Friday, July 10, 2009

Janesville Fun July 10 - 12

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, July 9-12, West Side Story

Janesville Performing Arts Center, 408 S. Main Street, 7:00 pm Th, Fr and Sat; 2 pm on SunThursday preview $5; Fr and Sat-$15 for adults and $10 for students. The School District of Janesville will bring "West Side Story" to the JPAC stage. West Side Story is an energetic, widely-acclaimed, melodramatic musical - a modern-day, loose re-telling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet tragedy of feuding families, although the setting is the Upper West Side of New York City in the late 1950s with conflict between rival street gangs rather than families. 608-758-0297 www.janesvillepac.org

Friday, July 10, Free Family Flick on the Rock

Hedberg Public Library, 316 S. Main St., 9:00 PM. Come watch "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", rated PG-13. Movie will be shown outdoors, weather permitting. Rain location is the Library Program Room. 608-758-6580 www.HedbergPublicLibrary.org

Saturday, July 11, Historic Walking Tour - Columbus Circle

Meet at the park formed by Glen St., Elm St., and Columbus Circle, 9 am - Rain or Shine. This tour showcases one of Janesville's "pocket neighborhoods" where modest-sized period revival houses look inward toward tree-lined streets and small parks. 608-754-0677

Saturday, July 11, Owl Hike

Meet at Rockport Pool parking lot, 2801 W Rockport Road, 9:00 PM. Friends of Rockport Park will host their annual Owl Hike. Dave Bendlin, the Owl Caller, will lead a nature hike on the dark Rockport nature trails. Dave calls owls and teaches us about natural features of the park as we walk. Meet at the Rockport Pool parking lot at 9:00 p.m. Flashlights may be carried but we seldom turn them on. As our eyes adjust to the dim light we find many normally unseen features of the park such as glow worms and the many varieties of fireflies. 608-752-8342.The Owl Hike is free and open to the public. See the park in a whole new - lack of light


Saturday, July 11, Janesville Farmers Market

100 and 200 blocks of North Main Street in Janesville, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fresh flowers, vegetables, fruits, bakery and meat from local vendors. Saturdays May through October., 608-758-9359

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