Family Calendar, October 3-9

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This column includes events that are of interest to families. Material must be received at least two weeks before the event. Address suggested material to Family  Calendar, P.O. Box 81689, Lincoln, NE 68501 or e-mail to eandersen@journalstar.com.

* Friday, Oct. 3

Storytime Spectacular, 10:30 a.m., SouthPointe Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 2910 Pine Lake Road. Meet Curious George. 421-7979.

* Saturday

Meet & Shriek, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Lincoln Children’s Zoo. Meet Hagatha, play games and win prizes.

* Sunday

KidStructure exhibit final day, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft St., Omaha. (402) 342-4002.

Walk to Remember memorial service, 1-2 p.m., Lincoln Memorial Park, 14th Street and Pine Lake Road. For all family and friends who have experienced the death of an infant. Free. 477-0857.

Pokemon TCG League, 1-5 p.m., Gauntlet Games, 3233 S. 13th St. Contact Noah, 217-2711.

*  Monday

Lincoln City Libraries storytimes, Toddlers: 10:30 a.m. Anderson Branch. Elementary ages: 4 p.m. Arnold Heights.

Storytime Spooktacular, 10:30 a.m., SouthPointe Barnes & Noble Booksellers. Halloween theme during October.

*  Tuesday

MOMS (Meeting Other Mothers) Group, 9:30-11 a.m., Grace Lutheran Church, 22nd and Washington streets. $3/first child, $1/each additional child. Kristin, 464-1481.

Lincoln City Libraries storytimes, Toddler: 10:30 a.m. Walt; 10:35 a.m. Gere. Preschool: 10:30 a.m. Anderson, Gere, Walt; 7 p.m. Eiseley.

* Wednesday

Mothers Group, 10-11:30 a.m., Northeast Family Center, 6220 Logan Ave.  471-3700. Child care provided.

Lincoln City Libraries storytimes, Preschool: 10:30 a.m. Eiseley, South and Walt branches; 2 p.m. South branch, 7 p.m. Anderson. Toddlers: 10:30 a.m. Walt; 10:35 a.m. Eiseley.

Grandparent Group, 1 p.m., Northeast Family Center, 6220 Logan Ave. 471-3700.

Fall Festival and pumpkin decorating, 5-7 p.m. (while supplies last), South Street Plaza, 14th and South streets. For ages under 13. Pumpkins and supplies provided. Free.

* Thursday

Parent and child playgroup, for children ages 9 months-5 years, 9:30-11 a.m., Northeast Family Center, 6220 Logan Ave. 471-3700.

Lincoln City Libraries Storytimes, Toddlers: 10:05 a.m., Gere; 10:35 a.m., Eiseley, Gere branches. Preschool: 10:15 a.m., Bennett Martin; 10:30 a.m. Bethany, Eiseley, Gere; 7 p.m., Arnold Heights.

4-H Kickoff, 6 p.m., Lancaster Extension Education Center, 444 Cherrycreek Road. Find out how to join 4-H. 441-7180.

* Shows

The Big Adventure traveling exhibit, opens Saturday through Jan. 4, Strategic Air & Space Museum. Activities include a climbing wall, crawling tunnels and a balance beam. $7/adults, $3/ages 5-12 and under 5 free.

Planetarium Astronomy shows: “The Enchanted Reef,” 2 p.m., and “Black Holes,” 3 p.m., Saturdays. Secret of the Cardboard Rocket,” 2 p.m., and  “Black Holes,” 3 p.m. Sundays.  Admission: $8/adults, $5.50/ages 5-18, $2.50/ages 4 and under, (includes admission to UNL State Museum), Mueller Planetarium.

Hyde Observatory shows: “Recent NASA Missions” and “Fall Constellations.” Sunset-10 p.m. Saturday, Hyde Memorial Observatory. Free. Suitable for all ages.

“Saint George and the Dragon,” The Paul Mesner Puppets, Oct. 9-19, Paul Mesner Puppet Studio, 1006 E. Linwood Blvd., Kansas City, Mo. (816) 235-6222 or www.paulmesnerpuppets.org. 

* Pumpkin patches

Bloom Where You Are Planted, 911 S. 108th St., Avoca. (402) 267-4104.

The Punkin Patch, 28614 O St. (6 miles east of Eagle. Hours: dawn-dusk daily. (402) 994-4305.

Roca Berry Farm, Roca. 421-2255.

Sunwest Farm Pumpkin Farm, 4851 N. 84th St. 464-4633.

Vala’s Pumpkin Patch, Gretna. (402) 332-4200.

Arbor Day Tree Farm Tree Adventure, 2700 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City. (402) 873-8717.

