What’s Happening: Sat. Sept. 10

A LOT TO DO TODAY!

9-10-11

@ Choice Financial (Washington St).

Choice Financial 10K Fun Run/Walk . 9am

@ Alerus Center

Heart Walk. 9 am

@ Columbia Mall

Walk to End Alzheimer’s. 8am.

@ Town Square

Farmers Market. 9am-2pm.

@ Ralph Engelstad Arena

10am-1pm Sioux Fan Fest.

@ Adley Anne’s

FREE Music Class from 10:30am-11:00am

@ Red River Valley Gymnastics

Open gym Bug Time: 11:30am- 12:30pm

6 and older: 12:30pm-2:00pm

@ Grand Forks Public Library

READ Dogs at 2:00pm

@ University Park

Classic Swing Band music. 2:00pm. Free. Donations accepted for Minot flood recovery

@ River Cities Speedway

John Seitz Memorial Race. 6pm

@ Town Square

5:30 Children’s Carnival then a double feature. The Incredibles @ 7:30 and Batman: The Dark Knight @ 9:30pm.

@ Sky Vu Drive In

Bridesmaids (rated R). Dusk

READ Dogs: Sat. Sept. 10

Literacy is important and the Grand Forks Public Library helps instill this with its READ Dogs Program. Children have the opportunity to practice reading aloud one-on-one with a READ dog. The dogs prove to be the perfect audience and confidence booster since they are good, patient and nonjudgmental listeners. The READ Dogs program will be taking place this Saturday at 2pm. Call 701.772.8116 to  make an appointment for your child!

East Grand Forks Campbell Library

 

The good thing about living right along the state border is that we have two of everything, including libraries! The East Grand Forks Campbell Library is a beautiful library that offers many activities for children and adults. Now that school is back in session in Minnesota, Storytime has resumed at the EGF library. There are three storytimes a week: Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at 10:00am and Thursday evenings at 7:00pm. After storytelling time there is a craft. The whole event runs about 30-40 minutes.

Library Card Information:

Library cards are good for one year.

For East Grand Forks residents that live in town, and members of the Grand Forks Air Force Base with an active military card, library cards are free. To get your free card, you must have proof of residency with you to obtain your card. This could be anything from a license to mail sent to your residence in East Grand Forks.

For Patrons outside of city limits, here are the costs:

Child: $10

Adult (just books): $10

Adult (books and movies): $15

 

422 4^th St. NW EGF, MN

218-773-9121

http://library.egf.mn

What’s Happening: Tues. Sept. 6

@ East Grand Forks, MN

First day of school for Minnesota public schools

@ the Grand Forks Public Library

Pre-school story time 10 AM (upstairs in the meeting room to the right of the stairs)

 @ Red River Valley Gymnastics

Bug Time Open Gym 10:30am-11:30am

@ Old Navy

Toddler Tuesday from 10am-12pm. Bring the kids in while you shop the awesome deals and let the Old Navy staff entertain them! BONUS: 10% off every Tuesday when use your Old Navy, Gap or Banana Republic credit card.

@ ONLINE

Sign your child up to audition for the Grand Cities Children’s Choir

Sign the family up for the Choice Financial 10K Fun Run/Walk

Sign your child up for swim lessons at the YMCA

Sign your child up for the youth sports programs at the YMCA

Sign your child up for music classes at UND or at Arioso Music Academy

Sign your child up for the Greater Grand Forks Community Theater Fall Workshops

Sign your child up for the Sioux Kids Club

Check out the ECFE and the PIC websites and consider going to a session

buy pre-sale tickets to Barney’s Birthday party at the Alerus Center (10/11/11)

What’s Happening: Fri. Aug. 26

@ Grand Forks Public Library

Book sale 9am-5pm. Hardback books $1.00, paperback books 50 cents and videos 25 cents

@ The Betty Englestad Sioux Center

12pm-8pm.  The Sioux Shop’s “Fire Sale”

@ North Dakota Ballet Company

Fall registration call Emily Burkland at 701.746.6044

@ Rollin’ On the River:

Rockin’ Rollin’ Rally 5:00 pm start time – Lincoln Drive Park. Event is free and open to the public. Dinner will be served. www.rollinontheriver-inline.com

5K Family Fun Skate
Greater Grand Forks Greenway. Limited quantities of skates and helmets on hand to lend out. 

