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Parents: Some contact event locations to confirm times andand requirements. Some programs programs require requiretickets ticketsand/or and/orreservations, reservations,always always contact event locations to confirm times requirements. Nov 1, 8 & 9 • Music in the Plaza • 7:00pm-9:00pm • Bring your dancing shoes to Sugar Land Town Square for music that will make you dance, sing, and holler for more! • Sugar Land Town Square • sugarlandtownsquare.com • 713-313-7587 Nov 1 & 16 • Parent’s Survival Night • Register online or call. $27/ members, $32/non-members • The Little Gym of Sugar Land/Missouri City • tlgsugarlandtx.com • 281-277-5470 Nov 1 • Girls Night Out • 7:00pm-9:30pm • Makeovers, dancing and fun • $25/girl or 2 for $40 • Sweet & Sassy, Sugar Land Town Square • sweetandsassy.com • 281-240-2060 Nov 2 • Free Flu Shot Clinic and Community Toy Drive • Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital • houstonmethodist.org/sugarland Nov 2 • Chuckwagon Breakfast • 8:00am • Experience the Park as it comes alive in the early morning, and learn the Dutch oven cooking techniques of old. $12.50 (Adults ages 13+), $9 for children (ages 5-12), $4 for children 4 and under. Reservations Required. • georgeranch.org • 281-343-0218
Nov 2 • Free Hands-On Workshop Nov 2 • Dia de los Muertos Nov 6 - 10 • Disney on Ice-100 • 9:00am • 5-12 yrs • At Your Local • 2:00pm • Special craft activity for Years of Magic • Reliant Stadium families • Missouri City Branch Library Home Depot • homedepot.com Nov 6 & 20 • Kinder Korner • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2100 Nov 2 • 2nd Annual Prairie • 4:00pm • Stories, movies, crafts, Heritage Festival • 10:00am- Nov 2 • Taste of Town Square and other activities. • Kindergarteners 4:00pm • Rain or shine! Performers, • 5:00pm-7:00pm • Stroll through • Free • University Branch food, drinks, exhibits, presenters, crafts, the Plaza while enjoying food Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us tours, and more! • Free • Seabourne and drinks from Town • 281-633-5100 Square restaurants and Creek Nature Park • coastalprairie.org listening to live music. Find even more Nov 6 & 20 • • 281-633-7042 After School Plus, Pinot’s Palette will family friendly Nov 2 • 40th Annual British Festival on-hand in the Plaza Break • 4:15pm • events at • 10:00am-4:00pm • Homemade cakes with paintings for $10 • Crafts, movies, stories and jellies, pies and sausages and sweets, Sugar Land Town Square • and more. • 1stChristmas hampers, crackers and stocking sugarlandtownsquare.com 5th Grades • Free fillers. Silent Auction items, traditional • 713-313-7587 • Sugar Land Branch afternoon tea, pub lunch and classic car Nov 4 • Free French Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us show! • $5 admission, children under Class • 5:30pm • Free • • 281-238-2140 12 free • 1 Fluor Daniel Drive, Sugar Language Factory • languagefactory.org Nov 6 & 20 • After School Land • dbetexas.org • 713-729-4049 • 281-261-2302 Break • 4:30pm • Crafts, movies, Nov 2 • Family Story Time- Icy Nov 5, 12 & 19 • Middle-School stories and more. • K-3rd Grades • Igloos • 10:15am • Cinco Ranch Program • 6:30pm • 6th Grade & Free • Cinco Ranch Branch Library • Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • up • Free • Sugar Land Branch Library fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-395-1311 • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2140 281-395-1311 Nov 7 - 9 • 13th Annual Sugar Nov 2 • Mikey’s Place- Sensory Nov 5 • First Free Tuesday to Plum Market • Fabulous vendors, more Friendly Family Films • 11:00am the Houston Zoo • 2:00pm • shopping hours and more money raised • Free Birds- First Saturday of every houstonzoo.org • 713-533-6500 for local Fort Bend County charities. Thurs. month. Brighter lights, lower sound, Nov 5 • Free Spanish Class • Preview Night 6pm-10pm, Fri 9am-9pm, shorter previews, accepting environment. 5:30pm • Free • Language Factory • Sat 9am-5pm • Stafford Centre, Cash • Santikos Palladium AVX • santikos.com languagefactory.org • 281-261-2302 & Murphy Rd • sugarplummarket.com
