Any VISTAs interested in getting together for a happy hour next Thursday (July 24)? Leave a comment if you’re interested, or if you’d like to do something else with the group in the next few weeks. Have a great weekend!
July 18, 2008
June 27, 2008
FREE things to do in the Twin Cities this summer
2008 Pride Festival
Saturday & Sunday, June 28 & 29, 2008
Minneapolis’ Loring Park will host the 36th annual Pride Festival on Saturday & Sunday, June 28 & 29
Festival admission is free. Beer Garden admission is $5 per day and Headline Show tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the gate.
Festival Hours
Saturday, June 28 10am – 10pm
Sunday, June 29 10am – 6pm
Headline Show: Saturday at 6pm
Outdoor Movies and Concerts:
St. Paul Central library, Fridays
http://www.thefriends.org/calendar.htm#films
Concerts in Minneapolis parks, lots of days!
http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=714
Movies in Minneapolis parks (all days)
http://www.minneapolisparks.org/documents/activities/concerts/park_movies_schedule.pdf
Loring Park music and movies (Mondays)
http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=1076
Stevens Square movies and music (Wednesdays)
http://www.sscoweb.org/documents/CandCflyer2008.pdf
Fourth of July Celebration and MPRB’s BIRTHDAY BASH!
Celebrating 125 years of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Friday – July 4 – 2008 4:30 – 10:30pm
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board invites you to the annual Minneapolis RED, WHITE and BOOM Celebration along the beautiful downtown Minneapolis Riverfront. Enjoy an evening with great summer food, four stages of live music and free family activities. The event concludes with a spectacular fireworks display at 10pm. Join us for a birthday bash to remember.
June 20, 2008
Free Twins Tickets!
As we announced at Friday’s in-service training, there are FREE Twins tickets available for the Summer Reads VISTAS. The tickets are for the Twins VS. Milwaukee Brewers game next Friday, June 27, at 7:10 P.M.
There are enough tickets for everyone to get two, possibly three. Please email Angelina (akostreba (at) themlc.org), Bridget (bbursaw (at) themlc.org), or Natasha (nlaumei (at) themlc.org) by next Friday to let us know how many tickets you’d like. We’ll hand them out at the in-service next Friday.
June 19, 2008
You are invited to hear a presentation of
Children’s Defense Fund’s America’s Cradle to Prison Pipeline Report
at a community discussion
Children’s Defense Fund’s America’s Cradle to Prison Pipeline Report
at a community discussion
Monday, June 23, 2008,
7-8:30pm,
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church
451 W. Central Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55103
This gathering is co-sponsored by St. Paul Youth Services, the St. Paul Black Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, and the Children’s Defense Fund Minnesota.
Call Pakou Hang at 651-771-1301 for more information and to RSVP. (This event is free but we do ask for an RSVP in order to have adequate space and refreshment.)
