Mar
27
2:00 PM14:00
Apr
18
9:30 AM09:30
Apr
21
7:00 PM19:00
Sing-along with Dan Chouinard
Come and join friends, family, and neighbors in an evening of song with Dan Chouinard. The program will be held in the Community Center. This is a free event but donations are gratefully accepted.
For nearly four decades Dan Chouinard has been pianist and accordionist of choice for a who’s who of Twin Cities performers, an enabler of community singalongs and a writer of hit shows for public radio, concert hall and theatrical stage.
Dan attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, then taught French and Italian at the University of Minnesota for four years while getting established as a pianist and accompanist around Minneapolis and St. Paul. Beginning in 1994, his radio series The Singer’s Voice was broadcast live every Sunday evening over six years from the Dakota Jazz Club (then at Bandana Square St. Paul).
He’s a writer and host of shows, having created many live programs for Minnesota Public Radio, the MN Historical Society, Twin Cities Public Television and others. In 2013 Steerage Song played in the Twin Cities and on tour throughout Minnesota, a show co-authored with Peter Rothstein about the Ellis Island era of immigration to the US as depicted in folk songs, newspaper clippings and Tin Pan Alley tunes.
His 2014 show Cafe Europa, about bicycling with an accordion from Naples IT to Normandy FR in search of Minnesota WWII stories, was broadcast and televised statewide. Civil War Homecoming played at the Fitzgerald Theater in April 2015 on the 150th anniversary of the end of the war, was broadcast statewide on MPR and continues to be shown on Twin Cities Public Television.
Rondo ’56: Remembering St. Paul’s Black Main Street, presented a dozen times since its 2010 premiere at the MN History Center, is a portrait in music, stories and archival photos of St. Paul’s thriving Black neighborhood in the 1940s and ‘50s, before it was sliced down the middle to make room for I-94.
His essays have been published in Minnesota Monthly, Saint John’s Magazine, the Minnesota Orchestra’s Showcase magazine and in the Minneapolis StarTribune.
He’s traveled often in France and Italy, with bicycle and without, and has presented French and Italian sing-alongs at the Alliance Française in Minneapolis. He spent the summer 2015 working in Italy on an independent Hollywood film, All You Ever Wanted, written and directed by Minnesota native Barry Morrow, and released in 2019.
He was a guest accompanist on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, and is the founder of a classic country band, Lush Country, comprised of Prairie Home Companion alumni.
May
2
10:00 AM10:00
Gardening Kick-off Brunch
The gardening season begins next week! Join us for a light brunch to reconnect with friends and neighbors or meet friends and neighbors who share our love of Loring Park. Hear from Loring Park resident Lee Frelich. Learn about this year’s gardening and invasive species pulls projects. To help us with our planning, please RSVP here: Brunch SignUp
May
7
6:00 PM18:00
May
9
9:00 AM09:00
Volunteer Gardening
Coffee and treats at 9:00AM. Instruction and tools provided. Please RSVP here: Volunteer Gardening Sign Up
May
9
12:00 PM12:00
May
12
7:00 PM19:00
Sing-along with Dan Chouinard
Come and join friends, family, and neighbors in an evening of song with Dan Chouinard. The program will be held in the Community Center. This is a free event but donations are gratefully accepted.
For nearly four decades Dan Chouinard has been pianist and accordionist of choice for a who’s who of Twin Cities performers, an enabler of community singalongs and a writer of hit shows for public radio, concert hall and theatrical stage.
Dan attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, then taught French and Italian at the University of Minnesota for four years while getting established as a pianist and accompanist around Minneapolis and St. Paul. Beginning in 1994, his radio series The Singer’s Voice was broadcast live every Sunday evening over six years from the Dakota Jazz Club (then at Bandana Square St. Paul).
He’s a writer and host of shows, having created many live programs for Minnesota Public Radio, the MN Historical Society, Twin Cities Public Television and others. In 2013 Steerage Song played in the Twin Cities and on tour throughout Minnesota, a show co-authored with Peter Rothstein about the Ellis Island era of immigration to the US as depicted in folk songs, newspaper clippings and Tin Pan Alley tunes.
His 2014 show Cafe Europa, about bicycling with an accordion from Naples IT to Normandy FR in search of Minnesota WWII stories, was broadcast and televised statewide. Civil War Homecoming played at the Fitzgerald Theater in April 2015 on the 150th anniversary of the end of the war, was broadcast statewide on MPR and continues to be shown on Twin Cities Public Television.
Rondo ’56: Remembering St. Paul’s Black Main Street, presented a dozen times since its 2010 premiere at the MN History Center, is a portrait in music, stories and archival photos of St. Paul’s thriving Black neighborhood in the 1940s and ‘50s, before it was sliced down the middle to make room for I-94.
His essays have been published in Minnesota Monthly, Saint John’s Magazine, the Minnesota Orchestra’s Showcase magazine and in the Minneapolis StarTribune.
He’s traveled often in France and Italy, with bicycle and without, and has presented French and Italian sing-alongs at the Alliance Française in Minneapolis. He spent the summer 2015 working in Italy on an independent Hollywood film, All You Ever Wanted, written and directed by Minnesota native Barry Morrow, and released in 2019.
He was a guest accompanist on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, and is the founder of a classic country band, Lush Country, comprised of Prairie Home Companion alumni.
May
15
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
May
22
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
May
23
9:00 AM09:00
May
29
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
Jun
1
7:00 PM19:00
Shuffleboard
It may be the Pickleball Era, but further down the path leading toward the sleeping Berger Fountain are shuffleboard courts that date to 1939. I walk by the empty courts often, but it wasn't until last summer that I saw people actually playing shuffleboard, a regular Monday night occurrence from 7-9PM, June 1 through September, it turns out, weather permitting.
When they were first installed, the shuffleboard courts were so popular, according to the MPRB, that reservations were necessary to use them in the evening. According to James Ockuly, a member of the Loring Park Shuffleboard Club, the courts have experienced several periods of disuse since 1939. It was thanks to a Loring Park resident named Al Galazen in the 1980s, who bought up old equipment, and to the Park Board, that spruced up the courts, that the Club was established and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026 (there is even a Facebook page for the Club).
So if the pickleball courts are full one Monday evening this summer, you might stroll down to the shuffleboard courts to watch or better yet play. Membership is free and comes with a free lesson. The club owns its own gear so you need only be equipped with the curiosity to learn about this recreational activity that has stood the test of time. The lovely group of shuffleboard aficionados who have kept the courts alive are eager to welcome you.
Jun
5
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
Jun
8
7:00 PM19:00
Shuffleboard
It may be the Pickleball Era, but further down the path leading toward the sleeping Berger Fountain are shuffleboard courts that date to 1939. I walk by the empty courts often, but it wasn't until last summer that I saw people actually playing shuffleboard, a regular Monday night occurrence from 7-9PM, June 1 through September, it turns out, weather permitting.
