February Events Open To The Public At RidgePointe Senior Apartments – Minnetonka
Thurs Feb 4 Abdallah Candy Factory Tour & Mediterranean Cruise Café Lunch Depart: 9:15AM Cost: On Your Own Come along and learn about this 100 year company and how they make their delicious candies! We will have an opportunity to shop in their factory store. After the tour enjoy a scrumptious lunch at the Mediterranean Cruise Café! Outside Guests Welcome! RSVP to Paula at (952) 540-6212
Tues Feb 9 Valentine Celebration at RidgePointe 1:30PM East Lobby Entertainment will feature: Pianist: Shulamit Maneev & Violinist: Carolyn Boulay. Celebrate Valentines Day early with beautiful love songs played in a classical and contemporary style. These performers will make you feel like you’re at a professional concert at Orchestra Hall, but in a more intimate environment. After the concert enjoy some treats, coffee and punch in Marion Hall. Outside Guests Welcome! RSVP to May Chaplin at (952) 540-6280
Thurs Feb 11 Coffee Concert at Minneapolis Orchestra Hall Depart: 9:45AM Cost: Purchase your own tickets in advance or the day of the event Finland’s Esa Heikkilä, a former student of Music Director Osmo Vänskä, returns to Orchestra Hall to conduct a concert of spectacular music, featuring masterpieces by Mozart and a pair of Nordic composers, Sibelius & Grieg. Outside Guests Welcome to ride along! RSVP to Paula (952) 540-6212
Thurs Feb 18 Old Log Theater “The Dixie Swim Club” Depart: 12:30PM Cost: $17.50/ticket Five Southern women, whose friendship began on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend each year to recharge that friendship. Free from husbands, kids, and jobs, they meet every August at the same beach cottage on North Carolina's Outer Banks to laugh, catch up, and meddle in each other's lives. The Dixie Swim Club focuses on four of those weekends over a span of thirty-three years and demonstrates the power of teamwork and the strength of love. Outside Guests Welcome! RSVP to Paula (952) 540-6212
Tues Feb 23 Great Decisions Lecture: “Special Envoys” 10AM Marion Hall Guest Speaker: Richard Virden Outside Guests are welcome! RSVP to Paula (952) 540-6212 Come join us as we “Kick Off” the new year of Great Decisions topics as we offer this FREE enlightening series at RidgePointe! Special envoys can help bring attention and diplomatic muscle to resolve conflicts and global challenges but they also bring with them their own "special" problems. Will the Obama administration's reliance on special envoys increase the ability of the U.S. to deal with major international issues or complicate our diplomatic options? Learn about this subject and also have an opportunity to ask questions.
Thurs Feb 25 Winter Adventure with Norwegian Immigrant Speaker & Lunch Depart: 9:45AM Cost: $16 includes meal & entertainment Outside Guests Must RSVP or Sign up by February 15 with Paula (952) 540-6212 Join us for a winter adventure as we head out to the Baker Near Wilderness Lodge for a day of great entertainment and food. The event takes place in a wonderful log cabin equipped with real fireplace and bird feeders set up around the outside for birdwatcher’s delight. The events for the day include two guest speakers:A Naturalist will talk about the history of the Three Rivers Park program in the metro area, and an actor and historian Ole Oleson will depict what it was like to be a Norwegian Immigrant who came to America in the 1880’s. Lunch will include Chicken Wild Rice Soup, Ham Sandwich and Chocolate Brownies for Dessert.
