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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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A GOOD START TO THE WEEKEND
TOMORROW: Via Northern News Now, VERBATIM: “If you’re hoping to create something personal for Mom, Duluth’s Whole Foods Co-op is hosting a DIY Mother’s Day Bouquet event on Saturday.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/42XuMzo
NEXT WEEK: Via Hearing Loss Association of America, VERBATIM: “The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the leading voice of 50 million Americans with and at risk of hearing loss, launches its 2026 Walk4Hearing series on May 16. Since 2001, the Walk4Hearing has celebrated living well with hearing loss, providing public education about hearing health and raising funds for local hearing health programs. 18 cities will host this year’s Walks . . . The first 2026 event is the Twin Cities Walk4Hearing in St. Paul, Minnesota on May 16.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4dho1NN
NEXT MONTH: Via Bring Me The News, VERBATIM: “Groovin’ in the Garden is back for another summer of free concerts at the Como Zoo and Conservatory. This year’s installment will get underway on June 10, with concerts every Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. through July 29.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4f8YJDZ
THINKERS: Via Lakeland PBS, VERBATIM: “Four finalists have been chosen for this year’s Great American Think-Off in New York Mills. Now in its 33rd year, the Great American Think-Off is billed as a one-of-a-kind philosophy contest where ordinary people tackle extraordinary questions. The 2026 topic for the annual philosophy debate is, ‘Has the pursuit of happiness made Americans unhappy?’” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4tGtYtX
BOOKS: Via MplsStPaul, VERBATIM: “The 38th annual Minnesota Book Awards ceremony was held on Wednesday evening at the Ordway, hosted by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library. Out of 36 finalists this year, nine authors were awarded the top prize in local books.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4nl8UYe
NEW BOOK: Via Minnesota Monthly, VERBATIM: “Minnesota author V.T. Bidania is part of a new generation of children’s book authors who are making sure all young readers see themselves represented on the page. Bidania’s popular “Astrid and Apollo” chapter book series was the first to feature Hmong American main characters. Now, Bidania is back with a new middle-grade novel. ‘A Year Without Home,’ published in January by Penguin Random House, is written totally in verse.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4eBgPyd
ENERGY: Via City of Bloomington, VERBATIM: “Bloomington nonprofits can now stretch their budgets further while reducing energy use. The City of Bloomington has partnered with EnerChange to launch a Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Rebate Program that rewards local organizations for making smart energy upgrades.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4wzDqlx
K-9s: Via Northern News Now, VERBATIM: “For the first time, people on the Iron Range got a chance to meet the region’s K-9 officers. The ‘Meet the Pack’ event was the Northland K-9 Foundation’s first major demonstration on the Range. People had a chance to meet the dogs and see law enforcement vehicles.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3P25DjT
FISH FRY: Via Lakeland PBS, VERBATIM: “Camp Confidence and the Camp Confidence Lions Club partnered with Let’s Go Fishing to host a walleye fish fry at the Confidence Learning Center in East Gull Lake. The event’s goal was to bring attention to the organizations and bring in new volunteers.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3PaWWnd
THE RIVER: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “After a decade of planning, fundraising and tribal engagement, a Dakota-led nonprofit will break ground this month on a five-acre restoration project at Owámniyomni — the place known as St. Anthony Falls — along the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis. Owámniyomni Okhódayapi announced the start of construction during a walking tour of the site Monday. The project will replace a parking lot, an unused restroom building and the upper floor of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers control station with native prairie, oak savanna and traditional Dakota medicines” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4nkyQDl
MORE: Via KARE-TV, VERBATIM: “Their goal is to create a new space where visitors and residents can come to enjoy nature and learn about Dakota heritage, and to heal the land along the Mississippi as a thank you to this life-giving water.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4uvx1pq
ART: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “In the shadow of grain elevators in Clarkfield, a southwestern Minnesota town of some 900 people, a bank built 116 years ago sits transformed. What once was one of the town’s first financial institutions is now a creative space that invests in the local community . . . Southwest Minnesota is dotted with these emerging multi-use art spaces that utilize older buildings — a growing trend seen in rural and small-town communities across the state — challenging a common misconception that vibrant art scenes only exist in big cities.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/3PcfBPI
MORE ART: Via MplsStPaul, VERBATIM: “Elizabeth Winslow admired Juxtaposition Arts long before she ever knew that one day she’d be running the place. The nationally recognized arts education center in north Minneapolis’s reputation, of course, precedes it in artistic circles like hers. JXTA, as it’s known, is one of the only centers in the country that operates with teens and youth staffing and learning in a design center, retail shop, gallery, and studio space, as well as apprenticing in creative fields from visual art literacy to graphic design to environmental design and more.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4tmpKam
RAINCOATS: Via Lakeland PBS, VERBATIM: “Warrior Early Learning Center students are stepping into the outdoors with confidence this spring thanks to a new initiative providing rain gear for young learners across the school. The Brainerd Early Childhood Parent Teacher Organization partnered with Brainerd Public Schools to provide rain suits and boots for children attending Warrior Early Learning Center. The goal of the project is to ensure students can continue outdoor learning activities regardless of weather conditions.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/48QLUua
250 YEARS: Via CenterPoint, VERBATIM: “In celebration of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States of America, the CenterPoint Energy Foundation is launching a new and unique grant opportunity to support nonprofit organizations that serve and focus on our U.S veterans in CenterPoint Energy’s four state service area in Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Texas. Through this special grant opportunity, the Foundation plans to invest up to $250,000 in the states the company serves, with individual grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4u4ZDpU
VENISON: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “Minnesota’s Hunter-Harvested Venison Donation Program has been around since 2007, but it’s growing more popular. The idea is simple: Hunters donate deer to local processors, who prep it for food shelves and feeding programs. In 2025, the program saw a 50 percent jump in donations compared to the previous year, according to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. That’s roughly 14,000 pounds of venison in all.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/3QVC0kN
TREES: Via Lakeland PBS, VERBATIM: “Students from Lincoln Elementary and Bemidji High School collaborated on a special project earlier today at the high school in response to the massive windstorm that swept through the Bemidji area last year. When over 100-mile-an-hour winds blew through the Bemidji area last summer, it not only knocked over an estimated 9 million trees but also left a mark on the students of Lincoln Elementary.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4eA382H
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