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Nov 7 • Holiday Treasures Boutique • Nov 12 - 17 • Chicago-National Tour • 10:00am-4:00pm • Charitable donation of $5. • Hobby Center • tuts.com • 713-558-8887 Sugar Creek Country Club • 281-494-9131 Nov 13 & 27 • After School Break • 4:00pm Nov 7 • Holiday Market at Riverstone • • 1st-5th Grades • Free • University Branch Library 4:00pm-8:00pm • One-of-a-kind shopping, signature • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-633-5100 cocktails, music, food and holiday spirit can be found Nov 13 & 27 • Kinder Korner • 4:30pm • at Riverstone during the event. Grab the most unique Kindergarteners • Free • Cinco Ranch Branch Library gifts and goodies for loved ones at this can’t-miss • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-395-1311 event with dozens of vendors and plenty of holiday Nov 13 • Kinder Korner- Jambalaya Fun! • fun. A terrific way to get ready for the holidays • 4:00pm • Kindergarteners • Free • Sienna Branch Avalon at Riverstone • riverstone.com Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2900 Nov 7 • Hope for Three & Sugar Land Modern Dentistry Informational Event on Special Needs Dentistry • 5:30pm-7:00pm • Due to the unique challenges of children with autism, a trip to the dentist or dental home care, for that matter, can be a huge task for children and parents. Because of this, Sugar Land Modern Dentistry/My Kid’s Dentist & Orthodontics has partnered with local autism advocates Hope for Three to host an informational event. Gluten free snacks, toothbrush kits and other prizes will also be available • sugarlandmoderndentistry.com • 800-317-0787 Nov 9 - Dec 24 • Santa Wonderland 2013 • bassproshop.com Nov 9 • Family Space Day • Astronauts of all age’s, can fly to the Moon with NASA volunteers in the Challenger Learning Center. Great fun for the family! • 7+ yrs • George Observatory • hmns.org • 281-242-3055 Nov 9 • Lowes Build and Grow- Pull Back Car • 10:00am • Free • At Your Local Lowes Store • buildandgrow.com Nov 9 • A Country Affair Fall Festival • 10:00am-4:00pm • Family friendly carnival with midway, silent auction, artisan marketplace, great food and delicious home baked goods at Aunt Hattie’s • First United Methodist Church Missouri City • fumcmc.org/fall-festival • 281-499-3502 Nov 9 • Huggins Fall Carnival • 1:00pm5:00pm • Games, food & fun including pony rides, bounce house & slides, rock walls and a petting zoo. All proceeds to benefit Huggins Elementary Nov 9 • “If You Build It, They Will Come” Youth Program • 2:00pm • Create imaginative structures with Lego building blocks. • 1st-5th Grades • Free • University Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-633-5100
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vendors along with Live Music, Dance Performances and more. Your $3.00 admission includes a raffle ticket for each of the vendors donated items. Salt Grass Steak House will be providing lunch that can be purchased. Help our PTO raise money for our wonderful children! • ALL • $3.00 • Frost Elementary School • frostpto.org/fundraisers.html • 83-274-69657 Nov 16 • 3rd Annual Walk of Love & 5K Fun Run • 10:00am-12:00pm • Seabourne Creek Nature Park • lunchesoflove.net
Nov 16 • The Science of Sound Family Nov 14 • Kinder Korner • 4:00pm • Event • 11:00am • Fun and interactive performance, Kindergarteners • Free • First Colony Branch Library learn how sound waves, vibrations, air molecules and frequency all come together to create music. • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2800 • First Colony Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • Nov 14 • After School Break- Board 281-238-2800 Game Day • 4:00pm • 1st-5th Grades • Free • Albert George Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us Nov 16 • International Games Day @ Your • 979-793-4270 Library • 2:00pm • University Branch Library • Nov 14 • After School Break- Thanksgiving fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-633-5100 • 4:30pm • Make marshmallow pilgrim hats dipped in chocolate and secured with mini-M&M buckles. • 1st-5th Grades • Free • Missouri City Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2100
