WBAY Community Calendar - WBAY Calendar of Events

Children are born to learn! This program will help parents find out how to encourage their child's learning throughout the early years. Topics covered with include how to support your child's development, effective discipline, creating a learning friendly household, and how to avoid some common parenting mistakes. A snack and free childcare is provided.

The Surise Optimist Club meets every Thursday morning 7:30 at the Harmony Cafe at 1660 West Mason Street Green Bay. Our goal is to help the kids at Jefferson Middle School. Join us for Breakfast and decide if you would like to join our club. Questions contact John at 920-360-5711.

Bay Lakes Knitting Guild

Meeting begins promptly at 7:00

Stitch Doctor is there at 6:30 to offer help on any project

What was Appleton like during the Progressive Era (1850 – 1920)? The turn of the century was a period of speculation and excitement. Americans felt the excitement of world fairs and new technologies entering their daily lives. This new exhibit at the History Museum hinges on Appleton’s evolution from a fledgling manufacturing town to a modern industrial center. Through a collection of 3,000 photographs, amateur photographer W.D. Schlafer captured this rapidly changing environment during the Progressive Era in the Fox Cities. Visitors will see how much Appleton and the Fox Cities evolved as new technologies and ideas changed the lives of area residents during this transformative period.

June 13-17, 2012

Ride along with Thomas the Tank Engine. Snap a picture with Sir Topham Hatt. Visit the Imagination Station for loads of fun. Tickets will be available on our website www.nationalrrmuseum.org starting February 13, 2012. Advance reservations are strongly recommended.

Ticket Price(s): $18

Discounts that apply:

$2 off any ticket purchased before June 1, 2012

$4 off any tickets purchased by military personnel

$4 off per tickets bought on a group rate of 20 or more at once

$2 off tickets for Wednesday and Thursday-when purchased in advance

$3 off tickets for NRRM members-regardless of when purchased

Fun is the name of the game with this family-friendly exhibit about toys. From Jack-in-the-Box to Hokey Pokey Elmo, take a peek inside some of today’s and yesterday’s popular toys to explore the gadgets and gizmos that make them work. Toys features 12 different hands-on stations that illustrate the simple mechanisms commonly found in toys and is full of kid-friendly games and challenges. Trace patterns on a gigantic Etch A Sketch or become a master toymaker and experiment with the many different mechanical and electrical doodads that make toys so fun! Get the family together and get ready… get set… GO PLAY!

Meadowbrook Church invites children (5-12yrs) to get ready to dive into fun at "Operation Overboard: Dare to Go Deep With God" Vacation Bible School. Explore and experience God's underwater universe at VBS!

The fun begins June 11 and ends June 15 from 6 - 8:30 pm nightly at Meadowbrook Church 701 Hillcrest Heights, Green Bay WI.

The adventures include regular Deep Sea Voyages into Bible fun and creative crafts, hands-on mission work, water science, and great music. To be a part of all the excitement at Operation Overboard, call Meadowbrook Church at 920-434-1800 or visit the website: http://overboard.cokesburyvbs.com/meadowbrookchurch.

Space is limited! Register early!!

Step into a comical world of 1950's pop culture with Ricky Bernstein's Kitchen Dreams. Using glass, aluminum and childhood memories, artist Ricky Bernstein pieces together everyday life through a caricature of social roles and cultural icons. Bernstein;s life-sized collages animate a bold, bright, somewhat surreal world, bound to bring you a good belly laugh. Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10am-4:30pm Sunday 1-4:30pm Shop hours the same Admission to the museum is free, donations are appreciated and essential to our operations.

Time to Parade! The 2012 Butterflies & Friends on Parade starts its march the beginning of June and struts through August. Art pieces will decorate the Fox River between the Ray Nitschke Bridge and Walnut St. Bridge in Downtown Green Bay. Butterflies, turtles, bears and frogs are returning joined by a duck, otter, fish, pelicans, and snails. You can’t miss this menagerie! The Butterflies and Friends is a fundraiser for The Einstein Project whose goal it is to inspire kids through hands-on science. The fundraiser wraps up on September 20 at the KI Convention Center with the pieces on auction. For more information please visit www.einsteinproject.org or find us on Facebook!

Learn three critical things you MUST do to launch and sustain a business. Whether you want to, or currently operate, a part-time, home based business, a micro-business, a small business or an entrepreneurial firm, this session provides you with the information you need to get started.

