Family calendar
Today
Pig Out in the Park - Thursday-Monday. 31st annual food and music festival with food booths and beverage gardens. Entertainment includes: Thursday: Steven King, 6 Foot Swing, Too Slim & the Taildraggers; Friday: Joel Smith & Hands of Plenty, Coco Montoya Band; Saturday: Jr. Cadillac, LeRoy Bell, Pat Travers Band, Rick Derringer Band; Sunday: Rail, Exploding Fifis, Hot Club Spokane, Sha Na Na; Monday: Leon Atkinson, Prairie Flyer. See full line up of music at www.spokanepigout.com 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Riverfront Park. Free admission. (509) 921-5579. Continues through Monday.
Toddler Storytime (North) - For ages 18 months-3. 10 a.m. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Road. Free. (509) 893-8350.
Toddler Storytime - For ages 18 months-3. Library locations include: South, 3324 S. Perry St. (509) 444-5385; Shadle, 2111 W. Wellesley Ave. (509) 444-5390. 10 a.m. Free.
Preschool Play and Learn Storytime (Cheney) - For ages 3-5. Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that explore the concepts of math, science, art and literacy. Parents and caregivers are asked to join in for the entire 60 minutes. 10:30 a.m. Cheney Library, 610 1st St., Cheney. Free. (509) 893-8280.
Baby Lapsit (Moran Prairie) - Enjoy nursery rhymes, songs, and stories. For children up to 18 months. 10:30 a.m. Moran Prairie, 6004 S. Regal St. Free. (509) 893-8340.
Preschool Storytime - For ages 3-5. Library locations include: South, 3324 S. Perry St. (509) 444-5385; Shadle, 2111 W. Wellesley Ave. (509) 444-5390. 10:30 a.m. Free.
Storytime (Airway Heights) - For ages 2-5. 10:30 a.m. Airway Heights Library, 1213 S. Lundstrom St., Airway Heights. Free. (509) 893-8250.
Toddler Play and Learn Storytime (Valley) - For ages 18 months-3. Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that explore the concepts of math, science, art and literacy. Parents and caregivers are asked to join in for the entire 60 minutes. 10:30 a.m. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main Ave., Spokane Valley. Free. (509) 893-8400.
Play and Learn Storytime (Otis Orchards) - For ages 2-5. Enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays that explore the concepts of math, science, art and literacy. Parents and caregivers are asked to join in for the entire 60 minutes. 10:30 a.m. Otis Orchards Library, 22324 E. Wellesley Ave., Otis Orchards. Free. (509) 893-8390.
Preschool Storytime (North) - For ages 3-5. 11 a.m. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Road. Free. (509) 893-8350.
Friday
Rockin’ B Ranch Cowboy Supper Shows with the Riders of the Rockin’ B - 7 p.m., dinner including barbecued beef, chicken, ribs and more; 8 p.m., cowboy/western music by the Riders of the Rockin’ B. There will also be a beer and wine cantina open nightly. Rockin’ B Ranch, 3912 N. Idaho Road, Liberty Lake. $35/adults; $10/youth age 10 and younger. (509) 891-9016.
Toddler Storytime - For 18 months-3. Library locations include: Downtown, 906 W. Main Ave. (509) 444-5356; East Side, 524 S. Stone St.; Hillyard, 4005 N. Cook St. (509) 444-5380; Indian Trail, 4909 W. Barnes Road. (509) 444-5395. 10 a.m. Free.
Baby Lapsit (Valley) - Enjoy nursery rhymes, songs, and stories. For children up to 18 months. 10:30 a.m. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main Ave. Free. (509) 893-8400.
Preschool Storytime - For ages 3-5. Library locations include: Downtown, 906 W. Main Ave. (509) 444-5356; East Side, 524 S. Stone St. (509) 444-5375; Hillyard, 4005 N. Cook St. (509) 444-5380; Indian Trail, 4909 W. Barnes Road. (509) 444-5395. 10:30 a.m. Free.
Soccer Coach Clinic - Open to coaches or parents. Beginning level coach clinic for youth soccer. For coaches of youth players ages 4-8. 6 p.m. Sacajawea Middle School, 401 E. 33rd Ave. Free. (509) 747-5017.
Saturday
Peach Festival - Visit www.greenbluffgrowers.com for map of growers. Green Bluff, Mead.
Barnes & Noble Storytime - Listen to James Marshall’s “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” Also make a craft and enjoy a treat. 11 a.m. Barnes & Noble, 15310 E. Indiana Ave., Spokane Valley. (509) 922-4104.
