Special Edition Wild About Parks Clue - All That Jazz (details)Sep 1-Sep 10
From Sep 1-10, use these clues to find a special Wild About Parks Quest Letterbox. Once you've found it, take your clue booklet to the Anita Purves Nature Center to verify your find.
download the All That Jazz Clue Booklet
Jazz Walk 2010 (details)F, Sep 10
5:30-7:30pm
Meadowbrook Park
Free
Stroll along and meet friends and neighbors to an ever-changing soundtrack by our community's talented artists.
Wild About Parks Quest (details)Search for letterboxes hidden in parks and facilities throughout Urbana.
Free Fitness Week (details)Sep 6-10
Try out any fitness class at the Phillips Center, Brookens Gym or Urbana Indoor Aquatic Center for free (not including Tai Chi). It's a way we say thanks to our regular participants and help new praticipants find out the best fitness "fit" for them.
Lake House Boating Open Through Sep 19 (details)Rent a canoe, paddleboat or rowboat Sat and Sun from 12-7pm.
Men's 3 on 3 Basketball League (details)
Register by Sep 30
October 14-January 20
Test your skills in our new 3 on 3 Men’s
Basketball League. Gather up some friends and give it your best
shot. Teams play a 12 game round-robin regular season and
a single-elimination post-season tournament. Games are self officiated and are played Thursdays starting at 6pm. $140/team plus $10 for each nonresident if registered by September 30. Call 367-1544.
Outdoor Little School (details)Sep 15, Oct 6, Oct 20
Your preschooler (age 2-4) will explore side-by-side with you through hands-on activities, hikes song and stories. This series of Wednesday programs meets at either 10am or 2pm. Take home ideas for exploring together.
Sep 15 - Apples - register by Sep 8
Oct 6 - Beavers - register by Sep 29 | meets at Meadowbrook
October 20 - Bats - register by Oct 13
$12 resident | $24 nonresident
Call 367-1544 to sign up.
Educators/Master Gardeners/Master Naturalists - Learn more about tallgrass prairie (details)Prairie School Project
This full-day workshop helps educators instill students with a sense of Illinois' original landscape. Aligned to state learning standards.
Take home teacher and student CDs, curriculum guide. Find out how to plant a schoolyard prairie, teach about prarie during social studies, math, reading and fine arts, too through guided field study, experiments, games, thematic literature and more. Lunch and snacks are included.
Central Illinois' Biggest Loser (details)Enter Until September 3
Central Illinois contestants
Sing Along with Mr. Stephens (details)
Sa, Sep 18
Sa, Sep 18
10:30-11am
Phillips Recreation Center
Kids in preschool-grade 2 and their families are invited to join in this free alf hour sing-a-long with musician and vocalist Mr.
Stephens who has been singing with kids at area elementary
schools and the Urbana Free Library for several years.
We will sing
fun songs about the ABC’s, numbers, and chicken feet—easy for
young children to learn on the spot!
