Activities This Week:   (Scroll to the bottom for the Monthly Large Event Calendar)

Miami University Final Exams Week, www.muohio.edu.

4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m., Tues Mini Market, Uptown Memorial Park, every Tuesday through October 28, 2008, (513) 505-5238 or www.oxfordfarmersmarket.com

8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Larry Winston Collins Exhibition, Hiestand Galleries, through May 14^th, free and open to the public, (513) 529-1883.  Phillip Morsberger:  A Retrospective, Miami University Art Museum, (513) 529-2232, www.fna.muohio.edu. Sally Heller:  Bloom ‘n Doom, Miami University Art Museum, free and open to the public.

7:00 p.m., A discussion of the Barbara Kingsolver Book, “Animal , Vegetable, Miracle”, 320 King Library, the book chronicles one family’s yearlong endeavor to eat only locally grown foods, part of the “GAIA Amazing Read” book discussion group, the public is invited to attend, http://mugaia.blogspot.com. ShareFest 2008:  “Don’t Throw It Out!  Make It Count!”, through May 12^th, during move out week, donate the useable items you can’t take with you to ShareFest.  Useable items go to people in Butler County who need them:  over 300 families benefited from ShareFest in 2007.  Leave items at curb and attach a ShareFest flyer or sign stating “FOR SHAREFEST PICKUP”, or drop off at the Oxford Church of God, 5450 College Corner Pike, or Candlewood Terrace, 618 Ogden Court, there will also be designated areas assigned to each residence hall.  Information:  www.muohio.edu/sharefest.   For large items, please contact Jamey Rutschilling, (513) 330-2095 or email sharefestoxford@gmail.com.

10:30 a.m., Family Story Time, Oxford Lane Library, Fridays through May 23^rd, all ages, (513) 523-7531, www.lanepl.org. 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m., Second Fridays Arts Event, Oxford Community Arts Center, Gallery Exhibit Opening featuring Elizabeth Brice and Howard Krauss, Music After Hours with The Sirenz, Ball Room Dancing from 8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. with instructors Janet Holmes and Nancy Sturgeon, (513) 524-8506, www.oxarts.org.  8:00 p.m.-2:30 a.m., Red Brick Rasta, Uptown Memorial Park.

Recreational Sports Center Closed thru Sunday, May 18^th (steam plant shutdown).  7:00 p.m., Reading with Casey, the Dog Who Loves Books, Oxford Lane Library, Casey loves books but needs someone to read to him!  Practice reading skills with a friendly, accepting listener, 20-minute sessions available, all ages, individuals or families welcome, (513) 523-7531 or www.lanepl.org. 

4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m., Tues Mini Market, Uptown Park, (513) 505-5238 or www.oxfordfarmersmarket.com.

6:00 p.m., Baseball vs. Kent State.

2^nd Annual History Day, Talawanda Middle School, thru Saturday, May 17^th.  Experience a much simpler time, a harder lifestyle and gain a better understanding of frontier life pre-1865.  Food, re-enactors and vendors.  For information contact John Brinck (513) 273-3358 or brinckj@talawanda.org, jbrink1@fuse.net.  9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Audubon Miami Valley native plant sale pick-up, Shademakers Nursery.  Information:  Marlene Hoffmann, mfhoffman35@yahoo.com.  10:30 a.m., Family Story Time, Oxford Lane Library, all ages, (513) 523-7531, www.lanepl.org.  5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m., Talawanda High School Exhibition Opening, Miami University Art Museum, featuring works by Talawanda High School media students instructed by Joe O’Flynn and Kathy Tenney, Art students in the digital media classes present “Resiliency”, an exhibition focusing on the students’ visual representations of ‘resiliency”.  Information:  (513) 529-2232 or www.fna.muohio.edu.amu.  6:00 p.m., Baseball vs. Kent State, www.muredhawks.com.