When they were first installed, the shuffleboard courts were so popular, according to the MPRB, that reservations were necessary to use them in the evening. According to James Ockuly, a member of the Loring Park Shuffleboard Club, the courts have experienced several periods of disuse since 1939. It was thanks to a Loring Park resident named Al Galazen in the 1980s, who bought up old equipment, and to the Park Board, that spruced up the courts, that the Club was established and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026 (there is even a Facebook page for the Club).
So if the pickleball courts are full one Monday evening this summer, you might stroll down to the shuffleboard courts to watch or better yet play. Membership is free and comes with a free lesson. The club owns its own gear so you need only be equipped with the curiosity to learn about this recreational activity that has stood the test of time. The lovely group of shuffleboard aficionados who have kept the courts alive are eager to welcome you.
Jun
9
7:00 PM19:00
Sing-along with Dan Chouinard
Come and join friends, family, and neighbors in an evening of song with Dan Chouinard. The program will be held in the Community Center. This is a free event but donations are gratefully accepted.
For nearly four decades Dan Chouinard has been pianist and accordionist of choice for a who’s who of Twin Cities performers, an enabler of community singalongs and a writer of hit shows for public radio, concert hall and theatrical stage.
Dan attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, then taught French and Italian at the University of Minnesota for four years while getting established as a pianist and accompanist around Minneapolis and St. Paul. Beginning in 1994, his radio series The Singer’s Voice was broadcast live every Sunday evening over six years from the Dakota Jazz Club (then at Bandana Square St. Paul).
He’s a writer and host of shows, having created many live programs for Minnesota Public Radio, the MN Historical Society, Twin Cities Public Television and others. In 2013 Steerage Song played in the Twin Cities and on tour throughout Minnesota, a show co-authored with Peter Rothstein about the Ellis Island era of immigration to the US as depicted in folk songs, newspaper clippings and Tin Pan Alley tunes.
His 2014 show Cafe Europa, about bicycling with an accordion from Naples IT to Normandy FR in search of Minnesota WWII stories, was broadcast and televised statewide. Civil War Homecoming played at the Fitzgerald Theater in April 2015 on the 150th anniversary of the end of the war, was broadcast statewide on MPR and continues to be shown on Twin Cities Public Television.
Rondo ’56: Remembering St. Paul’s Black Main Street, presented a dozen times since its 2010 premiere at the MN History Center, is a portrait in music, stories and archival photos of St. Paul’s thriving Black neighborhood in the 1940s and ‘50s, before it was sliced down the middle to make room for I-94.
His essays have been published in Minnesota Monthly, Saint John’s Magazine, the Minnesota Orchestra’s Showcase magazine and in the Minneapolis StarTribune.
He’s traveled often in France and Italy, with bicycle and without, and has presented French and Italian sing-alongs at the Alliance Française in Minneapolis. He spent the summer 2015 working in Italy on an independent Hollywood film, All You Ever Wanted, written and directed by Minnesota native Barry Morrow, and released in 2019.
He was a guest accompanist on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, and is the founder of a classic country band, Lush Country, comprised of Prairie Home Companion alumni.
Jun
10
5:30 PM17:30
Jun
12
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
Jun
13
9:00 AM09:00
Volunteer Gardening
Coffee and treats at 9:00AM. Instruction and tools provided. Please RSVP here: Volunteer Gardening Sign Up
Jun
15
7:00 PM19:00
Shuffleboard
It may be the Pickleball Era, but further down the path leading toward the sleeping Berger Fountain are shuffleboard courts that date to 1939. I walk by the empty courts often, but it wasn't until last summer that I saw people actually playing shuffleboard, a regular Monday night occurrence from 7-9PM, June 1 through September, it turns out, weather permitting.
When they were first installed, the shuffleboard courts were so popular, according to the MPRB, that reservations were necessary to use them in the evening. According to James Ockuly, a member of the Loring Park Shuffleboard Club, the courts have experienced several periods of disuse since 1939. It was thanks to a Loring Park resident named Al Galazen in the 1980s, who bought up old equipment, and to the Park Board, that spruced up the courts, that the Club was established and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026 (there is even a Facebook page for the Club).
So if the pickleball courts are full one Monday evening this summer, you might stroll down to the shuffleboard courts to watch or better yet play. Membership is free and comes with a free lesson. The club owns its own gear so you need only be equipped with the curiosity to learn about this recreational activity that has stood the test of time. The lovely group of shuffleboard aficionados who have kept the courts alive are eager to welcome you.
Jun
19
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
Jun
20
9:00 AM09:00
Jun
22
7:00 PM19:00
Shuffleboard
It may be the Pickleball Era, but further down the path leading toward the sleeping Berger Fountain are shuffleboard courts that date to 1939. I walk by the empty courts often, but it wasn't until last summer that I saw people actually playing shuffleboard, a regular Monday night occurrence from 7-9PM, June 1 through September, it turns out, weather permitting.
When they were first installed, the shuffleboard courts were so popular, according to the MPRB, that reservations were necessary to use them in the evening. According to James Ockuly, a member of the Loring Park Shuffleboard Club, the courts have experienced several periods of disuse since 1939. It was thanks to a Loring Park resident named Al Galazen in the 1980s, who bought up old equipment, and to the Park Board, that spruced up the courts, that the Club was established and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026 (there is even a Facebook page for the Club).
So if the pickleball courts are full one Monday evening this summer, you might stroll down to the shuffleboard courts to watch or better yet play. Membership is free and comes with a free lesson. The club owns its own gear so you need only be equipped with the curiosity to learn about this recreational activity that has stood the test of time. The lovely group of shuffleboard aficionados who have kept the courts alive are eager to welcome you.
Jun
26
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
Jun
27
10:00 AM10:00
Jun
28
10:00 AM10:00
Jun
29
7:00 PM19:00
Shuffleboard
It may be the Pickleball Era, but further down the path leading toward the sleeping Berger Fountain are shuffleboard courts that date to 1939. I walk by the empty courts often, but it wasn't until last summer that I saw people actually playing shuffleboard, a regular Monday night occurrence from 7-9PM, June 1 through September, it turns out, weather permitting.
When they were first installed, the shuffleboard courts were so popular, according to the MPRB, that reservations were necessary to use them in the evening. According to James Ockuly, a member of the Loring Park Shuffleboard Club, the courts have experienced several periods of disuse since 1939. It was thanks to a Loring Park resident named Al Galazen in the 1980s, who bought up old equipment, and to the Park Board, that spruced up the courts, that the Club was established and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026 (there is even a Facebook page for the Club).
So if the pickleball courts are full one Monday evening this summer, you might stroll down to the shuffleboard courts to watch or better yet play. Membership is free and comes with a free lesson. The club owns its own gear so you need only be equipped with the curiosity to learn about this recreational activity that has stood the test of time. The lovely group of shuffleboard aficionados who have kept the courts alive are eager to welcome you.
