Kick off the summer with the first of many Thursday nights in downtown Excelsior with your best girlfriends. Support local restaurants and businesses, each featuring their own ladies’ night deals and fun. For this first girls’ night event of 2014, Excelsior will partner with the American Heart Association’s Red Dress project to bring women’s heart health to the forefront. Free. 5 p.m. Water Street, Downtown Excelsior; 952.474.6461; www.excelsior-lakeminnetonkachamber.com