Weekly Picks - August 8-14, 2016

Check out our weekly picks for August 8-14. Lots of music, festivals, nature, creativity and family fun awaits! 

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Monday, August 8, 2016:

• Enjoy Momdays (dads too) at Bay Meadows (San Mateo).
• Attend an art class in Los Altos: Crafty Mondays.
• The exciting Pop Up Park in Los Altos will be open most of August with live music, movies, and entertainment. Check out the online event calendar for all the details. 

 Tuesday, August 9, 2016: 

• Mommy & Me Free Kids' Club in Santana Row's monthly theme is Into The Wild.  Enjoy arts and crafts, face painting, music, balloon art, story time and more. Performers this month include Andy Z, Action Day Primary Plus and more!
  Mommy & Me is a free kids’ club held on the second Tuesday of every month May through December.
• The exciting Pop Up Park in Los Altos will be open most of August with live music, movies, and entertainment. Check out the online event calendar for all the details.
• Get your groove on at the Music Fun under the Sun in San Jose.
• Have fun at the San Francisco Botanical Garden Free Admission Day.  

Wednesday, August 10, 2016:

• Monthly Kid’s Club at Westgate Center in San Jose is a free monthly event where you can enjoy arts and crafts, face painting, music, balloon art, story time and more. Performers this month include Andy Z, Action Day Primary Plus and more!
• The exciting Pop Up Park in Los Altos will be open most of August with live music, movies, and entertainment. Check out the online event calendar for all the details. 
• ummer Music Series in Sunnyvale 
• Dance Class in Los Altos 
• Barn Dance in Emma Prusch Farm Park - A fun evening of dancing and friendship! 
• Water Rocket Rally in San Carlos - Use a variety of common craft materials to convert a bottle into a high performance rocket vehicle, then test fly it across the Museum’s Courtyard on a fountain of compressed air and water.
• Enjoy Comedy and magic with Timothy James at the Sunnyvale Family Nights.
• Attend Animal Show at Happy Hollow. 

Thursday, August 11, 2016: 

• The exciting Pop Up Park in Los Altos will be open most of August with live music, movies, and entertainment. Check out the online event calendar for all the details. 
• Get your groove on at the Music Fun under the Sun in San Jose.
• Attend Animal Show at Happy Hollow.

Friday, August 12, 2016:

• Music lovers will enjoy the Magical Bridge Summer Concert Series in Palo Alto.
• Concert and familyactivities at the cove in Alameda - Enjoy free music and family fun as the sun sets over San Francisco Bay. The August concert features Andre Thierry and Zydeco Magic. 
• The exciting Pop Up Park in Los Altos will be open most of August with live music, movies, and entertainment. Check out the online event calendar for all the details. 
• The Princess Bride: Quote-along in San Jose is a great way to introduce your little one to this classic. Costumes are strongly encouraged! Aaaaas...Yooooooou...Wiiiiish!!!
• Summer Movie in Camden Community Center in San Jose - Planes - Fire & Rescue.
• Attend Animal Show at Happy Hollow.
• Movie under the stars in Mountain View.
   

Saturday, August 13, 2016:

• The exciting Pop Up Park in Los Altos will be open most of August with live music, movies, and entertainment. Check out the online event calendar for all the details. Tonight is movie night with E.T.
• Attend Animal Show at Happy Hollow.
• The Goodnight, Construction Site! Musical is showing this month in San Francisco. This is a musical not to miss, and fun for all ages. 
• The San Jose Reptile Show is a great event for kids of all ages and families of all sizes. Kids can learn about reptiles and amphibians, touch them, and visit the Kid's Art Center. 
• Free farm tour - Come visit the mini horses, chickens, dairy goats, pygmy goats, and pack goats. 
• The Princess Bride: Quote-along in San Jose is a great way to introduce your little one to this classic. Costumes are strongly encouraged! Aaaaas...Yooooooou...Wiiiiish!!!
• Bring the family for a day filled with the best Cajun/Zydeco music, dancing and delicious Southern and Cajun food. Visit the farm animals, shop specialty vendors and join in on some dance lessons. 
• Wilder Ranch State Park invites you to experience old-time activities from its rancho, dairy farm, and cowboy rodeo days. Hands-on activities and living history presentations vary each month and may include: butter churning, ice cream making, branding, cooking, roping skills, wagon rides and demonstrations in the ranch buildings.
  Read about our visit to Wilder Ranch State Park here.
• It’s tomato time in Watsonville! Bring your baskets, bags, wagons and children for an all-day tomato experience.
• Put on your party clothes and get ready to move, groove, read, and play with Pete the Cat in San Jose.
• Kids'N Fun Festival in Cupertino is a multi-cultural festival dedicated exclusively to children of all ages with activities, games, performances and international delicacies. The Kids 'N Fun Festival offers various fun activities and creative games for kids of all ages.
• Take the kids to the Facebook's Farmers market in Menlo Park.
  Backpacks, library books, school supplies, healthy snacks, kid-approved meals and after-school programs will be featured. Don't miss the Kids' Zone with complimentary face painting, jump houses, arts & crafts and more.

Sunday, August 14, 2016:

• The exciting Pop Up Park in Los Altos will be open most of August with live music, movies, and entertainment. Check out the online event calendar for all the details.  
• Attend Animal Show at Happy Hollow. 
• The Goodnight, Construction Site! Musical is showing this month in San Francisco. This is a musical not to miss, and fun for all ages.
•  Enjoy a Sunday Funday in Palo Alto with pool party, activities for kids and more.
• The San Jose Reptile Show is a great event for kids of all ages and families of all sizes. Kids can learn about reptiles and amphibians, touch them, and visit the Kid's Art Center.  
• The Princess Bride: Quote-along in San Jose is a great way to introduce your little one to this classic. Costumes are strongly encouraged! Aaaaas...Yooooooou...Wiiiiish!!!
• Music lovers? Get your groove on at the Music in the Park in Los Gatos.
• AAH Happy Farm will be open to the public today. Free, donations are welcome. Read about our visit to this lovely place here.
• A Bug Adeventure in Fremont - discover the wild world of insects. Kick off the day with a presentation for all ages, come later to explore at your own pace, or hit the trails with special guests from the Insect Science Museum of California. 
• Teddy Bear Tea with Friends at the Oakland Zoo -  Bring an adult, bring your stuffie, and learn about the Macaws. Enjoy a morning of snacks, activities, books and play while making and delivering an enrichment gift straight to the zoo animal you’ve been learning about. When the fun is done, your child will receive a surprise-filled treat bag to take home. 
• JAMband Family Festival in San Francisco - A rockin' groovin' concert series for kids and grown-ups. 
• Story time in Sunnyvale with Joshua Russell, author of Little Boy Soup. This is a delightful recipe for that wonderful ritual that parents call bath time. This books is great for preschoolers to first graders. 
• FREE Marine Science Sunday in Saosalito - Every 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month Marine Science Center will hold an engaging ocean-inspired classroom series from their education experts. These interactive classroom programs are great for all ages!