Tag Archives: Hudson WI

Stuart Stott’s Music Program and Library Ice Cream Social

Environment, Hudson Area Public Library, Hudson WI, Kids, Nature, St. Croix River

Join us for an engaging family concert with loads of group participation. Ice cream provided by the Hudson Area Library Foundation and Friends of the Hudson Area Library.

Cloud in a Jar with Mr. Mick

Class, Environment, Hudson Area Public Library, Hudson WI, Kids, Nature

Mr. Mick will be teaching us about how clouds are formed. Join us outside on the library terrace.

Make & Take Crafts and STEM Activities at the Library

Environment, Hudson Area Public Library, Hudson WI, Kids, Nature, RiverFest

Cloud Spotter, Water Bead Bracelet or Riverfest Headband – make them with friends at the library or take the materials home.

Make & Take Crafts and STEM Activities at the Library

Environment, Hudson Area Public Library, Hudson WI, Kids, Nature, RiverFest

Cloud Spotter, Water Bead Bracelet or Riverfest Headband – make them with friends at the library or take the materials home.

Carpenter Nature Center Family Fun Open House

Environment, Hudson WI, Kids, Nature, RiverFest

Join us at Carpenter Nature Center’s WI Campus for a morning of family fun. Visitors can meet some of CNC’s live animal ambassadors, make a craft, coloring pages, nature scavenger hunt and take a hike. Free for all ages, indoor and outdoor activities.

Carpenter Nature Center’s Animals of the St. Croix

Environment, Hudson WI, Kids, Nature, RiverFest, Willow River State Park

Join Carpenter Nature Center for an Animals of the St. Croix presentation featuring some of CNC’s live animal ambassadors! Get up close and personal with some of the amazing critters that call the St. Croix River Valley home.

Vehicle admission into the park is required. All outdoor events are weather dependent. For more information email: naturecenter@willowkinnifriends.org.

St. Croix Valley Community Band Concert

Hudson WI, Kids, Nature, RiverFest, Scrappy, St. Croix River

The FREE St. Croix Valley Community Band Concert is a popular RiverFest event. Celebrating community and the scenic St. Croix River with something for people of all ages. You won’t want to miss this fun-filled family evening! Families are encouraged to bring a picnic blanket or lawn chairs and settle in to enjoy the show.

The RiverFest theme song will be played for a sing-along. View the lyrics to the RiverFest, It’s the Best! song.

See the RiverFest mascot Scrappy on display! Created by sculptor Mary Johnson, the splashing bass figure is metal armature. Each year students from the Phipps Center for the Arts “Just Add Water” art and science class help complete the sculpture by processing and re-purposing the litter collected in Hudson during the river cleanup to create a new “skin” for Scrappy.

The State of the St. Croix Watershed

Environment, Hudson WI, Nature, RiverFest, St. Croix River, Water Quality

The public and Rotarians are invited to a free discussion by Angie Hong on the subject of the state of the watershed, following regular meeting of Hudson Daybreak Rotary.

Speaker Angie Hong, Water Education Specialist, Minnesota Washington Conservation District will discuss the St. Croix River watershed, of nearly 8,000 square miles and includes dozens of tributary streams and hundreds of lakes. Where are we making good progress to protect and restore water quality, and what challenges are coming in the future.