetarium Kids Matinee Michael’s Kids Craft Events Mill Creek Farm Retirement Home for Horses Skate Station Skating Lessons
Gainesville Eco Tour Family Nature Club
First Saturday
First and Third Thursday
Home Depot Kids Workshop Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Guided Tour
Tuesdays Every Tuesday O2BKids Morning Magic Sun Country Stay and Play Chick-fil-A Family Night Yopp Creative Kids Mornings
Last Tuesday Tot Time at the Harn
Skate Station Roller Skating Playdate
Second Saturday
Fridays Every Friday O2BKids Parents Night Out PJ Library Tot Shabbat Sun Country Stay and Play Sun Country Gym Jam Sun Country Splash Jam Yopp Creative Kids Mornings
Hogtown Reptile Shop Children’s Program Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic Dudley Kids (Oct—May only)
Third Saturday Family Fishing Day
First Friday
Wednesdays Every Wednesday Barnyard Buddies (Sept—May only) O2BKids Morning Magic Yopp Creative Kids Mornings Dudley Farm Craft Workshop (Oct-July) Bouncin at the Rock
Feed-a-Frog Friday (Sept—May only) Sun Country Little Lunchers Tot Time at the Harn
Second Friday Sun Country Family Night Movies on the Square
Sundays Every Sunday Family Fun Shoot
Third Friday Trinity UMC Parents Night Out
Third Wednesday
Fourth Friday
Loga Springs Play Therapy Seminar
Sun Country Parents Night Out YMCA FridayFun Night
Click HERE to go to the Ongoing Programs page on the website.
Library
Cade Museum
Turn to page 8 for library programs
Click HERE to see this month’s programs
August 2013 Library Programs Mon
Tue
Wed
Click HERE to go straight to the Events Calendar on the Alachua County Library website.
Story Times: page 11 Movies at the Library: page 20 5 Spark Truck Build a Mobile 1PM Wii Gaming 3PM Magic Martinez 3PM Make It Grow 3:30PM Spark Truck Build a Mobile 4PM Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM
6 Beading w/Avalon 3:30PM Dig Into Treasure 3:30PM Wii Fun 3:30PM
Thu 1 Spark Truck Build a Mobile 1PM
Fri 2 Nursery Rhyme Time 2PM
Sat
Sun
3 ContARTE 10AM Musikgarten 11AM
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10 Game Day 2PM
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7 Bubbles, Bubbles 11AM Bats in the Library 2PM Lego Club 3PM Making Comics 3PM NASA a History of Space 3PM Wii Gaming 4PM NASA a History of Space 6PM
8 9 Florida’s Spy School Gentle 2PM Giants: the Tortoises 2PM
12 13 Wii Gaming 3PM Wii Fun 3:30PM Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM Dig into the Past 3:30PM Arts and Crafts 4PM
14 End of Summer Party 12PM Fancy Nancy Tea Party 1:30PM Lego Club 3PM Paws to Read 3PM Girls Tea Party 3:30PM Wii Gaming 4PM
15 End of Summer Bash with Magic 2PM
16 17 Sidewalk Baby/Toddler Chalk / Yoga 11AM Bubbles Party 2PM End of Summer Reading Party 2:30PM
19 20 Wii Gaming 3PM Junior Panther Den Wii Gaming 4PM 3:15PM Wii Fun 3:30PM Beading w/Avalon 3:30PM Viva Florida 500 Children’s Programs 3:30PM LL BRANCHES CLOSED
21 Fun with Baby Signs 11AM Lego Club 3PM Wii Gaming 4PM
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24 25 Fun & Play for Locker Art 2PM Toddlers 11AM Puppet Man and a Storybook Lady 11AM
26 27 Sculpt Away Junior Panther Den Wii Gaming 4PM 3:15PM
28 Music Mash 11AM Wii Gaming 4PM
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Color Code Guide: Alachua
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Archer Cone Park Hawthorne Headquarters High Springs Library Partnership Micanopy Millhopper Newberry Tower Road
Story Times Tuesdays
Wednesdays Thursdays
Sundays
Library Partnership 9:30AM
Cone Park 10AM 1st and 3rd only
Corks n Colors 12:30
Hawthorne 10:30AM Headquarters 10:30AM
Archer 10:15AM
Learning Path 10:30 (RSVP PLEASE)
Millhopper 10:30AM
Headquarters 10:30AM
Millhopper 11AM
Alachua 11AM
Newberry 11AM Tower Road 10:30AM High Springs 11AM 6:30PM 2nd & 4th Tuesdays Chick-Fil A Archer Rd. 5:30PM 2nd Tuesdays
Micanopy 11:30AM
