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Parents: Some contact event locations to confirm times andand requirements. Some programs programsrequire requiretickets ticketsand/or and/orreservations, reservations,always always contact event locations to confirm times requirements.
Sep 2 • Labor Day Backyard BBQ • 12:30pm-2:00pm • Oldfashioned 1930s BBQ-chow down some old-fashioned grub, listen to period music while playing games of the 30s and make the ice cream of your cobbler the old-fashioned way. Cost for the meal is $13.50/adults 13+ yrs, $10/ages 5-12 and $4/4 yrs & under. Call to make reservations for the historic meal. • George Ranch Historical Park • georgeranch.org • 281-343-0218
Sep 4 • Autism Playgroup of Fort Bend County • 10:00am12:00pm • Social opportunities for children with Autism and their families while building a support network in Fort Bend County. Drinks, snacks and door prizes are provided. Cost is Free but donations are appreciated. RSVP is required. For more information contact Susan at susan@susangar.com or 281-726-2665. • Free • Sugar Land City Park
Sep 4 • Kinder Korner • 4:00pm Sep 3 • Free First Tuesday • Kindergartners • Free • University Afternoon • Enjoy free admission Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • to the Houston Zoo starting at 2pm. 281-633-5100 • houstonzoo.org • 713-533-6500 Sep 3 • Free Spanish Class • Sep 4 • After School Break5:30pm • Free • Language Factory Back-to-School Bonanza • 4:15pm • languagefactory.org • 281-261-2302 • 1st-5th Grade • Free • Sugar Land Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • Sep 3 • Fun Night - Learn to 281-238-2140 Square Dance • 7:30pm-9:30pm • Join Belles & Beaus for a fun night Sep 4 • After School Break • for teens and adults. Dancing at Faith 4:30pm • Entering 1st-5th grades • Lutheran Church. • 13 and up • Free Free • Cinco Ranch Branch Library • bbbbhome.com/html/class_flyer.html • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-395-1311 • 281-242-9445 Sep 4 • The Fort Bend Teen Sep 4 & 18 • Hora de Cuentos Service League Informational Bilingue • 7:00pm • A bilingual Meeting • 6:00pm • The Fort Bend story time for Spanish-speaking families. Teen Service League (FBTSL), a mentoring • Free • Missouri City Branch Library project of the Fort Bend Junior Service • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2100 League, is welcoming teens across
Fort Bend County to join the FBTSL. now to reserve your spot. $25/girl or Membership is open to girls in grades 2 for $40 • Sweet & Sassy, Sugar 9-12. For more information, interested Land Town Square • sweetandsassy.com • 281-240-2060 teens and parents should visit the website and click on “Teen Sep 6 • Giving Spirits League” or email us at Concert Series • 7:30pminfo@fbtsl.com. • Sugar 9:30pm • Bring your Land Town Square • Find even more friends to enjoy a night of live music by The fbjsl.com family friendly Matchsticks in the Plaza! Sep 6 & 20 • This month’s concert events at Faithful Momswill benefit Behind the Coffee Time • Badge Charities. • Sugar Land Town Square • 9:30am • Meet sugarlandtownsquare.com in Room 137 for • 713-313-7587 fellowship. Childcare is provided-please RSVP is Sep 7, 13 & 20 • needed. Contact Joanna at Music in the Plaza • joannahemphill@gmail.com for more 7:30pm-9:30pm • Sugar Land Town information. • Faith United Methodist Square • sugarlandtownsquare.com • 713-313-7587 Church • faithumc.org Sep 6 • Parent’s Survival Night Sep 7 • FARE Walk for Food • 6:30pm • Open to both The Little Allergy • 8:00am • Sam Houston Gym members and non-members. Register Park • foodallergywalk.org online or call. $27/members, $32/non- Sep 7 • Chuckwagon Breakfast members • The Little Gym of Sugar • 8:00am • Cowboy Coffee, Scrambled Land/Missouri City • tlgsugarlandtx.com Eggs, Bacon, Fried Potatoes, Refried Beans, Biscuits, Sausage Gravy, Orange • 281-277-5470 Juice. $12.50 (Adults ages 13+), Sep 6 • Girl’s Night Out • $9 for children (ages 5-12), $4 for 7:30pm-9:00pm • Drop off your girls children 4 and under • George Ranch to get all glammed up, while you enjoy Historical Park • georgeranch.org • your time off! Space is limited. Call 281-343-0218
