Community Corner
Get Out: Weekend Events in and Around Eagan
What's going on in and around Eagan this weekend? Find out here!
- American Red Cross Blood Drive
When/Where: Noon on Friday, Feb. 24 at Culvers on 3445 Oleary Ln. in Eagan.
Why Go: Culver's in Eagan is sponsoring an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Friday, February 24th. Give a Pint, Get a Pint!
Cost: Free
- WindWood at Pardon My French
When/Where: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24 at Pardon My French Bakery, Café and Wine Bar in Eagan.
Why Go: Guitarist Chris Kachian and multi-instrumentalist Conrad Miska on flute and saxophone will once again serve up their special blend of popular jazz instrumentals for three hours on Friday evening.
Cost: No cover charge.
- Inver Hills Theatre Presents "The Shadow Box"
When/Where: 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24 at Inver Hills Community College in Inver Grove Heights.
Why Go: Inver Hills Theatre invites audiences to the 1977 Pulitzer Prize winner for drama, “The Shadow Box.” The play by Michael Christofer tells the story of three very different families dealing with a terminal disease. The families are staying in separate cottages on the hospital grounds. There is Agnes and her mother Felicity, estranged by the latter’s dementia; Brian and Beverly, whose marital complications are made worse by Brian’s new lover; and Joe and Maggie, unready for the strain of Joe’s impending death and its effect on their teenager.
Cost: Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and students, and free to Inver Hills students. Tickets are available for purchase at the door the evening of the performance.
- Winter Tracking for Women
When/Where: 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 25 at Lebanon Hills Regional Park in Eagan.
Why Go: Follow animal tracks and other clues on a guided winter hike just for women. Ages 15 and older.
Cost: $15
- Tuskegee Airman Visits Galaxie Library for Black History Month
When/Where: 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 25 at Galaxie Library in Apple Valley.
Why Go: Retired United States Air Force Maj. Joseph Gomer will share the remarkable story of the talented and courageous Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American squadron of fighter pilots. The Tuskegee Airmen fought the Nazis in the air and on the ground during World War II. Gomer is one of the few surviving Tuskegee Airmen. Gomer, born in Iowa Falls, IA in 1920, dreamed of flying airplanes from the time he was a small boy. He took pilot training as a student at Ellsworth College in Iowa Falls before the war. In July 1942, he enlisted in the Army. The Army took note of his pilot training and sent him to Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama to take part in an experimental program launched my congressional order in March 1941.
Cost: Free
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