Programs now registering Alachua Little Jaguars Flag Football League Cameron Dancenter Pop Warner Football and Cheerleading City of High Springs Girls Volleyball City of Newberry football, volleyball and soccer Corks n Colors Art Smart After-School Programs Elite Pro-Ball Florida Team Cheer Allstars Fun Languages Gainesville Gainesville Rock Gym Gainesville Youth Soccer Gatorball Baseball Training Academy Girl Scouts Girls Place volleyball Hippodrome fall acting classes I9 Sports football, soccer, baseball Independance Studio Musical Me Theater—Shrek the Musical Musikgarten O2BKids Vision Volleyball Club YMCA soccer and football
Click HERE to go straight to the Programs Now Registering page
Open houses American Heritage Girls—Tuesday, August 20th Cameron Dance Studio—Wednesday, August 21st and Thursday, August 22nd Gainesville Rock Gym— Monday, August 26th Independance Studio—Saturday, August 17th Studio 32 Orthodontics—Wednesday, August 14th Sun Country Sunny’s Showcase—Saturday, August 3rd
Restaurant Fun Magic Mike Beef O’Brady’s on 43rd St: Tuesdays 5:30-8:30
Space Walk of Gainesville Beef O’Brady’s on Archer Road: Tuesdays 5-8PM
Cody’s Roadhouse Monday Nights Caricature artist tableside
Chick Fil-A Fun Nights Tuesday Nights: Arts & Crafts, Games and Entertainment
Gator’s Dockside Tuesday Nights Clown / Balloon Artist
Texas Roadhouse Tuesday Nights Arts & Crafts, Entertainment, Games, and Prizes and Andy the Armadillo
Kids Eat Cheap Sundays
Tuesdays
Wednesdays
Steak and Shake Kids 12 and under eat FREE with purchase of adult meal
Beef O'Brady's Kids 12 and under eat FREE with adult purchase /Dine In Only from 4 - 8pm
Applebee’s Kids eat for .99 price w/ adult purchase
Stevi B’s Kids eat for .99 at the buffet after 4 pm
Mondays Bono’s Kids eat free with purchase of $8 entrée or more.
Cody’s Original Steakhouse Kids 10 and under eat FREE with adult purchase Gainesville Ale House Kids 12 and under eat FREE with purchase of adult meal
Cody’s Original Steakhouse Kids 10 and under eat FREE with adult purchase
Gator’s Dockside Kids under 12 years of age, l child per adult eat FREE / 6:008:30 PM
David's Real Pit BBQ One FREE kid's meal with one adult meal purchased
I Love NY Pizza in Haile Kids 10 and under eat free with adult purchase
Newberry’s Backyard BBQ $1.50 Kids meals with adult purchase
Texas Roadhouse Kids 12 and under eat for $.99 with adult purchase / 4 - 8pm
New Deal Café $1 kids meals with adult purchase
Blue Highway Pizzeria Kids eat for $1 with adult purchase of pizza or pasta 4-7PM Haile Village Bistro Kids eat FREE Roundabout Grill Kids eat free off the kids menu with adult purchase Sisters Kids eat free off the kids menu with adult purchase. Zaxby’s 2 kids meals for $.99 with adult purchase
Thursdays None
Fridays None
Every Day Crispers Kids 12 and under eat for .99 when wearing Kids Club t-shirt IHOP Kids 12 and under eat FREE with purchase of adult meal / 4 -10pm
Saturdays Steak and Shake Kids 12 and under eat FREE with purchase of adult meal
Indoor places to have fun Alley Gatorz –bowling alley and arcade Alley Katz—bowling alley and arcade Bouncin’ Big— indoor inflatable facility Chick-fil-A Archer Road —indoor playground Corks n Colors –Pottery and Canvas Studio Do Art - Pottery and Art Studio Easton Newberry Sports Center—indoor archery range Family Treasures Thrift Shop—indoor play area Florida Museum of Natural History— Discovery Room Gainesville Rock Gym—indoor rockwall Oaks Mall—indoor playground O2BKids— indoor playground Reitz Union Game Room—bowling alley Skate Station Funworks—skating, soft play, arcades, rockwall— and gokarts, batting cages and mini golf Splitz—bowling alley and arcade Sun Country Sports Center— indoor playground and rockwall Yopp Recreation Center—indoor playroom
Summer deals Visit www.fun4gatorkids.com/events/summerdeals for details Kids Bowl Free ALL SUMMER Alley Katz, Alley Gatorz, and Reitz Union Game Room Summer Reading Programs Alachua County Libraries, Barnes and Noble, Books-a-Million FREE Infant Swim Class at Sun Country Sports Center Kids get FREE LUNCH in the Summer Break Spot program Teens get a FREE summer membership at Gainesville Health and Fitness
