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October 2021
October programs at Kroening Interpretive Center
Kroening Interpretive Center is located at 4900 Mississippi Court and open Tuesdays-Sundays. The Nature in the City exhibit space, outdoor Nature Adventure Course and Fort Building area are free for all ages to explore! Call our front desk, 612-370-4844, or email northmississippi@minneapolisparks.org Nature Nuts: Playtime: Wednesdays, 9:30-10:30 am. Discover seasonal themes, cultivate curiosity, and encourage exploration of nature. Enjoy outside imaginative play activities and hands-on learning with a naturalist. Ages 2-7 with an adult. Registration fee, $2. Bird Watching: Beginner…
Find out more »CH Pride of Homes Tour
Columbia Heights residents are invited to participate in the Pride of Homes Tour. Build or create an outdoor lawn exhibit to proclaim your support for the Columbia Heights Pride Festival. If you don’t have a yard, display your art on a balcony, in a window, on top of your car or in a friend’s yard. Similar to touring holiday light displays, the Pride of Homes tour will allow the community to get outside to celebrate Pride by driving, walking, or…
Find out more »Heights Pride Festival
Heights Next presents the 2021 Columbia Heights Pride Festival, taking place at Sullivan Lake Park, 721 51st Ave. NE, on Saturday, Oct. 9, 11 am-5 pm. The festival is free to attend. Applications accepted for artists and vendors at heightsnext.org/events/pride/
Find out more »Fall Festival at Salem Covenant
Families are invited to a free Fall Festival at Salem Covenant Church, Saturday, Oct. 9, 1-4 pm. The event features a petting zoo, caramel apple bar, fall crafts, cornhole tournament, and scavenger hunt. Pre-registration is not required. Activities will take place at the church’s parking lot at 2655 5th St. NW, New Brighton. Info: Hannah 651-633-9615.
Find out more »St. Boniface takeout German dinner
St. Boniface church will have a takeout German Dinner Sunday, Oct. 10.
Find out more »Rosary Coast to Coast at St. Boniface
Catholics in Northeast Minneapolis will unite for Rosary Coast to Coast USA, Sunday, Oct. 10, 3 pm, at St. Boniface Catholic Church, 633 2nd St. NE, to recite the 20 decades of the Holy Rosary in English, Spanish, French, Polish, and Arabic, to heal the country and return it to holiness. Info: Loretta 763-588-9626, landb1943@aol.com, or http://rosarycoasttocoast.com.
Find out more »Columbia Heights Library Events
For more information, call the Columbia Heights Library (763-706-3690), or visit www.anokacountylibrary.org. Tiny Art Show: Showcase your artistic talents in the library’s first Tiny Art Show. Register to receive a mini art kit (a 3x3 inch canvas, paint, and a paintbrush). Submit your creation by Oct. 30. The Tiny Art Show will be on exhibit in the library’s glass display case for the month of November. For participants ages 13+. Registration required. Book Club: “The Great Alone” by Kristin Hannah,…
Find out more »Discuss charter changes with City Clerk Casey Carl
Waite Park Community Council (WPCC) invites neighbors to attend an informational meeting where City Clerk Casey Carl will present on the three proposed City of Minneapolis charter amendments. Carl will begin with a presentation and attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions. Waite Park Community Council will host the meeting via Zoom on Thursday, Oct. 14, 7-8 pm. Attendees can access at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8619375928. WPCC's intention is to provide neighbors with information about the ballot language; the meeting will not…
Find out more »In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time opens Friday, Oct. 15, 5-8 pm at Dreamsong, 1237 4th St. NE. The works of Leslie Barlow, Regan Golden, David Goldes, Alexa Horchowski, Nathan Hylden, Shana Kaplow, Jovan C. Speller and Panos Tsagaris explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has reordered our collective sense of time, leaving us stranded in a present steeped in temporal paradox and uncertainty. "In Search of Lost Time" is born of the impulse to untangle, comprehend, and withstand our bewildering contemporary…
Find out more »Fall Central Avenue Cleanup
HeightsNEXT is organizing volunteers for a Cleanup on Central Avenue and nearby parks. Volunteers should meet Saturday, Oct. 16, 9 am in the parking lot of the Columbia Heights Public Library, 3939 Central Ave. NE. Bags and safety vests will be provided. Volunteers should bring their own gloves and dress appropriately for trash cleanup and the weather – this event will occur, rain or shine, and will be socially distanced, with each group of volunteers dispersing to clean their own…
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