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Sep 7 • Free Hands-On Workshop • 9:00am transplants. For more information or to register, Sep 18 • After School Break • 4:30pm • 5-12 yrs • Free • At Your Local Home Depot visit BeTheMatchWalkRun.org. • Sugar Land Town • Entering 1st-5th grades • Free • Cinco Ranch • homedepot.com Square • sugarlandtownsquare.com • 713-313-7587 Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-395-1311 Sep 7 • Family Story Time-Bumble Bee Sep 14 • Free “SAT” Practice Test • Sep 19 • Survivor’s Offering Support • • 10:15am • All Ages • Free • Cinco Ranch 10:00am-2:00pm • Full-length practice SAT test. 5:30pm-7:30pm • Support Group for women Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-395-1311 Seating is limited and reservations are required. diagnosed with breast cancer. We help women at any stage of diagnosis and treatment understand Sep 7 • Movie Day @ the Library • Register online, call or visit the library. Bring #2 that breast cancer affects them both emotionally and pencils and a non-graphing calculator. • Sugar Land 10:30am • Free • Mamie George Branch Library spiritually, not just physically. • Methodist Sugar Land Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2140 Hospital • methodisthealth.com • 281-274-7164 • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2880 • Sienna Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • Sep 9 • Free French Class • 5:30pm • 281-238-2900 Sep 21 - 22 • Houston Hot Sauce Festival Free • Language Factory • languagefactory.org • • Sat, 11am-6pm and Sun, Noon-5pm. Admission Sep 14 • Bricks 4 Kidz Open House • 12:00pm- is $8, Children 12 and under free. FREE Parking. 281-261-2302 4:00pm • Bricks 4 Kidz • bricks4kidz.com/fortbend NO Pets or Coolers • Stafford Centre, Cash & Sep 9 • Pajama Night Story Time-Happy • 281-778-5439 Murphy Rd • houstonhotsauce.com/ Grandparents Day! • 6:30pm • Free • First Colony Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • Sep 14 • Pantomime Workshop with Mick 281-238-2800 Corley • 2:00pm-3:00pm • Learn about the Sep 10 • Teaching Language to Children ancient art of pantomime and will gain insight into • 5:30pm-8:00pm • Where do we start? What the training, technique, and inspiration of a mime. are mands, tacts, and intraverbals? Signs? PECS? Seating is limited, and reservations are required. Voice output devices • Texana’s Childrens Center Registration opens on September 6. • 3rd-4th Grades • Free • First Colony Branch Library • for Autism • texanacenter.com • 2812391435 fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2800 Sep 11 • After School Break-Stained-Glass Art • 4:00pm • 1st-5th Grade • Free • University Sep 14 • Movie Under the Moon sponsored Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-633-5100 by First Colony Church of Christ • 8:30pm • Sugar Land Town Square • sugarlandtownsquare.com Sep 11 • Kinder Korner-School Bus Fun! • • 713-313-7587 4:00pm • Kindergartners • Free • Sienna Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2900 Sep 16 - Oct 28 • Registration Starts for Sep 11 • Kinder Korner-Cars, Cars, Cars Michael Jackson “Thriller” Dance Workshop • 4:30pm • Kindergartners • Free • Cinco Ranch • Learn the dance steps to Michael Jackson’s iconic Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-395-1311 1980s hit song, “Thriller”, in time for Halloween. The 6-week workshop will culminate with a performance Sep 12 • After School Break-Homemade for families and friends. Seating is limited, and Bubbles • 4:00pm • 1st-5th Grade • Free • reservations are required. Registration will begin Albert George Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us September 16. • 6th Grade & up • Free • • 979-793-4270 First Colony Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • Sep 12 • Kinder Korner-Prepare to Take-Off! 281-238-2800 • 4:00pm • Kindergartners • Free • First Colony Sep 17 • Middle-School Program-Break It Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2800 UP: Back-to-School Ice-Breaker! • 5:30pm • Sep 12 • After School Break-Back to 6th Grade & up • Free • Sienna Branch Library Studying • 4:30pm • 1st-5th Grade • Free • • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2900 Missouri City Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • Sep 17 • Middle-School Program-Egg 281-238-2100 Astronauts • 6:30pm • 6th Grade & up • Free Sep 12 • Catwalk on City Walk • 7:00pm • • Sugar Land Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • Charity Fashion Show-Make it a girl’s night out and 281-238-2140 help raise money for Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital’s Pretty in Pink Cancer Fund! • Sugar Land Sep 18 • Kinder Korner • 4:00pm • Marriott Town Square • sugarlandtownsquare.com Kindergartners • Free • University Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-633-5100 • 713-313-7587 Sep 14 • Be the Match Run • 8:30am • Join us for the Be the Match walk/run where you can learn more about helping patients with blood cancers like Leukemia through marrow
