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It’s baaaack!

Thursday, June 7, marks the return of Girls Night Out in Excelsior. It’s better than ever for the popular summertime event’s seventh season, and this year two nonprofits will benefit from the all the revelry on Water Street: Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance and the Hope Chest for Breast Cancer.

Call the babysitter, call your girlfriends and make sure to mark these Thursdays from 5–9 p.m. on your calendar: Read more »

Beauty seekers in the Lake Minnetonka area have reason to celebrate: Sephora and JCPenney are opening a location in the JCPenney department store at Ridgedale Center Friday, April 20.

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Two Minnesota companies have partnered to fill an ever-growing need for children on the autism spectrum. Creative Kidstuff, with the help of Minnetonka-based St. David’s Center for Child & Family Development, has identified a selection of sensory and development products specifically for children on the spectrum.

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You'll have to wait for our July issue to read about the winners of our annual Best of Lake Minnetonka readers' survey, but here's a sneak peak at the three finalists in each of the 25 different categories.

(Editor's note: These finalists were the top three vote earners as determined by our readers in an open-ended online survey. Finalists are listed in alphabetical order in each category.)

Best Burger

Gold Nugget Tavern & Grille

Maynards

McCormick’s Pub & Restaurant

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Calling all pet lovers: Would you like to show off your dog, cat, bird, rabbit, lizard or animal of any kind in the magazine? We're looking for photos of Lake Minnetonka pets (owners optional) to be featured in our June issue.

Professionally shot, high-res images are best, but we will consider all submissions. Send your images to Molly at lakeminnetonkamag@tigeroak.com. Read more »

Minnetonka High School (MHS) made its eighth appearance and earned its eighth Starred Performance rating, the highest honor, at the 2012 Class AA State One Act Play Festival on Feb.10. MHS theatre and English teacher John Lynn directed the stellar all-student cast and crew as they presented a 35-minute cut of Equus by Peter Shaffer. Read more »

The Minnetonka School District is offering a new arts experience for its elementary students.

“This is a huge undertaking for us” says Trent Boyum, artistic director of the new project. “Our district is very dedicated to the arts, and wanted to create a new opportunity for elementary students. In order to include a large number of students we decided to produce a stage musical at each school. We’ve found a really new and innovative way to involve all of our students interested in musical theatre.” Read more »

Did you get a chance to read the feature on the El Amor de Patricia orphanage in Guatemala? It’s run by local business owner Tamara Hillstrom (of the Enchanted Tree House in Wayzata), and she and a few others were featured in the story in our December 2011 issue. Read more »

A warm winter isn’t always a blessing. Fans of the upcoming Hockey Day Minnesota will be saddened to know that due to our above-freezing temperatures, officials behind the event determined the ice will not be ready by Jan. 21. As a result, the three high school hockey games have been relocated to the Pagel Center at Minnetonka High School.

For more information on Hockey Blast 2012 and Hockey Day Minnesota, visit the official website at hockeyblastminnesota.com.

For many writers, seeing their byline attached to the phrase “The New York Times” is a bucket-list dream. However, two Minnetonka High School students are getting that chance.

MHS seniors Abigail Hansen and Rachel Yang were recently chosen to blog for The New York Times online series The Choice, demystifying the college admissions and aid process. Both girls, along with six other high school seniors from across the country, are chronicling the process for the world to see, taking us through the ups and downs of one of the biggest decisions they’ll make in their lives. Read more »