Nov 16 • Wildlife on Wheels: Texas Wildlife • 2:00pm & 3:00pm • Hand-on, interactive program, children will learn about the animals that are native to Texas and more. • Free • Sugar Land Branch Nov 14 • Learning in the Natural Environment Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2140 • 5:30pm-8:00pm • What, when, and how of Nov 16 • Movie Under the Moon • Natural Environment Training • Any • Free • Texana 7:00pm-9:00pm • Sugar Land Town Square • Children’s Center for Autism • texanacenter.com • sugarlandtownsquare.com • 713-313-7587 281-239-1435 Nov 14 • Pajama Night Story Time • 6:30pm Nov 18 • Learning and Living with Diabetes • Free • George Memorial Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 6:00pm • Come together with friends and family for support and to learn new information about • 281-342-4455 managing diabetes. Interact with guest speakers and Nov 15 - Dec 26 • A Christmas Carol - A fellow diabetics in a friendly environment. Events are Ghost Story of Christmas • Alley Theatre • free, but please RSVP • Memorial Hermann Sugar alleytheatre.org • 713-220-5700 Land Conference Rooms B & C • memorialhermann.org Nov 15, 22 & 23 • Holidays in the Plaza • • 713-222-2273 7:00pm-9:00pm • Bring your friends and family to the Plaza to enjoy holiday entertainment and festivities. • Nov 21 • After School Break- Weaving • Sugar Land Town Square • sugarlandtownsquare.com 4:00pm • K-3rd Grades • Free • George Memorial Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-342-4455 • 713-313-7587 Nov 21 • Survivor’s Offering Support • 5:30pm-7:30pm • Support Group for women diagnosed with breast cancer. We help women at any stage of diagnosis and treatment understand that breast Nov 16 - Jan 4 • 12th Annual Festival of cancer affects them both emotionally and spiritually, Lights • 6:00pm • Moody Gardens Galveston • not just physically. • Methodist Sugar Land Hospital • methodisthealth.com • 281-274-7164 moodygardens.com • 800-582-4673 Nov 16 • Frosty’s Holiday Market • 10:00am- Nov 22 - Dec 21 • The Best Christmas Pageant 4:30pm • Come and get your holiday shopping started Ever • Fort Bend Theatre • fortbendtheatre.com • at Frost Elementary School. There will be over 75 281-208-3333 Nov 15 - 16 • “Godspell” • Performance at 8pm on Friday and 6 & 8 pm on Saturday. • Inspiration Stage Performing Arts Studio & Theatre of Sugarland • inspirationstage.com • 713-302-5329
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Nov 22 - Jan 4 • Zoo Lights at the with Promo Code: Promo10. Contact us at Houston Zoo • 6:00pm • Houston Zoo • info@besteducationshow.com. First Colony Conference Center 3232 Austin Parkway Sugar Land, $50 for houstonzoo.org/zoolights • 713-533-6500 both classes-Nov 23 and Dec 14-Saturday 2:30-4pm Nov 22 • Parent’s Night Out • 6:00pm-9:00pm • Best Education Show • Drop your kids off for 3 hours of non-stop fun. Nov 25 • Children’s Opera Strega Nona Open to members and non members. Space is • 3:00pm • Kindergarten & up • Free • Sienna limited so call now to reserve your child’s spot. Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2900 $35 non member, $30 member, $25 non member sibling and $20 member sibling. Dinner included. • Nov 26 • After School Break- Pom-Pom Great Play Sugar Land • greatplay.com/sugarland Turkey Craft • 4:30pm • 1st-5th Grades • Free • Fulshear/Simonton Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-277-0475 • 281-633-4675 Nov 23 • 25th Annual New Hope Lutheran Nov 28 • 11th Annual Katy YMCA Turkey Church Arts and Crafts Bazaar • 9:00am • Dash • 6:30am • Katy YMCA • ymcaturkeydash.org 70+ Arts and Crafts Booths, Victorian Tea Room • 281-392-5055 and Bakery, Silent Auction and Raffle, Theme Gift Nov 28 • 64th Annual Thanksgiving Day Baskets, Fair Trade, Santa and Mrs. Claus, Catered Parade • 9:00am • Gates open at 7am. • Concessions. • New Hope Lutheran Church • Downtown Houston • houstontx.gov newhopelc.org • 281-499-7611 Nov 28 • Uptown Holiday Lighting • Post Nov 23 & 30 • 1830s “Before Thanksgiving Oak Blvd between Westheimer and San Felipe • was Thanksgiving” Lunch • 12:00pm • Journey uptown-houston.com back in time with us to the beginnings of this Nov 29 - Dec 29 • The Nutcracker • Wortham important holiday for a special meal at the 1830s Theater Center • houstonballet.org Stock Farm. $13.50 for Adults ages 13 and older, $10 for children ages 5-12, $4 for children 4 and under. Reservations Required. • George Ranch Historical Park • georgeranch.org • 281-343-0218 Nov 23 • Bricks 4 Kidz Open House • 12:00pm-4:00pm • Join us for fun and prizes! • Bricks 4 Kidz • bricks4kidz.com/fortbend • 281-778-5439