Jul
3
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
Jul
6
7:00 PM19:00
Shuffleboard
It may be the Pickleball Era, but further down the path leading toward the sleeping Berger Fountain are shuffleboard courts that date to 1939. I walk by the empty courts often, but it wasn't until last summer that I saw people actually playing shuffleboard, a regular Monday night occurrence from 7-9PM, June 1 through September, it turns out, weather permitting.
When they were first installed, the shuffleboard courts were so popular, according to the MPRB, that reservations were necessary to use them in the evening. According to James Ockuly, a member of the Loring Park Shuffleboard Club, the courts have experienced several periods of disuse since 1939. It was thanks to a Loring Park resident named Al Galazen in the 1980s, who bought up old equipment, and to the Park Board, that spruced up the courts, that the Club was established and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026 (there is even a Facebook page for the Club).
So if the pickleball courts are full one Monday evening this summer, you might stroll down to the shuffleboard courts to watch or better yet play. Membership is free and comes with a free lesson. The club owns its own gear so you need only be equipped with the curiosity to learn about this recreational activity that has stood the test of time. The lovely group of shuffleboard aficionados who have kept the courts alive are eager to welcome you.
Jul
10
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
Jul
11
9:00 AM09:00
Volunteer Gardening
Coffee and treats at 9:00AM. Instruction and tools provided. Please RSVP here: Volunteer Gardening Sign Up
Jul
13
7:00 PM19:00
Shuffleboard
It may be the Pickleball Era, but further down the path leading toward the sleeping Berger Fountain are shuffleboard courts that date to 1939. I walk by the empty courts often, but it wasn't until last summer that I saw people actually playing shuffleboard, a regular Monday night occurrence from 7-9PM, June 1 through September, it turns out, weather permitting.
When they were first installed, the shuffleboard courts were so popular, according to the MPRB, that reservations were necessary to use them in the evening. According to James Ockuly, a member of the Loring Park Shuffleboard Club, the courts have experienced several periods of disuse since 1939. It was thanks to a Loring Park resident named Al Galazen in the 1980s, who bought up old equipment, and to the Park Board, that spruced up the courts, that the Club was established and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026 (there is even a Facebook page for the Club).
So if the pickleball courts are full one Monday evening this summer, you might stroll down to the shuffleboard courts to watch or better yet play. Membership is free and comes with a free lesson. The club owns its own gear so you need only be equipped with the curiosity to learn about this recreational activity that has stood the test of time. The lovely group of shuffleboard aficionados who have kept the courts alive are eager to welcome you.
Jul
14
7:00 PM19:00
Sing-along with Dan Chouinard
Come and join friends, family, and neighbors in an evening of song with Dan Chouinard. The program will be held in the Community Center. This is a free event but donations are gratefully accepted.
For nearly four decades Dan Chouinard has been pianist and accordionist of choice for a who’s who of Twin Cities performers, an enabler of community singalongs and a writer of hit shows for public radio, concert hall and theatrical stage.
Dan attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, then taught French and Italian at the University of Minnesota for four years while getting established as a pianist and accompanist around Minneapolis and St. Paul. Beginning in 1994, his radio series The Singer’s Voice was broadcast live every Sunday evening over six years from the Dakota Jazz Club (then at Bandana Square St. Paul).
He’s a writer and host of shows, having created many live programs for Minnesota Public Radio, the MN Historical Society, Twin Cities Public Television and others. In 2013 Steerage Song played in the Twin Cities and on tour throughout Minnesota, a show co-authored with Peter Rothstein about the Ellis Island era of immigration to the US as depicted in folk songs, newspaper clippings and Tin Pan Alley tunes.
His 2014 show Cafe Europa, about bicycling with an accordion from Naples IT to Normandy FR in search of Minnesota WWII stories, was broadcast and televised statewide. Civil War Homecoming played at the Fitzgerald Theater in April 2015 on the 150th anniversary of the end of the war, was broadcast statewide on MPR and continues to be shown on Twin Cities Public Television.
Rondo ’56: Remembering St. Paul’s Black Main Street, presented a dozen times since its 2010 premiere at the MN History Center, is a portrait in music, stories and archival photos of St. Paul’s thriving Black neighborhood in the 1940s and ‘50s, before it was sliced down the middle to make room for I-94.
His essays have been published in Minnesota Monthly, Saint John’s Magazine, the Minnesota Orchestra’s Showcase magazine and in the Minneapolis StarTribune.
He’s traveled often in France and Italy, with bicycle and without, and has presented French and Italian sing-alongs at the Alliance Française in Minneapolis. He spent the summer 2015 working in Italy on an independent Hollywood film, All You Ever Wanted, written and directed by Minnesota native Barry Morrow, and released in 2019.
He was a guest accompanist on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, and is the founder of a classic country band, Lush Country, comprised of Prairie Home Companion alumni.
Jul
16
5:00 PM17:00
Jul
17
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
Jul
18
9:00 AM09:00
Jul
20
7:00 PM19:00
Shuffleboard
It may be the Pickleball Era, but further down the path leading toward the sleeping Berger Fountain are shuffleboard courts that date to 1939. I walk by the empty courts often, but it wasn't until last summer that I saw people actually playing shuffleboard, a regular Monday night occurrence from 7-9PM, June 1 through September, it turns out, weather permitting.
When they were first installed, the shuffleboard courts were so popular, according to the MPRB, that reservations were necessary to use them in the evening. According to James Ockuly, a member of the Loring Park Shuffleboard Club, the courts have experienced several periods of disuse since 1939. It was thanks to a Loring Park resident named Al Galazen in the 1980s, who bought up old equipment, and to the Park Board, that spruced up the courts, that the Club was established and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026 (there is even a Facebook page for the Club).
So if the pickleball courts are full one Monday evening this summer, you might stroll down to the shuffleboard courts to watch or better yet play. Membership is free and comes with a free lesson. The club owns its own gear so you need only be equipped with the curiosity to learn about this recreational activity that has stood the test of time. The lovely group of shuffleboard aficionados who have kept the courts alive are eager to welcome you.
Jul
24
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
Jul
25
10:00 AM10:00
Jul
26
10:00 AM10:00
Jul
27
7:00 PM19:00
Shuffleboard
It may be the Pickleball Era, but further down the path leading toward the sleeping Berger Fountain are shuffleboard courts that date to 1939. I walk by the empty courts often, but it wasn't until last summer that I saw people actually playing shuffleboard, a regular Monday night occurrence from 7-9PM, June 1 through September, it turns out, weather permitting.
