An interactive, fun-filled day of garden tours, taste tests, heirloom plants, solar ovens, water issues, canning and preserving, recycling & composting, biking & busing, green cleaning, plastics, children’s art activities and more!Sponsored by Earth Partners Working Group of the Justice Commission of the Sisters of St. Joseph Carondelet and Consociates. Visit booths from CSJ and [...]

Leonardo’s Basement is hosting an end-of-summer outdoor event at its Saint Paul Workshop located at 1188 Hubard Avenue.  On Sunday, August 29th from 1 to 4 p.m., particpants will build and ride things with Wheels.  Bikes, scooters, carts, wagons, unicycles, trikes, skateboards and more!  If it has – or should have – wheals, you will [...]

Pizza Luce has its annual block party Saturday, August 12, 2010.  If you didn’t get enough of them at Irish Fair, The Wild Colonial Bhoys are playing at 2:40 p.m.  Brother Ali headlines at 9 p.m.  A lot of other great local talent.  All day long.  Noon to 10 p.m. at Pizza Luce Uptown.

Irish Fair is always one of my favorite family events.  Whether you attend the Mass on Sunday morning, cruise the shops or go for the Celtic Rock headliners, there’s always something for everyone in the family.  Did I mention Irish Food?  Not free, but really good.

This is the weekend for art fairs.  The Uptown Art Fair is always fun, but if you want something a little less crowded and hot you might try the Powderhorn Art Fair.  If you are a trooper, you could hit the Loring Park Art Festival, cross the street to hit Walker Art Center’s Free First [...]