Lake Agassiz Regional Library » Events http://larl.org Lake Agassiz Regional Library Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:58:19 +0000 en hourly 1 Polar Explorer & Global Warming Educator Will Steger at Holmes Theatre in Detroit Lakes February 16! http://larl.org/blog/2012/02/03/polar-explorer-global-warming-educator-will-steger-at-holmes-theatre-in-detroit-lakes-february-16/ http://larl.org/blog/2012/02/03/polar-explorer-global-warming-educator-will-steger-at-holmes-theatre-in-detroit-lakes-february-16/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:19:21 +0000 LARL http://larl.org/?p=5876 Will Steger, Minnesota native, polar explorer, author and global warming educator will be giving a free presentation at the Holmes Theatre on Thursday, February 16 at 7 p.m.

Will is one of only four people in the world who have …

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Will Steger

Will Steger, Minnesota native, polar explorer, author and global warming educator will be giving a free presentation at the Holmes Theatre on Thursday, February 16 at 7 p.m.

Will is one of only four people in the world who have been to both the North and South poles.

You can visit his website willsteger.org for more information about him and his adventures.

This event is being sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Library, the Becker County Friends of the Library, The Lodge on the Lake, Lakeshirts, and Seaberg Power Sports and is a part of Polar Fest.

Detroit Lakes Library is a branch of Lake Agassiz Regional Library.

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Julie Kramer, Mystery Writer

Julie Kramer reinvented herself from journalist to novelist. She writes a mystery series set in the desperate world of television news – a world she knows well from her career as a freelance news producer for NBC and CBS. She also ran the WCCO I-Team in Minneapolis, where she won numerous national investigative awards. Her thrillers take readers inside how newsrooms make decisions amid chaos.

An avid reader, she tired of fictional TV reporters always being portrayed as obnoxious, secondary characters who could be killed off whenever the plot started dragging. Her series features reporter Riley Spartz as the heroine.

Learn about Julie’s creative process and visit with her about her mystery series!

Read Stalking Susan, book one in Kramer’s mystery series.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22:
7 p.m. – Fertile Library

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23:
4 p.m. – Ada Library
7 p.m. Climax Library

These events are free and open to all.

Programming is sponsored by Lake Agassiz Regional Library and supported in part with money from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage fund.

]]> http://larl.org/blog/2012/01/27/julie-kramer-mystery-writer-february-22-23/feed/ 0 Sugar Rush, Red River Valley Sugarbeet Industry History February 14 & 15 http://larl.org/blog/2012/01/27/sugar-rush-red-river-valley-sugarbeet-industry-history-february-14-15/ http://larl.org/blog/2012/01/27/sugar-rush-red-river-valley-sugarbeet-industry-history-february-14-15/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:08:28 +0000 LARL http://larl.org/blog/2012/01/27/sugar-rush-red-river-valley-sugarbeet-industry-history-february-14-15/ Allan Dragseth and Roger Odegaard are third generation sugarbeet farmers. Together they co-founded the Red River Sugarbeet Museum in Crookston. Allan is the current president and Roger is the vice president. They both had exhaustive collections of memorabilia related to …

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Niagra Ground Driven Duster

Allan Dragseth and Roger Odegaard are third generation sugarbeet farmers. Together they co-founded the Red River Sugarbeet Museum in Crookston. Allan is the current president and Roger is the vice president. They both had exhaustive collections of memorabilia related to both sugarbeet farming and sugarbeet industry in the Red River Valley, much of which they have donated to the museum. They have acquired many antique and vintage pieces of equipment for the Sugarbeet Museum, and much of it has been restored. In addition, Allan has collected old movies  featuring sugarbeet harvests from the last fifty years and has converted most of them to narrated DVDs for public viewing.

Learn more about our region’s sugarbeet industry history through stories, pictures and video clips with Allan and Roger!

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14:
10:30 a.m. – Crookston Library
1:30 p.m. – Twin Valley LINK Site
7 p.m. – