Oct. 12-16

Sunday

Twin Cities

- Register by Oct. 17 for Mind Bending Trivia Night to Benefit Children's Discovery Museum, Milner Library and ISU Athletics; 7 p.m. Oct. 24, Redbird Arena. Cost: $125 (6-8 people) or $25 per person. Download your registration form at www.ChildrensDiscoveryMuseum.net.

- Community Free Day at Miller Park Zoo, 1020 S. Morris Ave., Bloomington. Call (309) 434-2250.

For kids

- Registration open for Boo Bash Family Fun Night; 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 18, Children's Discovery Museum, Normal. Cost: $10, members; $12, nonmembers. Call (309) 433-3444.

Monday

Twin Cities

- "Our Lives as Artists"; 5:30 p.m., Main Gallery 404, 404 N. Main St., downtown Bloomington. Optional dinner follows. Sponsored by American Association of University Women.

Elsewhere

- Annual book sale; regular hours, Mount Hope-Funks Grove Library, McLean.

For kids

- Pasta Doodle Craft Program; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Normal Public Library Discovery Room. Preschoolers through sixth-graders accompanied by an adult. Call (309) 454-4668.

-- Discovery Day activities for elementary school-age children; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Towanda District Library.

- Preschool story time, pumpkin fun; 1:30 p.m., Mount Hope-Funks Grove Library, McLean.

- No-school movie; 2 p.m., Gridley Library. Call (309) 747-2284.

- Second Monday Story Club; 6:30 p.m. Bloomington Public Library Story Room. For children in first, second and third grades.

Tuesday

Twin Cities

- Community Resource Fair 2008 link individuals with disabilities with support and resources; 4 to 6 p.m., Room 1407, Heartland Community College Community Commons Building,1500 W. Raab Road, Normal.

- Mystery Book Club, Under the Magnifying Glass; 7 p.m., Bloomington Public Library Community Room. Topic: "The Body Farm" by Patricia Cornwell.

- "Not Neglecting Neglected Diseases: Efforts to Identify New Drugs for the Treatment of Schistosomiasis"; 7:30 p.m., Old Main Room, Illinois State University's Bone Student Center, Normal. Speaker: David L. Williams.

Elsewhere

- Rules of the Road review course; 9 to 11 a.m., Lexington Community Center.

For kids

- Animal Tales story time; 10 a.m., Miller Park Zoo, 1020 S. Morris Ave., Bloomington. Geared for 3- to 5-year-olds. Call (309) 434-2250.

- Play Time Lapsit for unfants; 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Bloomington Public Library Story Room. For parents and infants up to age 18 months.

- Fetch! Lab activities feature, "Float my Boat"; Oct. 14 to 19, Children's Discovery Museum, Normal. Activities are offered 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday through Saturday and at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Call (309) 433-3448.

Wednesday

Twin Cities

- Old House Society Warehouse sale in honor of ISU homecoming; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, 214 E. Douglas St., Bloomington. Call (309) 820-0548 or visit www.oldhousesociety.org. Also Oct. 17-18.

- Rules of the Road review course; 9 to 11 a.m., Miller Park Senior Center, 1020 S. Morris Ave., lower level of pavilion, Bloomington.

- Mid Central Community Action annual meeting; 6:30 to 7 p.m., 1301 W. Washington St., Bloomington.

- National Novel Writing Month; 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Normal Public Library Community Room. An information and kick-off meeting. The first write-in will be 10:30 to noon Saturday at the Coffeehouse and Deli, uptown Normal.

- "Apple Pie and Enchiladas," lecture on U.S. system of illegal immigration; 7 p.m., Old Main Room, Illinois State University's Bone Student Center. Speaker: Jorge Chapa, University of Illinois.

For kids

- Preschool Storytime; 10 a.m., Bloomington Public Library Story Room. For ages 3 to 5.

Thursday

Twin Cities

- "The Mysteries of Methamphetamine"; 5 p.m., NV Ultra Lounge, 107 E. Beaufort St., Normal. Speaker: Ralph Weisheit, Illinois State University criminal justice sciences professor.

- Home & Community Education International Night on Belgium; 6 to 8 p.m., McLean County Extension office, 402 N. Hershey Road, Bloomington; includes food demonstrations, food samples and speaker.

- "The Impact of Stevenson's Policies in Politics Today"; 7:30 p.m., Gov. Fifer Courtroom, McLean County Museum of History, 200 N. Main St., Bloomington.

Elsewhere

- Amnesty Week, Dominy Memorial Library, Fairbury. No fines charged for any overdue library materials returned during this week.

For kids

- Toddler Time; 10 a.m., Bloomington Public Library Story Room. For parents or grandparents and toddlers age 19 to 35 months.

- Physics Day - Collisions; 10 to 11 a.m. and 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Children's Discovery Museum. Presented by the ISU Physics Club. Cost: $4 per person ages 2 and older. Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a paying adult.