May 2012 Calendar of Events

Thru Labor Day 2012

Exploring Trees Exhibit

Sawmill Museum

 

May 2-8, 16-21, 30-31

Clinton LumberKing Baseball

Ashford University Field

 

May 2-June 17

Karen Vroman Art Exhibit

River Arts Center, Wed-Sun, 1-4 p.m.

 

May 3

Music in the Loft

Soaring Eagle Nature Center, 7 p.m.

 

May 4

Family Date Night

Children’s Discovery Center, 5-7:30 p.m.

 

May 4-6

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo

Wide River Winery, Fri 11-5, Sat & Sun 11-6

 

May 5

Warbler’s & Wine

Wide River Winery, 8-10 a.m.

 

May 5

Bread and Butter

Sawmill Museum, 11 a.m.

 

May 5

CCC Night at the LumberKings

Ashford University Field, 6 p.m.

 

May 6

Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast

Eagle Point Park Lodge, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

 

May 12

Bark Painting

Sawmill Museum, 11 a.m.

 

May 12

International Migratory Bird Day

Ingersoll Wetlands Learning Center, 7:30 a.m.-Noon

 

May 15

CCC Graduation, Yourd Gymnasium, 6 p.m.

Reception, CCC Auditorium

 

May 18, 10 a.m.

May 23, 2 p.m.

Dance with Carousel Dance Studio

Children’s Discovery Center

  

May 18

Fifth Annual JDRF

Proceeds to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Specialty Beer & Wine Show

Wild Rose Casino & Resort, 6 p.m.

 

May 18

The Annual YWCA

“Hike the Dike,” 1 p.m.

Sign Up at YWCA

 

May 19

Saturday at the Arb

Create a Fairy or Gnome Garden

Bickelhaupt Arboretum, 10-11 a.m.

 

May 19

Cordova Dragway Park Program

Children’s Discovery Center, 11 a.m.-noon

 

May 19-20

Main Avenue Craft Show

Lyons Foursquare Park

 

May 19

Captain Philip Suiter, River Pilot

Sawmill Museum, 1 p.m.

 

May 20

Meet the Artist Reception

River Arts Center, 1-4 p.m.

 

May 20

Live Music with David Smith

Wide River Winery, 2-5 p.m.

 

May 24 & 31

Blue Heron Sunset Cruise

Rock Creek, 7 p.m.

 

May 26

An “Unusual” Plant Sale

Bickelhaupt Arboretum, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

 

May 26

Birds of Prey Demonstration

Rock Creek, 1 p.m.

 

May 26

Civil War Sesquicentennial Reminiscence

Sawmill Museum, 1 p.m.

 

May 26

Fish Boil

Rock Creek, 5-8 p.m.

 

May 27

Free Canoeing

Rock Creek, 8 a.m.-Noon

 

May 28

“When the Saints Go Marchin’ In” 5K RUN/WALK

St. Irenaeus Cultural Center, 8 a.m.

 

May 31

Insect Safari

Rock Creek, 10 a.m.

 

May 31-June 10

“Little Shop of Horrors”

Clinton Area Showboat Theatre

 

May 31

Music in the Moonlight aboard Blue Heron

Rock Creek, 9 p.m.