november 2012 calendar of gainesville, fl family events
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free online calendar of family events in the Gainesville, FL area including listings for kids events, childrens programs, kids eat free nights, library programs and moreTRANSCRIPT
Calendar November 2012
Over 1000 listings of kids activities around Gainesville
NOVEMBER HIGHLIGHTS Holiday Shows Giveaway
Enter once a day
November 5th—16th
UF Homecoming Parade
November 9th
Sweet Dreams Chocolate Night
November 11th
Thanksgiving
November 22nd
Annual Cane Boil and Fiddle Fest
November 24th
This Month’s Calendar
Family Events 6
Holiday Shows 10
Library Programs 12
Story Times 13
Ongoing Programs and Classes 14
Restaurant Fun 16
Kids Eat Cheap/ Free Nights 17
At the Movies 18
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November 2012 Family Events
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1
Day of the Dead
Rural Folk-life Days
Halloween Candy Buy Back
Three Mus-keteers
2
Day of the Dead
Rural Folklife Days
Three Musketeers
3
Day of the Dead
Rural Folklife Days
Family Church Family Harvest Festival
Fire Fest
Gainesville EcoTour and Hike
Three Musketeers
4
Antioch Baptist Church Fall Festival
Harn Museum Children’s Book Signing Event
Three Musketeers
5 6 7
Festival Francais
8
Movie on the Lawn
Gainesville Gone Austin
9
UF Homecoming Parade
10
Eco Tour Environmental Hike
Ocali Country Days
11
UF Homecoming BBQ and Carnival
Alachua Harvest Festival
Sweet Dreams Chocolate Night
12 13
Gaines-ville EcoTour and Hike
14
ACT Pro-gram Things That Go Bump in the Night
15 16
Alachua Shop Dine & Stroll
Camp Life Carnival
Trashformations Exhibit
High Springs Tree Lighting
Lady Bug Action Hero
17
Cross Creek Festival
Yopp Holiday Fundraiser
18
Two Hawk Hammock Family Festival
19 20 21
Sing-along-a-Sound of Music
22
Turkey Trot
TURKEY
DAY
23
24
Cane Boil and Fiddle Fest
Gainesville EcoTour and Hike
25
26 27 28 29 Turn to page 10 for details on all the holiday shows starting in November.
30
4H Holiday Gift and Craft Workshop
Alachua Tree Lighting
FLMNH Starry Night
Riders in the Sky
Holiday Shows 2012
A Tuna Christmas
playing at the Hippodrome: November 23rd – December 23rd
A Christmas Carol
playing at the Hippodrome: November 24th – December 22nd
White Christmas
playing at the Gainesville Community Playhouse: November 23rd - December 23rd
Peter Pan and Wendy
playing at P.K. Yonge Performing Arts Center: November 29th – December 2nd
Christmas Belles
playing at High Springs Community Theater: November 30th – December 16th
Gainesville Christmas Festival
playing at Westside Baptist Church: November 30th – December 9th
How to Eat Like a Child presented by Musical Me Theater
Playing at Gainesville High School: November 30th – December 2nd
A Children’s Holiday
playing at Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall: December 1st
Cinderella performed by Danscompany
playing at the Phillips Center: December 8th
Sleeping Beauty and the Saving Prince performed by Doxa Dance Company
playing at the Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall: December 8th
