Visit This Minnetonka Drive-In for a Unique Summer Dining Experience!

Visit This Minnetonka Drive-In for a Unique Summer Dining Experience!

by | Jul 25, 2021 | eat/drink

Minnetonka Drive-In: Revisit childhood memories as you order and have your food delivered by a “carhop”. Own or appreciate classic cars? Stop by on Thursday nights for an awesome show of auto memorabilia. ​Located just steps from the Dakota Trail, bike or walk to the Drive In and enjoy your food at our picnic area.

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“We use only the best ingredients that keep customers coming back again and again!”

 

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The Beggining…

Rockin’ around the clock since 1961! Restaurant is open March through the end of September. October through December are pumpkins and fall sales and spruce tops, winter greens and Christmas trees.
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With the American dream of running their own business, in 1961, Gordon and Jeanette Bennyhoff and 8 children opened the Minnetonka Drive In. It takes an entire family to run a family business and we still operate that way today. Current owner is son Dave Bennyhoff who started at age 9, washing the glass gallon jugs for root beer.
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Our secret? It’s not one, admittedly. The best ingredients is a big part.  Turns out we also like people, though.  We want you to feel the family atmosphere when you stop in to eat or have a homemade root beer float on a hot day.

Minnetonka Drive-In

 

American Swedish Institute: “Kindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War”

American Swedish Institute: “Kindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War”

by | Jul 25, 2021 | art/design

American Swedish Institute
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Just openend is “Kindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War,” open through October 31. Experience the exhibition in person at the museum and/or online with a Virtual Exhibition Tour. These live monthly tours will give a unique perspective on the exhibition’s content and feature different speakers. On the Tuesday, July 27 tour, we welcome special guest Michael Simonson, Archivist and Director of Public Outreach at the Leo Baeck Institute at the Center for Jewish History. Michael and Ingrid Nyholm-Lange (Director of Experience at ASI) will discuss how @yeshiva_university and the @leobaeckinstitute collaborated to develop this exhibition. Tours run from 5-6 pm Central Time and cost $20 per virtual connection. Register on ASI’s website.
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The exhibition, Kindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War, illuminates the story of the Kindertransport (German for “Children’s Transport”), the astonishing rescue effort that brought approximately 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany to Great Britain and other countries, including Sweden between 1938 and 1940.

This exhibition explores the difficult and often heartbreaking journeys through original artifacts and personal stories.

It brings the Kindertransport to life by presenting objects that the children brought with them on their passage to England; letters between parents and children; new audio testimonies by survivors; and a series of dramatic stories that link the materials in gallery to the broader context of the era.

The Minnesota debut of this exhibition with be accompanied by The Story is Here, featuring the stories of local families in the Midwest who were personally impacted by the Kindertransport.

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American Swedish Institute
Water Tower Festival 2021 Theme: “Wild About Pipestone!” – Pipestone, MN

Water Tower Festival 2021 Theme: “Wild About Pipestone!” – Pipestone, MN

by | Jul 25, 2021 | events/locations

July 26 – Aug 1, 2021

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Annually, we celebrate the Water Tower Festival. Residents and visitors turn out en masse for this community get together. The festival commemorates the restoration of the city’s historic concrete water tower as a community landmark.

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Water Tower Festival Medallion

 

The annual hunt for the Water Tower Festival Medallion hunt begins Monday, July 26 at 7:00 am. Find the medallion and win $100 in Chamber bucks. The medallion will be on public land somewhere within the city limits of Pipestone. (***You do not need to dig, climb, or move any object to find the medallion***) If you find the medallion, bring it to the Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce to claim your prize. Each day clues as to the location will be revealed. You can find them all right here, PipestoneStar.com, listen to KLOH radio, or check out the Pipestone Chamber of Commerce or Pipestone Star’s Facebook page.

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Thursday, July 29 (Kids’ Night Downtown in front of Museum):

