Get Out: Weekend Planner

We're taking our chances with this weekend's forecast — the National Weather Service predicts a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms on both Saturday and Sunday — but we just couldn't resist all the cool outdoorsy things going on in Southwest, Hopkins, and St Louis Park!

Southwest Minneapolis

• Fulton Farmers Market
• When: Saturday, July 9, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Where: , 4901 Chowen Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55410
• Why go: Seasonal produce, cheeses, coffee, breads, pastries, prepared foods and more.
• Price: Free

• Minnehaha Creek Clean Up
• When: Sunday, July 10, starting at 9 a.m.
• Where: 2799 E 44th St, Minneapolis; at Lake Hiawatha, where it meets with Minnehaha Creek in Minneapolis (46th Street and 28th Avenue)
• Why go: The goal at the fifth-annual Minnehaha Creek Clean-up is to collect 4,000 pounds of trash, which is double the amount that was hauled away during last year’s event. There is a free bagel breakfast for the first 250 volunteers and prizes for children and adults. RSVP is required. 
• Price: Free

St. Louis Park

• Minnehaha Creek Canoe Trip
• When: Saturday, July 9, starting at 10 a.m.
• Where: 16501 Grays Bay Blvd, Wayzata, MN 55391 (Headwaters Park); meet at the Minnetonka Ice Arena parking lot (14600 Minnetonka Blvd.), and you will be transported to Headwaters Park.
• Why go: The 4.5-mile option concludes in Minnetonka at County Road 73. The 8-mile option concludes at Creekside Park, 7305 Oxford St., in St. Louis Park. Equipment is provided; however participants are welcome to bring their own personal floatation devices.
• Price: 4.5-mile trip: $40 per canoe, $20 second canoe; 8-mile trip: $70 per canoe, $40 second canoe.

Hopkins

• 2011 Hopkins Arts Festival
• When: Saturday, July 9, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Where: , 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343
• Why go: This is part of the 77th Annual Raspberry Festival. See the work of numerous artists, enjoy excellent food and other activities that will be all along the historic Mainstreet.
• Price: Free

• 77th Annual Raspberry Festival
• When: Starting Saturday and continuing through July 17.
• Where: , 101 16th Ave S., Hopkins, MN
• Why go: On Saturday there will be a kickball tournament and a bowling event.
• Price: Free.