Calendar

To have your event listed here and in The Dispatch Up North section published every Tuesday, call 218-829-4705 (toll-free outside Brainerd/Baxter, 1-800-432-3703, or fax 218-829-7735 by 5 p.m. Fridays.) An arts-entertainment calendar of concerts, stagings, special events and art exhibits across the region appears every Thursday and changes after one week in the Tempo section of The Dispatch.

Special events
St. Joseph's Foundation New Year's Eve Party, 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Wednesday, Breezy Point Convention Center. Music by Synergy. Tickets: $50 per person. Bus transportation available from Brainerd, Nisswa and Pequot Lakes. For tickets and bus reservations, call Hazel Haarup at (218) 828-7650.

Aunt Bea's Showcase at Aunt Bea's Pantry in Crosslake, 6:30 p.m. Thursdays. Jan. 1, music by Corey Palmers; Jan. 8, mystery puzzle night; Jan. 15, antique button craft.

Support the Trails Fund Raiser and barbecue picnic, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, CragunÕs Lodge and Conference Center. Tickets: $10. Money raised will support trail grooming by local snowmobile clubs. Snowmobile raffle at 4 p.m. NFL playoff football throughout day.

Aunt Bea's book club, first meeting is 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, Aunt Bea's Pantry in Crosslake. "Angela Ashes" by Frank McCourt will be discussed.

Breezy Point Ice Fest, Jan. 9-11, Pelican Lake. Snowmobile races, Kitty Kat race, radar runs, pig roast, ice dance, bonfire, sprint races, pancake breakfast, fireworks, live music and treasure hunt.

Brainerd Jaycees $100,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza, noon-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, Hole In The Day Bay, Gull Lake. Call (218) 825-8376 or 1-800-950-9461 for ticket information

Miss Pequot Lakes Pageant, Saturday, Jan. 17.

Crosslake Area Chamber of Commerce Winter Auction Dinner, Thursday, Jan. 22, Echo Ridge Supper Club. Cocktails, 6 p.m.; dinner, 7 p.m. Call a Crosslake bank to make reservations.

International Antique Snowmobile Club of America Winter Convention and Rendezvous, Jan. 30-Feb. 1, Pequot Lakes. Features 1967 and older snowmobiles "racing" at speeds up to 18 mph, forward, reverse, drag and oval.

Theater/Music

"Tonic Sol-Fa," five-person a cappella sensation, 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, Pequot Lakes High School auditorium. Tickets: $11 for adults; $10 for senior citizens and students. Tickets available beginning Monday at Lakes State Bank in Pequot Lakes and Crosslake, and Nisswa Chamber of Commerce. Greater Lakes Area Performing Arts Theatre.

Sports/Recreation

Breezy Point radar runs, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturdays, Jan. 3 and 10, Breezy Point Resort. Registration: 10 a.m. Call 1-800-432-3777 and press #2 for more information. (Pequot Brush Pilots.)

Nisswa radar runs, Saturdays, Jan. 24 and Feb. 7, Quarterdeck on Gull Lake. Nisswa Chamber of Commerce.

Crosslake aerobics classes, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at Crosslake Community Center.

Gentle Yoga, 9:30-11 a.m. Fridays, Breezy Point City Hall. Lakes Area Yoga Association classes run through Feb. 20. Call (218) 765-3599 to register.

High school events schedule

Pequot Lakes

TODAY

Girls' basketball
at Aitkin tournament

Hockey
C-I-A-PL at Little Falls tournament

WEDNESDAY

Hockey
C-I-A-PL at Little Falls tournament

Pine River-Backus
TODAY
Boys' basketball
at Hibbing tournament

WEDNESDAY
Boys' basketball
at Hibbing tournament

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