For the Kids

Bring your favorite little gremlin to a unique Halloween party designed just for them! Deliberately low-key, this non-spooky event includes games, old fashioned hand-pressed cider and close encounters with live animals. Enjoy friendly-costumed characters handing out treats along the prairie loop trail before enjoying special activities in the Discovery Hollow Nature Play Area. This is a very popular event, so be sure to register early!

Time: 3:00 – 5:30 p.m., register for start times of 3:00, 3:20, 3:40 or 4:00 p.m. Activities take approximately 75 minutes to complete. Read more about Tamarack Trick or Treat

Thanks to a new partnership between the Metropolitan Library Services Agency  (MELSA) and 3M Library Systems, users of the 100 metro public libraries in the seven-country metro now have free and fast access to thousands of additional eBooks.

To celebrate there will be a demonstration open to the public at the George Latimer Central Library in downtown St. Paul at 9 a.m. on Thursday, September 4 and pop-up stands providing more information at Park and Rides and Farmers’ Markets. Read more about More Free eBooks @ Your Library

This one-day camp offers youngsters the opportunity to explore the world of gardening. Combining educational material with art projects, this camp offers kids a creative learning opportunity. $25. 9 a.m.-noon. Tamarack Nature Center, 5287 Otter Lake Road, White Bear Township; 651.407.5350; parks.co.ramsey.mn.us Read more about Garden Rainbows

Come to beautiful White Bear Lake to celebrate Manitou Days, a three-week summer festival showcasing some of the greatest things about this lakeside community.

For 47 years this annual summer ritual has been a favorite of locals and visitors. The fun kicks-off with Marketfest and ends on the Fourth of July with a spectacular fireworks display to music over the lake. Read more about Manitou Days

Come celebrate grass roots aviation! Meet pilots and see planes, maybe go for a ride! $5 donation. Benson Airport, White Bear Lake; 651.271.3684; 745.eaachapter.org

For more Marketfest events and information, visit marketfest.org. Read more about Aviation Day

Celebrate the red, white and blue at Marketfest! Food, arts & crafts, a classic car show, kids activities and more will be free for all. Live entertainment will feature the BBB Jazz Orchestra on the Manitou Station Gazebo Stage and Everett Smithson on the White Bear Mitsubishi Stage. Free. 6:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. Downtown White Bear Lake. www.marketfest.org. Read more about Marketfest

Bring the kids to enjoy this fun hour-long Disney musical featuring Lakeshore's youngest players. Senior and student tickest $8; adults $10. Lakeshore Players, 4820 Stewart Ave., White Bear Lake. For more information call 651.429.5674 or email office@lakeshoreplayers.com.

For more Marketfest events and information, visit marketfest.org. Read more about Sleeping Beauty, Kids

9th Annual White Bear Lake Classic & Vintage Boat Show and Swap Meet. Featuring all classes of boats that have plied the waters of White Bear Lake over the last century along with outboard motor displays, a nautical swap meet, an art show and live music.

For additional information contact Pat Oven at tapnevo@gmail.com or visit www.whitebearlakeboatshow.com. Read more about White Bear Lake Classic & Vintage Boat Show

Explore the wonderful world of butterflies and butterfly gardens in this interesting class, where you will learn more about what butterflies do for us and what we can do for them. Age 5–adult. $6.50 per person. 1–2:30 p.m. Tamarack Nature Center, 5287 Otter Lake Road, White Bear Township; 651.407.5350; parks.co.ramsey.mn.us Read more about Discover! Butterflies & Butterfly Gardening

Get busy in the sand and get creative by participating in this Manitou Days contest. Everyone who registers is awarded a prize. Creation categories are: Best Beast, Best Castle and Most Original. Age categories are 14 and under, 15 and up, and Family. Bring your own shovels, buckets and sand tools. Free. 10 a.m.–noon. Memorial Beach, 4980 Lake Ave. N., White Bear Lake; 651.407.0597; whitebeararts.org Read more about Sandcastles and Creature-Building Contest