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Sep 21 - 22 • Needville’s Citywide Garage Sale • 8:00am • Over 100 locations all around town. Maps will be available at each location. Look for the official red and white signs! • City of Needville • 979-793-7200 Sep 21 • NFL Punt, Pass & Kick • 9:00am • Boys and girls, ages 6 to 15, are able to compete individually against their peers in five separate age divisions. Youngsters have the opportunity to showcase the fundamentals of punting, passing and kicking in a fun, engaging forum. The event is free and open to everyone. • Free • Seabourne Creek Regional Sports Complex • nflppk.com Sep 21 • David Taylor Cadillac Car Show • 10:00am-4:00pm • Sugar Land Town Square • sugarlandtownsquare.com • 713-313-7587 Sep 21 • Rosenberg cultural arts Rosenberg •
1st Annual Tour the Arts in • 11:00am-6:00pm • Celebrate in Rosenberg. • Historic Downtown artsinrosenberg.org • 281-380-3395
Sep 21 • Curious George Curiosity Day • 11:00am • Free • Barnes & Noble, First Colony Mall, 16535 Southwest Frwy • bn.com • 281-313-8323 Sep 21 • Parent’s Survival Night • 7:15pm • Open to both The Little Gym members and nonmembers. Register online or call. $27/members, $32/non-members • The Little Gym of Sugar Land/ Missouri City • tlgsugarlandtx.com • 281-277-5470 Sep 24 • After School Break-Cake-Pop Decorating • 4:30pm • 1st-5th Grade • Free • Fulshear/Simonton Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-633-4675
Sep 25 • Crocodile Creek Circus Tower Puzzle • 10:30am • Have fun building a Sep 18 • After School Break-Delightful beautiful four-foot-high Circus Tower puzzle. Space Dough • 4:15pm • 1st-5th Grade • Free • is limited. • 3-7 yrs • Free • Barnes & Noble, Sugar Land Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • First Colony Mall, 16535 Southwest Frwy • bn.com • 281-313-8323 281-238-2140
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Sep 25 • After School Break-Water Science Sep 27 • Dancing Under the Stars • 7:30pm• 4:00pm• 1st-5th Grade • Free • University 9:00pm • The Fred Astaire Dance Studio instructors Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-633-5100 will be there to teach you all the right moves! • Sugar Land Town Square • sugarlandtownsquare.com Sep 25 • Kinder Korner-Autumn Harvest • 713-313-7587 • 4:30pm • Kindergartners • Free • Cinco Ranch Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-395-1311 Sep 28 • Stiletto Stampede • 8:00am • The Stiletto Stampede is a 100-yard dash with Sep 26 • After School Break-Mini-Piñatas • a mission to spread breast cancer awareness. To 4:00pm • 1st-5th Grade • Free • Albert George register for the event, visit StilettoStampede.org. • Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 979-793-4270 Sugar Land Town Square • sugarlandtownsquare.com • 713-313-7587 Sep 26 • After School Break-Paper-Airplane Extravaganza • 4:00pm • 1st-5th Grade • Sep 28 • Lego Master Builder Academy Free • Sienna Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us Robot • 11:00am • Space is limited to 25 participants, so sign up early! • 8+ yrs • Free • • 281-238-2900 Barnes & Noble, First Colony Mall, 16535 Southwest Sep 26 • Kinder Korner • 4:00pm • Frwy • bn.com • 281-313-8323 Kindergartners • Free • First Colony Branch Library Sep 28 • Pre-National Night Out Kick• fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2800 Off • 5:00pm • Members of the Fire & Rescue Sep 27 - Oct 6 • 77th Annual Fort Bend Services and the Police Dept., including the Burglary County Fair & Rodeo • Fort Bend County and Auto Theft Taskforce and the Dive, SWAT, Fairgrounds • fbcfa.org Bike Patrol and ATV Search Teams, will attend. • Police Department Mini Station • missouricitytx.gov Sep 27 • 77th Annual Fort Bend County • 281-403-5830 Fair Parade • 9:00am • Spectators will be amazed as the nearly 200 entries wind their way Sep 28 • Turn the Plaza PINK• 7:00pm-9:00pm from the Historic Court House in Richmond and • The MD Anderson Regional Care Center in Sugar proceed west down Hwy. 90-A to Jennetta Street Land will recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month by lighting the Plaza pink during a free concert. in Rosenberg. • Rosenberg • fbcfa.org MD Anderson physicians and staff will be on Sep 27 • Parent’s Night Out • 6:00pm- hand during the event to pass out free educational 9:00pm • Dinner included. First child/$30.00 materials and pink glow necklaces to spread the Member; $35.00 Non Member; Siblings/$20.00 light of breast cancer awareness and hope. • Sugar Member; $25.00 Non Member • Great Play Sugar Land Town Square • sugarlandtownsquare.com • Land • greatplay.com/sugarland • 281-277-0475 713-313-7587
