Don’t Squander Away Your Menomonie Summer
WHAT YOUR SUMMER IN TOWN COULD LOOK LIKE
Stranded in Menomonie for the summer? Looking for more to get you out of the house? Summertime is a great time for soaking in nature, meeting new people, and not freezing while doing it, so enjoy it while it lasts. You don’t have to feel stranded; there is a lot going on around this very town. Look for the opportunity to participate in a local festival, camp, or even a student group.
If you’ve been around the Stout campus during the summertime before, then you may remember a week in June where you observed teenagers descending in droves on campus to learn about career paths in science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Slightly jealous? If you love working with teenagers and like to geek out over those aforementioned subjects without pesky things like grades and finals getting in the way, then you might want to consider a job as a counselor with the Summer STEAM Experience Camp. You’ll get paid a cool $600 plus UW-Stout room and board to do things like assisting with planning activities and supervising a crew of 10 to 12 campers. This summer it’s taking place June 16-20. Apply online through UW-Stout’s CareerLink.
Explore with Stout Adventures or maybe just explore by yourself. Throughout the summertime, Stout Adventures provides equipment rentals such as camping supplies. Check out their rock climbing walls, no experience needed. For rentals, a student ID or driver’s license is required and reservations do require pre-payment.
Ever hear of the Red Cedar Film Festival? No? That’s okay; it’s a new event to Menomonie. This exciting film festival takes place July 24th – 28th. The film viewings are going to take place July 25th – 27th at the Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts, Wilson Park Band Shell, and Harvey Hall Theatre. The Red Cedar Film Festival is made up of films that were submitted in late winter to be viewed and then judged on the 28th. With the requirement for the filming of the submissions to be less than a year old, viewers will get to experience current films. This event is meant to bring in lovers of films from the surrounding areas, making this a great time to meet fellow film-lovers. For more info, check out redcedarfilm.org.
Street Level Ministries (SLM) is a Christian student org that meets throughout the year on Monday nights. SLM does various things over the summer, including grilling out, going swimming and playing games such as sand volleyball and around the world ping-pong.
While you travel around town, look for its mobile Blind Munchies Coffeehouse trailer. Don’t forget about $2 student breakfast on Saturdays at the Blind Munchies Coffeehouse. Watch some Saturday morning cartoons and enjoy a scrumptious meal. Nearly any day of the week you can pop in for a quick coffee drink and jam out to some Burning Dog Radio that’s always playing in the background. Tune into 101.7FM anytime and you can meet the DJs when they do remote broadcasts at events such as Music Over Menomin and Vintage Blue Caps Baseball game days. Check out streetlevelministries.com to find out more!
Make your summer in Menomonie worth it; don’t waste a bit of it, rain or shine. Step out of your comfort zone and you might find something quite epic.