The Louisville Area YMCA Summer Day Camp continues through Aug. 21 with fun and games centering on the theme “Under the Stars,” with swimming in the pool and many other activities plus trips to YMCA Camp Tippecanoe and Metzger Park — for children entering grades one through eight.
Hours are 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Children may be dropped off from 6:30 to 9 a.m. Most activities take place between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Registrations are still being accepted from youths entering grades one through nine for the 2009 Canton Summer Fun and Enrichment Day Camp being held July 13 through Aug. 21 at the Edward “Peel” Coleman Community Center. at 1400 Sherrick Rd. SE in Canton.
Camp hours are 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The Summer Fun and Enrichment Day Camp is a collaboration between the City of Canton office of youth development and the Canton Area YMCA.
The cost to participate in the six-week program is $60.
The Edward “Peel” Coleman Community Center is at 1400 Sherrick Rd. SE in Canton.

The Norma Johnson Center in the Dover area will offer a butterfly exhibit July 20-26.
Fran LeMasters will set up an interactive 12-by-5-foot enclosure featuring butterflies, caterpillars and chrysalis. She belongs to the International Butterfly Breeders Association.
The exhibit will be open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 7 p.m.
The O’Donnell Family Charitable Foundation is sponsoring this exhibit.
The Norma Johnson Center is at 3870 State Route 39 NW in Dover.
For more information, contact Marsha at (330) 339-7976.

A new Kent State University Museum exhibit, “The Kokoon Arts Club: Cleveland Revels,” looks back at the iconic club formed in 1912.
The exhibit, which runs from March 19, 2009, through Feb. 28, 2010, highlights the profound effect of the club, whose most memorable activities were the annual masked balls at staged venues around the city. On display are the posters and costumes, both designed and worn by members at these extravagant balls.

Stark Parks’ Nature Rangers program for children ages 4 through 7 introduces nature concepts and animals.
Two identical sessions, at 10 and 11:30 a.m. on the same day, are offered each week. Class dates are June 12, June 26, July 10, July 24, Aug. 7 and Aug. 21
The program is held at Exploration Gateway, at 5712 12th St. NW in Perry Township.
Cost is $5 per child per session.
Pre-registration and payment are required at www.StarkParks.com or at Exploration Gateway.
For more information, call Jared Shive at (330) 477-3552 or go to www.StarkParks.com.

The artists on the second floor of 2nd April Galerie are opening their studios and inviting you into their work environment from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays through Dec. 18.
Watch the creative process unfold as the artists share a variety of new work — pottery, painting, sculptures, photography, fiber art, mixed media, jewelry and more.
There will be light refreshments, inspiration and some interactive and hands-on activities available to stir your creative juices. Themes, topics and activities will change each week.
Groups of more than 20 are welcome with advance notice.

Visitors can discover what life was like aboard a working Great Lakes freighter, the William G. Mather, when they explore the 1925-built Mather from bow to stern and see its huge cargo holds, brass and oak pilot house, elegant guest quarters and four-story engine room. They also can walk the decks and marvel at the “engineering firsts” that helped transform Northeast Ohio into a great industrial center.
The Mather is docked at 305 Mather Way (old Erieside Avenue), north of the Great Lakes Science Center.

Explore the natural world with your child in the Summer Days Enrichment Classes at the Wilderness Center from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. July 23 and 24. This session is for preschoolers who will be 4 years old by fall 2009.
The two-day sessions include taking nature walks, making crafts and playing games to learn about the out-of-doors.
Cost is $24 per adult/child Wilderness Center member pair, $30 per adult/child nonmember pair for the two-day session. Additional children or adults are $12 for members and $15 for nonmembers.

Stark Parks’ Nature Rangers program for children ages 4 through 7 introduces nature concepts and animals.
Two identical sessions, at 10 and 11:30 a.m. on the same day, are offered each week. Class dates are June 12, June 26, July 10, July 24, Aug. 7 and Aug. 21
The program is held at Exploration Gateway, at 5712 12th St. NW in Perry Township.
Cost is $5 per child per session.
Pre-registration and payment are required at www.StarkParks.com or at Exploration Gateway.
For more information, call Jared Shive at (330) 477-3552 or go to www.StarkParks.com.

Bring a picnic lunch and a camera and learn about taking good pictures. Put the tips into practice on a Stark Parks guided nature walk. Meet at Magnolia Village Park shelter. Program will be cancelled if rain.

Registration is requested. Please call 330.866.3366 to register.

This event will take place at the Stark County District Library Sandy Valley Branch

Rodman Library will host a brown bag lunch for children ages 5 and older from noon to 1 p.m. July 24 on the library lawn at 215 E. Broadway St. In case of rain, lunch will be in the Children’s Program Room.
Bring your own brown bag lunch and a beverage.
After lunch and stories, children will make a craft item in the Children’s Program Room.
Additional brown bag lunches will take place on each Friday in July from noon to 1p.m.
For more information contact the Children’s Department at (330) 821-2665.

The Amish Door Village is presenting a new show, “Radio Jamboree Re-Tuned,” on June 17-19, July 23-25, and Aug. 27-29 in the banquet center.
Seating for the dinner and show begins at 6:15 p.m. Matinee seating for June 19, July 24, and Aug. 28 begins at 12:15. Groups can sit eight or 10 people to a table,
The all-new comedy musical “Radio Jamboree Re-Tuned,” a follow-up to last year’s hit musical, will be performed by the 34west Theater Company.

The North Canton Public Library is holding Creative Cuisine at from 2 to 3 p.m. July 24 at the library, for students in grades four through six.
They can sharpen their culinary skills while having loads of fun in the library’s art classroom at 185 N. Main St.
Please register by calling (330) 499-4712, Ext. 318.

The Amish Door Village is presenting a new show, “Radio Jamboree Re-Tuned,” on June 17-19, July 23-25, and Aug. 27-29 in the banquet center.
Seating for the dinner and show begins at 6:15 p.m. Matinee seating for June 19, July 24, and Aug. 28 begins at 12:15. Groups can sit eight or 10 people to a table,
The all-new comedy musical “Radio Jamboree Re-Tuned,” a follow-up to last year’s hit musical, will be performed by the 34west Theater Company.

Addiction program; enter through door G in rear of church; for information call (330) 477-6267, Ext. 112

Country Sunrise Special Concert Fri., Jul. 24, 7 p.m.
Country Sunrise Special has been joyfully makin’ music for over 25 years. Its early beginnings were as The Nicholas Family some 60 years ago. Art Nicholas, his father, siblings, spouse, and children, represented Ohio and West Virginia at the International Folklife Festivals in the 1970s. The Nicholas Family’s music is included in history files of America at the Smithsonian.