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Families of rising first graders, Meadowlark Microschool will hold an Open House Sunday, June 4, 1-2:30 pm at First Lutheran Church, 1555 40th Ave. NE. Meadowlark is a nature-based, Waldorf-inspired first grade. Meet the teacher, explore the curriculum and get a glimpse into what your child's day and future could look like at Meadowlark. 1 pm meet-and-greet followed by a tour and short presentation, ending with a Q&A session. RSVP required:  meadowlarkmicroschool@gmail.com or visit  meadowlarkmicroschool.org.

Are you interested in cutting-edge fluid mechanics research and how that can impact our understanding of the environment? Consider visiting the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory. At this interdisciplinary lab under the College of Science and Engineering at the U of M, there are faculty and research groups from five different departments on campus. Their work primarily focuses on how fluid dynamics impact the environment (climate, precipitation, stormwater, lakes, rivers, etc.), and energy (wind power, hydroelectric power). On this tour, you…

Saturday, July 8, 10-11:30 am. Walk the Minneapolis riverfront and learn about its dramatic past. On this tour, participants will visit the historic district at St. Anthony Falls, which was once the milling center of the world and is now a growing cultural, recreational and residential neighborhood. Your guide will share stories of the people who have lived and worked along the riverfront and how it has changed over the years. Learn about the riverfront renaissance over the last 40…

Sunday, August 6, 10-11:30 am. During the early 20th century, the Gateway District (or Lower Loop) was the largest Skid Row in the Upper Midwest. Flophouses, missions and bars mixed with a variety of other businesses that needed cheap rents and a central location. Between 1959 and 1963, in an effort to clean up the area, Minneapolis demolished 25 blocks, or almost 40% of its historic downtown—turning this part of the city into a wasteland of uninviting buildings and surface…

Thursday, August 17, 5:30-7 pm, Hollywood Theater, 2815 Johnson St. NE. The Hollywood Theater, designed by the architectural firm Liebenberg and Kaplan, is one of the most intact Art Deco theaters remaining in Minnesota. It operated as a movie theater from its opening in 1935 until it closed in 1987. The property has been vacant and dark since 1987. A phased project was developed so that the exterior could be stabilized and restored with a multipurpose event center reuse for…