January Community Events
"Community Events"01/09/2007
January Community Events
I have attached a list of community events for January. There are a
lot of diversity events this month. I recommend the Martin Luther King
events, the Diversity Council annual meeting, Coffee and Conversations,
and Rochester on Tour at the Capitol. The
Greg Mortenson events also sound very interesting.
You may also want to start reading the Rochester Reads 2007
selection, "Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History
Textbook Got Wrong" so you are ready for the Rochester Reads events in
February.
If you have any events you would like added to this list, please send
them to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
* indicates the event is sponsored by Olmsted County DFL
Wed Jan 10 iFilm (International Film) at library
Wed Jan 10 Coffee at the Princess Cafe
Fri Jan 12 MLK Knowledge Bowl
Sat Jan 13 Honk, Squeak, Scratch, and Boom
Sat Jan 13 Wit, Wisdom, Wine fundraiser at library
Sun Jan 14 MLK Commemorative Service
Sun Jan 14 Cancer Telethon Breakfast
Sun Jan 14 Critter Sunday
Mon Jan 15 Martin Luther King Day (many events)
Tues Jan 15 Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill play
*Tues Jan 15 Olmsted County DFL meeting
Thurs Jan 18 Diversity Council Annual meeting
Sat Jan 20 Eggs and Issues
Sat Jan 20 Golden Eagle Count
Sat Jan 20 Chatfield Chill Fest Celebration
Sat Jan 20 Local Raptors and Falcony Basics
Wed Jan 24 Refuge Resettlement open house
Thurs Jan 25 A Bus Tour - The Principles Of Effective Intervention
Thurs Jan 25 Will Steger: "Eye Witness to Global Warning" (in Winona)
Thurs Jan 25 Beat the Odds banquet
Sat Jan 27 Coffee and Conversations: Budget Surplus
Sat Jan 27 Souper Bowl Saturday fundraiser
Sat Jan 27 Greg Mortenson: Author of Three Cups of Tea
Sun Jan 28 Greg Mortenson: Author of Three Cups of Tea
Sun Jan 28 Yaggy Colby Lecture series: Minnesota's Greatest Generation
Mon Jan 29 Bicycle Friendly Community Workshop
Wed Jan 31 Rochester on Tour at the Capitol
Detailed information about events
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iFilms: International and Independent Films
Wed Jan 10 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Rochester Public Library
Free and open to the public, for mature audiences only
"Something Like Happiness," a drama/comedy from the Czech Republic.
The iFilms series is intended for mature adults. Please provide
guidance to your children. Admission is free.
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Coffee at the Princess Cafe
Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:00am
Location: Olmsted County History Center
1195 W. Circle Dr. S.W.
Free for historical society members, $2 nonmembers
"The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery Recognition Project at Quarry
Hill," presented by John and Beth Thompson. Members are free; non-
members $2. Call 282-9447.
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Honk Squeak Scratch Boom
Saturday Jan 13, 2007 9:00am - 3:15pm
Location: Mayo Civic Center
Future musicians in grades 4-6 may try out band and orchestra
instruments, with help of musicians of Rochester Symphony Orchestra.
Sessions at 9 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Free.
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Wit, Wisdom and Wine Fundraiser for Public Library
Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Rochester Public Library
$60 per person
The Library Foundation's annual fundraising gala consists of 12
educational and informational speakers, followed by a silent auction
and refreshments. Cost is $50 per person if registered by Jan. 6; $60
per person after that. Proceeds support the mission and vision of The
Rochester Public Library Foundation. For registration information
contact Carrie Farrow at 287-2628.
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Elks Annual Pancake Breakfast - Cancer Telethon Fundraiser
Sun Jan 14, 2007 8:30am - 11:30am
Location: New Eagles Club
917 15th Ave. S.E.
Rochester,
$5 adults, $2 children
Proceeds to benefit the Eagles Cancer Telethon. Cost: adults $5,
children $2.