  • 5:00 – 7:30 pm ~ Community Burger Feed Fundraiser sponsored by JBS – Pipestone. Burgers, Beans, Chips, Treat, & Pepsi products for $8.
  • 5:00 – 8:00 pm ~ Pipestone Kiwanis Club Sno-Cone Fundraiser
  • 5:30 – 6:00 pm ~ Registration for Kids Pedal Pull sponsored by C&B Operations (free)
    • Ages 3 to 11. 3 year olds receive participation ribbon & a pop. Ages 4 to 11 get a can of pop and compete for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place.
  • 6:00 pm ~ Kids Pedal Pull sponsored by C&B Operations (free)
  • 7:15 pm (approximately) ~ Pipestone Jr. Ambassadors Contest sponsored by Pipestone Kiwanis Club
    • following the Pedal Pull, two winners (1 boy & 1 girl) receive prizes and ride in Saturday’s Parade as the Junior Grand Marshals. Ages 5 to completed 5th Grade compete by answering fun questions about themselves and Pipestone. It’s FREE to enter. Child must reside in Pipestone County. Register your child by calling the Chamber at 825-3316.
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Friday, July 30 (Downtown Block Party on Hiawatha Ave. in front of Museum):
Block Party Sponsors:  Dar’s Pizza, Enviro-Pump Plus-Fricke Environmental Company, Fuller Paving, Hocking International Laboratories, Lange’s Cafe, Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Pipestone, & Truss Pros
  • 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm ~ Community Dinner Fundraiser sponsored by Pipestone Holdings
  • 5:00 pm – 12:45 am ~ Beer Garden Open
  • 6:00 pm ~ Bean Bag Tourney
    • $20 / team – Cash Prizes! Limited to 16 teams. Pre-register at Chamber 507-825-3316
  • 9:00 pm – 1:00 am ~ FREE Street Dance
    • ​”Rewinder” will be performing the “Greatest Hits of the Cassette Era” in Historic Downtown Pipestone
Rewinder logo
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  • 10:00 am ~ Parade starting on the 500 block of West Main Street to Hiawatha Ave and ends at Hiawatha Ave & 5th Street SE/SW
  • 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (Awards at 2:00 pm) ~ Pipestone Cruizers’ Car Show with DJ Mylan Ray (West side of Courthouse on 2nd Ave SW – enter from South)
    • DC Dyno & Performance Testing!!!
    • Boy’s & Girl’s Bike Giveaway
    • Power Wheels Kid’s Car Giveaway
    • Over $1,500 in Cash Prizes awarded to registrant. $10 Per Vehicle Registration starts at 9:00 am (there’s no fee to come look at the cars!). Open to Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, Tractors, & Rat Rods. No Bicycles or Golf Carts allowed in the show area.
    • First 100 Entrants receive a Dash Plaque
    • Tool Set awarded to all Class Winners
    • All proceeds to be donated to charity
  • ​11:00 am – 3:00 pm ~ Free Kids’ Inflatables sponsored by Bole-Mor Lanes, First Bank & Trust Kids-N-Coins Club, Hank’s Foods, Michelle Cheeseman State Farm Insurance Agency, Pipestone County Medical Center & Family Clinic Avera, and Pizza Ranch
  • 11:00 am – 3:00 pm ~ “Paper Plains” interactive activity – Meinders Community Library/”We Are Water MN” event
  • 11:30 am (approximately) ~ Groove Inc. Drumline performs Gridiron Groove by Big Tent sponsored by First Farmers & Merchants Bank and Lange’s Cafe
  • 12:00 pm (approximately) ~ Parade Winners announced under Big Tent
  • 12:00 – 3:00 pm ~ “Rainbow” the Unicorn and Petting Zoo. Get your photo with “Rainbow” for free! Sponsored by the George Alan Morgan Memorial and Anonymous Donors.
  • 12:00 – 3:00 pm ~ Elizabeth Hunstad Duo under the Big Tent sponsored by Falls Landing Assisted Living and Pipestone County Medical Center & Family Clinic Avera
  • 1:00 pm ~ Pipestone Fire Department “Water Fights” on the street in front of the Tank (3rd St SW in front of Courthouse)
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  • 10:30 am ~ Church Service on Courthouse Lawn. Open to all. Hosted by Cornerstone Free Church.

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The Pipestone Area Chamber of Commerce is a nonprofit community membership organization promoting commerce, tourism, agriculture, education, & professional interest in Pipestone. We also house the Pipestone CVB/Visitor’s Center for tourist information

See the Community Events Calendar for more information.

Lakewood Cemetery 150th Anniversary Celebration – Minneapolis, MN

Lakewood Cemetery 150th Anniversary Celebration – Minneapolis, MN

by | Jul 25, 2021 | people/passions

Photos @glenstubbe
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Star Tribune: As part of its 150th anniversary celebration this year, Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis welcomed earth artist Day Schildkret for its Midsummer Memory Mandalas event to honor the impermanence of life and transform grief into beauty.
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Lakewood Cemetery

Since 1871, Lakewood’s 250 acres of urban memorial parkland have served as a community gathering place and a chronicle of our history. Today, Lakewood is making memorialization more relevant, accessible and inviting for new audiences and generations.

Take a walk around the tree covered, grassy area that stretches from the Living Memory Tree to the Garden Mausoleum (near the Walker family Monument) and check out the earth art gallery on the grounds!
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These vibrant mandalas were created by workshop participants who learned the Morning Altars 7 step process from visiting artist and instructor Day Schildkret (Morning Altars). The impermanent pieces may not be here for long, so be sure to visit soon!
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