Join the Cannon River Watershed Partnership’s 8th Annual Watershed Wide Cleanup at locations including Cannon Falls, Faribault, Medford, Morristown, Northfield, Owatonna, Red Wing, Shield’s Lake, Waterville and Welch. We’ll be cleaning up on foot and in canoes (water level permitting). Improve the health of our rivers, lakes and streams and enjoy a snack and/or lunch on us in one of the largest volunteer events in our area!

This year, to celebrate the arrival of the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit Water/Ways at the Goodhue County Historical Society, a free concert will be held at Bay Point Park from 3-5 PM. All are invited to this community event! The Red Wing YMCA and Red Wing Community Recreation will provide children’s activities from 2:30-4:30 PM, and several organizations affiliated with the cleanup and Water/Ways will have informational booths. Local Red Wing restaurant Fiesta Mexicana will provide a food truck for the duration of the afternoon. Free music will be provided by Tin Can Gin, a high-energy, Lake Superior-influenced bluegrass band that combines elements of traditional Americana, modern folk, and flawless musicianship to form one of the most exciting sounds in Minnesota. More information on Tin Can Gin can be found at tincangin.com.

Details for each cleanup site, as well as pre-registration, are available at crwp.net. This helps us to determine how much food we need and how many supplies go to each location and helps our site leaders better prepare for the event.

Join in the fun and make a difference in your community. Sign up today! For more information and to sign up, go to www.crwp.net or contact Kristi@crwp.net or (507) 786-3916.

The Perlman Teaching Museum is facilitating a Free Store in the courtyard of the Weitz Center for Creativity on the first reading day of spring term. The Free Store concept was popularized in the 1960s by avant-garde performance and political activist group The Diggers in San Francisco. The aim of our free store and those of the historical counterculture movement is to call attention to consumer culture and promote reuse and recycling of commodities.

To participate, bring unwanted items — books, food, clothing, knickknacks — and take something you want or need in exchange. Any items that remain at the end of the event will be donated to the campus-wide garage sale Lighten Up, benefiting local non-profits.

In the highly unlikely case of rain (forecast for tomorrow is a perfect 75-degree sunny day), the store will be set up in the Weitz Common area