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May 2025
Pull invasive plants on Nicollet Island
Join Friends of the Mississippi River Sunday, May 18, 9-11 am, as they pull invasive plants such as garlic mustard and dame's rocket from the woodland. As time allows, volunteers may also tend the demonstration planter boxes that provide park users examples of native prairie plantings and give people ideas of what might provide good habitat in their own neighborhoods. All are welcome. No experience is needed, however, registration is required and capacity is limited. All tools, gloves and training…
Find out more »June 2025
Theater Latté Da presents “Passion”
Set in 1860s Italy, a gripping, fiery love triangle ignites when a dashing army captain is transferred to a remote military outpost. Giorgio, already in a passionate, clandestine affair with Clara back home, enters the sights and heart of Fosca, a fragile woman who turns out to be capable of adoration and desire unlike anything he has ever known. This Best Musical Tony winner, one of Stephen Sondheim’s most unforgettable, is an exultantly dramatic journey of love, desire and obsession.…
Find out more »July 2025
HeightsNEXT 2025 Summer Garden Tour
Friday, July 18, 5 -7:30 pm. The tour starts at Blooming Sunshine Food Forest located at Łomianki Park, 80 39th Ave. NE. You will get a map at the Blooming Sunshine Food Forest for the eight home gardens all located in Columbia Heights. Light refreshments will be served at the last stop on the tour, which is free and open to the public. Rain date: If there is a storm, the Garden tour will take place the next day, July…
Find out more »Northeast Community Band at Father Hennepin Bluff
The Northeast Comunity Band will perform a free concert at Father Hennepin Bluff Park, 420 SE Main St., Tuesday, July 22, at 7 pm.
Find out more »August 2025
Minneapolis Edible Boulevards cooking class
Minneapolis Edible Boulevards, a Northeast based initiative devoted to food justice advocacy, especially in Green Zone neighborhoods, will present a free cooking class at Sheridan Community Garden (SNO #2), 611 13th Ave. NE, with Le Truong on Saturday, Aug. 9, 11 am-12 pm. Free, but registration required. Also available via Zoom. Info: minneapolisedibleboulevards@gmail.com.
Find out more »Heights Monarch Festival
The National Wildlife Federation’s Mayors’ Monarch Pledge encourages communities to create habitats for the monarch butterfly and other pollinators and educate residents about how to make a difference. As part of the Monarch Pledge, the City of Columbia Heights will hold a Monarch Festival on Thursday, Aug. 14, 4-7 pm at Huset Park, 3965 Jefferson St. NE, with activities and entertainment celebrating pollinators.
Find out more »September 2025
Off-Leash Area Neighborhood Garage Tour
Off-Leash Area brings bringing original, professional dance and theater to Northeast Friday and Saturday, Sept. 19-20, 7:30 pm. "Stardust Rendezvous" will be hosted by AJ Hokland at 3501 Pierce St. NE. In the play, three wayward space travelers from three remote galaxies simultaneously crash-land on an asteroid at the edge of nowhere. Suggested donation: $5-$30. Tickets: https://ticketstripe.com/off-leash-area-events
Find out more »St. Mary’s Taste of Northeast Festival
Friday, Sept. 26, 5-9 pm and Saturday, Sept. 27, 11 am-7 pm. St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, 1701 5th St. NE. Enjoy local ethnic foods including perohi and holubki, pulled pork and lamb sandwiches as well as offerings from food trucks. Also featuring live entertainment, bingo and raffles, kids' activities, beer/wine, a used book sale and marketplace. Rock and roll cover band American Bootleg headlining Friday night. This event is cashless with the exception of bingo, cash raffle, used book sale…
Find out more »Nordeast Rock the Block
East Side Neighborhood Services, 1700 2nd St. NE, invites all community members to attend their family-friendly block party and fundraiser Satruday, Sept. 27, 2-5 pm. Attendees will enjoy live music, free unlimited beer tasting to those 21 and above, yard games, free ice cream treats while available and local food trucks offering food for purchase. The event will be moved into the building for inclement weather. Purchase tickets at East Side Neighborhood Services for $50 through 8/27/25 and $60 after; tickets day…
Find out more »October 2025
The Book of Will
Theatre Pro Rata’s production brings to life the unsung heroes behind the publication of Shakespeare’s First Folio, immersing audiences in the urgency, humor and heartbreak of preserving a voice that shaped the English language. Playing at The Crane Theater, 2303 Kennedy Street NE, Friday, Sept. 26-Satruday, Oct 11. Preview, Thursday, Sept. 25. Tickets for all Theatre Pro Rata productions are $18–$81 (sliding scale): theatreprorata.org/box-office/
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