Events

There will be several area blood drives in July. To schedule an appointment to donate, use the free Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit RedCrossBlood.org or call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

The 11th annual St. George Middle Eastern Festival will be returning to West St. Paul July 20 through July 22.

Dakota County Library has partnered with nonprofit Springboard for the Arts to host free business workshops geared toward local artists.

St. Paul families can come try fishing during the first Wednesday of the last few months of summer — Aug. 1 and Sept. 5, 6 to 8:30 p.m. All fishing equipment is provided or participants can bring their own.

The Metropolitan Regional Arts Council will host a free workshop on Tuesday, July 24 from 9 a.m.

Mad Science Preschool Workshops are unique hands-on, minds-on learning experiences for preschool-age children, ages 3 to 5 years old. Interactive and age-appropriate, each workshop introduces children to a basic science topic.

The East Side Freedom Library invites neighbors for an evening of song and conversation about South Africa on Tuesday, July 24, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Two open houses will be held about the Gold Line, a planned nine-mile Bus Rapid Transit line that will connect St. Paul, Maplewood, Landfall, Oakdale and Woodbury generally along Interstate 94.

Oakdale Wellness 50+ is a grassroots volunteer effort to support the community’s citizens age 50 and older to attain and maintain health and fitness, and on Saturday, July 28, it will be offering a free two-fold event at the Oakdale Discovery Cent

Washington County residents interested in becoming licensed family child care providers in the county may take the first step and attend an orientation 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 18, in Lower Level Conference Room 14 in the Washington County G