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Critter Sunday
Sunday Jan 14, 2007 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Location: Quarry Hill Nature Center
$2 adults; $1 youth
Learn about Quarry Hill's live animal displays and animal feedings.
Cost $2 for adults and $1 for youth. Registration is not required, but
groups of 10 or more will recieve programs half price when pre-
registered.
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Martin Luther King Day
Voting Our Values and Valuing Our Vote
Friday Jan 12 - Monday, January 15
$25.00 for MLK breakfast but most other events free
Join Rochester's celebration of Martin Luther King Day. Events all
week long!
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Celebration Submitted by
Theme: “Voting Our Values and Valuing Our Vote”
Friday, January 12
Annual Middle School MLK Knowledge Bowl
John Adams Middle School (1525 31St NW)
6 pm
Sunday, January 14
Commemorative Service
Rochester Community Baptist Church (1048 6th Avenue SE)
4 pm
Monday, January 15
Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce in Partnership with the Rochester
NAACP: The “We Have a Dream Breakfast”
Kahler Grand Hotel, Heritage Hall
7–8:15 am
Tickets: $25.00 (For reservations call Chamber of Commerce at 288-1122)
or register online at http://www.rochestermnchamber.com.
Dr. Martin Luther King Luncheon
Rochester Senior Center, Jan. 15 2007
Celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Payment will be
collected at the event.
Time: 11:30am
Price: $3.50 age 60 and over, $6.50 age 59 and under
Address and Contact Details
For more information, call 507-287-1404 or email
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
NAACP, ROCHESTER BRANCH PLANNED EVENTS
Youth Activities-Poster Making and Preparation for Rally
Government Center
10-11:45 am Rally
Government Center Rotunda
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11:45 am Freedom March
From Government Center to Radisson Plaza Hotel *(New Location)
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12 pm Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Commemorative Celebration
Radisson Plaza Hotel *(New Location)
1 pm
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday Party
Radisson Plaza Hotel *(New Location)
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Following program
Harmony for Mayo - Mayo Clinic Center for Humanities in Medicine
7:30 p.m.
Location: Christ United Methodist Church
400 Fifth Ave. S.W.
Rochester, Minn.
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Free.
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Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Rochester Civic Theatre
As part of the community-wide Martin Luther King week celebration,
Rochester Civic Theatre brings the story and the music of legendary
Billie Holiday to its stage. Winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award,
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill is a skillful blend of biography
and cabaret and features fifteen songs – including “God Bless the
Child,” “Strange Fruit,” and “Ain’t Nobody’s Business if I Do”.
Thomasina Taylor, last seen on our stage in Mixed Blood’s daughters of
africa, plays the title role and captures the “unique phrasing, voice,
and spirit” of Ms. Holiday in Robertson’s homage to the triumphs and
setbacks of one of America’s jazz greats. (Adult subject matter)
Tickets $15, on sale January 2.
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Diversity Council Annual Meeting
Thursday, January 18, 5:00 - 7:45 p.m.
Radisson Plaza Hotel
Free but advance reservations required
The Diversity Council's 2007 annual meeting will feature keynote
speaker Ron Glover, Vice President of Global Workforce Diversity for
IBM, along with an original short play presented by the Mayo High
School Student Diversity Committee. There is no charge, but please
RSVP to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Light refreshments.
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Eggs and Issues 2007
Saturday Jan 20 8:30am - 10:30am
Location: Ramada Hotel and Conference Center
1517 16th St. S.W.
Rochester
Website: http://www.rochestermnchamber.com
$15 members; $30 non-members
The series, sponsored by the Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce,
continues with the newly-elected Rochester area delegation. Sessions
feature guest moderators, guest speakers and Q & A. Reservations
required. Cost: members $15 per session, $60 for the series; non-
members $30 per session. To register call 288-1122 or go online.
