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Roundabout: Out & About
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Good morning!
With the holidays approaching, this week’s Out & About is all about the many ways Woodbury residents can give back, from food shelf donations to toy drives and community meals.
You’ll also find a full lineup of seasonal events, from craft fairs to cookie painting to the annual Woodbury Wobble 5K. However you choose to jump into the season, there’s plenty around town to make it meaningful (and a little fun, too).
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Jessica Francis, Exec. Dir., Open Cupboard (Credit/Manali Shah)
How Woodbury Residents Can Give Back This Holiday Season
By: Beth-Ann Bloom
As it gets darker and colder, it feels important to reach out to our struggling neighbors and help with basic needs like food and clothing. Our community also shares joy by making sure that kids get new toys and pets get treats. Together the people of Woodbury can make a difference to folks in need and to the givers as well. Here are opportunities to give back during this holiday season:
Highlighted Event
 | Woodbury Wobble 5KThursday, November 27, 8 a.m. | Colby Lake Park, 9715 Valley Creek Rd.Run before the turkey’s done; donations support Open Cupboard Food Shelf. Advance registration required. $48.70 for adults; kids under 12, $13.72. |
Events Calendar
Bilingual Bengali Storytelling
Saturday, November 20, 10:30–11:30 a.m. | R.H. Stafford Library
Children under 5 can read, sing and play in Bengali and English with storyteller Rima.
Holiday Pottery & Craft Fair
Saturday, November 22, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. | Stonemill Community Center, 11390 Waterview Way
Local pottery, crafts and handmade goods.
Central Park Art and Craft Fair
Saturday, November 22, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. | 8595 Central Park Place
Wide selection of gift items, jewelry, photography and pottery.
Gingerbread Reveal
Saturday, November 22, 10 a.m. | Dorothy Ann Bakery & Cafe, 710 Commerce Dr.
Kick off the holiday season with the unveiling of the bakery’s annual display, cookies for all and a kids’ cookie-painting station. Free.
Photos with Santa
Saturday, November 22, 10 a.m.–noon | Keller Williams Premiere Realty, 635 Bielenberg Dr.
Pictures, treats and fun with Santa and his realtor elves. Free.
Christmas at the Courthouse Holiday Bazaar
Saturday, November 22, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., and Sunday, November 23, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. | Washington County Historic Courthouse, Stillwater
Thirty vendors offering handmade goods among historic holiday décor. Santa available for photos noon–2 p.m. both days.
Musicians Corner House Concerts
Saturday, November 22, Potluck 6 p.m., Show 7 p.m. | 11260 Kingsborough Trail, Cottage Grove
Folk singers Karen Mal and David Stoddard perform in a home concert setting. Registration requested; donations go to the performers.
Annual Community Thanksgiving Meal
Thursday, November 27, noon–3 p.m. | Fellowship Church, 707 Commerce Dr.
A welcoming meal for anyone not wanting to spend Thanksgiving alone. Free; advance registration requested.
Free Entry to WashCo Parks, Minnesota State Parks and Recreation Areas
Friday, November 28
Enjoy a post-holiday hike with waived park entry fees.
A Christmas Carol Matinee & Dinner Theater
Friday, November 28–Sunday, November 30, 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. | Confluence Hotel, 200 Second St. W, Hastings
Festive meals followed by Jim Cunningham’s one-man performance of A Christmas Carol. Tickets $55–70.
Fun & Games
Fun Fact
Bird experts doubt that wild turkeys were plentiful in Minnesota until after Europeans arrived. Unregulated hunting and habitat loss reduced the number of turkeys to near extinction by the early 1900’s.
Several attempts at reintroducing the birds failed, but between 1971 and 1973, 29 turkeys were captured in Missouri and released in southern Minnesota’s Houston County. The birds thrived and moved northward. Approximately 70,000 wild turkeys live in Minnesota now.
Despite the statements proclaimed on “WKRP in Cincinnati”, turkeys can fly. They spend their nights roosting in trees away from predators. They can fly about a mile at speeds up to 55 mph.
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