Tri-Cities briefs
Family movie night"Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" will be shown during family movie night at 6:30 tonight at Harrison Street Elementary School, 201 N. Harrison St., Geneva. Families can make cardboard cars in which to watch the movie. Refreshments will be provided, but you can also bring your own. The fee is $5 per child when you preregister and $6 per child at the door. Call (630) 232-4542 or visit genevaparks.org to register.H1N1 shots in GenevaGeneva Township is sponsoring an appointment-only H1N1 flu shot clinic from 9 a.m. to noon today at its Senior Center, 400 Wheeler Drive. The vaccine is being supplied by the Kane County Health Department. The Visiting Nurses Association of Fox Valley will administer the flu shots. Township residents 55 or older who provides a form of identification demonstrating they reside in the township will receive a free flu shot. Medicare will cover the cost of the shot for those who are covered by Medicare Part B and who have their Medicare Card. Vaccines for all others will be $15. To schedule an appointment, call the VNA at (630) 978-2532.Parents can learnThe Batavia Parent Academy presents "Parent University" from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Rotolo Middle School. To review the breakout sessions and register, visit bps101.net.Snow art help sought"Sno Sculpting" continues through Saturday at Geneva Commons shopping center on Randall Road. Four adult artist teams and three high school teams will participate. Voting for the People's Choice award will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Volunteers are needed to staff the snow house and warming house from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. To sign up, visit genevarts.org call (630) 938-4530.Ice harvesting program Visitors can step back in time to learn about ice harvesting during free programs from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Thursday at Kline Creek Farm, 1N600 County Farm Road near West Chicago. Weather permitting, staff members from the 1890s living-history farm owned by the DuPage Forest Preserve District will take to Timber Lake to demonstrate how blocks of ice are removed, packed and stored so they can last for months in an icehouse. Call (630) 876-5900.Japanese Garden in winterThe Fabyan Japanese Garden offers guided walks at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 and 20. A blanket of snow sheds new light onto structural vistas and design features. Snow is a requirement for this tour, so call (630) 377-6424 the morning of the tour to confirm. Admission is $2 per person; meet at the garden's west gate, on the west side of the Fabyan Forest Preserve, Route 31 north of Fabyan Parkway, Geneva. For details, visit ppfv.org.