When they were first installed, the shuffleboard courts were so popular, according to the MPRB, that reservations were necessary to use them in the evening. According to James Ockuly, a member of the Loring Park Shuffleboard Club, the courts have experienced several periods of disuse since 1939. It was thanks to a Loring Park resident named Al Galazen in the 1980s, who bought up old equipment, and to the Park Board, that spruced up the courts, that the Club was established and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026 (there is even a Facebook page for the Club).
So if the pickleball courts are full one Monday evening this summer, you might stroll down to the shuffleboard courts to watch or better yet play. Membership is free and comes with a free lesson. The club owns its own gear so you need only be equipped with the curiosity to learn about this recreational activity that has stood the test of time. The lovely group of shuffleboard aficionados who have kept the courts alive are eager to welcome you.
Jul
31
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
Aug
3
7:00 PM19:00
Shuffleboard
It may be the Pickleball Era, but further down the path leading toward the sleeping Berger Fountain are shuffleboard courts that date to 1939. I walk by the empty courts often, but it wasn't until last summer that I saw people actually playing shuffleboard, a regular Monday night occurrence from 7-9PM, June 1 through September, it turns out, weather permitting.
When they were first installed, the shuffleboard courts were so popular, according to the MPRB, that reservations were necessary to use them in the evening. According to James Ockuly, a member of the Loring Park Shuffleboard Club, the courts have experienced several periods of disuse since 1939. It was thanks to a Loring Park resident named Al Galazen in the 1980s, who bought up old equipment, and to the Park Board, that spruced up the courts, that the Club was established and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026 (there is even a Facebook page for the Club).
So if the pickleball courts are full one Monday evening this summer, you might stroll down to the shuffleboard courts to watch or better yet play. Membership is free and comes with a free lesson. The club owns its own gear so you need only be equipped with the curiosity to learn about this recreational activity that has stood the test of time. The lovely group of shuffleboard aficionados who have kept the courts alive are eager to welcome you.
Aug
7
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
Aug
8
9:00 AM09:00
Volunteer Gardening
Coffee and treats at 9:00AM. Instruction and tools provided. Please RSVP here: Volunteer Gardening Sign Up
Aug
10
7:00 PM19:00
Shuffleboard
It may be the Pickleball Era, but further down the path leading toward the sleeping Berger Fountain are shuffleboard courts that date to 1939. I walk by the empty courts often, but it wasn't until last summer that I saw people actually playing shuffleboard, a regular Monday night occurrence from 7-9PM, June 1 through September, it turns out, weather permitting.
When they were first installed, the shuffleboard courts were so popular, according to the MPRB, that reservations were necessary to use them in the evening. According to James Ockuly, a member of the Loring Park Shuffleboard Club, the courts have experienced several periods of disuse since 1939. It was thanks to a Loring Park resident named Al Galazen in the 1980s, who bought up old equipment, and to the Park Board, that spruced up the courts, that the Club was established and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026 (there is even a Facebook page for the Club).
So if the pickleball courts are full one Monday evening this summer, you might stroll down to the shuffleboard courts to watch or better yet play. Membership is free and comes with a free lesson. The club owns its own gear so you need only be equipped with the curiosity to learn about this recreational activity that has stood the test of time. The lovely group of shuffleboard aficionados who have kept the courts alive are eager to welcome you.
Aug
11
7:00 PM19:00
Sing-along with Dan Chouinard
Come and join friends, family, and neighbors in an evening of song with Dan Chouinard. The program will be held in the Community Center. This is a free event but donations are gratefully accepted.
For nearly four decades Dan Chouinard has been pianist and accordionist of choice for a who’s who of Twin Cities performers, an enabler of community singalongs and a writer of hit shows for public radio, concert hall and theatrical stage.
Dan attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, then taught French and Italian at the University of Minnesota for four years while getting established as a pianist and accompanist around Minneapolis and St. Paul. Beginning in 1994, his radio series The Singer’s Voice was broadcast live every Sunday evening over six years from the Dakota Jazz Club (then at Bandana Square St. Paul).
He’s a writer and host of shows, having created many live programs for Minnesota Public Radio, the MN Historical Society, Twin Cities Public Television and others. In 2013 Steerage Song played in the Twin Cities and on tour throughout Minnesota, a show co-authored with Peter Rothstein about the Ellis Island era of immigration to the US as depicted in folk songs, newspaper clippings and Tin Pan Alley tunes.
His 2014 show Cafe Europa, about bicycling with an accordion from Naples IT to Normandy FR in search of Minnesota WWII stories, was broadcast and televised statewide. Civil War Homecoming played at the Fitzgerald Theater in April 2015 on the 150th anniversary of the end of the war, was broadcast statewide on MPR and continues to be shown on Twin Cities Public Television.
Rondo ’56: Remembering St. Paul’s Black Main Street, presented a dozen times since its 2010 premiere at the MN History Center, is a portrait in music, stories and archival photos of St. Paul’s thriving Black neighborhood in the 1940s and ‘50s, before it was sliced down the middle to make room for I-94.
His essays have been published in Minnesota Monthly, Saint John’s Magazine, the Minnesota Orchestra’s Showcase magazine and in the Minneapolis StarTribune.
He’s traveled often in France and Italy, with bicycle and without, and has presented French and Italian sing-alongs at the Alliance Française in Minneapolis. He spent the summer 2015 working in Italy on an independent Hollywood film, All You Ever Wanted, written and directed by Minnesota native Barry Morrow, and released in 2019.
He was a guest accompanist on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, and is the founder of a classic country band, Lush Country, comprised of Prairie Home Companion alumni.
Aug
14
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
Aug
17
7:00 PM19:00
Shuffleboard
It may be the Pickleball Era, but further down the path leading toward the sleeping Berger Fountain are shuffleboard courts that date to 1939. I walk by the empty courts often, but it wasn't until last summer that I saw people actually playing shuffleboard, a regular Monday night occurrence from 7-9PM, June 1 through September, it turns out, weather permitting.
When they were first installed, the shuffleboard courts were so popular, according to the MPRB, that reservations were necessary to use them in the evening. According to James Ockuly, a member of the Loring Park Shuffleboard Club, the courts have experienced several periods of disuse since 1939. It was thanks to a Loring Park resident named Al Galazen in the 1980s, who bought up old equipment, and to the Park Board, that spruced up the courts, that the Club was established and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026 (there is even a Facebook page for the Club).
So if the pickleball courts are full one Monday evening this summer, you might stroll down to the shuffleboard courts to watch or better yet play. Membership is free and comes with a free lesson. The club owns its own gear so you need only be equipped with the curiosity to learn about this recreational activity that has stood the test of time. The lovely group of shuffleboard aficionados who have kept the courts alive are eager to welcome you.
Aug
21
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
Aug
22
9:00 AM09:00
Aug
24
7:00 PM19:00
Shuffleboard
It may be the Pickleball Era, but further down the path leading toward the sleeping Berger Fountain are shuffleboard courts that date to 1939. I walk by the empty courts often, but it wasn't until last summer that I saw people actually playing shuffleboard, a regular Monday night occurrence from 7-9PM, June 1 through September, it turns out, weather permitting.