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Golden eagle count
Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:00am
Location: Whitewater State Park
Minn. 74 two miles north of Elba
Elba
Meet at the state park and go out into the Whitewater Valley to count
golden eagles that come to the valley each winter. You will be given
instructions about how to tell golden eagles from immature bald
eagles. Binoculars and spotting scopes will be available. Call the
park at (507) 932-3007 ext. 0 to register.
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5th Annual Chill Fest Celebration
Sat Jan 20, 2007
Location: Chatfield
Includes a Polar Plunge in Mill Creek Park at 2 pm; a salsa and
dessert bar contest; a chili supper at the Presbyterian Church; an
1850s winter encampment; an illuminated parade on Fillmore Street at 6
pm; and other games and contests throughout the day.
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Local Raptors and Falcony Basics
Sat Jan 20, 2007 2:00 - 3:30pm
Location: Quarry Hill Nature Center
$5 per person; pre-registration suggested
Join teacher naturalist and licensed falconer, Kirk Payne, to learn
more about Minnesota's raptors, their natural history and
identification. Learn about the ancient sport of falconry and see
demonstrations with a live raptor. Pre-registration suggested. $5 per
person.
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Refugee Resettlement Open House
Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Time: 5:30 -7:30 p.m.
Location: Catholic Charities
117 East Center Street
Volunteers can join the Refugee Resettlement staff to experience a
variety of ethnic foods, learn more about the diverse ways to help
refugees and meet others who use their talents and creativity in the
program.
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A Bus Tour - The Principles Of Effective Intervention
“What Works & What Doesn’t In Reducing Recidivism: The Principles Of
Effective Intervention!”
Thursday Jan 25 8:00am - 12:00 noon, bus from Rochester at 5:45am
Presented by: Dr. Ed Latessa, Authority on Evidence Based Practice in
Corrections
When: Thursday, January 25, 2007
Where: Thrivent Auditorium – Hennepin County
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
A tour bus will be leaving the Olmsted County Government Center at
5:45 a.m. on January 25, 2007, and returning around 3:00. There will
be no charge.
If you are interested in riding the bus please contact Wendy Hightshoe
at 285-8189 or e-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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Will Steger: "Eye Witness to Global Warning"
Thurs Jan 25, 2007
Time: 7:30 -10:00 p.m.
Location: Somsen Hall
Winona State University
Winona, MN
Telephone: (608) 687-3603
Website: frff.org
Educator, polar explorer, photographer, writer and lecturer, Steger
has become a voice calling for understanding and the preservation of
the Arctic.
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Beat the Odds Banquet
Thursday Jan 25
Additional information about Beat the Odds will be posted when it is
available.
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Coffee and Conversations
State Surplus – How should it be spent?
Saturday, January 27, 2007
8 – 10 a.m.
Heintz Center, HB117
(Use the H Entrance Door)
Rochester, Minnesota
Free and Open to the Public
Finance gurus John Gunyou and Jay Kiedrowski will give an overview and
of the state surplus situation and discuss options.
John Gunyou is currently city manager of Minnetonka, Minnesota. As
Minnesota’s longest serving Finance Commissioner under Governor Arne
Carlson, John successfully managed the state through its worst
financial crisis in history. As a result of his leadership, Minnesota
was ranked as one of the best run states in the country by Financial
World, and he received the prestigious Scantlebury Award for Financial
Management Improvement and a Special Award for Excellence from the
Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA).
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Souper Bowl Saturday
Sat Jan 27 11am - 2pm
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
1114 3rd St. SE
$20 family, $10 individual
Silent auction ends at 1:30pm. Includes soup, bread, beverage, dessert
and a hand-crafted ceramic bowl for each ticket holder. Benefits Child
Care Resource and Referral. Crisis Nursery of Olmsted County.
For more information, call 507-287-2020.