@ River Cities Speedway.

Season Track Championship. Hotlaps @ 6:30pm Race @ 7:30PM. 701.780.0999. www.rivercitiesspeedway.com

@ ONLINE

Sign-up to audition for Northern Valley Youth Orchestras www.novyo.com

@ Sky-Vu Drive In

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2. Dusk.

@ Turtle River State Park:

7:30PM, Music in Nature program @ Amphitheater. Call Tina Harding for more info at 701.594-4445

What’s Happening: Thurs. Aug. 25, 2011

@ Grand Forks Public Library

Toddler Storytime 10 am

@ GF area High Schools

First day of school for grades 10-12 Grand Forks Public Schools

@ Pasley Ballet School

Open House and Registration 4-7pm. 1002 Park Drive 701.746.5973

@ Culver’s Restaurant

Northern Cruz Car Club Cruise Night 6-8:30pm Culver’s Restaurant 32^nd Ave

@ North Dakota Ballet Company

Fall Registration. call Emily Burkland at 701.746.6044

@ The Betty Englestad Sioux Center

12pm-8pm.  The Sioux Shop will hold a “Fire Sale”

 @ Lincoln Park

Republican Picnic: Burgers & Beans. 6pm. $10 or free for students

@ ONLINE

Sign your young musician up to audition for the Northern Valley Youth Orchestra. Auditions begin Saturday. www.novyo.org

What’s Happening Tues. Aug 23, 2011

This is what we’ve got so far (add a comment if you know more and we’ll make sure to add it for next week):

@ the Grand Forks Public Library

Pre-school story time 10 AM (upstairs in the meeting room to the right of the stairs)

EAR-INFECTIONS AND ANTI-BIOTICS: “The truth every parent should know” A free community workshop for parents of children with recurring ear infections.  Starts at 7pm. RSVP at 701.213.8314 or 701.738.0990. Hosted by Renewed Hope Chiropractic.

 @ Old Navy

Toddler Tuesday from 10am-12pm. Bring the kids in while you shop the awesome deals and let the Old Navy staff entertain them! This happens every Tuesday. BONUS: 10% off every Tuesday when you use your Old Navy, Gap or Banana Republic credit card. (But don’t forget it is 30% off ONLINE until Wednesday, Aug. 24^th when you use the code “THANKS” at Old Navy, Gap or Banana Republic) 

@ Pasley Ballet School

Open House and Registration 4pm-7pm @ 1002 Park Drive 701.746.5973

*As always – your ideas, contributions, suggestions, groups you belong to, etc. are ALWAYS WELCOMED! We need your help – this is a community effort! Write a post and email it to us at grandforksnodakmommy@gmail.com and we’ll post it!

Grand Forks Public Library

The Grand Forks Public Library is a great place to bring the kids. One swipe of your library card and you have FREE access to computers, books (e-books and audio books too), DVDs, videos and cds! The library is open 7 days a week (except for holidays) and offers programs for everyone and there are also meeting rooms that can be used at the library.

 September is “Library Card Sign-Up” month.  If you live in Grand Forks County and you have never had a library card at GFPL then it’s free. If you need a replacement card then it’s $1.00. If you don’t live in GF County you can still get a library card – for a fee.

The Children’s Department is on the second level of the library and they offer Pre-School Story-time every Tuesday at 10 AM and Toddler Story-time (ages 0-3 years) every Thursday at 10 AM (lasts about 20 minutes, storytelling, songs, puppet shows, sometimes a craft).  Other children’s activities include a summer reading program, a winter reading program and R.E.A.D. Dogs. There is also a Teen department with its own Teen Advisory Board with various activities throughout the year.  Coming up on Mon. Sept. 26 at 9PM is Family Movie Night. The first movie is Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. All ages are welcome; children under the age of 13 need to be accompanied by an adult. . This movie is rated PG and the running time is 2 hours.

Visit the library and visit their website at www.gflibrary.com

You can also find the library on Facebook under these pages:  “Grand Forks Public Library” and “Grand Forks Public Library Children’s Department”. LIKE them!

The library is located at: 2110 Library Circle, Grand Forks, ND 58201 and you can call 701.772.8116.

Hours:

Mon. – Thurs.: 9am – 9pm

Fri. & Sat.: 9am – 5pm

Sun.: 1pm – 5pm