When they were first installed, the shuffleboard courts were so popular, according to the MPRB, that reservations were necessary to use them in the evening. According to James Ockuly, a member of the Loring Park Shuffleboard Club, the courts have experienced several periods of disuse since 1939. It was thanks to a Loring Park resident named Al Galazen in the 1980s, who bought up old equipment, and to the Park Board, that spruced up the courts, that the Club was established and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026 (there is even a Facebook page for the Club).
So if the pickleball courts are full one Monday evening this summer, you might stroll down to the shuffleboard courts to watch or better yet play. Membership is free and comes with a free lesson. The club owns its own gear so you need only be equipped with the curiosity to learn about this recreational activity that has stood the test of time. The lovely group of shuffleboard aficionados who have kept the courts alive are eager to welcome you.
Aug
28
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
Aug
30
3:00 PM15:00
Aug
31
7:00 PM19:00
Shuffleboard
It may be the Pickleball Era, but further down the path leading toward the sleeping Berger Fountain are shuffleboard courts that date to 1939. I walk by the empty courts often, but it wasn't until last summer that I saw people actually playing shuffleboard, a regular Monday night occurrence from 7-9PM, June 1 through September, it turns out, weather permitting.
When they were first installed, the shuffleboard courts were so popular, according to the MPRB, that reservations were necessary to use them in the evening. According to James Ockuly, a member of the Loring Park Shuffleboard Club, the courts have experienced several periods of disuse since 1939. It was thanks to a Loring Park resident named Al Galazen in the 1980s, who bought up old equipment, and to the Park Board, that spruced up the courts, that the Club was established and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026 (there is even a Facebook page for the Club).
So if the pickleball courts are full one Monday evening this summer, you might stroll down to the shuffleboard courts to watch or better yet play. Membership is free and comes with a free lesson. The club owns its own gear so you need only be equipped with the curiosity to learn about this recreational activity that has stood the test of time. The lovely group of shuffleboard aficionados who have kept the courts alive are eager to welcome you.
Sep
4
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
Sep
7
7:00 PM19:00
Shuffleboard
It may be the Pickleball Era, but further down the path leading toward the sleeping Berger Fountain are shuffleboard courts that date to 1939. I walk by the empty courts often, but it wasn't until last summer that I saw people actually playing shuffleboard, a regular Monday night occurrence from 7-9PM, June 1 through September, it turns out, weather permitting.
When they were first installed, the shuffleboard courts were so popular, according to the MPRB, that reservations were necessary to use them in the evening. According to James Ockuly, a member of the Loring Park Shuffleboard Club, the courts have experienced several periods of disuse since 1939. It was thanks to a Loring Park resident named Al Galazen in the 1980s, who bought up old equipment, and to the Park Board, that spruced up the courts, that the Club was established and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026 (there is even a Facebook page for the Club).
So if the pickleball courts are full one Monday evening this summer, you might stroll down to the shuffleboard courts to watch or better yet play. Membership is free and comes with a free lesson. The club owns its own gear so you need only be equipped with the curiosity to learn about this recreational activity that has stood the test of time. The lovely group of shuffleboard aficionados who have kept the courts alive are eager to welcome you.
Sep
8
7:00 PM19:00
Sing-along with Dan Chouinard
Come and join friends, family, and neighbors in an evening of song with Dan Chouinard. The program will be held in the Community Center. This is a free event but donations are gratefully accepted.
For nearly four decades Dan Chouinard has been pianist and accordionist of choice for a who’s who of Twin Cities performers, an enabler of community singalongs and a writer of hit shows for public radio, concert hall and theatrical stage.
Dan attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, then taught French and Italian at the University of Minnesota for four years while getting established as a pianist and accompanist around Minneapolis and St. Paul. Beginning in 1994, his radio series The Singer’s Voice was broadcast live every Sunday evening over six years from the Dakota Jazz Club (then at Bandana Square St. Paul).
He’s a writer and host of shows, having created many live programs for Minnesota Public Radio, the MN Historical Society, Twin Cities Public Television and others. In 2013 Steerage Song played in the Twin Cities and on tour throughout Minnesota, a show co-authored with Peter Rothstein about the Ellis Island era of immigration to the US as depicted in folk songs, newspaper clippings and Tin Pan Alley tunes.
His 2014 show Cafe Europa, about bicycling with an accordion from Naples IT to Normandy FR in search of Minnesota WWII stories, was broadcast and televised statewide. Civil War Homecoming played at the Fitzgerald Theater in April 2015 on the 150th anniversary of the end of the war, was broadcast statewide on MPR and continues to be shown on Twin Cities Public Television.
Rondo ’56: Remembering St. Paul’s Black Main Street, presented a dozen times since its 2010 premiere at the MN History Center, is a portrait in music, stories and archival photos of St. Paul’s thriving Black neighborhood in the 1940s and ‘50s, before it was sliced down the middle to make room for I-94.
His essays have been published in Minnesota Monthly, Saint John’s Magazine, the Minnesota Orchestra’s Showcase magazine and in the Minneapolis StarTribune.
He’s traveled often in France and Italy, with bicycle and without, and has presented French and Italian sing-alongs at the Alliance Française in Minneapolis. He spent the summer 2015 working in Italy on an independent Hollywood film, All You Ever Wanted, written and directed by Minnesota native Barry Morrow, and released in 2019.
He was a guest accompanist on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, and is the founder of a classic country band, Lush Country, comprised of Prairie Home Companion alumni.
Sep
11
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
Sep
12
9:00 AM09:00
Volunteer Gardening
Coffee and treats at 9:00AM. Instruction and tools provided. Please RSVP here: Volunteer Gardening Sign Up
Sep
14
7:00 PM19:00
Shuffleboard
It may be the Pickleball Era, but further down the path leading toward the sleeping Berger Fountain are shuffleboard courts that date to 1939. I walk by the empty courts often, but it wasn't until last summer that I saw people actually playing shuffleboard, a regular Monday night occurrence from 7-9PM, June 1 through September, it turns out, weather permitting.
When they were first installed, the shuffleboard courts were so popular, according to the MPRB, that reservations were necessary to use them in the evening. According to James Ockuly, a member of the Loring Park Shuffleboard Club, the courts have experienced several periods of disuse since 1939. It was thanks to a Loring Park resident named Al Galazen in the 1980s, who bought up old equipment, and to the Park Board, that spruced up the courts, that the Club was established and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026 (there is even a Facebook page for the Club).
So if the pickleball courts are full one Monday evening this summer, you might stroll down to the shuffleboard courts to watch or better yet play. Membership is free and comes with a free lesson. The club owns its own gear so you need only be equipped with the curiosity to learn about this recreational activity that has stood the test of time. The lovely group of shuffleboard aficionados who have kept the courts alive are eager to welcome you.
