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Enjoy the last days of summer. Join us in celebrating the beautiful monarch butterfly again in 2010. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, the Nokomis East Neighborhood Association and Community Celebration of Place invite you to honor and learn about our state’s official butterfly – the Monarch. Celebrate the start of the monarchs’ amazing 2,300 mile migration from Minnesota to the mountains of Michoacán Mexico. The Festival highlights this Minnesota - Mexico connection with with food, music, dance, live Monarchs, habitat awareness and art. We're lining up even more great Mexican and American food vendors, including the return of Manny's Tortas (try the breakfast burrito) , Fat Lorenzo's (pizza and hand-made Gelato) and dogs and brats from the Lake Nokomis Community School PTA. We're also featuring native plant sales, canoe rides on the lake, prairie garden tours and art-making activities – monarch mandalas, milkweed seed mudballs and more. Enjoy the free performances on our all-day stage. Performers for 2010 include Larry Long with Billy & Ricky Peterson, Joe Savage and Fiddlin' Pete, a Mariachi Band, Papa John Kolstad, Larrie Yazzie, the Tonia Hughes Band, the Tropical Zone Orchestra (Salsa), the authentic KetzalCoatlicue, Aztec Dance, and more! Help conservationists and researchers from Monarchs in the Classroom learn more about the monarchs’ migratory path by tagging and releasing butterflies hourly. This year we are greatly increasing the stock of live Monarchs. Get to the lake early and optionally wear your favorite wings, best pair of antenna, or caterpillar shirt and watch or take part in the Run for the Monarchs or the kids' Butterfly Fun Run. A variety of native wildflowers and grasses are featured in the gardens which have been certified as a Monarch Waystation by the conservation and research organization Monarch Watch. Monarch Waystations contain annual and perennial plants that provide habitat and food sources that are essential to the survival of monarch butterflies. For more information or to volunteer, contact:
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