Back to School Storytime - School is back in session, and we’ve got some fun stories to share about first day jitters, teachers and making friends. After, decorate a folder to keep all your important papers organized. 11 a.m. Auntie’s Bookstore, Children’s Section, 402 W. Main Ave. Free. (509) 838-0206.
Spokane Symphony at Liberty Lake - Lud Kramer Memorial concert during the annual Labor Day weekend concert at in Liberty Lake. 6-8:30 p.m. Pavillion Park, 727 N. Molter Road, Liberty Lake. Free. (509) 893-3413.
Sunday
Peach Festival - Visit www.greenbluffgrowers.com for map of growers. Green Bluff, Mead.
Monday
Peach Festival - Visit www.greenbluffgrowers.com for map of growers. Green Bluff, Mead.
Baby Lapsit (North) - Enjoy nursery rhymes, songs, and stories. For children up to 18 months. 10:30 a.m. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Road. Free. (509) 893-8350.
Picnic in the Park - Combined neighborhood picnic. Bring your food and visit. 5:30-8 p.m. Comstock Park, east end, 601 W. 29th Ave. Free.
Tuesday
TicketsWest 2010 Northwest League Baseball Playoffs - Spokane Indians host Games 2 and 3 on Tuesday-Wednesday for best-of-three format. Games are at 6:30 p.m. If the Indians win the East Division title, they will host the first game of the NWL Championship on Sept. 9. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana St, Spokane Valley. (509) 535-2922.
MOPS Group (Mothers of Preschoolers) - Childcare provided. 9:30-11:30 a.m. First Presbyterian Church, 318 S. Cedar St. (509) 701-0915.
Toddler Storytime - For ages 18 months-3. Library locations include: Downtown, 906 W. Main Ave.; South Hill, 3324 S. Perry St. 10 a.m. Free. (509) 444-5356.
Preschool Storytime - For ages 3-5. Library locations include: Downtown, 906 W. Main Ave.; South Hill, 3324 S. Perry St. 10:30 a.m. Free. (509) 444-5356.
Wednesday
TicketsWest 2010 Northwest League Baseball Playoffs - Spokane Indians host Games 2 and 3 on Tuesday-Wednesday for best of three format. Games are at 6:30 p.m. If the Indians win the East Division title, they will host the first game of the NWL Championship on Sept. 9. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana St, Spokane Valley. (509) 535-2922.
Toddler Storytime (North) - For ages 18 months-3. 10 a.m. North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Road. Free. (509) 893-8350.
Toddler Storytime (Shadle) - For ages 18 months-3 10 a.m. Shadle Library, 2111 W. Wellesley Ave. Free. (509) 444-5390.
Storytime - For ages 2-5. Library locations include: Medical Lake, 321 E. Herb St. (509) 893-8330; Argonne, 4322 N. Argonne Road. (509) 893-8260; Cheney, 610 1st St. (509) 893-8280. 10:30 a.m. Free.
Preschool Storytime (Shadle) - For children 3-5 years. 10:30 a.m. Shadle Library, 2111 W. Wellesley Ave. Free. (509) 444-5390.
Ongoing
Spokane Valley Heritage Museum - “On a Wing and a Prayer,” aviation history of Felts Field profiling our local pioneer aviators (Nick Mamer, Jack Fancher, Buell Felts), the formation of the Washington Air National Guard, the 1927 visit by Charles Lindbergh, and “Visionary Women,” women who shaped the history of the Spokane Valley, through Sept. 16. Hours are Wednesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 12114 E. Sprague Ave. $6/adults, $5/seniors, $4/children. (509) 922-4570.
Splashdown - Family water park. Open daily through Labor Day. Hours are Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., and until 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays; noon-6 p.m. on Sundays 11127 E. Mission Ave, Spokane Valley. $12.99/48 inches and under; $15.99/over 48 inches; free for ages three and younger with regular paid admission and seniors age 65 and older, $14/viewing pass with $7 refund. (509) 924-3079.
Valley Youth Soccer - Registration for outdoor soccer league for ages 4 and older. Games on Saturdays. Trent Elementary, 3303 N. Pines, Spokane Valley. $59. (509) 924-7661.
The Village: A World Vision Experience - Hands-on, multi-media, interactive exhibit that allows children and families to learn how World Vision partners with a community to help them step out of poverty and into a future of hope. NorthTown Mall, 4750 N. Division St. Free. (866) SPOKANE.
Campbell House - Part of the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, admission tickets includes the exhibit galleries and a guided tour of the house. Several guided tours will be available Wednesdays-Saturdays 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The museum exhibit galleries are open Wednesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 2316 W. 1st Ave. $7/adults, $5/seniors and students with ID, free/age 5 and younger; includes admission and guided tours in the museum. (509) 456-3931.