At the Movies Free Movies at the Library
Every Monday 4PM / Headquarters Every Wednesday 3PM / Newberry 2nd and 4th Thursday 3PM / High Springs 1st & 2nd Friday 2PM / Library Partnership
Click HERE for current show times
2nd Friday of the month
10am $1 kids movies Tuesdays and Wednesdays all summer
10AM free Kids movies every WEDNESday all summer
Every Other Wednesday 6:30PM
Swim Lesson providers 300 Club Aquabilities AquaMobile Swim School City of Gainesville Db Raquet Club *Gainesville Country Club *Haile Plantation Club High Tide Aquatics Infant Swim Resource Sun Country Splash Swim America The Swim Squad YMCA *Membership Required
Swim Teams Gator Swim Club * Haile Plantation Country Club High Tide Aquatics Makos Aquatics Club Sun Country Splash Team Synchro Gainesville Gaviatas *Membership Required
Places to GET WET SPRINKLER PARKS Alachua Sprinkler Park (free) Whispering Pines Park in Inverness (free) POOLS City of Gainesville Public Pools *Db Racquet Club *300 Club *Gainesville Country Club *Haile Country Club *Sun Country Splash *YMCA *Membership Required SPRINGS Blue Grotto Blue Springs Park Devil’s Den Fanning Springs Ginnie Springs Ichetucknee Springs Lafayette Springs Manatee Springs Peacock Springs Poe Springs Rainbow Springs Troy Spring Weeki Wachee Springs
Places to GET WET WATER PARKS Adventure Island in Tampa Shipwreck Island in Jacksonville Sea World’s Aquatica in Orlando Buccaneer Bay in Weeki Wachee Disney’s Blizzard Beach in Orlando Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon in Orlando Wet’n Wild in Orlando Wild Adventures in Valdosta Wild Waters in Ocala BEACHES Daytona Beach Flagler Beach St. Augustine Beaches
Camps Offered All Summer Camps
Ages 1/2 Day Full Day
Boys and Girls Club Camp Good News A Child’s Academy A Child’s Dream A Child’s Place City of Gainesville City of Newberry Exploring Minds Faith Academy Gainesville Country Day Gainesville Creative Kamp Girls Place Kindercare Camp La Petite Academy O2B Kids Skate Station Funworks Star Martial Arts Sun Country Sports Sunshine House
6-12 5-12 5-10 5-12 0-12 6-13 5-12 6-10 5-12 6-12 5-12 5-18 0-12 0-12 6-13 5-13 5-13 3-15 4-12
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Trinity UMC Summer Time Fun
1-11
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World Martial Arts
4-12
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YMCA
6-14
X
X X
X X
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More Camps offered in august Camps
Ages 1/2 Day Full Day
The Doris
3-18
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Do Art
6-12
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Gator Baseball SFC Chris Mowry Basketball Banner School of Etiquette Foreign Languages Camp Tumblemania Okito America
8-18
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6-14
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3-18
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Pro Taekwondo Star Martial Arts World Martial Arts Rock n Roll Camp for Girls City of Gainesville Earth Academy
4-15
X
5-13
X
X
4-12
X
X
YMCA Camp McConnell
6-16
Florida Fencing Academy Gainesville Soccer Alliance ACG Therapy Friendship Club 300 Club Db Racquet Club Camp
6-18
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6-12
X
5-13
X
6-15
X
5-18
X
X
Jonesville Tennis Center
5-18
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X
12-18
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4-12
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Summer Runner Camp First UMC of High Springs VBS
4-18
X
4-14
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6-12
x x X
8-17 6-12
X X
pay by the day camps Camp 300 Club Camp Good News Corks and Colors Db Racquet Club Camp DOK Stables Foreign Languages Camp Jonesville Tennis Center Madonna’s Equestrian Center Skate Station Funworks Sun Country Funfest Tumblemania
Ages 6-15 4-12 6-11 5-18 5-15 4-14 5-18 5-18 5-13 3-15 6-12
1/2 Full Month Day Day X ALL X ALL X ALL X X ALL X X ALL x x ALL X X ALL X ALL X ALL X X ALL x July/August