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Sep 29 • Laugh with Chagy the Clown • From 9-11:30am Chagy celebrates with kids K-5th grade. From 5-5:45pm he celebrates with families and at 6:00pm they have AWANA • Free • River Bend Baptist Church • riverbendbc.org • 281-346-2279
Ongoing MONDAY The Libraries will be closed on Sep 2 for Labor Day. Preschool Story Time • 1:30pm • 3-6 yrs • Free • University Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-633-5100 Pajama Night Story Time • 6:30pm • Sienna Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2900 Pajama Night Story Time • 7:00pm • Missouri City Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2100
TUESDAY Mother Goose Time • 10:00am • 1-12 months • Sienna Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2900 Toddler Time • 10:15am • 12-36 months • Missouri City Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-499-4100 Toddler Time • 10:15am • 12-36 months • Fulshear/Simonton Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-633-4675
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Mother Goose Time • 10:15am • 1-12 months Toddler Time • 10:15am • 12-36 months • • Cinco Ranch Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us First Colony Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-265-4444 • 281-395-1311 Toddler Tuesdays • 10:30am • Discovery Toddler Time • 10:15am & 11:15am • 12-36 Green in Downtown Houston • discoverygreen.com months • Sugar Land Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-277-8934 • 713-400-7336 Toddler Time • 10:15am • 12-36 months • Toddler Time • 10:30am • 12 to 36 months Albert George Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • University Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • • 979-793-4270 281-633-5100 Toddler Time • 10:15am • 12-36 months • Mother Goose Time • 11:00am • 1-12 months Cinco Ranch Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • • First Colony Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-395-1311 281-238-2800 Story Time • 10:30am • Free • Barnes & Preschool Story Time • 2:00pm • 3-6 years Noble, First Colony Mall, 16535 Southwest Frwy • Cinco Ranch Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • bn.com • 281-313-8323 • 281-395-1311 Mother Goose Time • 10:30am • 1 to 12 Pajama Night Story Time • 7:00pm • months. • University Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-633-5100 Cinco Ranch Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • Preschool Story Time • 11:15am • 3-6 years 281-395-1311 • First Colony Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • Pajama Night Story Time • 7:00pm. • Free 281-238-2800 • University Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • Family Night • 5:30pm-7:30pm • Chick-fil-A 281-633-5100 Sugar Land • cfasugarland.com • 281-494-3800
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Preschool Story Time • 10:00am & 11:15am • Toddler Time • 10:00am • 12-36 months • 3-6 years • Sienna Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us Free • Sienna Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2900 • 281-238-2900 Preschool Story Time • 10:15am • 3-6 yrs Preschool Story Time • 10:15am • 3-6 • Free • Fulshear/Simonton Branch Library • yrs • Free • Albert George Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-633-4675 fortbend.lib.tx.us • 979-793-4270
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Toddler Time • 10:15am & 11:30am • 12-36 months • Free • Cinco Ranch Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-395-1311 Toddler Time • 10:15am • 12-36 months • Free • Sugar Land Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2140 Toddler Time • 10:15am • 12-36 months • Free • First Colony Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2800 Preschool Story Time • 10:15am • 3-6 yrs • Free • Missouri City Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2100 Preschool Story Time • 10:30am • 3-6 yrs • Free • University Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-633-5100 Preschool Story Time • 11:15am • 3-6 yrs • Free • Sugar Land Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2140 Pajama Night Story Time • 7:00pm • Free • Sugar Land Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2140
SATURDAY Preschool Story Time • 10:30am • 3-6 years • Missouri City Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2100 Family Story Time • 10:30am • University Branch Library, 14010 University Blvd., Sugar Land • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-633-5100
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