Mark your calendar for these awesome Central Illinois family events. Visit the PeoriaParent.com calendar for full info, and other fun events. Check back continually for updates.

FREE Admission to the Peoria Zoo for the whole month of January

January 5: College Admissions 101

January 7: Home Depot Kids Workshop: Make a Savings Shed

January 7: Bald Eagle Day at Forest Park Nature Center

January 7: Peoria Push Derby Dames

January 7: Heartland Festival Orchestra New Year's Greeting: Vienna To Broadway

January 10: College Visits: Why, When, How?

January 13: Penguine Project 2012 presents: Thoroughly Modern Millie Jr.

January 14: FREE Build & Grow Clinic at Lowes: Castle

January 14: Bald Eagle Day- Pekin Library

January 14: Parent's Night Out at Jump Start

January 17: Movie: "March On!...

January 18: Harlem Globetrotters

January 19: “The Lion & the Mouse” Puppet Show

January 21: Family Fest 2012

January 23: Award-Winning Pajama Storytime

January 24: Knee High Naturalists- Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland