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FLINT HILLS FAMILY FESTIVAL: Kick off the summer in downtown Saint Paul with the Flint Hills Family Festival May 29-30, one of the largest and longest-standing events of its kind. The Festival offers free fun for people of all ages in Rice Park and Landmark Plaza, with performances and activities that provide something for everyone, along with world-class shows inside the Ordway for just $8! Now in its 26th year, this year’s Festival lineup includes Cirque Mechanics: TILT!, NOOMA: an opera for babies, and Click Clack Moo! More than one million people have experienced the Festival, including hundreds of thousands of students who have visited on field trips during the Festival’s School Days. Join us this year! LEARN MORE: Flint Hills Family Festival (SPONSORED: Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery)
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NEXT MONTH: Via Special Olympics, VERBATIM: “Demi Lovato and Jon Batiste will perform during the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games on June 20 at Huntington Bank Stadium, kicking off a weeklong competition that will bring nearly 3,000 athletes from all 50 states to Minnesota.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3PoXNAQ
THIS SUMMER: Via Lakeland PBS, VERBATIM: “The Operation Sandwich program is set to return to the Brainerd Lakes Area this summer. Run through the non-profit organization Bridges of Hope, Operation Sandwich is a grassroots program with the goal of providing consistent food security for kids when school is not in session.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3Pnitcs
BABY SUPPLIES: Via Maple Grove-based TopLine, VERBATIM: “TopLine Financial Credit Union, a Twin Cities-based member-owned financial services cooperative, held their fifth annual Diaper and Wipe Drive during the month of April benefiting four local non-profits, Avenues for Youth, Hope 4 Youth, Karen Organization of Minnesota and YMCA of the North Youth and Family Services. TopLine members and employees generously donated diapers, wipes, and other baby care items to help bring comfort to families in need in our local communities.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/438gtbj
VIOLINS: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “On a May evening in St. Paul, Israeli violinmaker Avshi Weinstein poses a question to the Jewish Community Center Symphony Orchestra before they begin rehearsal. ‘Do you have any idea how many labor camps, ghettos, concentration camps were in Europe during the war?’ Weinstein asked . . . Weinstein is in Minnesota for Violins of Hope, an internationally touring collection of 70 violins that survived the Holocaust. Weinstein also calls it a residency because, for two months, there will also be more than 50 events featuring the violins — exhibitions, lectures, special Shabbat services and concerts spanning the state and even reaching to Sioux Falls, S.D.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/3R0TkVI
SIGN LANGUAGE: Via Minnesota Reformer, VERBATIM: “In a brightly painted classroom in Saint Paul last month, 17 adults gathered around long tables, signing with their hands, looking at illustrations of family trees on a screen overhead, watching their instructor closely and then practicing with each other. They were learning American Sign Language, how to share their name signs with each other, and the titles of their family members, signing for nieces and nephews . . . Many were born in the U.S. but grew up without ASL at home, while more than half are immigrants — some newcomers, and some who’ve lived here with their families for years.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4eIO0Qw
CHIPS: Via KNSI-Radio, VERBATIM: “The Tri-County Humane Society has scheduled a series of low-cost microchip clinics around the area through September to help make sure little fur babies are able to find their way home.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3RorUsQ
DONATION: Via KEYC-TV, VERBATIM: “The Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota has received the largest donation in its history — a $4 million commitment that will help fund a major expansion of the beloved community institution. The gift was made by Mankato-area donor Heidi Boyum through a donor-advised fund at the Mankato Area Foundation. Museum officials say the contribution marks a transformational milestone in the organization’s mission to ignite the natural curiosity of every child through the power of play.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4uh0WlE
ROCHESTER: Via Post Bulletin, VERBATIM: “A county land transfer is expected to open doors for up to 12 homeless veterans. The proposed transfer sits on the southeast corner of Fourth Avenue Southeast and Fifth Street and neighbors two privately owned lots available for purchase. ‘We were already looking at land in Rochester, when fate brought us together to look at these units,’ Jon Lovald, chief operations officer of the Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans, told the Olmsted County Housing and Redevelopment Authority on Thursday.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4nwIjYl
EXPO: Via The Bemidji Pioneer, VERBATIM: “This year’s Northern Minnesota Women’s Expo directly benefited unhoused Bemidji families, with 50% of the proceeds being donated to the Village of Hope, a nonprofit emergency shelter for families experiencing homelessness, especially those with children or pregnant women. The Sanford Center plans and hosts the expo each year near Mother’s Day, selecting a different nonprofit to feature and receive half of the $5 entrance fees from the day. The expo, which took place on Saturday, May 9, was buzzing.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/42wk5no
INNOVATION: Via Bloomington-based Donaldson, VERBATIM: “Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE:DCI), a leading worldwide manufacturer of innovative filtration products and solutions, announced its calendar year 2025 Patent Recipients and Inventor Award winners. The annual recognition celebrates employees whose ideas, inventions, and technical leadership strengthen Donaldson’s technology leadership and enduring culture of innovation. In 2025, 213 Donaldson employees were named on patents granted during the year, contributing to an intellectual property portfolio that includes more than 2,800 active U.S. and international patents, with over 120 patents awarded in the past year alone.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4fmzy0P
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