Special Events
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
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Madrigal Dinner
Brainerd High School Choirs' Christmas Madrigal Dinner, 6 p.m. Dec. 4-5, Cragun's Legacy Golf Course Clubhouse Pavilion. Tickets are $35 and are available at the BHS main office or by calling 454-6200.
Poet event
Heartland Poets to meet 6-9 Friday, large room in Brainerd Public Library.
Pulitzer Prize winner to appear
Pulitzer Prize winning poet Tracy. K. Smith to appear, noon Friday, in the Verse Like Water: The visiting poet program of Central Lakes College and The Crossing Arts Alliance, CLC; free.
Auditions for murder mystery
Auditions for Central Lakes College Theatre production of Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap," 7 p.m. Dec. 1-2, Chalberg Theatre. For more information, contact CLC Theatre Director Patrick Spradlin at 855-8255 or at pspradlin@clcmn.edu
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Cultural Thursday
Cultural Thursdays events, first Thursday of the month at noon, Central Lakes College; free.
Theatre classes
Play off the Page theater classes, 5-6 p.m. Thursdays for first through fourth graders, with a performance at 6 p.m. Nov. 20, Dryden Theatre at Central Lakes College.
NISSWA
Lakes Area Music Festival
John Taylor Ward of Lakes Area Music Festival to perform 7 p.m. Dec. 5, Lutheran Church of the Cross. Free-will donations.
LITTLE FALLS
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Art education classes
Great River Arts' arts education programming Art Night and The "&" Series, runs through December and the programming, Free Art 2nd Saturday, will run through January. More information at www.greatart.org .
STAPLES
Chorus rehearsals
Staples Area Women's Chorus rehearsals, 8-9:30 p.m. Mondays, Staples Motley High School Choir Room.