Community Calendar

Take a break from the heat and help end hunger at Springfield-Greene County Park Board swimming pools this summer. From May 26 to September 1, between 5:30 and 6:30 pm daily, admission to all outdoor pools is $1 or free when you bring one canned food item per person.

Special Hours:
Discounts on these special days

Memorial Day, May 26:
Splash & Sizzle at Fassnight and Silver Springs pools, 1-6:30 p.m.

Juneteenth, June 19:
Splash and Sizzle at Fassnight and Silver Springs, pools 1-6:30 p.m.

Independence Day, July 4:
Splash & Sizzle at Fassnight and Silver Springs pools, 12-5:30 p.m.

Park Day Reunion, August 2:
Splash and Sizzle at Silver Springs pool, 1-6:30 p.m.

National Night Out, August 5:
Splash and Sizzle at Meador, 5-7 p.m.

Starting August 11, only Fassnight will be open. Fassnight will only be open on weekends.

Labor Day, Sept. 1:
Splash & Sizzle at Fassnight pool, 1-6:30 p.m.

Visit the Springfield-Greene County Park Board website for more info and a complete pool schedule.

Adults are invited to attend Meet the Computer from 10 a.m.-noon on Tuesday, June 3, in the Midtown Carnegie Branch Library Computer Training Center, 397 E. Central St.

Learn the basics of computers including using a mouse and a keyboard. Understand the difference between left clicking and right clicking. Learn to open programs and files. Use the mouse to double–click, scroll and click and drag. This class is for beginners.

For more information on this free program call 417-837-5011.

A gathering of concerned relatives and friends facing the reality that problems of someone close to them are seriously affecting their lives and their ability to function.

Families Anonymous® members are dedicated to practicing a constructive approach in dealing with the family illness of addiction and behavioral issues.

Learn from shared experiences and wisdom, that you are not alone, and that there is a better way. FA is compatible with other 12 step programs and benefits the friends and families despite whether their loved with an addiction or behavioral problems is seeking recovery or not.

Families Anonymous is a group of new friends who won't be shocked by the nature of your problems and will stand by you as you learn how to gain sanity and serenity in your life , and people just like you, helping other people just like you.

This craft will attract all sorts of creativity. Funded in part by a Ghost Light Project award from the Missouri Arts Council, in partnership with the Missouri Association of Community Arts Agencies.

The Sierra Club will host local author and well-known environmentalist Loring Bullard as he speaks about how he became an environmentalist; his new book, An Environmental Journey; and how his life and work intersected with major environmental events in Missouri history.

Take a break from the heat and help end hunger at Springfield-Greene County Park Board swimming pools this summer. From May 26 to September 1, between 5:30 and 6:30 pm daily, admission to all outdoor pools is $1 or free when you bring one canned food item per person.

Special Hours:
Discounts on these special days

Memorial Day, May 26:
Splash & Sizzle at Fassnight and Silver Springs pools, 1-6:30 p.m.

Juneteenth, June 19:
Splash and Sizzle at Fassnight and Silver Springs, pools 1-6:30 p.m.

Independence Day, July 4:
Splash & Sizzle at Fassnight and Silver Springs pools, 12-5:30 p.m.

Park Day Reunion, August 2:
Splash and Sizzle at Silver Springs pool, 1-6:30 p.m.

National Night Out, August 5:
Splash and Sizzle at Meador, 5-7 p.m.

Starting August 11, only Fassnight will be open. Fassnight will only be open on weekends.

Labor Day, Sept. 1:
Splash & Sizzle at Fassnight pool, 1-6:30 p.m.

Visit the Springfield-Greene County Park Board website for more info and a complete pool schedule.

The Springfield-Greene County Park Board and the Downtown Springfield CID will host the Wednesday Concerts @ Noon series, Wednesdays at noon throughout the month of June at Founders Park.

Enjoy a half-hour lunchtime concert and bring your lunch.

June 4: Springfield Community Jazz Ensemble

June 11: The Traveling Troubadours

June 18: Springfield Little Theatre's Y.E.S. Troupe

June 25: Jazz!

https://parkboard.org/founders#concerts

Adults are invited to attend Voice Your Writing from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 4, at the Schweitzer Brentwood Branch Library, 2214 Brentwood Blvd.

Want to write a memoir or have an idea for a novel? Now's your chance to join a casual group of writers. Bring a one-page sample of your work to share with other like-minded people, with no criticism or grammar check — we just want to hear your voice. No expertise or prior writing experience necessary.

For more information on this free program call 417-883-1974.

Conservatory of the Ozarks will host group Vocal Techniques classes with Ms. Heather Wednesday from 6-7 pm, June 4 – August 28.

Registration is required.