The Walker Art Center's "Show & Tell: An Exhibition for Kids" runs through April 5, 2026, turning a set of galleries into a hands-on space built for children.

The exhibition, at 725 Vineland Place just over the rise from Lowry Hill, opened November 20, 2025, and is organized around five zones: Play, Make, Find, Read and Watch. It draws kid-friendly subjects from the Walker's own collection, including animals, alphabets, food and imaginary creatures.
The design treats children as the primary audience rather than visitors to be kept at arm's length. Cas Holman's "Critter Party" (2024) is a sculpture children can touch, climb on and rearrange; Caroline Kent's abstractions prompt kids to make collages projected onto the gallery wall; a porthole wall hides a miniature Spoonbridge and Cherry; and Rirkrit Tiravanija contributes a 20,000-piece puzzle. One room is a small theater with floor pillows for watching short films from the Walker's moving-image collection. Sculptures sit on lowered pedestals, art is hung at heights reachable by children and wheelchair users, paintings are unglazed, and label copy appears in English, Spanish, Hmong and Somali, with an audio guide recorded by students from Folwell Elementary.
The run spans the coldest months, when the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden outside is frozen, giving families on and around Lowry Hill an indoor destination within walking distance. The Star Tribune covered the show's bid for family audiences when it opened. Walker hours are Wednesday and Friday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The East Isles Neighborhood Association holds its annual Summer Social on Wednesday, June 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Joanne Levin Triangle Park, with a rain date of June 15.

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The Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association reviews apartment and land-use proposals in the Wedge through its Community Development Committee, the volunteer-led forum where the neighborhood weighs in before projects reach the City Council.

Land use is the recurring flashpoint in Lowry Hill, a neighborhood of Victorian and Prairie-style homes where even a modest multi-unit proposal draws scrutiny under the city's built-form rules and the 2040 comprehensive plan.