Celebrate 50 years of Peanuts with Snoopy during a special Family Day, noon-4 p.m. inside and outside the Wexner Center. Reporters can see a new generation of cartoonists get their start by designing a pumpkin patch, and viewing Schultz's kite-eating tree and other Peanuts originals.

In Mershon Auditorium lobby, the cartoon comes alive as Peanuts music serenades families while they enjoy Charlie Brown's favorite treats of root beer and chocolate chip cookies. Excerpts from the musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown will be presented at 1 and 3 p.m. in Weigel Hall, and the Wexner Film/Video Theatre will screen A Charlie Brown Christmas and other Peanuts specials. And at 2 p.m., President Kirwan and his wife, Patty, will serve birthday cake.

The celebration, which is free and open to the public, is part of a unique exhibition of original Peanuts comic strips at the Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library (through January 19, 2001).

WHAT:50th Birthday celebration for Peanuts

WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 1, from noon to 4 p.m.

WHERE: Wexner Center for the Arts and Mershon Auditorium, 1871 N. High St., and Weigel Hall, 1866 College Road

WHY: Everyone loves Peanuts!