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June 2020
Historic Walking Tour of St. Anthony Falls
Offered by the UMN Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Take a self-guided tour that identifies 40 historic sites around the area. Some of these sites are now mill ruins; others have become apartments and restaurants. This tour is about three miles long, so prepare appropriately (carry plenty of water). The tour will give you an overview of the history of the falls and the geology of the falls. The tour begins and ends at Father Hennepin Park, located near…
Find out more »October 2020
Columbia Heights child and teen library programs
Columbia Heights Public Library, 3939 Central Ave. NE, is offering a variety of upcoming programs for children and teens.
Find out more »November 2020
Virtual Owámni Falling Water Festival programs and activities
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) is taking the 2020 Owámni Falling Water Festival virtual and has pinpointed the month of November, which is Native American Heritage month, to turn the festival event into a month of virtual programming.
Find out more »December 2020
A “Wild and Rare” Talk
Meet a cast of plant, animal, and human characters that will help you look at our delightfully diverse neck of the woods anew. Adam Regn Arvidson is director of strategic planning for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, and an award-winning author of two non-fiction books about nature and the environment, including most recently, Wild and Rare: Tracking Endangered Species in the Upper Midwest. Wild and Rare is an exploration of the ways in which humans are knowingly and unknowingly…
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