The Caravan News is happy to share some fun activities for you and your children this summer. Summer can be a time for enrichment and exploration, but for many children, it's also a time when important academic skills are lost. Children need ongoing opportunities to practice and strengthen literacy skills, especially during the summer break from school.

There’s a reason they call this traveling memorial the “Eyes of Freedom,” says John Ervin, manager of the Veterans Resource Center at San Joaquin Delta College.

The Angelou Library presents LEGO and Duplo Builders. Come to the library and use your creativity to build whatever you can imagine with our Lego collection. Lego Duplos are available for younger children. We will showcase all the creations at the library. This program is for ages 4 and up.

BREAKING NEWS!  On Saturday, June 10, Dutch Bros will open its first Stockton location at 1665 Pacific Ave. To celebrate, Dutch Bros Stockton will offer free medium drinks that day. 

Dutch Bros Stockton is locally owned and operated by Erik Sawyer. Erik has been with Dutch Bros since 2009, when he began working as a barista in Grants Pass, Oregon. Over the next eight years, Erik worked his way up in the company until in 2016, when he earned the Stockton Franchise.

“When thinking about my future with Dutch Bros, I couldn’t see myself anywhere else,” said Erik Sawyer, owner of Dutch Bros Stockton. “I am excited to share the DB culture with this community and bring the magic that I have experienced with this incredible company to Stockton.”

Stockton Dutch Bros is located at 1665 Pacific Ave., it opens on Saturday June 10, at 5:30 a.m. On Saturday, between 5:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. all Medium drinks are free.

Dutch Bros is open daily from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Haggin Museum is pleased to present Picasso’s La Tauromaquia: Works from the Bank of America Collection. This collection of aquatint etchings featuring the allure of bullfighting in Spain will be on view to the public from May 18, 2017 through December 2017.

The Stockton Community Council of the United Way of San Joaquin County will be hosting the 15th Annual Power of One – Women Making A Difference Luncheon.  The Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at the Hilton Stockton.  Doors open at 10:30 am with numerous local non-profit organizations set-up throughout the hotel to inform and educate.  A beautiful lunch will be served at 11:30 am.

Stockton Civic Theatre (SCT) proudly presents its 395th main stage production in its 66th  season, Calendar Girls. This is a hilarious and inspiring true story by Tim Firth and Juliette Towhidi of Miramax Motion Picture of eleven WI members who posed nude for a calendar to raise money for the Leukemia Research Fund.

Banner Island Ballpark is currently undergoing a bit of a makeover that’s sure to get baseball fans in the Central Valley talking this summer. The Ports are excited to show off several new attractions and deals that are guaranteed to allow fans to enjoy a Ports game like never before.

Popular band and fan-favorite, Washboard Monkeys returns by popular demand to perform at the 29th Annual Stockton Earth Day Festival, Sunday, April 23, 2017 at Victory Park.