Eat Well, Play Well, a special exhibit running April 7 to Sept. 9 at The Building for Kids Children’s Museum, encourages healthy living by teaching the science of making healthy food choices and helping children and adults discover there are many fun and interesting ways to stay active. Visitors will discover through interactive exhibits what an appropriate serving size looks like, see firsthand what it takes to burn off calories, test their flexibility and balance, review the latest clinical research and realize they can reduce their risk of disease with healthy choices

Spring comes to life at the farm. Baby chicks, baby ducklings, baby kid goats, baby lambs, baby piglets, baby calves, baby ponies, baby kittens, baby bunnies...baby, baby do we have babies!

Milk a cow, ride a pony, enjoy a hay ride, catch a chicken, kiss a pig, cuddle a kitten and more!

Closed Mon & Tues in May. Closed Tues in June. Visit website for more details.

www.mulberrylanefarmwi.com or 920-989-3130 for more details.

The Waterboard Warriors Water Ski Team offers a family-friendly environment, performing free ski shows for the community. The show provides a variety of acts including large pyramids, barefooting, jump, strap doubles, ballet, and more. The show is themed with costumes and music for a unique and entertaining experience. The ski site is located in Brown County Park, in Wrightstown, half-way between Green Bay and Appleton on the East side of the Fox River. Many people bring lawnchairs and / or blankets to sit on during the show. Sunglasses are recommended. We do have concessions available on site including water, soda, candy, snacks, and more. We are a non-profit community organization.

From North: Hwy 41 South to County U. South on County U, left on County DD to Wrightstown

From South: Hwy 41 North to County J (Kaukauna). Left on frontage road to Hwy 96 to Wrightstown.

The itty bitty Comedy Show is Green Bay's weekly dose of stand up comedy. Hosted by 2-time winner of Wisconsin's Funniest Comedian, Nick Mortensen, the show allows the audience to bear witness to emerging local stand up talent each Thursday evening at 8 at Venture Theatre in De Pere

The Green Bay Packers present Football the Exhibit- the Neville’s new, interactive display which explores the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) behind the game! Football includes a mixture of artifacts, text, video and hands-on activities with something for everyone! See how you hold up to a lineman by measuring your strength with the “Grip Tester.” Think you're fast enough to out-run the defense? Then bring your running shoes to the Sprint Track. Football covers everything from the history of the sport, to the equipment, to the cutting edge medical technology used to treat common injuries. You’ll also discover key concepts like collisions, peripheral vision, and balance, too. So what are you waiting for? Put your helmet on, get in there and score a touchdown at Football!
Football the Exhibit is presented by the Green Bay Packers with additional support from Associated Bank, Prevea Sports Medicine and NBC 26. Football has been developed by the Museum of Discovery, Little Rock, Arkansas.

This fun-filled event offers little engineers and their families the opportunity to take a ride with a 15-ton replica of Thomas the Tank Engine, star of the popular Thomas & Friends™ series. Children will take a ride along with their favorite engine friend on his latest adventure and participate in Thomas-themed activities.

WHEN: June 13-17

TIME: 8:30am-6:00pm

WHERE: The National Railroad Museum

2285 S. Broadway, Green Bay, WI 54304

Ticket prices are $18 plus tax for ages 2 and up (service charges and fee may apply). www.ticketweb.com/thomas.html

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

Wyldewood Baptist Church

3030 Witzel Avenue, Oshkosh WI 54904

June 11 - 15, 2012 from 6:00 to 8:30 P.M. each evening

Ages 5 to 12 - Attend and Get in the Race!

Pelicans at Peninsula (10-11 a.m., Nature Center): Pelicans returned to Peninsula about a decade ago. Learn about these high-flying birds, see pelican pieces and create a pelican banner to hang at your campsite.

Naturalist at Eagle Terrace (2:30-3:30 p.m., Eagle Terrace): Visit with our naturalist and check out the sensational view. Discover island history and Peninsula place names.

Heid Music is sponsoring the Heid Music Summer Concert Series featuring the Doo Wap Daddles. This is a great family-friendly event at Houdini Park in Appleton with food and drink vendors.

Green Bay Celiac Support Group Meeting @ St. Mary's Hospital Conference Room C 7:00 pm

Guest Speaker Lynn Walter, New Leaf Cooperative.

Anyone welcome

Join us for an exclusive filmed interview with Nancy Talbott, a leading international crop circle researcher. Nancy reveals results of scientific studies and her theories about the origin of crop circles.