AITKIN
Art events
Kaleidoscope, 10 a.m. first Saturday of the month for ages 8 and up, Jaques Art Center; Art classes, 1-4 p.m. first Wednesday of the month. More information/registration call the center at 218-927-2363.
BRAINERD
Golf Outing
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The ninth annual Downtown Golf Outing, 11 a.m. April 18 in downtown Brainerd: American Legion, O'Neary's, Liquor Pigz, Shep's on Sixth, Yesterdays Gone, Last Turn, Iron Rail, VFW, the Elks, Ninth Street Bar, Pit Stop and TJ's Log Cabin. A $5 green fee, with all proceeds going to Kinship Partners.
Final Verse Like Water
The final Verse Like Water event features Marie Howe, the Poet Laureate of New York and top professor at Sarah Lawrence College, noon Wednesday, Chalberg Theater at Central Lakes College.
Children's workshop
Play Off the Page and Central Lakes College Theatre Department will host a children's theatre workshop for grades one through eight in Dryden Theatre. Classes are Thursdays through April 30. For more information on the workshop contact Mary Aalgaard at 232-6069, mary@playoffthepage.com or www.playoffthepage.com .
Flipside
Flipside for Kids, second Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. to noon, cafeteria at Franklin Arts Center. Cost is $3 per child or $5 per family. No child will be turned away. The Crossing Arts Alliance sponsors the events. Events are April 14 is "Creative Movement" with Vespertine Tribal; May 9 is "Watercolor Flowers" with Michelle Pfeiffer.
CROSSLAKE
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Art Club workshop
The Crosslake Art Club to host a mini-workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at the Crosslake Community Center. Contact Diane Runberg for more information at 218-270-2217. Regular business meeting to follow at 1 p.m.
LITTLE FALLS
Book event
Author Judith Koll Healey of "Frederick Weyerhaeuser and the American West," 2-4 p.m. April 17, Little Falls Carnegie Library; free. For more information call 320-632-4007.
St, Francis Music Center
St. Francis Community Chorale meets Thursdays from 7-8:30 p.m.; Brothers in Harmony. Teen and adult men, every Monday at 7 p.m.; Kids Sing, for children ages 5-12, meets Mondays from 6-6:45 p.m. More information at 320-632-0637 or www.sfmusiccenter.org .
NISSWA
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YMCA Charity Ball
YMCA's 19th annual Charity Ball, April 10, Grand View Lodge. Cost is $75 per person or $750 for reserved table of 10; includes dinner and entertainment. Dinner ticket deadline is Wednesday and $35 of the ticket price is tax-deductible. Entertainment only tickets are $25 in advance at the YMCA or $35 at the door. Entertainment tickets allow admission after 8:30 p.m.
STAPLES
Chorus rehearsals
Staples Area Women's Chorus rehearsals, 8-9:30 p.m. Mondays, Staples Motley High School Choir Room.
