Hey there 👋

Okay, real talk, this week snuck up on us in the best way.

Like, we didn't plan for it to be this good. There's a booyah battle happening on a downtown street. A brewery is throwing a speakeasy party for a beer named after a year that changed Wisconsin forever. There's a rummage sale with a mocktail bar.

A mocktail bar. At a rummage sale.

You look up, and suddenly there's too much good stuff happening at once, and you have to make actual choices about your weekend like an adult.

We went through everything, so you don't have to. It's all below. Grab a coffee, give yourself five minutes, and figure out where you're going this week. You're welcome in advance.

Habitat for Humanity has extended the deadline and expanded the neighborhood for Rock the Block 2026 on De Pere's west side. If you own your home in the eligible area, you have until BEFORE APRIL 24th at 1 PM to drop off your application. This is a free program covering exterior home repairs and cleanup projects. 30 applications accepted total.

Rock the Block takes place September 16-18.

🔗 greenbayhabitat.org/rocktheblock

UW-Green Bay raised $262,604 during its third annual Giving Day on April 21, a 28.2% increase over last year. 925 donors contributed, including 245 first-time donors. A $50,000 match from the UW-Green Bay Council of Trustees helped push it over the top. Money supports students, internships, arts, and athletics across 16 counties in Northeast Wisconsin.

🔗 UW-Giving Day

Happy Earth Day! The City of Green Bay is announcing 300 winners of free native plant kits today as part of the new Neighbors for Nature program (which replaces No Mow May). Each kit includes 15 native plants, an educational packet, and a yard sign. Winners pick up kits at Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary in May.

This is a great program for pollinators, water quality, and your yard. Keep an eye on the city's website if you entered.

🔗 Neighbors for Nature

Northern Vietnam-style Pho right here in Green Bay. Flavorful broth, fresh noodles, and a bowl that's exactly what you want this time of year. Open 1-8 PM.

📍 2321 S Oneida St, Green Bay

This one will sell out. The OC is hosting a full Mother's Day brunch spread with a prime rib carving station, a pancake and waffle station, Tuscan chicken, lemon-baked haddock, and a full dessert table. Free mimosa for every mom, $7 mimosas all day, $8 Bloody Marys.

Pricing: $31 (ages 10+) | $14 (ages 5-9) | Free (4 and under)

Make your reservation now. Win two $50 gift cards by tagging a deserving mom on their Facebook post.

📍 The OC, Green Bay

Fox 11 got an exclusive tour of the NOVA apartments on N. Adams Street, and the place is nearly done. Amenities include a rooftop pool deck, golf simulator, fitness center, yoga studio, pet grooming spa, and a spa room with two saunas. 269 units total, including studios, one-bedrooms, townhomes, and penthouses.

Pre-leasing starts in early July. The building opens on August 1. Brown County's population has grown by about 7,000 since 2020.

🔗 Inside NOVA Apartments

Member Morning focused on pollinators, recycled material crafts, and sustainability. Green Bay Packaging joins to share how sustainability impacts our community. Members are free; bring a friend for $5. No registration needed.

🔗 Details

UW-Green Bay's student music festival is back for its third year. All-student performers take the stage in the University Union with soul, indie, and rock across three days. Open mic sessions and a Band Branding Workshop are also on the schedule.

Free to attend. Guest parking near the University Union or at the Kress Events Center.

📍 UWGB Campus, University Union, 2430 Campus Ct, Green Bay

🔗 Details

Head to the Triangle Hill greenway entrance on Green Bay's east side to remove invasive plants, clear brush, and pick up litter from the paths and wooded areas. A great way to give back to one of Green Bay's most-used green spaces.

📍 500 Beverly Rd., Green Bay (Triangle Hill greenway entrance)

Justin Key Photography at The Art Garage. Learn what actually separates a great photo from an average one. Covers the core components of composition and how to use them. Good for any skill level.

📍 The Art Garage, Green Bay

🎟️ Details.

🌸 Buds and Blooms Photography Workshop | Sunday, April 26 | 3-7:30 PM

Justin Key Photography is hosting an outdoor spring photography workshop at Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve. All skill levels welcome. Starts with a discussion on spring landscape technique, then moves into a guided shoot in the field. Wraps up with a group photo share on April 29 from 7-9 PM to review the day's work.