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Greg Mortenson: Author 3 Cups of Tea
Sat Jan 27 2:00PM - 4:00PM
Rochester Public Library
Description: In the book "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to
Fight Terrorism and Build Nations ... One School at a time", Greg
Mortenson and journalist David Oliver Relin, recount the unlikely
journey that led Mortenson from a failed attempt to climb Pakistan's
K2, the world's second hightest mountain, to successfully building
schools in some of the most remote regions of Afghanistan and
Pakistan. By replacing guns with pencils, rhetoric with reading,
Mortenson combines his unique background with his intimate knowledge
of the third-world to fight terrorism with books, not bombs, and
successfully bring education and hope to remote villages in central
Asia. THREE CUPS OF TEA is at once an unforgettable adventure and the
inspiring true story of how one man really is changing the world --
one school at a time.
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Speaker Greg Mortenson
Date: Jan 28, 2007
Time: 9:00 -9:50 a.m.
Location: Zumbro Lutheran Church
624 3rd Ave. S.W.
Rochester, MN
Telephone: 288-2649
Website: http://www.threecupsoftea.com
Greg Mortenson, founder of nonprofit Central Asia Institute and co-
author of "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission To Promote Peace...One
School At A Time," will talk to Zumbro's adult class about his effort
to set up girls' education and schools in remote regions of Pakistan
and Afghanistan.
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Yaggy Colby History Lecture Series
Sunday Jan 28, 2007 2:30PM
Rochester Public Library
"Minnesota's Greatest Generation" Short films and remembrances
presented by Randal Dietrich. Presented by Olmsted County Historical
Society in cooperation with Rochester Public Library. Costs
underwritten by Yaggy Colby Associates. Admission is free. Call 282-
9447 for information.
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Bicycle Friendly Community Workshop
Mayo Civic Center
Riverview Suite
Monday, January 29, 2007
11:45 am-4 pm
In 2006 the League of American Bicyclists (LAB) awarded the City of
Rochester Honorable Mention designation as a Bicycle Friendly
Community, recognizing past efforts to develop safe and effective
bicycling facilities. As part of its Bicycle Friendly Community
Outreach Program, LAB has selected Rochester as the site of one of six
Bicycle Friendly Community Workshops it will conduct in 2007. The
workshop will be led by Andy Clarke, LAB executive director and
nationally recognized bicycle advocate. The workshop will bring
together community leaders and interested citizens to explore how to
improve bicycle safety and effectiveness as a mode of travel.
This four hour workshop is designed to be a catalyst that will lead to
long term improvement in conditions for bicycling in the Rochester and
Olmsted County. The workshop will explore issues affecting bicycle
safety and use, assess conditions for bicycling in our community, and
provide an opportunity to discuss what can be done to encourage
bicycling in the city. By the end of the workshop facilitators and
participants will draft an action plan for improving conditions for
bicycling in the community.
Don’t miss this opportunity to help plan our future! Space is limited
to 40 participants; to help organizers plan the event we ask that you
please RSVP your attendance to Stephanie Foster, Rochester-Olmsted
Planning Department, (507) 285-8232. Lunch will be provided.
See http://www.rneighbors.org for additional information.
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Rochester on Tour at the Capitol
Wednesday January 31
Event Cost: Lunch, Dinner, & Entertainment - $30,
Science Museum of MN Tour - $7.50 (optional)
Transportation - $5
FREE Transportation for Seniors (62 or older) and Students.
See http://www.rochestermnchamber.com to register.
Schedule of Events:
9:00 a.m. Rochester on Tour Kickoff - Chateau Theatre
10:00 a.m. Buses depart Rochester (Chateau Theatre parking lot).
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch at the Crowne Plaza St. Paul - Riverfront
Hotel. Invited speakers include Governor and House and Senate
Leadership.
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Rally in the Capitol Rotunda.
2:30 - 5:00 p.m. Watch legislature in action, tour the capitol, visit
with legislators, tour the Science Museum of Minnesota.
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Grand Reception at the National Guard Armory, 600
Cedar Street. Join local businesses and community members to promote
our city to state legislators while enjoying Rochester food,
beverages, and music.
7:30 p.m. Buses depart St. Paul.
9:00 p.m. Buses arrive in Rochester.