Explore La Crescent

"First Four Classes" Reunion
2023-07-21 16:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
Graduating Classes of 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
Friday July 21, 2023 at Schmitty Time Out Tavern
Saturday, July 22, 2023 at Old Hickory Park.
Check poster for more details.

POP PICNIC
2023-07-26 17:00 - 19:00 | Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 21 N Hill St., La Crescent, MN, 55947
July 26 @ 5:00 PM
BOGO – Buy One, Give One
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall
Dine In or Carry out
Help us provide 80 more meals to our hungry homeless neighbors. 5:00 Gather. 5:30 Meal.

Ice Cream Social: Dog and Cat Days of Summer
2023-08-04 15:00 - 17:00 | La Crescent Animal Care, 204 S Walnut St,, La Crescent, MN, 54947, United States
Come and enjoy soft-serve ice cream for you and your furry pet at the La Crescent Animal Care.

La Crescent Parade of Gardens Tour
2023-08-05 09:00 - 15:00 | City of La Crescent, La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Healthy Community Partners of La Crescent is excited to announce the first annual
La Crescent Parade of Gardens on Saturday, August 5th, 2023 from 9am – 3 pm. The event will showcase gardens in
La Crescent, and will be a fun day for everyone!

Day Care Appreciation Picnic
2023-08-07 17:30 - 20:00 | Gazebo Park, Caledonia, MN, 55921, United States
Thrivent Financial is sponsoring a picnic for all Houston Country Day Care Providers. There will be a picnic dinner, yard games, and door prizes. Businesses in Houston Country and surrounding areas can donate prizes by contacting Michelle. Here information is below.
Michelle Ellingson
Assistant to City Clerk/Administrator
City of Caledonia
231 E. Main St. P.O. Box 232
Caledonia, MN 55921
mellingson@caledoniamn.gov
Office: 507-725-3450

Walnut Street Corridor Planning
2023-08-08 16:00 - 19:00 | Veteran’s Park
City staff and staff from the consulting firm of MSA Professional Services will be at the Farmer’s Market on Tuesday, August 8th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Veteran’s Park to provide project information and to obtain input from the public.
There will be a Public Information Meeting from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 9th at the La Crescent Community Building. The La Crescent Community Building is located at 336 S. 1st Street. Enter off of Oak Street.
Note: These events occur at two different locations. Please read carefully!
Select the following link to view a slide show resulting from the June 14th Public Input Meeting: LaCrescent-Walnut St. Corridor Plan Input Meeting
If you would like to fill out a comment form please select the following link Walnut Street Corridor Plan Comment sheet once you have completed the form please drop it off at the front desk at City Hall. Thank you.
If you have any questions, please call Larry Kirch, Community Development Director at (507) 895-4096.

Apple Blossom Bike Tour 2023
2023-08-12 07:00 - 14:00 | La Crescent Area Event Center, 595 Veterans Parkway, La Crescent, MN, 55947
Join us for the 10th Annual Apple Blossom Tour! 5 unique bicycling experiences, including a 5 mile family ride.
All rides start and finish at Veterans Park, 159 Timm Ln, La Crescent, MN 55947

Registration and check in begins at 7:00am
Start time is 7:30am – 8:30am, with a mass start at 8:00am
All riders must start by 8:30am

There is plenty of parking at the area. Shelter, food, and restrooms are also available there.
You can find more information here on the Rotary event page, and stay up-to-date by following us on Facebook.

High School Reunion: a YA Book Club for Grownups Discusses This is My America
2023-08-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Sports Hub, 25 N Walnut St, La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Do you like to read young adult novels? It’s cool; we do too! Join us for this special edition summer book club, High School Reunion! It’s YA for grownups!
Copies of the book can be checked out from the La Crescent Public Library. Just ask at the desk! Read the book, and come discuss at Sports Hub in the side room over dinner and drinks! It’ll be a fun, social, engaging chat with other readers who love YA just as much as you!
Our August selection is This is My America by Kim Johnson. Nominated as Best Fiction for Young Adults by both Goodreads and the American Library Association.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Dear Martin meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting YA novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system.
Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. After seven years, Tracy is running out of time—her dad has only 267 days left. Then the unthinkable happens. The police arrive in the night, and Tracy’s older brother, Jamal, goes from being a bright, promising track star to a “thug” on the run, accused of killing a white girl. Determined to save her brother, Tracy investigates what really happened between Jamal and Angela down at the Pike. But will Tracy and her family survive the uncovering of the skeletons of their Texas town’s racist history that still haunt the present?

