State Fair Eco Building


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his year’s Eco Experience at the Minnesota state fair will be filled with new displays and interactive activities for fair-goers of all ages. The State Fair runs from August 22 to September 2.


A partnership between the Minnesota state fair, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and more than 120 organizations and busi-


nesses from across the state, the Eco Experience has become the second most popular exhibit at the fair. Nationally, it is the largest environmental event of its kind in the last two decades. Since 2006, more than 2.5 million people have visited the 25,000-square- foot exhibit to learn more about clean air and water, saving energy, climate change, recycling, healthy local food, transportation, green building and remodeling and other ways to lead more eco-friendly lives. The Eco Experience is in the Progress Center build- ing at the corners of Randall Avenue and Cosgrove Street.


For more information, visit MNStateFair.org/Entertainment/Eco_Experience. eventspotlight


Women’s Wellness and Adventure Weekend in October


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he Audubon Center of the North Woods, in Sandstone, will host a weekend wellness and adventure retreat for women of all ages this fall. The all-inclusive retreat will be held October 4 to 6. A variety of workshops and


activities will be included: Adventure and challenge activi-


ties, such as high ropes course and zip line, climbing wall, Survivor- North Woods, hiking, archery, canoeing and fishing. Wellness and nature activities, such as yoga, massage, Reiki, meditation, feng


shui, personal discovery, Zumba, healing and energy work and wildlife and birding programs. Creative expression activities, such as photography, painting, drawing, cooking, jewelry making, quillwork, basketry and floral arranging. Food and lodging is also included in the weekend. Prior to the retreat, those who


have registered will receive a detailed weekend schedule and can pre-register for classes and workshops.


Cost: $275 to $340; those who register before September 6 receive 10 percent dis- count. Location: Audubon Center of the North Woods 54165 Audubon Dr., Sandstone, MN 55072 (Located just 90 miles from the Twin Cities and St. Cloud and 70 miles from Duluth). For more information, email Audubon1@Audubon-Center.org or visit Audubon-Center.org.


Epidorous II by Barbara Hepworth, photo by Don Olson


Arboretum Unveils Sculpture Garden of Contemporary Works


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he Minnesota Landscape Arbore- tum, in Chanhassen, announces a new addition: the Harrison Sculpture Collection. The collection will have its public opening on August 24 and 25. The collection comprises 22 works


(plus three arriving in the future) by such internationally acclaimed con- temporary artists as Mimmo Paladino, Paul Granlund, Rene Kung, George Rickey and Barbara Hepworth, among others. The sculptures were gener- ously donated by philanthropists Alfred Harrison and Ingrid Lenz Harrison, of Wayzata, who have spent their married life building the collection of works by artists from around the world, includ- ing Italy, England, Zimbabwe and Argentina. The collection’s opening weekend will feature curator-led tours, family art activities, sculptor and painting demos and music on site.


Cost: $12; free for children 12 and younger; free for members. Location: 3675 Arboretum Dr., Chanhassen. For more information, call 952-443-1400 or visit Arboretum.umn.edu.


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