📍 Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve, Green Bay

🔗 Details.

Luna Glo Candle Bar is hosting an evening of candle-making, intention-setting, and sound healing. Make something with your hands, then relax into a sound bath. Perfect after a rough couple of weeks.

📍 107 N Broadway St, Green Bay

🎟 Reserve here.

The Children's Museum of Green Bay is going full Star Wars. Kids can train like a Jedi and build their own mini glowing lightsaber. Included with museum admission. Members get early entry at 9 AM.

📍 Children's Museum of Green Bay

🎟 Tickets

A classic story of family, growing old, and the awkward magic of strangers becoming family. On Golden Pond follows a grumpy old man, his optimistic wife, and the summer at their lake house that changes everything. Based on the same story that became the 1981 award-winning film. Running now through May 3.

📍 1806 Bond St, Green Bay (former Helen Keller School) 🎟️ evergreentheater.org | 📞 (920) 403-3950

Amanda's House provides transitional living support for women and their children in recovery from substance abuse, plus life skills training and mental health education. This fundraiser supports that work directly.

Come out for a silent auction, bucket raffle, grab bags, and more. A great cause worth showing up for.

📍 Calvary Lutheran Church, Green Bay

🔗 mandolinfoundationllc.com

📘 Facebook Event

Titletown Brewing is releasing "1919," a new Pre-Prohibition Lager named for the year Wisconsin became the second state to ratify the 18th Amendment (the one that started Prohibition). Speakeasy-inspired release party includes all-you-can-drink 1919 Lager poured straight from the brite tank, a souvenir glass, a history talk from a local teacher, a head brewer tour, and light hors d'oeuvres.

📍 320 N Broadway, Green Bay

🎟️ Tickets.

The Neville Public Museum Astronomical Society sets up telescopes for free public viewing. See the moon's craters, mountains, and rays, plus Jupiter and deep sky objects. Free, no registration, open to everyone. Weather dependent.

📍 1660 E Shore Drive, Green Bay Park, in the lower lot next to the Manager's Residence

The biggest event of the week.

Green Bay Bike Bash (12-7 PM) presented by the Green Bay Bicycle Collective:

Booyah Battle (12-3 PM): 10 local chefs competing for Green Bay's best booyah. $20 tasting punch card, day of, while supplies last.

Uncle Mike's Kringle Combine. Because it's Green Bay.

Bands and brews all day.

📍 310 S Washington St, Green Bay

🎟 Info here

An evening in Paris without leaving Green Bay. The French House of Clay and Crepe Bistro & Cafe are teaming up for a two-hour hands-on class making custom coasters, three authentic French wine samples, live French music, authentic crepes, and shared cheese fondue. Limited seating. $75 admission.

📍 Crepe Bistro & Cafe, 520 N Broadway, Suite 120, Green Bay

🎟️ Tickets

Brown County is updating its countywide Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, and your feedback directly shapes where bike lanes, sidewalks, and safer intersections actually get built. Two ways to participate:

Open until May 15, 2026. Takes a few minutes. The more responses, the more the county can act on it.

🔗 Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan Survey Questions?

Contact Mason Shea: [email protected]

Save the date for a good cause. The Green Bay Rockers are hosting a fundraiser game to support "Get Toby Home." $15 gets you a ticket and a hat, with $7 from each ticket going back to the cause. Concert at 2:05 PM, first pitch at 3:05 PM. Tickets must be purchased one day prior to the event using the QR code on the flyer. No tickets will be sold to support the fundraiser at the event.

Take Action Realty Group is hosting a rummage sale during the Suamico Village Wide Rummage Sale weekend. Clothes, decor, books, and more. Plus a mocktail bar, mobile coffee bar, and community vendors. If you don't have enough stuff for a full garage sale or live in an apartment, they still have vendor tables available.

📍 The Haven Collective, 1300 N Kimps Ct, Green Bay

Applications open on April 30 and close on May 14. Virtual and in-person informational seminars are happening between now and then to help you prepare. If you've ever thought about a career outdoors, this is worth a look.

🔗 WBAY - DNR Wardens

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