ArtReach Events Calendar

Now in our 9th year - bigger and better every year!! Come join our Huge Outdoor Flea & Crafter Market held once a month May thru Sept. at the Washington County Fairgrounds in the Stillwater/Lake Elmo area!! (Located just south of Hwy 36 on Hwy 15, also called Stillwater Blvd. Over 100 vendors and crafters with an offering of everything from A to Z!! Find antiques, household, furniture, garden art, clothing, tools, sports, jewelry, collectibles, vintage, food, arts and crafts, new, old, local fresh produce and much, much, more. Awesome food vendors on site too! FREE admission and parking. Find us in the South Parking Lot area of the Fairgrounds. Visit our website for more information and like us on Facebook @ Stillwater Flea Market to get up-to-date information.

“I intend to put communities in control of their stories and in positions to feel safe so we can discuss our traumas and find ways to heal together.” – Ne-Dah-Ness Rose Greene

Through powerful photographic portraits, Greene raises awareness around Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR). Each subject has a story that gives voice to those forced forever to be silent. “Through art, we heal, seek hope, and stand in solidarity.”

Rosé All Day with us at our annual spring festival to celebrate rosé hard cider and wine.

This outdoor patio party features deals on rosé, amazing local vendors to shop, live music, and free yoga. No admission fee! Dogs welcomed, all ages, must be 21+ to enjoy rosé.

Bring your rosé besties for a day of sipping, shopping, and soaking in sunshine at Aamodt's Apple Farm.

Free Yoga will be hosted at 11AM in the orchard/vineyard on Saturday and Sunday by Studio One. Bring your own mat!

What does May Festival support?

*Local Artisans
*Our connections with the Earth
*The ministries of People's Congregational Church (peruse our website to learn more about us)

Our PCC Vision: An inclusive community, celebrating God's unconditional love ...
Our congregation's involvement in justice and outreach within the wider community:

We join and support efforts to improve the lives of residents in the local area through Valley Outreach, Community Thread, Connect Center and Homeless Strategy and Advocacy Team (HSAT) of Washington County. We hosted a February 2022 Covid-19 vaccine clinic administered by Washington County Public Health.
At People's Park, we maintain a labyrinth and a community garden for community enjoyment. We participate in a major environmental restoration effort with the Washington County Conservation District and Middle St. Croix Watershed, redeveloping two acres as native prairie to attract pollinators, wildlife, native plants and flowers.
Our Justice and Outreach Team encourages our members to engage in three focus areas: environmental/climate justice, identity justice (antiracism*, LGBTQ+ inclusion), and economic justice (income, home and food security). In spring 2021, we formed an Antiracism Collective to begin an inaugural year of rigorous antiracism education.

Make your composition come to life with vivid alcohol inks! You’ll be amazed by how the colors flow together to create a beautiful nature scene. Instructor Sylvia Benson will give you step-by-step instructions for your project.

Two in-person classes will be offered, please sign up for either the 10:00 - 11:00 class OR the 11:15 - 12:15 class. Registration opens on Saturday, April 23.

Birds, Trees, River – Consideration of the Environment brings together three artists whose work tells hauntingly beautiful stories of the environment and the effects of climate change on different aspects of our biome.

Join us for extended gallery hours and free programming on Thursdays at 6:30pm in June.

June 2: Climate Fiction Book Club - The Parable of the Sower
June 9: Greg Lecker Artist Talk
June 16: Tanya Piatz Artist Talk
June 23: Charlotte Schuld Artist Talk

Thursday evening gallery activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thank to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Help officially welcome us to the downtown Stillwater community. We will have live music, food trucks and giveaways every hour!

From acoustic to rock to pop to classical saxophone, every Saturday there will be music for your ears and cider for sipping in the taproom!

When Mother Nature allows, we will be jamming out on the patio. No reservations are needed - just bring your cider pals and enjoy some of our favorite local musicians.

APRIL 16:  TWO RIGHT BRAINS from 2-5PM
APRIL 23:  MATT BROWNE from 2-5PM
APRIL 30:  WADE SNAKE from 2-5PM
MAY 7:  JOSHUA J. SCHMIDT from 3-6PM
MAY 14: WADE SNAKE from 3-6PM
MAY 21: ROSÉ DAYS LINEUP 12-6PM
MAY 22: CIDERMAKER SHOWCASE from 12-4PM
MAY 28: PHIL BERBIG from 3-6PM
JUNE 4: JOSHUA J. SCHMIT from 3-6PM
JUNE 25: WADE SNAKE from 3-6PM
JULY 2: JOSHUA J. SCHMIDT from 3-6PM

Live music is FREE for all to enjoy! You must be 21+ to enjoy hard cider. Dogs are welcome (actually encouraged) on the patio! LIVE MUSIC IS FREE

Check out Thor's Hard Cider Facebook events for more details.