Bicycle Around Minnesota
2023-08-19 08:00 - 2023-08-20 17:00 | Veteran’s Park
La Crescent is hosting a party for the famous Bicycle Around Minnesota Tour (BAM). BAM 2023 is headed to Minnesota’s lovely bluff country in southeastern Minnesota. The ride is a loop tour that starts and ends in Lanesboro, with overnights in Rushford, La Crescent and Houston before returning to Lanesboro. Learn more here: https://bambiketour.org/

La Crescent City Wide Garage Sale
2023-09-01 07:00 - 15:00 | City of La Crescent, La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Join us for La Crescent’s annual Labor Day City Wide rummage sale! Click on the link below for more information.
https://fb.me/e/12KDsZp5c

La Crescent Applefest Apple Cobbler Golf Scramble
2023-09-09 | Pine Creek Golf Course, 3815 N Pine Creek Rd, La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Join the Applefest Board for the 2023 Apple Cobbler Golf Scramble! It’s always a fun time, rain or shine!
4 person teams- $50 each for Members & $60 each for Non-Members
18 holes, Cart, & Lunch
Men, Women, Co-Ed, & all ages
Shot Gun Starts at 8am & 1pm
Call Club House to register or email golf@applefestusa.com

Friends of the Library Front Porch Sale
2023-09-09 10:00 - 13:00 | La Crescent Public Library, 321 Main St., La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Shop for your next great read with our Friends of the Library Front Porch Sale!
We’ve had lots of donations coming in, so stock up! Books are $.50, some specialty items $1.00. All proceeds benefit the Friends of the Library and La Crescent Public Library!

La Crescent Applefest Senior Citizen Luncheon
2023-09-13 11:00 - 13:00 | La Crescent Area Event Center, 595 Veterans Parkway, La Crescent, MN, 55947
Give the “Apple of Your Eye” residing at SpringBrook Village, Traditions, or La Crescent Health Services a sweet start to Applefest. Treat them to the Senior Apple Luncheon on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM at the La Crescent Area Event Center and save $2 on their ticket!
Sis and Sweetwater will entertain us and you can sing along to their familiar tunes. If you are a dancer-there will be room for that too! You can step back in time with an Applefest Display made possible by the La Crescent Area Historical Society. Watch a video of our first Apple Fest (when it was still two words) and view original props and memorabilia from that first event in 1949.
Swing Bridge will cook up a delicious meal of mashed potatoes, meatballs, green beans, and a dinner roll, followed by a festive apple pie square for dessert from Linda’s Bakery compliments of Eitzen State Bank of La Crescent. You can also expect an orchard of door prizes from Thrivent Financial, Corky’s Pizza, Eitzen State Bank and La Crescent Area Historical Society.
Tickets can be purchased at Eitzen State Bank (ESB) La Crescent and SpringBrook Village of La Crescent. Let them know who the “Apple of Your Eye” is if purchasing a ticket for two for $18.

La Crescent Animal Rescue Open House
2023-09-13 16:00 - 19:00 | La Crescent Animal Rescue, 523 S Chestnut Street, La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
No appointment needed to meet our available furbabies and find your pick of the crop!
Stop in from 4pm – 7pm to meet them all in person, as well as receive any other information you’d like.
Volunteers will be onsite to answer any questions and introduce you to the available animals!

La Crescent Applefest Torchlight Parade
2023-09-14 18:30 - 20:30 | La Crescent Veterans Park, 595 Veterans Parkway, La Crescent, MN, 55947
Local La Crescent Businesses are encouraged to join La Crescent Applefest for a fun torchlight parade to kick off the 75th Anniversary year of La Crescent Applefest. No float requirements or float numbers, come light up the town and have some fun! For more information, contact Applefest at secretary@applefestusa.com

Applefest
2023-09-15 - 2023-09-17 | Applefest Fest Grounds, 520 S 14th St, La Crescent, MN, 55947
Celebrate the 75th annual La Crescent Apple Festival!

La Crescent Applefest Makers Market
2023-09-16 09:00 - 15:00 | La Crescent Area Event Center, 595 Veterans Parkway, La Crescent, MN, 55947
La Crescent Applefest Makers Market will be held on September 16th, 2023. Come shop small and local. It will host about 40 handmade small businesses. Hours: 9am-3pm

Using Humor to Write Through the Hard Stuff
2023-09-16 10:00 - 11:00 | La Crescent Community Building, 336 S. 1st St, La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Join writer, motivational speaker, and innovator, Lisa David Olson, to discover how humor can help your writing, even through the hard stuff. Humor raises endorphins, lowers blood pressure, and connects people. Let’s laugh and learn together. Bring a notebook or journal and prepare to think wild thoughts, for the health of it.
This program is part of Mental Health and the Driftless Region’s Regional Read for 2023. You can find more programs and speakers by visiting http://driftlessregionalread.com

La Crescent Animal Rescue Open House
2023-09-16 10:00 - 13:00 | La Crescent Animal Rescue, 523 S Chestnut Street, La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
No appointment needed to meet our available furbabies and find your pick of the crop!
Stop in from 10am – 1pm to meet them all in person, as well as receive any other information you’d like.
Volunteers will be onsite to answer any questions and introduce you to the available animals!

