Best Bets: A perfect autumn weekend to get out

Published 10:22 am Thursday, November 5, 2015

Get ready to get refreshed with the Mower Refreshed Harvest 5K this weekend.

With a craft bazaar, fall festival and a couple of princesses and frogs, there is something for everyone of every age in the family this weekend.

1. Annual Holiday Food and Wine Event

5-9 p.m., Friday, Hormel Historic Home, 208 Fourth Ave. NW

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Enjoy delicious displays of food and wine created by Hy-Vee’s staff. Tickets are $15, and the proceeds will help to support the annual Feed-A-Family program. For more information, call 507-433-4243.

2. Mower Refreshed Harvest 5K Walk/Run

7:30-11 a.m., Izaak Walton Cabin, Todd Park

This run will help harvest healthy food for the county’s food shelves. The entry fee is $20 plus a healthy food donation brought in advance, or $25 plus a healthy food donation on race day. Proceeds and food donations will benefit area food shelves. Registered participants will receive a long-sleeved t-shirt and water bottle. Register between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. Saturday. For more information, call 507-433-1804.

3. Craft Bazaar and Home Business Expo

9 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, Grace Lutheran Church, 2001 Sixth Ave. SE

This event features a large selection of crafts, jewelry, homemade greeting cards, 31, Tupperware, Watkins, Norwex, Daisy Blue, Tastefully Simple, soaps, Mary Kaye, Avon and more. There will also be a church women bake sale, a quilt sale, a raffle, prizes and refreshments.

4. Fall Festival

10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Grand Meadow Lutheran Church, 115 First St. NE

This event will feature homemade donuts along with a full menu including chili and cornbread. There will be a bake sale including lefse, muffins, dessert and beverages. There will also be raffle tickets for quilts. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for ages 6-12, and preschool age and under are free.

5. ‘The Far Fetched Fable of the Frog Prince’

7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Historic Paramount Theatre, 125 Fourth Ave NE

This comedy by Jennifer Kirkeby helps the audience understand why the frog in the traditional “The Frog Prince” story, (who’s really a prince) got turned into a frog in the first place. At the same time, a school is preparing to do the play “The Frog Prince.” With a little magical mix-up between the old and the new brought on by a crafty witch, the two stories begin to overlap, intertwine and create complete zaniness. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for youth.

6. Hormel Institute Live Learning Center Open House

1-3 p.m., Saturday, The Hormel Institute, 801 16th Ave NE

This open house is free to the public. Join Goldy Gopher for a special announcement, refreshments, and a sneak peak of the Institute’s future Live Learning Center. For more information, call 507-437-9602.