Family Calendar, Jan. 9-15

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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, Jan. 9

Storytime Spectacular, 10:30 a.m., SouthPointe Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 2910 Pine Lake Road. New theme/activity each week. 421-7979.

* Saturday

American Girl (Mia) morning, 11 a.m., SouthPointe Barnes & Noble Booksellers. Games, activities and prizes for ages 7-10. Free.

* Sunday

Family Scrapbooking Workshop, 2-4 p.m., Museum of Nebraska History, 15th and P streets. Talk by Donna Bailey, 2 p.m. Free. Information: www.nebraskahistory.org or 471-4757.

*  Monday

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

Storytime Spectacular, 10:30 a.m., SouthPointe Barnes & Noble Booksellers.

*  Tuesday

“Get Wild” exhibit, opens today, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; continues through April 26, Lincoln Children’s Museum. Children become wildlife experts with fun safari theme. Regular admission.

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, Preschool: 10:30 a.m. Gere and Walt branches; 7 p.m. Eiseley. Toddlers: 10 a.m. Gere, 10:30 a.m. Walt; 10:35 a.m. Gere.

Family storytimes, “Teddy Bear Night,” 6:30-7 p.m. make-and-take crafts; 7 p.m. storytime for preschoolers and their families, Walt Branch Library. Free. 441-4460.

Lincoln Public Schools Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m., LPSDO, boardroom, 5901 O St. 436-1601.

* 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. Anderson, Eiseley, South and Walt branches; 2 p.m. South branch. Toddlers: 10:30 a.m. Walt; 10:35 a.m. Eiseley.

Nature Center Preschool open house, 12:30-1:30 p.m. and Jan. 21, Pioneers Park Nature Center, Prairie Building.

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

* 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, Preschool: 10:15 a.m. Bennett Martin; 10:30 a.m. Bethany, Eiseley, Gere branches; 7 p.m. Arnold Heights. Toddlers: 10 a.m. Gere; 10:35 a.m. Eiseley and Gere.

Family storytimes, “Frosty & Friends,” 6:30-7 p.m. make-and-take crafts; 7 p.m. storytime for preschoolers and their families, Gere Branch Library. Free.

441-8560.

* Shows

“Willy Wonka,” today-

Friday and Thursday-Jan. 18, Lincoln Community Playhouse, 2500 S. 56th St. 489-7529.

“Elmo’s Green Thumb,” Sesame Street Live, today-Sunday, Pershing Center, 226 Centennial Mall South. 475-1212.

Planetarium Astronomy shows: “The Little Star That Could,” 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. “Black Holes,” 3 p.m. Saturdays and 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: “Expanding Universe: Search for Other Life Forms” and “Winter Constellations.” Sunset-10 p.m. Saturday, Hyde Memorial Observatory. Free. Suitable for all ages.

* Register now

Winter Nature Camp: Dig into Nature, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Jan. 19-20, Pioneers Park Nature Center, Prairie Building. For grades 1-5. $55/child/two days. Register by Monday, 441-7895.

Safe Sitter, for ages 11-13, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Jan. 20, Conference Center, lower level Medical Plaza, BryanLGH West, 2300 S. 16th St. $30/child. Preregistration required, 481-8886.

Museum day camps: “Wheels & Wings Camp,” 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Jan. 19; “Tessellations,” 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Jan. 20, Lincoln Children’s Museum. For grades

K-5. $40/members, $45/nonmembers. Preregistration required, 477-4000.

4-H Overnight Lock-in, for grades 4 and 5, 8 p.m. Jan. 23 to 8 a.m. Jan. 24, Lancaster Extension Education Center, 444 Cherry Creek Road. Need not be enrolled in 4-H to attend. “Candy Land” theme. $15/person, required by Jan. 20. Call Tracy, 441-7180.

Return to Work and Breastfeed Your Baby, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Jan. 31, MilkWorks, 5930 S. 58th St. Breakfast, information and door prizes. Free. Registration required, 423-6402.

* Workshops/classes

Youth Dance Club, 6-7 p.m. Thursdays, DelRay Ballroom, 820 R St. For grades 4-8. 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; Group for Moms, 1:30 p.m. 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

Clinic with a Heart, urgent care medical clinic for  fifth-graders and younger, 4:30-6 p.m., Saratoga Elementary School, 2215 S. 13th St. Children from any school welcome; no appointments necessary. Free. Information, 421-2924.

* 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 ****

OPENS TODAY

BRIDE WARS. Dirty tricks fly in this story of two brides fighting over planning their weddings on the same day in the same place. But the setup can’t find laughs, despite the talents of Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson. PG. (Grand, East Park, SouthPointe) *½

IN THEATERS

BEDTIME STORIES. Adam Sandler plays a wacky uncle whose farfetched bedtime stories come true in this bland, overly calculated, disappointing holiday picture. PG. (Grand, East Park, SouthPointe) *½

BOLT. This entertaining computer- animated film combines “The Incredible Journey” with “The Truman Show” in a story about a show biz dog who has to try to get from New York to L.A. PG. (Grand, SouthPointe) ***½

MARLEY & ME. Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson star in this lifeless film adapted from the best-selling book about a family that learns life lessons from its adorable, but mischievous dog. PG. (Grand, East Park, Edgewood) *½

THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX. This computer-animated fairy tale about a heroic, big-eared mouse, a rat and a servant girl who wants to be a princess is gorgeous to look at, but so convoluted it loses its way as a story. G. (Grand, East Park) **½

VIDEO RELEASES

All Roads Lead Home (PG), available Tuesday.

Dora the Explorer: Dora and the Little Pigs (NR), available Tuesday.

* Places to go

In Lincoln:

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

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.

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.