Events

The Hazel Park Congregational United Church of Christ invites the St. Paul community to its Pig-Out Pig-Roast and Silent Auction on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 4:30 to 8 p.m. at the church, 1831 E. Minnehaha Ave.

St. Pascal Baylon's Annual Fall Festival is Sunday, Sept. 23, from 12 to 5 p.m. Join the family fun which includes home cooked spaghetti dinner, bingo, children's games, a cake walk, raffles, games of chance, the Festival Mercantile store, football, beer, tacos and more.

The Benedictine Center is offering a dementia support group on the second Tuesday of every month. The next meeting will be held Sept. 11 from 7 to 9 p.m. at St. Paul's Monastery, 2675 Benet Road, Maplewood.

Como Zoo's polar bears just got a housemate. Buzz and Neil are now sharing their outdoor habitat with Berlin, the female polar bear displaced by the flooding at Duluth's Lake Superior Zoo in June.

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, in partnership with Children's Home Society & Family Services will provide information about adopting children from foster care at a free meeting on Minnesota's Waiting Children.

A series of conversations about the legacy of the Civil War structured around three books and led by two scholars of the period, Prof. James Stewart and Stephen Osman will be held at the following times and places. No registration required.

A series of conversations about the legacy of the Civil War structured around three books and led by two scholars of the period, Prof. James Stewart and Stephen Osman will be held at the following times and places. No registration required.

North St. Paul Community Prayer Breakfast will be held on Sept. 14 at 7 a.m. at K & J Catering, 2546 E. 7th Ave. North St. Paul. The cost is $15. Tickets can be purchased by calling Lillie Newspapers at 651-777-8800 by Sept. 11.

On Friday, Sept. 7 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the parking lot of River of God Church, 2490 7th Ave. E in North St. Paul, there will be a street fair for kids with a fun-filled night of live entertainment, music, games, prizes, face painting, bounce houses, snow cones, popcorn and more.