The Nutcracker performed by Dance Alive
playing at the Phillips Center: December 14th – 31st
The Little Match Girl performed by the Gainesville Ballet Theatre
playing at the Phillips Center: December 19th – 22nd
November 2012
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2 3
Musikgarten 11AM
4
Kidding Around Yoga 2PM
5
Turkey RoundUp 3:30PM
Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM
Wii Gaming 4:30PM
6
Beading w/Avalon 3:30PM
Wii Fun 3:30PM
Lego Club 4PM
7
Literacy Tutoring 1PM
Tonewood Family Music 1:30PM
PreTeen Book / Craft Club 2PM
Origami for Kids 3PM
Wii Gaming 3:30PM
Mystery and History of Choco-late 3:30PM
8
Arts and Crafts 4PM
9
10
ContARTE 2:30PM
11
12
CLOSED
13
Beading w/Avalon 3:30PM
Girls Tea Party 3:30PM
Thanksgiving Turkey Hat Craft 3:30PM
Mystery and History of Choco-late 3:30PM
Lego Club 4PM
14
Literacy Tutoring 1PM
PreTeen Book and Craft Club 2PM
Wii Gaming 3:30PM
15
16
Thanksgiving Crafts 3:30PM
17
Baby & Toddler Yoga 11AM
Game Day 2PM
18
Arabic Storytime 1:30PM
19
Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM
Wii Gaming 4:30PM
20
Junior Panther Den 3PM
Wii Fun 3:30PM
Fall Crafts 3:30PM
Lego Club 4PM
21
Literacy Tutoring 1PM
Tonewood Family Music 1:30PM
PreTeen Book and Craft Club 2PM
Wii Gaming 3:30PM
22
CLOSED
23
24
Puppet Man and
Storybook Lady 11AM
25
26
Yu-Gi-Oh 4PM
Wii Gaming 4:30PM
27
Beading With Avalon 3:30PM
Lego Club 4PM
28
Literacy Tutoring 1PM
PreTeen Book and Craft Club 2PM
Wii Gaming 3:30PM
29
Fun Desserts for Kids 3PM
30 Click HERE to go straight to the Events Calendar on the Alachua County Library web-site.
Movies at the Library: page 18
Color Code Guide: Alachua Archer Cone Park Hawthorne Headquarters
High Springs Library Partnership Micanopy Millhopper Newberry Tower Road Waldo
Library Programs
Tuesdays
Library Partnership 9:30AM
Headquarters
10:30AM
Archer 10:15AM
High Springs 11AM
Tower Road 10:30AM & 7:00PM
2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Chick-Fil A Archer Rd. 5:30PM
2nd Tuesdays
Story Times Thursdays
Hawthorne 10AM
Milhopper 10:30AM
Headquarters 10:30AM
Alachua 11AM
Mondays
Millhopper 6:30PM on 9/10
Wednesdays
Cone Park 10:00AM
Learning Path 10:30 (RSVP PLEASE)
Headquarters 10:30
Millhopper 11AM— 11/7 & 11/21
Newberry 11AM
Micanopy 11:30AM
Professional Moms
of Alachua County
Fridays
PJ Tot Shabbat 9:30AM
Sundays
Contadores de Estorias 3:30PM
On-Going Programs & Classes
Mondays Every Monday
Homeschoolers Park Day
Yopp Creative Kids Mornings
Every other Monday
Art Classes with Jane Gravois
Tuesdays Every Tuesday
O2BKids Morning Magic
Sun Country Stay and Play
Bilingual Enrichment for Preschoolers
Chick-fil-A Family Night
Yopp Creative Kids Mornings
Last Tuesday
Tot Time at the Harn
Wednesdays Every Wednesday
Barnyard Buddies (Sept—May only)
Eco Tour Environmental Hike
O2BKids Morning Magic
Yopp Creative Kids Mornings
Dudley Farm Craft Workshop (Oct-July)
Third Wednesday
Loga Springs Play Therapy Seminar
Thursdays Every Thursday
O2BKids Morning Magic
Bilingual Enrichment for Preschoolers
Yopp Creative Kids Mornings
Second Thursday
Harn Museum Night
First and Third Thursday
Skate Station Roller Skating Playdate
Fridays Every Friday
O2BKids Parents Night Out
PJ Library Tot Shabbat
Sun Country Stay and Play
Yopp Creative Kids Mornings
First Friday
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
Third Friday
Trinity UMC Parents Night Out
Fourth Friday
YMCA FridayFun Night
Saturdays Every Saturday
O2BKids Morning Magic
Corks N Colors Family Art Class
French Club
Living History Days
Planetarium Kids Matinee
Michael’s Kids Craft Events
Mill Creek Farm Retirement Home for Horses
Skate Station Skating Lessons
First Saturday
Home Depot Kids Workshop
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Guided Tour
Second Saturday
Hogtown Reptile Shop Children’s Program
Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic
Dudley Kids
Third Saturday
Family Fishing Day
Old Time Dance at O’Leno Park
Fourth Saturday
Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic
Sundays Every Sunday
Family Fun Shoot
Second Sunday
Gainesville Hoola Hoop Jam
Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic
Fourth Sunday
Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic
Library Turn to page 12 for library programs
Cade Museum Click HERE to see this month’s programs
Click HERE to go to the
Ongoing Programs page
on the website.
Restaurant Fun
Magic Mike Beef O’Brady’s on 43rd St: Tuesdays 5:30-8:30
Sonny’s BBQ on Archer Road: Mondays 5:30-8:30
Moe’s on Newberry Rd: Sundays 12-3
Space Walk of Gainesville
Beef O’Brady’s on Archer Road: Tuesdays 5-8PM
Cody’s Roadhouse
Monday Nights
The Magic Man performs 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
Mexico Lindo
Tuesday Nights : Mariachi Band
Kids Eat Cheap
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
Sundays
Mamma Mia Kids 9 and under eat
FREE at buffet w/ adult purchase
Steak and Shake - Kids 12 and under
eat FREE with purchase of adult meal
Stevi B’s Kids eat for .99 at the buffet
after 4 pm
Tuesdays
Beef O'Brady's - Kids 12 and under
eat FREE with adult purchase /Dine In
Only from 4 - 8pm
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
Gator’s Dockside - Kids under 12
years of age, l child per adult eat
FREE / 6:00-8:30 PM
I Love NY Pizza in Haile—Kids 10 and
under eat free with adult purchase
Kazbor's Grille - Kids 10 and under
eat FREE with adult purchase
Texas Roadhouse - Kids 12 and under
eat for $.99 with adult purchase / 4 -
8pm
Mondays
Bubbaque’s—Kids 8 and under eat
FREE with paying adult
Cody’s Original Steakhouse -Kids 10
and under eat FREE with adult pur-
chase
David's Real Pit BBQ - One FREE kid's
meal with one adult meal purchased
Newberry’s Backyard BBQ—$1.50 Kids
meals with adult purchase
Pazza Bistro—.99 Kids meals for kids
10 and under with adult purchase
Saturdays
Piccadilly Restaurants - .99 Kid's
Meals and $1.99 Big Kids meals / All
day Thursdays /11-4 on Saturdays
Steak and Shake - Kids 12 and under
eat FREE with purchase of adult meal
Wednesdays
Applebee’s – Kids eat for .99 price w/
adult purchase
Blue Highway Pizzeria—Kids eat for $1
with adult purchase of pizza or pasta
4-7PM
Haile Village Bistro - Kids eat FREE
Mamma Mia Kids 9 and under eat
FREE at buffet w/ adult purchase
O!O Tapas and Tinis—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
Piccadilly Restaurants - .99 Kid's
Meals and $1.99 Big Kids meals / All
day Thursdays /11-4 on Saturdays
Fridays
Burger King—Kids eat for .99 with
adult purchase
At the Movies Free Movies at the Library
Every Monday 4PM / Headquarters
Every Wednesday 3PM / Newberry
Every Thursday 3:30PM / High Springs
November 19th & 26th 4PM / Tower Road
Click HERE for current show times
Movies on the Lawn Tioga Town Center
Friday, November 9th 8PM: Elf
Campus USA
Thursday, November 8th: The Lorax