* Register now

Family hayrack rides, through Nov. 1, Pioneers Park Nature Center. $6/person. Space fills quickly. Preregistration required. 441-7895.

Healthy Foods for the Entire Family, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, MilkWorks, 5930 S. 58th St., Suite W. $10. To register, call 423-6402 or milkworks@windstream.net.

Stuff a Scarecrow, 5-7 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct 10 and 11, 1:30-4 p.m. Oct. 12, Lincoln Children’s Museum. $25/family, includes supplies. Register at 477-4000.

Manners and Etiquette for children, for middle school youth, 9 a.m.-noon Oct. 11. $15/person. For location/registration call 219-7000 or www.SaintElizabethOnline.com.

Forester for Webelos, 9 a.m.-noon Oct. 11, Pioneers Park Nature Center, Prairie Building. Fulfills requirements 2 through 6 and 9. $7/Scout, leaders free. Register by Wednesday.

Nearly Full Moon Walkabout, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 11, Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center, 11700 S.W. 100th St., Denton. Night hike followed by campfire with s’mores and hot cider. $6/person, children must be accompanied by adult. Preregister by Oct. 10 at (402) 797-2301.

Halloween Family Days, 1-5 p.m. Oct. 12, YMCA Camp Kitaki, South Bend. Hayrack rides, pumpkin carving, hiking and activities for entire family. $5/person, ages 5 and under free. To register, call 434-9222 or www.ymcalincoln.org.kitaki.

Halloween Camps, 5:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. the following day: Oct. 17-18, 18-19 and 24-25 for ages 7-12; Oct. 25-26 for ages 10-14, Camp Kitaki. Haunted house, ghost stories, haunted hike, hayrack ride, dance/costume contest, pumpkin carving and prizes/treats. $39/child. To register, call (402) 434-9222 or www.ymcalincoln.org/kitaki.

Super Sitters class, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Oct. 18. $15/person. For location/registration, call 219-7000 or www.SaintElizabethOnline.com.

Wildlife Badge for Junior Girl Scouts, 9 a.m.-noon Oct., 18, Pioneers Park Nature Center, Prairie Building. Activities 3-5 and 7-9 will be completed. $7/Scout, leaders free. Register by Oct. 15 at 441-7895.

Story Fun after-school program, six- week program 3-4:30 p.m. Tuesdays  Oct. 21-Dec. 16, LifePointe, 7501 S. 17th St. For grades 3-5. $60/person/six-week session. 481-6300.

Edutainment after-school program, six-week program 3-4:30 p.m. Wednesdays Oct. 22-Dec. 17, LifePointe, 7501 S. 27th St. For grades K-2. $60/person/six-week session. 481-6300.

Spooktacular: Hidden in the Night, 6:45-8 p.m. Oct. 23-25, Pioneers Park Nature Center. $6/person; ages 3 and under free. Preregister and prepay at 441-7895.

“Art: It’s in the Eye of the Beholder” camp, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 27-31, Lincoln Children’s Museum. Drawing/painting activities for grades K-5. $150/members, $165/nonmembers. Register at 477-4000.

Zoo Camp, for grades 2-5, Oct. 27-31, Lincoln Children’s Zoo. $210/members, $245/nonmembers. To register call, 475-6741 ext. 129.

“Saving Memories” children’s workshops, 9-11:30 a.m. Oct. 28-30, Museum of Nebraska History, 15th and P streets. Make hide paintings, mini-quilts or autograph albums. Class size limited to 12 students. $7/per class. Registration required at 471-4757 or jkeetle@nebraskahistory.org.

* Workshops/classes

Divorce Care for Kids, ages 5-12, 7-8:30 p.m. Mondays, First Evangelical Free Church, 3300 S. 84th St. In conjunction with Divorce Care for adults. Free.

Ballroom dancing classes, 6-7 p.m. Thursdays (grades 4-8); 7-8 p.m. (grades 9 through college) Thursdays, DelRay Ballroom, 820 R St. For information call Tammy, (402) 770-1265.

SECURE car seat fitting station, individualized instruction on installation/use of child’s car seat by appointment. $20/car seat. Call, 219-7000 or www.SaintElizabethOnline.com.

Breast-feeding support groups for pregnant and breast-feeding women: Telephone support, LaLeche League, 441-9509; Breast-feeding Cafe (LaLeche League), 10:30 a.m. Fridays, Eiseley Branch Library; Group for Moms, 1:30 Wednesdays, BryanLGH College of Health Sciences, Room 200, 5035 Everett St., 481-3328; Mom Talk, 7 p.m. Mondays, 10 a.m. Wednesdays/Fridays, Milkworks, 5930 S. 58th St., Suite W, 423-6402.

