|
››› Hastings Happenings ‹‹‹
Monday, October 19, 2026 · Issue No. 8
Highway 61 Hearing Monday · Raiders Football Wednesday · Candy Crawl Sunday
|
The Afton Apple corn maze and the Whistling Well apple festival both close for the season this weekend, and the downtown Candy Crawl is Sunday afternoon. Here is the week. |
This Week |
5:30 to
7 p.m. | City Council workshop on Highway 61 ›
City Hall Volunteer Room, 101 Fourth St. E. |
| 7 p.m. | City Council meeting and Highway 61 public hearing ›
City Hall Council Chambers, 101 Fourth St. E.Public comment on the access and right-of-way changes proposed for rebuilding Highway 61 from 3rd to 36th Street. MnDOT presents first. Comment in person or on Microsoft Teams; the Teams link is on the meeting’s city calendar listing. |
8 a.m. to
1 p.m. | Hastings Farm Market ›
Westview Mall parking lotTuesdays and Saturdays through the end of October. |
10 to
10:30 a.m. | Storytime for 2s to 6s ›
Pleasant Hill LibraryStories and early literacy activities. Ages 2 and up with a caregiver, siblings welcome. |
| 7 p.m. | Heritage Preservation Commission ›
City Hall Volunteer Room, 101 Fourth St. E.Agenda and packet are posted. |
9 a.m. to
4 p.m. | Community Resource Center drop-in ›
Hastings Family Service, 301 Second St. E.Dakota County’s Community Resource Center is on site with family financial assistance and a resource navigator. No appointment needed. |
| 6 p.m. | Parks and Recreation Commission ›
City Hall Council Chambers, 101 Fourth St. E. |
| 6 p.m. | Raiders football hosts Mankato East
McNamara Stadium at Todd Field |
7 to
9 p.m. | Trivia Mafia ›
Spiral Brewery, 111 Second St. E.Every Wednesday. |
10 to
11 a.m. | Storytime for Babies ›
Pleasant Hill LibraryBirth through age 2 with a caregiver. |
5 to
8 p.m. | Open Craft Night ›
HPAC Creative Space, 213 Ramsey St.Bring your own project or paint a rock for the Creative Space rock garden. Free, no RSVP. Minors must come with an adult. Every Thursday. |
6 to
8 p.m. | Live music with Ryan Sullivan ›
Missi’s at The Confluence, 200 Second St. W.Thursdays inside Missi’s through the fall. |
8:30 a.m. to
noon | Public bird banding ›
Carpenter Nature Center, 12805 St. Croix Trail S.Watch researchers band songbirds on the back patio of the Administration Building. Come and go as you like. Free; donations of bird seed and suet are welcome. Canceled for heavy rain or snow. |
10 to
11 a.m. | Bus Safety Storytime ›
Pleasant Hill LibraryBus safety tips and an up-close look at a real school bus. Ages 2 and up with a caregiver, siblings welcome. |
10 to
11 a.m. | Preschool Story Time: Costumes and Critters ›
Carpenter Nature Center, 12805 St. Croix Trail S.Stories, time outside, a craft and the center’s live animals, for ages 2 to 5 with an adult. $5, or $3 for Friends of CNC. Pre-registration required. |
10 to
11:30 a.m. | Geometric and Organic Shapes for All Abilities ›
Pleasant Hill LibraryMake a cut-paper composition with Caponi Art Park. For adults; registration required. |
4 to
10 p.m. | Afton Apple corn maze, final weekend ›
14421 90th St. S.Friday 4 to 10, Saturday 10 to 10, Sunday 10 to 6, last entry an hour before close. $12 for ages 11 and up, $10 for ages 3 to 10, separate from orchard admission. Kids 15 and under need a paid adult with them. Afton asks you to call ahead in bad weather, 651-436-8385. |
| 6 p.m. | Tony Vega ›
Bogey’s Pub, 7158 150th St. E.Songs from the decades. |
| The Weekend |
10 a.m. to
4 p.m. | Holiday Market and Craft Show ›
The Wexford at Emerald Greens, 14425 Goodwin Ave.Free admission. |
2 to
5 p.m. | Halloween Candy Crawl ›
Downtown HastingsTrick-or-treat at downtown businesses, with a DJ on Second Street, a bounce house, mini golf, hot chocolate, balloon art, cotton candy and trunk-or-treat on Sibley Street. Pumpkin decorating at 2nd Street Depot has a charge. Bring chunky soup, tuna, peanut butter or cereal for the Hastings Family Service food shelf; bins are by the DJ at Second and Sibley and in front of HFS. |
2 to
5 p.m. | Halloween Open Craft Day ›
HPAC Creative Space, 213 Ramsey St.Free Halloween crafts, trick-or-treating, apple cider and snacks during the Candy Crawl. |
5 to
7 p.m. | A Court of Thorns and Roses book 6 party
Spiral Brewery, 111 Second St. E.A release party for the sixth book in the series. Come in costume for a chance at a prize, and play games. |
|
Know something we missed? Reply to this email and we will get it in next week. A real person reads every one. If somebody forwarded this to you, you can sign up here to get it every Monday morning. |
| |
Coming Up |
- Thursday and Friday, October 29 and 30. A Victorian séance at the LeDuc Historic Estate, followed by a short house tour. Space is limited; call 651-552-7548 to reserve.
- Friday, October 30. The Community Halloween Party, 6 to 8 p.m. at Hastings High School, for kids 12 and under with an adult. Bring a non-perishable food item for Hastings Family Service.
- Saturday, October 31. Coats for Kids, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church: free new winter coats, 12 months to teen XL, while supplies last. No appointment needed.
- Tuesday, November 3. Election Day. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Friday, November 13. Ann Reed with Joan Griffith at the Hastings Arts Center, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $27.
|
Local Spotlight |
Hastings Family Service
301 Second St. E.
Hastings Family Service started in the late 1960s, when the local schools asked Dawn Sheridan for help with children who were coming to school without proper clothing and coats. She and her friend Mary Jean Engstrom began collecting clothes and handing them out from her basement. With Chamber director Virginia McHale and attorney Lew Linde, they incorporated it as the Clothes Closet on April 21, 1970.
Today it runs The Market food shelf, Meals on Wheels with Allina Health Regina Hospital, Just Friends rides to medical appointments, back-to-school supplies and Project Share at the holidays. Its thrift store, Rivertown Treasures, is open to the public, and all of its profits go to those programs. HFS says a $10 donation turns into 70 pounds of food.
It turns up three times in this issue: Wednesday’s resource drop-in, the food collection at Sunday’s Candy Crawl, and Gobble Gait below.
|
Around Town |
- Early-bird registration for Gobble Gait, the Thanksgiving morning 2K and 8K that raises money for Hastings Family Service, ends Saturday, October 31. Gobble Gait
- Rivertown Treasures and the HFS donation center close on Saturdays starting November 7. Weekday hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hastings Family Service
|
|
Brought to you by
|
What’s happening in Hastings, every Monday
|
|