Sep
18
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
Sep
21
7:00 PM19:00
Shuffleboard
It may be the Pickleball Era, but further down the path leading toward the sleeping Berger Fountain are shuffleboard courts that date to 1939. I walk by the empty courts often, but it wasn't until last summer that I saw people actually playing shuffleboard, a regular Monday night occurrence from 7-9PM, June 1 through September, it turns out, weather permitting.
When they were first installed, the shuffleboard courts were so popular, according to the MPRB, that reservations were necessary to use them in the evening. According to James Ockuly, a member of the Loring Park Shuffleboard Club, the courts have experienced several periods of disuse since 1939. It was thanks to a Loring Park resident named Al Galazen in the 1980s, who bought up old equipment, and to the Park Board, that spruced up the courts, that the Club was established and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026 (there is even a Facebook page for the Club).
So if the pickleball courts are full one Monday evening this summer, you might stroll down to the shuffleboard courts to watch or better yet play. Membership is free and comes with a free lesson. The club owns its own gear so you need only be equipped with the curiosity to learn about this recreational activity that has stood the test of time. The lovely group of shuffleboard aficionados who have kept the courts alive are eager to welcome you.
Sep
25
7:00 AM07:00
Meditation in the Garden of the Seasons
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. We will meet every Friday morning at 7:00AM, starting May 15, until it’s too cold, sometime in October. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie provided. Half-hour sitting period. Instruction is available.
Sep
26
9:00 AM09:00
Sep
28
7:00 PM19:00
Shuffleboard
It may be the Pickleball Era, but further down the path leading toward the sleeping Berger Fountain are shuffleboard courts that date to 1939. I walk by the empty courts often, but it wasn't until last summer that I saw people actually playing shuffleboard, a regular Monday night occurrence from 7-9PM, June 1 through September, it turns out, weather permitting.
When they were first installed, the shuffleboard courts were so popular, according to the MPRB, that reservations were necessary to use them in the evening. According to James Ockuly, a member of the Loring Park Shuffleboard Club, the courts have experienced several periods of disuse since 1939. It was thanks to a Loring Park resident named Al Galazen in the 1980s, who bought up old equipment, and to the Park Board, that spruced up the courts, that the Club was established and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2026 (there is even a Facebook page for the Club).
So if the pickleball courts are full one Monday evening this summer, you might stroll down to the shuffleboard courts to watch or better yet play. Membership is free and comes with a free lesson. The club owns its own gear so you need only be equipped with the curiosity to learn about this recreational activity that has stood the test of time. The lovely group of shuffleboard aficionados who have kept the courts alive are eager to welcome you.
Oct
10
9:00 AM09:00
Volunteer Gardening
Coffee and treats at 9:00AM. Instruction and tools provided. Please RSVP here: Volunteer Gardening Sign Up
Oct
24
9:00 AM09:00
Mar
19
5:30 PM17:30
Mar
10
7:00 PM19:00
Sing-along with Dan Chouinard
Come and join friends, family, and neighbors in an evening of song with Dan Chouinard. The program will be held in the Community Center. This is a free event but donations are gratefully accepted.
For nearly four decades Dan Chouinard has been pianist and accordionist of choice for a who’s who of Twin Cities performers, an enabler of community singalongs and a writer of hit shows for public radio, concert hall and theatrical stage.
Dan attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, then taught French and Italian at the University of Minnesota for four years while getting established as a pianist and accompanist around Minneapolis and St. Paul. Beginning in 1994, his radio series The Singer’s Voice was broadcast live every Sunday evening over six years from the Dakota Jazz Club (then at Bandana Square St. Paul).
He’s a writer and host of shows, having created many live programs for Minnesota Public Radio, the MN Historical Society, Twin Cities Public Television and others. In 2013 Steerage Song played in the Twin Cities and on tour throughout Minnesota, a show co-authored with Peter Rothstein about the Ellis Island era of immigration to the US as depicted in folk songs, newspaper clippings and Tin Pan Alley tunes.
His 2014 show Cafe Europa, about bicycling with an accordion from Naples IT to Normandy FR in search of Minnesota WWII stories, was broadcast and televised statewide. Civil War Homecoming played at the Fitzgerald Theater in April 2015 on the 150th anniversary of the end of the war, was broadcast statewide on MPR and continues to be shown on Twin Cities Public Television.
Rondo ’56: Remembering St. Paul’s Black Main Street, presented a dozen times since its 2010 premiere at the MN History Center, is a portrait in music, stories and archival photos of St. Paul’s thriving Black neighborhood in the 1940s and ‘50s, before it was sliced down the middle to make room for I-94.
His essays have been published in Minnesota Monthly, Saint John’s Magazine, the Minnesota Orchestra’s Showcase magazine and in the Minneapolis StarTribune.
He’s traveled often in France and Italy, with bicycle and without, and has presented French and Italian sing-alongs at the Alliance Française in Minneapolis. He spent the summer 2015 working in Italy on an independent Hollywood film, All You Ever Wanted, written and directed by Minnesota native Barry Morrow, and released in 2019.
He was a guest accompanist on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, and is the founder of a classic country band, Lush Country, comprised of Prairie Home Companion alumni.
Feb
24
6:00 PM18:00
Feb
20
6:00 PM18:00
Feb
13
6:00 PM18:00
Feb
10
7:00 PM19:00
Sing-along with Dan Chouinard
Come and join friends, family, and neighbors in an evening of song with Dan Chouinard. The program will be held in the Community Center. This is a free event but donations are gratefully accepted.
For nearly four decades Dan Chouinard has been pianist and accordionist of choice for a who’s who of Twin Cities performers, an enabler of community singalongs and a writer of hit shows for public radio, concert hall and theatrical stage.
Dan attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, then taught French and Italian at the University of Minnesota for four years while getting established as a pianist and accompanist around Minneapolis and St. Paul. Beginning in 1994, his radio series The Singer’s Voice was broadcast live every Sunday evening over six years from the Dakota Jazz Club (then at Bandana Square St. Paul).
He’s a writer and host of shows, having created many live programs for Minnesota Public Radio, the MN Historical Society, Twin Cities Public Television and others. In 2013 Steerage Song played in the Twin Cities and on tour throughout Minnesota, a show co-authored with Peter Rothstein about the Ellis Island era of immigration to the US as depicted in folk songs, newspaper clippings and Tin Pan Alley tunes.
His 2014 show Cafe Europa, about bicycling with an accordion from Naples IT to Normandy FR in search of Minnesota WWII stories, was broadcast and televised statewide. Civil War Homecoming played at the Fitzgerald Theater in April 2015 on the 150th anniversary of the end of the war, was broadcast statewide on MPR and continues to be shown on Twin Cities Public Television.