* Coming up

“Arthur’s Halloween,” opens 7 p.m. Oct. 10, Lincoln Community Playhouse, 2500 S. 56th St. 489-7529.

Behlen Observatory public night, 7:30-10 p.m. Oct. 10, Behlen Observatory, Mead. For directions visit http://astro.unl.edu/observatory. Free.

Child Advocacy Center 10th birthday party, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 11, Roca Berry Farm, Roca. Birthday cake, the String Beans and activities. Regular admission.

Science Day/Bat College by Doane, noon-4 p.m. Oct. 12, Lincoln Children’s Zoo. Regular admission.

All Hallows Eve, 6-9 p.m. Oct. 17-18, Stuhr Museum. Treat Trail, Haunted Field and Spider Cave. Appropriate for all ages. Regular admission.

Book Fest events, 11 a.m. program with activities about Nebraska’s backyard birds; noon, Mike Mennard performance; 1 p.m., appearances by Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt; 2:15 p.m., read and role-play with author N.L. Sharp and 3:30 p.m., storybook bingo, Oct. 18, Lincoln Children’s Museum. Free.

“Disney Live! Winnie the Pooh,” 1:30 p.m. Oct. 26, Pershing Center, 226 Centennial Mall South. 475-1212.

Boo at the Zoo, 5:30-8 p.m. Oct. 26-30, Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

* Family viewing

Current G or PG movies. All movies currently in the theater and running through next Thursday unless otherwise noted. Movies are rated up to ****

OPEN TODAY

BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA. A pampered Chihuahua goes on a comic “Incredible Journey” to Mexico in this family film from Disney that features talking versions of bug-eyed little dogs. PG. (Grand, East Park, SouthPointe) **½

IN THEATERS

FIREPROOF. Kirk Cameron plays a firefighter who is having marital troubles in this church-produced picture. PG. (Grand).

IGOR. The animated film is a credible knockoff of “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” but the joke- and heart-starved script lets down a solid voice cast that includes John Cusack and Steve Buscemi. PG. (Grand, Edgewood) *½

VIDEO RELEASES

Dora the Explorer Dora Saves the Snow Princess (NR), available now.

Soccer Mom (PG), available now.

* Places to go

In Lincoln:

Ager Play Center, 1300 S. 27th St.; 441-6788.

Lincoln Children’s Zoo, 1222 S. 27th St.; 475-6741; www.lincolnzoo.org.

Hyde Memorial Observatory, Holmes Park, 70th Street and South Shore Boulevard, south side of Holmes Lake.

Lincoln Children’s Museum, 1420 P St.; 477-0128; www.lincolnchildrensmuseum.org.

Morrill Hall, University of Nebraska State Museum and Ralph Mueller Planetarium, 14th and U streets; 472-2642.

Museum of Nebraska History, 15th and P streets; 471-4754; www.nebraskahistory.org.

National Museum of Roller Skating, 4730 South St.; 483-7551.

Pioneers Park Nature Center, 3201 S. Coddington Ave.; 441-7895.

Elsewhere:

Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium, Schramm Park State Recreation Area, 21502 W. Highway 31, Gretna; (402) 332-3901.

Arbor Day Farm’s Tree Adventure Pavilion and Lied Greenhouse, 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City. (402) 474-5655 or www.arborday.org.

Audubon Spring Creek Prairie, southwest of Lincoln, follow Southwest 98th Street south out of Denton for three miles. (402) 797-2301.

Durham Western Heritage Museum, 801 S. 10th St., Omaha; (402) 444-5071; www.dwhm.org.

Edgerton Explorit Center, Nebraska’s Hands-on Science Center, 208 16th St., Aurora. Two miles north of I-80 at the Aurora exit. (877) 694-4032.

Eugene T. Mahoney State Park, located 25 miles east of Lincoln, off I-80 at exit 426; (402) 944-2523.

Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Lied Super Screen Theater and McDonald Planetarium, 1330 N. Burlington Ave., Hastings; (402) 461-2399 or (800) 508-4629

Henry Doorly Zoo and Lozier IMAX Theater, 3701 S. 10th St., Omaha; (402) 733-8401.

Homestead National Monument of America, four miles west of Beatrice on Nebraska 4; (402) 223-3514.

G. Simmons Conservation Park and Wildlife Safari, Interstate 80 exit 426, between Lincoln and Omaha; operated by the Henry Doorly Zoo. (402) 944-WILD, or (402) 733-8401.

Omaha Children’s Museum, 500 S. 20th St., Omaha; (402) 342-6164.

Strategic Air and Space Museum, 28210 W. Park Highway, Ashland (I-80 Exit 426). (800) 358-5029 or www.strategicairandspace.com.

Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, 3133 W. Highway 34, Grand Island. (308) 385-5316.