Book Club - What Happened To You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
2023-09-18 10:00 - 11:00 | La Crescent Public Library, 321 Main St., La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Join us for the 2023 Driftless Regional Read book discussion of “What Happened To You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey. This year’s regional read book and programming focuses on the topic of mental health.
Copies of the book are available for free beginning September 1st while supplies last. La Crescent copies have been purchased and made available thanks to a donation from our Friends of the Library. The book and audiobook are also widely available in the SELCO library system, and copies will be at the La Crescent Library for checkout. Just ask at the desk!
The Regional Read invites communities from the Driftless area comprising 9 local counties: Buffalo, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau, Vernon, Houston, & Winona to come together to read one book annually and participate in a series of book chats, lectures and programs around a central theme. Each year we cultivate opportunities to build community and empower creative change through inclusive conversations, presentations and community dialogues. This year the topic of the Regional Read is mental health and our goals are destigmatizing mental illness, cultivating opportunities for community connection, and increasing awareness of local resources for mental health support. The book “What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resiliency, and Healing,” by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey was selected as this year’s Regional Read title to help our community better understand trauma and its impact on our physical and mental health. Programming will include book discussions, talks on the exploration of the mental health crisis in our region, a community mental health resource fair as well as programs offering practical applications to cultivate mental health (mindfulness, wellness practices, etc.).

Jury Duty: a True Crime Book Club discusses Furious Hours
2023-09-21 18:30 - 20:00 | Affogato Lane Coffee Co., 28 N. Walnut St., La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Tell you’re friends you’re busy! You’ve got… JURY DUTY!
Our latest pop-up book club theme is for fans of true crime shows, podcasts, and documentaries. Jury Duty, a True Crime Book Club, will host two reads this fall with our friends at Affogato Lane Coffee Co. (open after hours special for us!) and dive into the pages and cases of some notorious and high profile crimes.
Our September selection is Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee. Copies are available for checkout at the library desk; just ask! Food and drink will be available for purchase at the program.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
The stunning story of an Alabama serial killer and the true-crime book that Harper Lee worked on obsessively in the years after To Kill a Mockingbird.
Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his last victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell’s murderer was acquitted – thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the Reverend.
As Alabama is consumed by these gripping events, it’s not long until news of the case reaches Alabama’s – and America’s – most famous writer. Intrigued by the story, Harper Lee makes a journey back to her home state to witness the Reverend’s killer face trial. Lee had the idea of writing her own In Cold Blood, the true-crime classic she had helped her friend Truman Capote research. She spent a year in town reporting on the Maxwell case and many more years trying to finish the book she called The Reverend.
Now Casey Cep brings this story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South. At the same time, she offers a deeply moving portrait of one of America’s most beloved writers and her struggle with fame, success and the mystery of artistic creativity.
This is the story Harper Lee wanted to write. This is the story of why she couldn’t.

Addressing Mental Health Concerns in Schools
2023-10-14 12:00 - 13:00 | La Crescent Community Building, 336 S. 1st St, La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
This session will highlight students’ education rights as they pertain to mental health, how mental health impacts learning, as well as how parents/guardians can gain access through their children’s schools for mental health support.
This program is hosted by the Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services and is part of the Mental Health and the Driftless Regional Read 2023. Lunch will be provided.

Chad Lewis Presents Haunted Minnesota
2023-10-15 13:00 - 14:00 | La Crescent Community Building, 336 S. 1st St, La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Join us for a ghostly journey to some of the most haunted places in the state. From wandering ghosts in the North Woods, to a haunted B & B in Wabasha, to graveyard apparitions located in your own backyard, no place in MN is without its own hauntings…
Chad Lewis is a researcher, author, and lecturer on topics of the strange and unusual. His background is in the field of Psychology as he did both his Bachelor and Master degree work in the field- but for nearly 30 years he has traveled the globe in search of unique and bizarre stories and history.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the La Crescent Library.

Lunch and Learn October 19th
2023-10-19 12:00 - 13:00 | TimeOut Tavern, 444 N Chestnut St, La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Do you have employees that want to go back to work, but can’t due to childcare issues? This is just one example of the issues we are facing in our current workforce situation.
Employee Outreach Specialist Dee Slinde from Workforce Development will be conducting an educational seminar focused on the following helpful topics. Do not miss out on this very important opportunity.

Childcare, transportation, and housing affects your potential and current employees, and your business. These community issues ARE business issues.
Workforce Development Services.
Employee Retention -Why you need to work harder at it!

