(FOR CHILDREN, AGES 8+ WITH ADULT)
Stella the Squirrel has done it again! She’s rummaged through your belongings and now your precious magnifying glass is missing. Where can it be? Track down clues using a GPS unit to piece together where she’s hidden it. Closed-toed shoes and long pants recommended. Read more about SNEAKY SQUIRREL MYSTERY
The nationally-touring photography exhibit Awkward Family Photos: The Exhibition runs Aug. 6-Sept. 12 at River Falls Public Library Gallery, 140 Union Street in River Falls. Over 200 photos and “behind the awkwardness” stories will be exhibited. Read more about Awkward Family Photos: The Exhibition, opens Aug. 6 in River Falls
Move over, Thelma and Louise! When Lana Mae Hopkins, owner and proprietress of the Wishy Washy Washateria, hires Katie to help out in the laundromat, they soon find themselves up to their elbows in soap, suds, and cheatin’ hearts. Watch these two country angels join forces to turn their good ol’ laundromat into a bootscootin’ honky-tonk, exacting a touch of revenge against those that done ’em wrong, all while guaranteeing every customer a good, clean time! Read more about Honky Tonk Laundry
Have yourself a Dinner Theatre Christmas and let St. Croix Off Broadway melt away all your seasonal troubles with its production of Sorry! Wrong Chimney! David Tuttle is moonlighting as a department store Santa so that he can buy his wife a fur for Christmas. He tells her he’s working late at the office, but she finds out he isn’t at the office. A suspected other woman, hypnotism, the notorious Santa burglar Kris Kreigle and his gun-toting fiancée, and a confused policeman add up to a rollicking tale that is hilarious Christmas entertainment! Read more about Sorry! Wrong Chimney!
One of the most popular romantic comedies of the century, Same Time, Next Year ran four years on Broadway, winning a Tony Award for lead actress Ellen Burstyn, who later recreated her role in the successful motion picture. It remains one of the world’s most widely produced plays. Two people Doris and George meet at a seaside inn one night in 1951 and are attracted to one another, although each is married to someone else. Read more about Same Time, Next Year Opens Dinner Theatre's 13th Season
During a trip to his childhood home in Stillwater, woodcarver Ron Nelson found a pin he had carved for his mom in the seventh grade. That was in 2001. Since then, Nelson has carved thousands of pieces for his community and family.
Nelson received lots of encouragement along the way. His son, an artist, gave him the tools he needed to work on his art form. Nelson even found a book about woodcarving in the Scandinavian shop, Ingebretsen’s in Minneapolis. Read more about Meet the Stillwater Carver Who’s Carved Everything from Santa to a Minnesota Photographer
Joy. It’s the end goal of Pearl & the Thief’s managing partner and co-owner Joseph Pirri, who along with chef owner Justin Sutherland and a host of minority shareholders (who include the culinary geniuses behind Lolo) opened shop in the former Pub 112 space in Stillwater to resounding aplomb.
Read more about Downtown Stillwater’s Newest Dining Destination Brings Fresh Coastal Cuisine with a Side of Bourbon
Escape rooms are becoming popular as a great way to have fun in groups. These are adventure games where participants solve a series of riddles and puzzles using clues, hints and strategy to complete a task. The rooms are often themed and the events timed. After Willie Nielsen and his co-workers Josh and Judd did an escape room together as a team-building activity, the three began to consider creating one of their own. The result is Stillwater Escape Co.
Read more about Sharpen Your Detective Skills in Stillwater’s New Escape Room
Kids scurry between cars in their socks. Others perch on top of minivans, pillows stacked up around them. In hatchbacks—bungee-corded down slightly to keep views clear—blankets and toes stick out. Friends chat around still-hot grills, lawn chairs flanking cars and coolers.
Read more about Vali-Hi Drive-In Offers Throwback Fun in Lake Elmo
Summer’s here, and with the rising temps comes an inescapable urge to plan a getaway. You can add a dose of the interesting and exotic to your week—with nary a sideways glance from co-workers or stress of packing a suitcase—with these close-to-home experiences.
Stir things up Read more about Feed Your Mind with a Local Activity That’ll Give You a Break and a New Skill
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