Pleasant Street Art Walk

Join us in downtown Prior Lake for the 5th Annual Pleasant Street Art Walk! This is a fun and casual family-friendly event. The free, open air festival highlights local and regional artists including potters and sculptors, painters, woodworkers, jewelry makers, metal workers and more. All art on display will be for sale! The Art Walk is on the South side of Downtown Prior Lake, near PLate on Main and the VFW. **art **food trucks **live music

National Public Lands Day - Prairie Restoration

National Public Lands Day is Saturday, September 23rd this year!
From 9:00am - 11:00am, volunteers can help us plant native seed in the tallgrass prairie and remove invasive species. At 11:00am there will be a complimentary lunch and a token of thanks for the hard work!
No experience is necessary, and children of all ages are welcome! Just bring some sturdy shoes - everything else will be provided.

Many Voices, Many Stories, One Place: Exhibit Opening Day

Join us for the opening of the Historic Fort Snelling Exhibit, Many Voices, Many Stories, One Place, located in the Plank Museum & Visitor Center.

Through the perspectives of real people, visitors will learn about the many voices that shaped Fort Snelling, including Dakota and Ojibwe people, Japanese-Americans, immigrants, enslaved African American people, soldiers, and fur traders. Experience the site as a place to remember, reflect, and honor the past.

Grand Portage Fishing Tournament

GRAND PORTAGE FISHING TOURNAMENT

Fri, Sept 15 - Sun, Sept 17, 2023

$5,800 in Cash Prizes to the Winners!

Grand Portage Lodge & Casino will host a Fishing Tournament on the beautiful waters of Grand Portage and Lake Superior. The tournament will take place Friday, September 15 through Sunday, September 17. Participants will fish for Lake Trout and Salmon (King and Coho) to qualify. Fishing will take place on Grand Portage waters in Lake Superior.

Apple Orchard

Stop on by at the Timberlake Orchard 
Opening in 1981.  You will find all your favorite kinds of apples.
Enjoy our own Apple Cider. 
Don't forget to pick up your apple pie and apple donuts. They are So Good! 
Check out our Website and Facebook Page for hours and updates. 

Viking Longhouse Weekend Gathering

During the Viking age the Nordic peoples built immense structures that housed extended families who practiced communal living. The Longhouses were also havens of hospitality. Northern Woman’s Longhouse Gatherings are a way to recreate this shared experience with our “extended family”. Exploring the changing seasons, we’ll camp in tents, share meals, go on group hikes, play rustic games, and learn Nordic bushcraft skills among other things. Many classes offered at this event. See website.

Strides Against Bladder Cancer

Bladder cancer is the 7th-most common cancer in the U.S. and the 3rd-most common cancer in men with 65,000 new cases each year and over 500,000 living with the disease in the U.S. The University of Minnesota is on the forefront of research to identify early warning signs, discover better treatments, and work toward potential cures. Some examples of our research progress in bladder cancer include: identifying new urine-based diagnostics tests, treating early-stage cancer to preserve the bladder,

RIVERTOWN LIVE

The Hastings, MN Rotary Club is welcoming national recording artist, Starship, starring Mickey Thomas, as well as power ballad crooner, John Waite, and local 80's rock band The Hype to Rivertown Live.

Pinehaven Farm Fall Festival

Experience Minnesota’s most fun-filled family fall festival at Pinehaven Farm in Wyoming, Minnesota. The 30+ activities and adventures include launching pumpkins out of a cannon, blasting apples, diving into a massive corn pit filled with 4,000 barrels of kernels, ascending a giant Straw Bale Mountain, picking pumpkins, zooming down a zipline, super-sized slides, themed weekends and more. Families can snack and refresh with a sweet and savory supply of treats and lemonade, root beer and coffee.