Event Details

Date: Thursday, October 19th.
Location: TimeOut Tavern Private Room
Address: 444 N Chestnut St, La Crescent
Time: 12:00PM-1PM
Costs: Pizza, pop, and wings will be ordered based on attendance. Cost will be around $10 per person.
RSVP: Brian Meeter by Tuesday, October 17th.

Jury Duty: a True Crime Book Club discusses Yellow Bird
2023-10-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Affogato Lane Coffee Co., 28 N. Walnut St., La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Tell you’re friends you’re busy! You’ve got… JURY DUTY!
Our latest pop-up book club theme is for fans of true crime shows, podcasts, and documentaries. Jury Duty, a True Crime Book Club, will host two reads this fall with our friends at Affogato Lane Coffee Co. (open after hours special for us!) and dive into the pages and cases of some notorious and high profile crimes.
Our October selection is Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch. Copies are available for checkout at the library desk; just ask! Food and drink will be available for purchase at the program.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, transformed by the Bakken oil boom. In her absence, the landscape had been altered beyond recognition, her tribal government swayed by corporate interests, and her community burdened by a surge in violence and addiction. Three years later, when Lissa learned that a young white oil worker, Kristopher “KC” Clarke, had disappeared from his reservation worksite, she became particularly concerned. No one knew where Clarke had gone, and few people were actively looking for him.
Yellow Bird traces Lissa’s steps as she obsessively hunts for clues to Clarke’s disappearance. She navigates two worlds–that of her own tribe, changed by its newfound wealth, and that of the non-Native oilmen, down on their luck, who have come to find work on the heels of the economic recession. Her pursuit of Clarke is also a pursuit of redemption, as Lissa atones for her own crimes and reckons with generations of trauma.

Lions Halloween Brat Fry
2023-10-31 11:00 - 17:00 | Quillins
The La Crescent Lions Club is hosting a brat fry on Halloween day at Quillins from 11 am to 5 pm.

Halloween Night Trick or Treat Food Drive
2023-10-31 17:00 - 20:00 | La Crescent United Methodist Church, 520 North Elm St., La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Annual Event on Halloween, October 31st
from 5:00pm until 8:00pm
Meet at 5:00pm at the La Crescent Methodist Church (520 North Elm St.)
For routes and instructions
We Need: Middle & High School Students to collect food throughout the community, all proceeds benefit the La Crescent Food Shelf.
Adult Drivers (21 & Over)
After the Collection…
Join us for Food and Fun back at the La Crescent Methodist Church
Sponsored by the La Crescent Youth Faith Collaborative, La Crescent Methodist Church, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church and La Crescent-Hokah Middle & High Schools, FCA

Haudenosaunee Three Sisters Storytime
2023-11-04 10:30 - 11:30 | La Crescent Community Building, 336 S. 1st St, La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with the Haudenosaunee legend of The Three Sisters!
Learn how the three plants corn, beans, and squash work together to be sustainable, and their importance in indigenous and agricultural history.
Guest storytime reader is Elizabeth Digby-Britton (La Courte Oreilles Ojibway/German).

Jump Start Your Writing
2023-11-04 14:00 - 16:00 | La Crescent Community Building, 336 S. 1st St, La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Join us for this free event to hear from published authors and receive writing prompts. Start a new project or bring a current one. There will be an opportunity for a post-workshop critique of up to 500 words.
A social at Sports Hub will follow the workshop.

A Look Inside the Dark La Crosse Stories Episode "The Invasion"
2023-11-06 19:00 - 20:00 | La Crescent Community Building, 336 S. 1st St, La Crescent, MN, 55947, United States
Henry Greengrass, citizen of the Ho-Chunk Nation, and Jenny DeRocher, librarian at the La Crosse Public Library Archives will present their new Dark La Crosse Stories episode, which looks at what happens when archival records leave out crucial histories of those persecuted by the writers of history. The presenters will also touch on how this relates to the La Crescent community and our shared history.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Henry Greengrass, citizen of the Ho-Chunk Nation, has lived in the La Crosse area for over 15 years and works as the Center Director for the Ho-Chunk Nation Youth Services Division at the Nį Tąnį Hocira (Three Rivers House) in La Crosse. Henry’s interests in researching of Indigenous histories extends to his advocacy for Indigenous peoples in the La Crosse area, that include collaborative efforts such as the La Crosse MMIW 5K and La Crosse’s Indigenous People’s Day Celebration.
Jenny DeRocher is a librarian at the La Crosse Public Library in the Archives & Local History Department. She earned her degree in Public History from UW-La Crosse, and while studying here, fell in love with La Crosse’s rich history. In her role at the LPL Archives, she guides seasonal walking tours, runs a history club, teaches archival instruction to K-12 and college-age students, and actively works to include LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities in her programming.
This program is co-sponsored with our La Crescent Area Historical Society.