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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 Mother Goose Time • 10:15am • 1-12 months • Cinco Ranch Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-395-1311 Toddler Time • 10:30am • 12 to 36 months • University Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-633-5100 Mother Goose Time • 11:00am • 1-12 months • First Colony Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2800 Preschool Story Time • 2:00pm • 3-6 years • Cinco Ranch Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-395-1311
MONDAY Pajama Night Story Time • 7:00pm • Cinco Ranch Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-395-1311 Nov 23 • Parent Workshop-”HOW TO Preschool Story Time • 1:30pm • 3-6 yrs BE A BETTER PARENT” • Buy tickets • University Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • Pajama Night Story Time • 7:00pm • University at besteducationshow.eventbrite.com $10 off 281-633-5100 Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-633-5100
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Preschool Story Time • 11:15am • 3-6 years Preschool Story Time • 11:15am • 3-6 yrs • First Colony Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • • Sugar Land Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • Preschool Story Time • 10:00am • 3-6 yrs 281-238-2800 281-238-2140 • George Memorial Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • Family Night • 5:30pm-7:30pm • Chick-fil-A Sugar 281-342-4455 Pajama Night Story Time • 7:00pm • Sugar Land • cfasugarland.com • 281-494-3800 Land Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2140 Preschool Story Time • 10:00am & 11:15am • 3-6 years • Sienna Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us THURSDAY FRIDAY • 281-238-2900 Toddler Time • 10:00am • 12-36 months • George Preschool Story Time • 10:15am • 3-6 yrs • Memorial Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-342-4455 Fitness in the Plaza • 9:00am • Boot Camp is Fulshear/Simonton Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us Toddler Time • 10:00am • 12-36 months • Sienna from 9-10am followed by Zumba from 10-11am • • 281-633-4675 Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2900 Sugar Land Town Square • sugarlandtownsquare.com Toddler Time • 10:15am • 12-36 months • Preschool Story Time • 10:15am • 3-6 yrs • • 713-313-7587 First Colony Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • Albert George Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • Mini Moo Playgroup • 9:45am • 2-5 yrs 281-265-4444 979-793-4270 • Chick-fil-A Sugar Land • cfasugarland.com • Toddler Time • 10:15am & 11:15am • 12-36 Toddler Time • 10:15am & 11:30am • 12-36 281-494-3800 months • Sugar Land Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • months • Cinco Ranch Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us SATURDAY 281-277-8934 • 281-395-1311 Toddler Time • 10:15am • 12-36 months • Toddler Time • 10:15am • 12-36 months • Family Story Time • 10:00am • All Ages Albert George Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • Sugar Land Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • • George Memorial Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-342-4455 979-793-4270 281-238-2140 Toddler Time • 10:15am • 12-36 months • Toddler Time • 10:15am • 12-36 months • Preschool Story Time • 10:30am • 3-6 years • Cinco Ranch Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • First Colony Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • Missouri City Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-238-2100 281-395-1311 281-238-2800 Family Story Time • 10:30am • University Mother Goose Time • 10:30am • 1 to 12 Preschool Story Time • 10:15am • 3-6 yrs • Branch Library, 14010 University Blvd., Sugar Land months. • University Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us Missouri City Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • • fortbend.lib.tx.us • 281-633-5100 • 281-633-5100 281-238-2100 Mommy Matinees • 11:00am • Crying babies Preschool Story Time • 10:30am • 3-6 yrs Story Time • 11:00am • Free • Barnes & and rambunctious toddlers welcome. • Santikos • University Branch Library • fortbend.lib.tx.us • Noble, First Colony Mall • barnesandnoble.com • Palladium AVX • santikos.com 281-633-5100 281-313-8323 Log on to www.fortbendparent.com to submit your event or club information. Print Deadline 10th of month prior.
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