It’s Arbor Day weekend in St. Louis. What are you doing for the environment?

Party on the Greenway: A celebration of Arbor Day and the opening of the new centennial Greenway at Shaw Park in Clayton hosted by Great River Greenway. This new Greenway is a 2-mile trail that will start at Shaw Park and run to Olive Blvd. The event will feature a ribbon cutting, free bike rentals courtesy of Big Shark Bicycles, a tree giveaway and food for purchase from St. Louis food trucks.

Date: Friday, April 26th

Time: Starts at 11am

Place: Shaw Park

Centennial Wine Expo: A wine tasting event featuring 140 wines from all over the world from 14 wine distributors. Many of these wines are available only in specialty shops or restaurants. Besides the tastings, you will be able to order any of these specialty wines in a mixed case format. there is a general admission tasting event or a VIP tasting event which includes light hors d’ oeuvres.

Date: Friday, April 26th

Time: 6-9pm

Place: Moulin Events-2017 Chouteau Ave

Cost: Advance Ticket Purchase: $29.99 (before 4/14) or $34.99 after

St. Louis Slow Art Day: It’s exactly what it sounds like; a day to look at art slowly. This is a free event designed to encourage people to celebrate art, to take the time out to really see it and possibly experience it in a whole new way. Just visit the website to register online, show up, slowly look at the art and then have lunch with the other participants and discuss your art experience. Seems like an interesting challenge. Are you up for it?

Date: Saturday, April 27th

Time: 11am-2pm

Place: CityGarden-Downtown

Or if you have children who don’t really like to do things slowly, kick it up a notch…

Downtown Spring Festival: A free event filled with activities designed to promote healthy living for children. There will be fun activities for all ages, clowns, music, games, food, drinks and prizes. In addition, the first 50 kids under 16 years old will receive a fitted bicycle helmet courtesy of Big Shark Bicycles.

Date: Saturday, April 27th

Time: 11am-2pm

Place: Downtown YMCA-1528 Locust St

National Rebuilding Day: Join hundreds of other St. Louis volunteers as they work together to repair over 60 homes throughout the Metro St. Louis area. This one day event will help provide a better, safer home for low income families. All volunteers will receive a free t-shirt, lunch and meet some really cool people. Check out the Rebuilding Together website to get the Volunteer Form to support your local community.

Date: Saturday, April 27th

Time: 8am-5pm

Place: All over St. Louis

Chippendales!!: Ok, I’m probably more excited about this than some, but the Chippendales will once again be at Lumiere Place for one of their famous male review shows. The Chippendales perform for millions of women each year, traveling to over 25 countries. The show, complete with intricate dances and fun audience participation, has been established as the Ultimate Girls Night Out Experience. So grab some girls and purchase your tickets before they are gone.

Date: Saturday, April 27th

Time: 7pm

Place: Lumiere Place-999 N 2nd St

Chesterfield Earth Day: If you missed the Earth Day Festival in Forest Park or if you live in Chesterfield, here’s your chance to check it out. The Chesterfield Earth Day Festival will feature tons of vendors selling up-cycled and recycled crafts and goods. There will be live performers including: Chesterfield Stomp, Petropolis Dog Tricks, Woo Daddies, Soorya Dance Company and more. The event will also include fun activities for the kids with Chesterfield Arts & Operation Food Search and a bicycle drive with St. Louis Bicycle Works. there will be giveaways for trees such as: redbuds, dogwoods, elderberrries and others.

Date: Saturday, April 27th

Time: 9am-2pm

Place: Chesterfield Amphitheater

It’s an earth friendly weekend in St. Louis, so whether that means helping re-build homes, donating a bicycle, biking through Shaw Park, or enjoying a male revue show…wait, what? Ok, that one doesn’t fit, but either way, try to do something good for the environment this weekend.

 

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