Rondo ’56: Remembering St. Paul’s Black Main Street, presented a dozen times since its 2010 premiere at the MN History Center, is a portrait in music, stories and archival photos of St. Paul’s thriving Black neighborhood in the 1940s and ‘50s, before it was sliced down the middle to make room for I-94.
His essays have been published in Minnesota Monthly, Saint John’s Magazine, the Minnesota Orchestra’s Showcase magazine and in the Minneapolis StarTribune.
He’s traveled often in France and Italy, with bicycle and without, and has presented French and Italian sing-alongs at the Alliance Française in Minneapolis. He spent the summer 2015 working in Italy on an independent Hollywood film, All You Ever Wanted, written and directed by Minnesota native Barry Morrow, and released in 2019.
He was a guest accompanist on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, and is the founder of a classic country band, Lush Country, comprised of Prairie Home Companion alumni.
Jan
30
6:00 PM18:00
Jan
13
7:00 PM19:00
Sing-along with Dan Chouinard
Come and join friends, family, and neighbors in an evening of song with Dan Chouinard. The program will be held in the Community Center. This is a free event but donations are gratefully accepted.
For nearly four decades Dan Chouinard has been pianist and accordionist of choice for a who’s who of Twin Cities performers, an enabler of community singalongs and a writer of hit shows for public radio, concert hall and theatrical stage.
Dan attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, then taught French and Italian at the University of Minnesota for four years while getting established as a pianist and accompanist around Minneapolis and St. Paul. Beginning in 1994, his radio series The Singer’s Voice was broadcast live every Sunday evening over six years from the Dakota Jazz Club (then at Bandana Square St. Paul).
He’s a writer and host of shows, having created many live programs for Minnesota Public Radio, the MN Historical Society, Twin Cities Public Television and others. In 2013 Steerage Song played in the Twin Cities and on tour throughout Minnesota, a show co-authored with Peter Rothstein about the Ellis Island era of immigration to the US as depicted in folk songs, newspaper clippings and Tin Pan Alley tunes.
His 2014 show Cafe Europa, about bicycling with an accordion from Naples IT to Normandy FR in search of Minnesota WWII stories, was broadcast and televised statewide. Civil War Homecoming played at the Fitzgerald Theater in April 2015 on the 150th anniversary of the end of the war, was broadcast statewide on MPR and continues to be shown on Twin Cities Public Television.
Rondo ’56: Remembering St. Paul’s Black Main Street, presented a dozen times since its 2010 premiere at the MN History Center, is a portrait in music, stories and archival photos of St. Paul’s thriving Black neighborhood in the 1940s and ‘50s, before it was sliced down the middle to make room for I-94.
His essays have been published in Minnesota Monthly, Saint John’s Magazine, the Minnesota Orchestra’s Showcase magazine and in the Minneapolis StarTribune.
He’s traveled often in France and Italy, with bicycle and without, and has presented French and Italian sing-alongs at the Alliance Française in Minneapolis. He spent the summer 2015 working in Italy on an independent Hollywood film, All You Ever Wanted, written and directed by Minnesota native Barry Morrow, and released in 2019.
He was a guest accompanist on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, and is the founder of a classic country band, Lush Country, comprised of Prairie Home Companion alumni.
Dec
30
1:00 PM13:00
Dec
9
7:00 PM19:00
Nov
11
7:00 PM19:00
Singalong with Dan Chouinard
Come and join friends, family, and neighbors in an evening of song with Dan Chouinard. The program will be held in the Community Center. This is a free event but donations are gratefully accepted.
For nearly four decades Dan Chouinard has been pianist and accordionist of choice for a who’s who of Twin Cities performers, an enabler of community singalongs and a writer of hit shows for public radio, concert hall and theatrical stage.
Dan attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, then taught French and Italian at the University of Minnesota for four years while getting established as a pianist and accompanist around Minneapolis and St. Paul. Beginning in 1994, his radio series The Singer’s Voice was broadcast live every Sunday evening over six years from the Dakota Jazz Club (then at Bandana Square St. Paul).
He’s a writer and host of shows, having created many live programs for Minnesota Public Radio, the MN Historical Society, Twin Cities Public Television and others. In 2013 Steerage Song played in the Twin Cities and on tour throughout Minnesota, a show co-authored with Peter Rothstein about the Ellis Island era of immigration to the US as depicted in folk songs, newspaper clippings and Tin Pan Alley tunes.
His 2014 show Cafe Europa, about bicycling with an accordion from Naples IT to Normandy FR in search of Minnesota WWII stories, was broadcast and televised statewide. Civil War Homecoming played at the Fitzgerald Theater in April 2015 on the 150th anniversary of the end of the war, was broadcast statewide on MPR and continues to be shown on Twin Cities Public Television.
Rondo ’56: Remembering St. Paul’s Black Main Street, presented a dozen times since its 2010 premiere at the MN History Center, is a portrait in music, stories and archival photos of St. Paul’s thriving Black neighborhood in the 1940s and ‘50s, before it was sliced down the middle to make room for I-94.
His essays have been published in Minnesota Monthly, Saint John’s Magazine, the Minnesota Orchestra’s Showcase magazine and in the Minneapolis StarTribune.
He’s traveled often in France and Italy, with bicycle and without, and has presented French and Italian sing-alongs at the Alliance Française in Minneapolis. He spent the summer 2015 working in Italy on an independent Hollywood film, All You Ever Wanted, written and directed by Minnesota native Barry Morrow, and released in 2019.
He was a guest accompanist on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, and is the founder of a classic country band, Lush Country, comprised of Prairie Home Companion alumni.
Oct
26
11:00 AM11:00
Oct
22
8:00 PM20:00
MPRB Event: Star Watch with Mike Lynch
There is a $40 charge for this event. See flyer to register.
Oct
18
2:00 PM14:00
MPRB Event: Trick or Treat & Paint Something Sweet!
There is a $16 fee for this event. See flyer to register.
Oct
14
7:00 PM19:00
Singalong with Dan Chouinard
Come and join friends, family, and neighbors in an evening of song with Dan Chouinard. The program will be held in the Community Center. This is a free event but donations are gratefully accepted.
For nearly four decades Dan Chouinard has been pianist and accordionist of choice for a who’s who of Twin Cities performers, an enabler of community singalongs and a writer of hit shows for public radio, concert hall and theatrical stage.
Dan attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, then taught French and Italian at the University of Minnesota for four years while getting established as a pianist and accompanist around Minneapolis and St. Paul. Beginning in 1994, his radio series The Singer’s Voice was broadcast live every Sunday evening over six years from the Dakota Jazz Club (then at Bandana Square St. Paul).
He’s a writer and host of shows, having created many live programs for Minnesota Public Radio, the MN Historical Society, Twin Cities Public Television and others. In 2013 Steerage Song played in the Twin Cities and on tour throughout Minnesota, a show co-authored with Peter Rothstein about the Ellis Island era of immigration to the US as depicted in folk songs, newspaper clippings and Tin Pan Alley tunes.
