MatchMakers Book Club: Before I Let Go
2026-07-25 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Groovy Grounds Bistro + Coffee, 28 North Walnut Street, La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Like reading romance? Join the library for our summer pop-up book club featuring romance reads and craft time! Enjoy light discussion and crafts over your beverage of choice. Bring a project you’ve been working on, mending, or peruse idea books from the library and coloring pages.
ABOUT THE BOOK – Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan
Their love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Yasmen and Josiah Wade found that love alone couldn’t solve or save everything.
It couldn’t save their marriage.
Yasmen wasn’t prepared for how her life fell apart, but she’s is finally starting to find joy again. She and Josiah have found a new rhythm, co-parenting their two kids and running a thriving business together. Yet like magnets, they’re always drawn back to each other, and now they’re beginning to wonder if they’re truly ready to let go of everything they once had.
Soon, one stolen kiss leads to another…and then more. It’s hot. It’s illicit. It’s all good–until old wounds reopen. Is it too late for them to find forever? Or could they even be better, the second time around?

The Apple Blossom Bike Tour 2026!
2026-08-15 | Veteran’s Park
Join us for the 13th annual Apple Blossom Bike Tour August 15, 2026! Enjoy the unmatched views and vistas in the Driftless Region of Southeast Minnesota. Choose from 5 routes for all skill levels or the Free 5 mile Family Ride! Lunch and music in the park following the ride. Proceeds benefit Rotary Polio Plus and two Scholarship Funds! Visit appleblossomtour.org for more information!

The Apple Blossom Bike Tour 2026!
2026-08-15 07:00 - 15:00 | La Crescent Veterans Park, 595 Veterans Parkway, La Crescent, MN, 55947
Join us for a day of bicycling on the best routes in Southeast Minnesota! Register today for the Apple Blossom Bike Tour, Saturday, August 15, 2026! Proceeds benefit Rotary projects, The Erin Dunlap Mathews Physicians Assistant Scholarship Fund and The Living For Liz Scholarship Fund. $60 registration fee or ride the 5 mile Free Family Ride. Registrations include live music and lunch in the park following the ride! Visit appleblossomtour.org for details and registration.

MatchMakers Book Club: Summer Romance
2026-08-22 10:00 - 11:30 | Groovy Grounds Bistro + Coffee, 28 North Walnut Street, La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Like reading romance? Join the library for our summer pop-up book club featuring romance reads and craft time! Enjoy light discussion and crafts over your beverage of choice. Bring a project you’ve been working on, mending, or peruse idea books from the library and coloring pages.
ABOUT THE BOOK – Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan
Benefits of a summer romance: it’s always fun, always brief, and no one gets their heart broken.
There aren’t enough labeled glass containers to contain the mess that is Ali Morris’s life. Her mom died two years ago, then her husband left, and she hasn’t worn pants with a zipper in longer than she cares to remember. She’s a professional organizer whose pantry is a disgrace.
No one is more surprised than Ali when the first time she takes off her wedding ring and puts on pants with hardware—overalls count, right?—she meets someone. Or rather, her dog claims a man for her in the same way he claimed his favorite of her three children: by peeing on him. Ethan smiles at Ali like her pants are just right—like he likes what he sees. The last thing Ali needs is to make her life messier, but there’s no harm in a little Summer Romance. Is there?

Eelpout - preview
2026-09-12 19:30 - 22:00 | Commonweal Theatre Company, 208 Parkway Ave N, Lanesboro, MN, 55949, United States
Come heck or high water, it’s time for a bachelor party! Best buds Sven and Ole gather at their pal Lars’s ice-fishing shack on Lake Mille Lacs to celebrate Ole’s upcoming marriage to Lena. But this ice-fishing bromance starts to crack when Sven admits he no longer wants to be Ole’s best man (Ope!). Deep truths, deeper questions, and a giant talking eelpout emerge from the frigid surroundings. La Crosse, WI native Paul Kruse presents a surreal comedy that is a boisterous and beautiful ode to Midwestern masculinity, friendship, queerness, and being a fish out of water.

Eelpout
2026-09-19 19:30 - 22:00 | Commonweal Theatre Company, 208 Parkway Ave N, Lanesboro, MN, 55949, United States

The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley - preview
2026-11-07 19:30 - 22:00 | Commonweal Theatre Company, 208 Parkway Ave N, Lanesboro, MN, 55949, United States
Welcome (back) to Pemberley! Upstairs at the grand estate of Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy, Christmas festivities are in full swing. While downstairs, beneath the yuletide buzz, the servants bustle about. Their holiday rhythm is shattered when Lydia’s wayward husband, the rogue Mr.Wickham, stumbles in—uninvited, drunk, and dangerous. Secrets spill, loyalties are tested, and upstairs and downstairs collide in this witty companion to Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley. Gunderson and Melcon deliver another heartwarming tale of class, chaos, and the generosity of forgiveness.

The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley
2026-11-14 19:30 - 22:00 | Commonweal Theatre Company, 208 Parkway Ave N, Lanesboro, MN, 55949, United States
