Family Friendly Activities
The following is a selected list of family-friendly activities. Look here each Monday.
CONCERTS AND FESTIVALS
Music @ Main, Tolchock Trio, Wednesday, 7 p.m. (524-8234 or www.slcpl.org)
American Heritage Festival, Saturday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Midvale City Park, 445 W. 6th Ave. (7500 South), free (262-7288 or www.midvalecity.info)
Oktoberfest, Saturday-Sunday, noon-6 p.m., Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort
Recovery Day, Saturday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Gallivan Center, 239 S. Main (801-634-6564 or www.sarautah.org)
LIBRARIES AND BOOKSTORES
Little Hands: The Basics of Baby Sign Language, Saturday, 2 p.m., Sweet Library (524-8234 or www.slcpl.org)
Spy Hop Back to School Film Screenings, Saturday, 1 p.m., Main Library Auditorium (524-8234 or www.slcpl.org)
Stop-Motion Animation Workshop for Teens, Thursdays, 3-5 p.m., Main Library Canteena (524-8234 or www.slcpl.org)
Game@ Your Library, Wednesday, 3:30 p.m., Sprague Library; Day- Riverside LibrarySaturday, 1 p.m., ages 13-19 (524-8234 or www.slcpl.org)
Book Baby, Chapman Library, Monday, 11 a.m.; Anderson-Foothill Library, Tuesday, 10 a.m.: Main Library, Wednesday, 11 a.m. (524- 8234; www.slcpl.org)
Monday Night Storytime, Monday, 7 p.m., Main Library, (524-8234 or www.slcpl.org)
Dog Day Afternoons, Saturday, 1 p.m., Main Library and Day- Riverside Library (524-8234 or www.slcpl.org)
Read to Me, I’ll Read to You, Wednesday, 4 p.m., Chapman Library (524-8234 or www.slcpl.org)
Kids’ Corner Storytime, Monday, 11 a.m., free, and Super Saturday, Saturday, 11 a.m., free, Barnes & Noble, 5249 S. State, Murray (www.bn.com)
Storytime, Tuesday and Friday, 11 a.m., free, Barnes & Noble, 1104 E. 2100 South, Salt Lake City (www.bn.com)
Preschool Storytime, Wednesday, 10 a.m., free; Bedtime Storytime, Friday, 7 p.m., free, Barnes & Noble, 10180 S. State, Sandy (www.bn.com)
Small Fry Storytime, Wednesday, 11 a.m., free; Pajama Storytime, Thursday, 7:30 p.m., free, Barnes & Noble, 7157 Plaza Center Drive, W. Jordan (www.bn.com)
Pajama Party Storytime, Thursday, 7 p.m., free; Greatest Storytime in Town, Saturday, 1 p.m., free, Barnes & Noble, 7119 S. 1300 East, Midvale (www.bn.com)
ONGOING ATTRACTIONS
Hogle Zoo, 2600 E. Sunnyside Ave., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., $8 adults, $6 children and senior citizens.
This Is the Place Heritage Park, 2601 E. Sunnyside Ave., 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., $8 adults, $6 children and senior citizens, pioneer buildings, crafts, activities, petting zoo.
Farmers Market, every Saturday, through October, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Pioneer Park, 300 South and 300 West, Salt Lake City, free (downtownslc.org/events/farmersmarket/farmers marketinfo.htm)
Bird Show, Tuesdays-Sundays, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Tracy Aviary, 589 E. 1300 South, free (www.tracyaviary.com)
Pioneer Memorial Museum, Monday-Saturday, 300 N. Main, Salt Lake City, free (532-6479 or www.dupinternational.org)
The Living Planet, Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., 725 E. 10600 South (www.thelivingplanet.com)
Clark Planetarium, 100 South and 400 West, many activities are free (801-456-7827 or www.clarkplanetarium.org)
Wheeler Historic Farm, Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 6351 S. 900 East (www.wheelerfarm.com)
Museum of Natural History, 1390 S. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, first Monday of every month is free (www.umnh.com)
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