His 2014 show Cafe Europa, about bicycling with an accordion from Naples IT to Normandy FR in search of Minnesota WWII stories, was broadcast and televised statewide. Civil War Homecoming played at the Fitzgerald Theater in April 2015 on the 150th anniversary of the end of the war, was broadcast statewide on MPR and continues to be shown on Twin Cities Public Television.
Rondo ’56: Remembering St. Paul’s Black Main Street, presented a dozen times since its 2010 premiere at the MN History Center, is a portrait in music, stories and archival photos of St. Paul’s thriving Black neighborhood in the 1940s and ‘50s, before it was sliced down the middle to make room for I-94.
His essays have been published in Minnesota Monthly, Saint John’s Magazine, the Minnesota Orchestra’s Showcase magazine and in the Minneapolis StarTribune.
He’s traveled often in France and Italy, with bicycle and without, and has presented French and Italian sing-alongs at the Alliance Française in Minneapolis. He spent the summer 2015 working in Italy on an independent Hollywood film, All You Ever Wanted, written and directed by Minnesota native Barry Morrow, and released in 2019.
He was a guest accompanist on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, and is the founder of a classic country band, Lush Country, comprised of Prairie Home Companion alumni.
Oct
11
9:00 AM09:00
Volunteer Gardening and Thank You Lunch!
Please sign up here: Volunteer Gardening Sign-up Link
9am: Meet in the garden for coffee and treats.
9:30-11:30am gardening.
11:30am Stay and enjoy a light volunteer thank you lunch!
All supplies and instruction provided.
No experience necessary. All are welcome!
Sponsored by the Friends of Loring Park and the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board (MPRB)
Please note: We work in light rain but will suspend or cancel work in severe weather.
Sep
29
7:00 PM19:00
Sep
26
7:00 AM07:00
Morning Meditation in the Garden of the Season
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. You will find us every Friday morning, 7AM starting May 16 until it's too cold sometime in October. Meditating in the park in silence with friends is a wonderful experience as one watches the seasonal changes in the park. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie are all provided. ½ hour sitting period. Meditation instruction is available upon request.
Sep
22
7:00 PM19:00
Sep
19
7:00 AM07:00
Morning Meditation in the Garden of the Season
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. You will find us every Friday morning, 7AM starting May 16 until it's too cold sometime in October. Meditating in the park in silence with friends is a wonderful experience as one watches the seasonal changes in the park. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie are all provided. ½ hour sitting period. Meditation instruction is available upon request.
Sep
15
7:00 PM19:00
Sep
13
12:00 PM12:00
Sep
13
9:00 AM09:00
Volunteer Gardening
Please sign up here: Volunteer Gardening Sign-up Link
9am: Meet in the garden for coffee and treats.
9:30-11:30am gardening.
All supplies and instruction provided.
No experience necessary. All are welcome!
Sponsored by the Friends of Loring Park and the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board (MPRB)
Please note: We work in light rain but will suspend or cancel work in severe weather.
Sep
12
7:00 AM07:00
Morning Meditation in the Garden of the Season
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. You will find us every Friday morning, 7AM starting May 16 until it's too cold sometime in October. Meditating in the park in silence with friends is a wonderful experience as one watches the seasonal changes in the park. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie are all provided. ½ hour sitting period. Meditation instruction is available upon request.
Sep
9
7:00 PM19:00
Singalong with Dan Chouinard
Come and join friends, family, and neighbors in an evening of song with Dan Chouinard. The program will be held in the Community Center. This is a free event but donations are gratefully accepted.
For nearly four decades Dan Chouinard has been pianist and accordionist of choice for a who’s who of Twin Cities performers, an enabler of community singalongs and a writer of hit shows for public radio, concert hall and theatrical stage.
Dan attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, then taught French and Italian at the University of Minnesota for four years while getting established as a pianist and accompanist around Minneapolis and St. Paul. Beginning in 1994, his radio series The Singer’s Voice was broadcast live every Sunday evening over six years from the Dakota Jazz Club (then at Bandana Square St. Paul).
He’s a writer and host of shows, having created many live programs for Minnesota Public Radio, the MN Historical Society, Twin Cities Public Television and others. In 2013 Steerage Song played in the Twin Cities and on tour throughout Minnesota, a show co-authored with Peter Rothstein about the Ellis Island era of immigration to the US as depicted in folk songs, newspaper clippings and Tin Pan Alley tunes.
His 2014 show Cafe Europa, about bicycling with an accordion from Naples IT to Normandy FR in search of Minnesota WWII stories, was broadcast and televised statewide. Civil War Homecoming played at the Fitzgerald Theater in April 2015 on the 150th anniversary of the end of the war, was broadcast statewide on MPR and continues to be shown on Twin Cities Public Television.
Rondo ’56: Remembering St. Paul’s Black Main Street, presented a dozen times since its 2010 premiere at the MN History Center, is a portrait in music, stories and archival photos of St. Paul’s thriving Black neighborhood in the 1940s and ‘50s, before it was sliced down the middle to make room for I-94.
His essays have been published in Minnesota Monthly, Saint John’s Magazine, the Minnesota Orchestra’s Showcase magazine and in the Minneapolis StarTribune.
He’s traveled often in France and Italy, with bicycle and without, and has presented French and Italian sing-alongs at the Alliance Française in Minneapolis. He spent the summer 2015 working in Italy on an independent Hollywood film, All You Ever Wanted, written and directed by Minnesota native Barry Morrow, and released in 2019.
He was a guest accompanist on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, and is the founder of a classic country band, Lush Country, comprised of Prairie Home Companion alumni.
Sep
8
7:00 PM19:00
Sep
5
7:00 AM07:00
Morning Meditation in the Garden of the Season
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. You will find us every Friday morning, 7AM starting May 16 until it's too cold sometime in October. Meditating in the park in silence with friends is a wonderful experience as one watches the seasonal changes in the park. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie are all provided. ½ hour sitting period. Meditation instruction is available upon request.
Sep
4
6:30 PM18:30
Mixed Precipitation's Pickup Truck Opera
Bring a chair, a picnic, friends and settle in for an evening of raucus opera! All Mixed Precipitation performances are offered for a suggested donation ($5 – $45). Recommended for all ages. ALL ARE WELCOME; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Children under 12 are welcome to attend for free.
Sep
1
7:00 PM19:00
Aug
29
7:00 AM07:00
Morning Meditation in the Garden of the Season
If you are curious about meditation or a long-term practitioner, please join us. You will find us every Friday morning, 7AM starting May 16 until it's too cold sometime in October. Meditating in the park in silence with friends is a wonderful experience as one watches the seasonal changes in the park. Chairs, coffee, and camaraderie are all provided. ½ hour sitting period. Meditation instruction is available upon request.