Arts Briefs: Woodbury Days coming up at Ojibway Park

Ojibway Park will be the site next weekend for Woodbury Days, an annual community celebration.

Carnival rides, games and food are featured beginning at 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, through Sunday, Aug. 30. Ojibway Park is adjacent to Woodbury High School.

Sunday's highlight is the Grande Parade, starting at 11 a.m.

For details, including a map of the new parade route, visit www.woodburydays.com.

A free showing of "Paddington" under the stars will be offered on Friday, Sept. 11, at the band shell in Ojibway Park.

The movie will be shown on a 20-foot screen at 7:30 p.m. Moviegoers can bring blankets and lawn chairs. If it rains, the movie will be shown at the same time Saturday, Sept. 12.

For questions, call Parks and Recreation at 651-714-3583 or go to parks@ci.woodbury.mn.us.

The Madison Claire Foundation, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity and the city of Woodbury are organizing the Sept. 18-19 event.

Madison's Place is a 16,000-square-foot accessible playground at Bielenberg Sports Center.

About 200 volunteers are needed over four shifts. People age 14 and up will put together sunshade-covered play decks, swings, sensory play equipment and ramps.

Sign up at www.tchabitat.org. Donations are accepted online at www.madisonclairefoundation.org. For questions, go to dana@madisonclairefoundation.org.

Newport's Library and Community Center will be offering a family movie night this week and a puppet show in September.

Next month, it's the puppet show, "The Comical Misadventures of Mr. Punch." That performance, Sept. 26, at 2 p.m., is made possible through Legacy amendment funds.

A four-week beginning digital photography class will be offered this fall at the Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson, Wis.

Classes are Tuesdays, Sept. 22 through Oct. 13, from 6-8 p.m.

Students will be encouraged to use their photographic equipment to its fullest, rather than rely on the "automatic" settings. The class fee is $99.

A six-week clay class for kids ages 7 to 12 will be offered on Mondays, Oct. 12 through Nov. 16, from 4:30-6 p.m.

For more information or to enroll, go to www.ThePhipps.org or call 715-386-2305.

The Films in 5 Festival, Cottage Grove's first-ever film fest, arrives next month.

Films will be shown on Saturday, Sept. 12, from noon to 3 p.m. at Park High School. Admission is $5.

The Cottage Grove Arts Commission presents this event.

The idea is to give local filmmakers a chance to showcase their creations, with short-format films — less than five minutes long, as the name implies — critiqued and prizes awarded.