PRIDE Friday Night Live – Morley Plaza, 5:30 – 9 pm, FREE concert, great food and fun from area vendors.
8/5: Totally 80’s
8/12: Classic Rock
8/19: Motown
Mid-Michigan Children’s Museum – visit www.michildrensmuseum.com for times, information and admission.
8/6: Super-Charged, Solar Powered! Presented by Hemlock Semiconductor
8/13: Upcycled Art
8/18: SVSU Mobile Research Lab
8/20: Build a Boat – Watch it Float
8/27: Moolah Math
Lawn Chair Film Festival – Old Saginaw City, corner of Ames & N. Hamilton, FREE. Bring your own chair, movie starts at dusk, www.lawnchairfilmfestival.org for movie listing.
8/7: Marguerite
8/14: Joy
Castle Lunch and Learns – Castle Museum, noon. FREE with Museum admission.
8/2: History of the Local Broadcasting Scene
8/9: Paramount Cabinaire
8/16: Pages of History Book Club
8/23: Jacobson’s Store
8/30: History of the Saginaw Country Club
Great Lakes Bay En Plein Air: Open Exhibition – Art @ the Andersen, Andersen Enrichment Center, Open Class artwork exhibited through August 26, Free.
Great Lakes Bay En Plein Air – Saginaw Art Museum, Juried Class artwork exhibited through September 3, Open Class artwork exhibited through August 27, Admission.
Pre-automotive Design: The Horse and Carriage Prints of Louis Vallet – Saginaw Art Museum through September 24, Admission.
Downtown Saginaw Farmers’ Market – 507 S. Washington at Thompson; Mon, Wed, and Fri, 10 am – 3 pm, Sat 9 am – 1 pm.
Temple Theatre Tours – Tuesdays in July and August, 2 pm, $2.
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge – Wildlife Drive opens for season, sunrise to sunset. Visit www.fws.gov/refuge/shiawassee for information on refuge and Green Point Environmental Learning Center.
2 Interactive LEGO Build – Castle Museum, Noon. Hands-on build with Scot Thompson, creator of Inspired by Bricks exhibit.
3 Adult Coloring Club – Butman-Fish Library, 1 pm, FREE.
4 Be an Architect – Castle Museum, 1 pm. Design floor plans and create LEGO brick models.
5 Art Deco Saginaw: A Walking Tour of the Business District in Downtown Saginaw – Castle Museum, 5 pm. Call 989-752-2861 ext. 304 for information and to pre-register.
7 Saginaw Eddy Concert Band – All That Jazz! FirstMerit Bank Event Park, 7 pm, FREE.
9 Book Club at the Art Museum – “Strapless” by Deborah Davis, Saginaw Art Museum,
5 pm.
12, 13, 14 Saginaw African Cultural Festival – Morley School Park, 2601 Lapeer St, Saginaw. Food, fun, entertainment and fellowship.
12, 13, 14 BASH – Hamilton St Corridor, Admission. 33 bands on 3 stages, art, kid zone, local cuisine and more! Visit SaginawBash.com for more information.
13 Formal Japanese Tea Ceremony – Japanese Cultural Center, Tea House and Gardens, 2 pm, $10 by reservation.
15 KISS – Dow Event Center, 7:30 pm, ticketed event.
16 Roethke Summer Literary Picnic Series – Author reading and book signing by Patricia Hooper, Hopwood Award Winner, 6 – 8 pm, $22 includes dessert, reservations required.
17 Chicago – FirstMerit Bank Event Park, 8 pm, ticketed event.
18 Classic Legacy Band of Saginaw – Andersen Enrichment Center, 7 pm, FREE.
Book Discussion – “Babbit” by Sinclair Lewis, Butman-Fish Library, 2 pm, FREE.
20 Fan Fare – Japanese Cultural Center, Tea House and Gardens, 1 – 3 pm, $5. Japanese fan display and lecture.
21 Impact Saginaw Family Fun Day – FirstMerit Bank Event Park, 1 – 4 pm, FREE. Inflatables, games, activities for all ages!
22 Doing the Double Dutch – Wickes Library, 1:30 pm, FREE. Re-intoruction of
23 Ralphie May – Temple Theatre, 7 pm, ticketed event.
24 Roethke Summer Literary Picnic Series – Roethke presentation by SVSU Professor and author Rosalie Riegle, 7 – 8:30 pm, $15 includes dessert, reservations required.
25 Back-to-School Pajama Jam with Spoonman – Hoyt Library, 6:30 pm. FREE. Ages 4 – 10 with adult.
26 Mix Summer Fix with Mix 106.3 – Rachel Platten, FirstMerit Bank Event Park, ticketed event.
27 Great Lakes Gathering – FirstMerit Event Park, Admission. Dancers, storytellers, food, live music, workshops, whiskey tasting.
Rouse for Roethke – Roethke House, 10 – 4 p.m., Roz Berlin, Rosalie Riegle and Janet Martineau and special guests reading Roethke poems. FREE, refreshments.