Your Weekend

Edie Schmierbach, The Free Press, Mankato, Minn.
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Nov. 18—Saturday

Toys for Tots donation collection — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mills Fleet Farm, Mankato.

Fall vendor and craft fair — 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mankato Eagles Club, 708 N. Riverfront Drive.

Informal gathering with North Mankato police officers: "Coffee With a Cop" — 10 a.m. to noon, Caribou Coffee, 1661 Commerce Drive.

Greater Mankato Area United Way Reading Festival — 9 a.m. to noon, Mankato Family YMCA Blue Gym; no admission fee.

Mandarin Storytime — 10:30 a.m., Blue Earth County Library, 100 E. Main St., Mankato; presenters: Martin Luther College professor Tingting Zhang and other members of area's Chinese community; free admission.

Cribbage tournament — 1 p.m., Wow! Zone; entry fee is $5. For more information, call Curt at 720-1790.

Dinner theater: "The Best of Hank and Rita: A Barroom Operetta" — Meal: 6:30 p.m.; show: 7:30 p.m., Kato Ballroom, 200 Chestnut St.; $45: katoballroom.com/tickets.

Pat Donahue and Ron Arsenault acoustic concert — 7 p.m., Waseca Art Center; $10 for adults; $5 for youths.

Minnesota State University's "Last Summer at Bluefish Cove" — 7:30 p.m., Andreas Theatre at the Earley Center for Performing Arts, MSU; tickets: $10; MSUTheatre.com.

Music

North Mankato American Legion — 7 p.m., JamBoyz

Sunday

Fair Trade bazaar — 9:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m., Grace Lutheran Church, 110 N. Fourth St.

New Ulm Deutscher Sprachklub (German club) — 1 p.m., Martin Luther College cafeteria building. Participants should bring old tool or cooking instrument to discuss. Open to the public. For more information, call 766-5859 or (773)-791-9594.