Come down for live music on the patio every weekend! Check PD Pappy's website for more details and band schedule. https://www.pdpappysonline.com/events

Charlie’s Irish Pub is an authentic scene offering Irish fare with fun and lively Irish music on Friday and Saturday nights year-round!

Join us for Sunday Funday with Tiim Sigler every Sunday at Ziggy's!

As spring is upon us, Carolyn, John and Sarah look forward to performing selections that have renewed and restored their lives as performers coming out of the last two years of the pandemic.  Works by Faure, Copland and Dougherty are planned.

This month's theme: historical romance.

At the end of our meeting, we'll choose a date and a theme for next month. All ages, genders, and reading interests are welcome! Please register by using your full name and email address to receive the Zoom link.

Join us for musical storytimes at 10:30 AM on Wednesdays in May and on Saturday, May 14.

Wednesday, May 4:  Join Teacher Sarah, from Music Together in the Valley, as she helps children explore music and movement through the theme of “Star Wars.”

Wednesday, May 11:  Sing and dance along with special guest Ms. Rose and her ukulele Music-A-Long singalong!

Saturday, May 14:  Baby Bear loves music! Join Baby Bear and Miss Kim for stories, songs, poems and more to encourage the development of early literacy skills.

Wednesday, May 18:  Join Teacher Sarah from Music Together in the Valley as she helps children explore music and movement.

Wednesday, May 25:  Baby Bear loves music! Join Baby Bear and Miss Kim for stories, songs, poems and more to encourage the development of early literacy skills.

Programs will be held on the Fourth Street Lawn, weather permitting. In case of inclement weather, the event will relocate inside to the Margaret Rivers meeting rooms. Please plan to follow current guidelines for group events attended by young children. No registration is required.

4 rounds of questions,multiple choice so all to play!
Max 6 persons per table/team
1st place $25 Gift Card, 2nd place 3 crowlers, 3rd place bag of popcorn!
This is a  Socially Distanced SAFE event. Your server will come to your table for your order. All questions will be answered through an app on your phone! The brewery is a nice BIG open space and we have lots of room so teams will be spread out!

Jet packs! Dinosaurs! Car crashes! Buckle up and get ready to roar in this action-packed interactive musical storytime with Stephen Shaskan: featuring the books  Max Speed,  The Three Triceratops Tuff, and Toad on the Road.

This performance is planned for outdoors, weather permitting.  The event will move indoors if inclement weather.

The “Ish-y” part is this: What you create will be tree-ish, branch-ish, landscape-ish, sunrise-ish, sunset-ish…you get the idea.

Inspiration for each class will vary each week. We are not going for detail here but tapping into our own intuitive self-expression by using simple strokes, blending and shading, creating an idea of what we see. In simple terms – I am providing the space, supplies and guidance in which you can explore and connect to your inner artist.

Rules of the class:

No judgements, no competition, and no expectations.

Barbie (Babs) Luepke will serve as your Art Guide.

This class will be held on occasional Wednesdays.

Totally Criminal Cocktail Hour brings book lovers and crime authors together once a month for conversation and reading inspiration!

We meet at The Zephyr Theatre for an hour, starting at 4:30. Your $10 reservation includes the program and a $5 shopping coupon for the night of the event. A cash bar is available.

To reserve your spot, visit valleybookseller.com, click on the red BUY TICKETS button and follow the prompts.

2022 Season
March 2 - Jess Lourey
April 6 - Priscilla Paton
May 4 - Allan Evans
June 1 - Christopher Valen
July 6 - Wendy Webb and Allen Eskens
August 24 - William Kent Krueger
September 7 - Michael Stanley
October 12 - Brian Freeman
November 2 - Lori Rader-Day

Washington County Master Gardeners Pam Moris and Patty Medlicott will explain what is needed for materials and then will demonstrate how to build and plant a flowering tower. Afterwards, they will answer questions.

Space is limited; registration is required. An email will be sent after registration with the Zoom meeting details. If you are new to Zoom, see these instructions on how to get started.

No experience necessary; all levels are welcome. Materials will be provided during this in-person class at Stillwater Public Library.

Space is limited; registration is required.

Have you cracked open a cli-fi book or two since 2016 when ArtReach originally hosted the Cli-Fi Book Club as part of the NEA Big Read? (It's okay if you didn't!) Whether you are an avid cli-fi reader or this is your first book, you are welcome to join us to fully imagine the ways that life can be altered by climate change using contemporary fiction as our guide.

Our monthly book discussions will begin with Parable of the Sower, an acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel by legendary, award winning author Octavia E. Butler.

When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full or dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day.

The Cli-Fi Book Club will meet on the ArtReach lawn (weather permitting) so be sure to bring a chair or blanket.