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Weekend Outlook May 21, 2010

KSMU | By Michele Skalicky
Published May 20, 2010 at 11:05 AM CDT

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  • Watch a baseball game
  • Eat suckers
  • See a movie
  • Write a song
  • Learn about turtles
  • Catch a basketball game
  • Find bargains
  • Celebrate goats
  • Listen to music
  • Learn about gardening
  • Attend Zoobilee
  • Walk for a cure
  • Dance
  • Play kickball
  • Tour gardens
  • Buy fresh produce
  • Visit the farm
  • The Missouri State Baseball Bears take on Southern Illinois tonight (5/21) at 6:30 and tomorrow afternoon (5/23) at 2 at Hammons Field. For ticket information, 836-7678.
  • Nixa Sucker Days gets underway at 9 tomorrow morning (5/22). Entertainment starts at 10 and will go all day. Fish and BBQ will be served at noon. The Sucker Day parade is tonight (5/21) at 6:30 starting at Nixa Junior High. For more information, nixasuckerday.org.
  • Adults are invited to see the film “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” tonight (5/21) at 6:30 at the Library Station.
  • Adults are invited to learn how to write a song tonight (5/21) at 7 at the Park Central Branch Library. Local band The Scribbles along with Philip Dickey from the band Somebody Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin will explain how they write songs and then will write a song with audience input that they’ll perform tonight.
  • Kids 3 to 6-years-old are invited to the Little Acorns program “Turtlemania” today (5/21) at 11 or 1:30 at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center. To register, 888-4237.
  • A 3 on 3 basketball tournament will be held at West Plains High School beginning tomorrow morning (5/22) at 8. To learn more, 274-8499.
  • The annual Community Wide Yard Sale in West Plains is tomorrow (5/22) at the West Plains Civic Center.
  • Goats Galore! will be at the Heart of the Ozarks Fairgrounds in West Plains tomorrow (5/22). There will be a goat chariot race, kids’ games, a raffle and a petting area. Admission is free.
  • The 29th Anniversary Celebration of the Southern Missouri Bluegrass Concert will be at the Avenue Theatre in West Plains tomorrow night (5/22) at 6—doors open at 5. Tickets will be available at the door.
  • The ICON Computer Users’ Group will staff a 1-on-1 Help Desk at the Library Center tomorrow morning (5/22) at 11:30.
  • The Brentwood Branch Library invites kids of all ages to the program “Little Green Thumbs” tomorrow afternoon (5/22) at 1. Make compost in a jar, explore a worm bin and make egg carton gardens.
  • The Arts in the Parks series continues tomorrow night (5/22) at 6 at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield with the Missouri Boatride Bluegrass Band and Crazy Mule. Take lawn chairs or blankets. Admission is free.
  • Dickerson Park Zoo will host Zoobilee tomorrow (5/22) from 10 to 2. There will be children’s music, entertainment and activities throughout the zoo as well as zookeeper chats and animal enrichment. For more information, 864-1800.
  • Battle of the Badges is tomorrow night (5/22) at 6 at Kickapoo High School. The Springfield Police Department will compete against the Greene County Sheriff’s Office. Admission is $5. Proceeds benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks.
  • The JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes is tomorrow morning (5/22) at Jordan Valley Park. Registration is at 9. For details, walk.jdrf.org.
  • The 1st Annual Dancing thru the Decades party will be tomorrow night (5/22) from 7 to 11 at Rogersville High School. Proceeds will go to fund a swimming program at the school. For more information, 889-3434.
  • The 1st Annual Just Kick it Kickball Tourney benefiting Arc of the Ozarks is tomorrow (5/22) beginning at 9 am at Summers at the River in Nixa. To learn more, 864-7887.
  • The 4th Annual Springfield Indian Artifact Show is tomorrow (5/22) from 8 to 5 at Remington’s Event Center, 1655 W. Republic Rd.
  • The Eureka Springs Garden Club presents its Spring Garden Tour “Public Places and Private Hideaways” tomorrow (5/22) from 10 to 3. For tickets, 479-253-8737.
  • The Greater Springfield Farmers’ Market opens tomorrow morning (5/22) at 8:30 in the northwest corner of Battlefield and Glenstone in the Battlefield Mall parking lot.
  • The 11th Annual Ozark Greenways Adventure Race is tomorrow (5/22). For details, 864-2015.
  • First Earth founder and director Bo Brown will lead the Springfield Area Herb Society on a Wild Crafting Walk Sunday afternoon (5/23) at 2. The walk will start at the Library Station. For more information, 862-0135.
  • Celebrate Swiss Miss’s birthday with activities and crafts Sunday (5/23) from 9 to 5 at Rutledge-Wilson Farm Park. For details, parkboard.org.
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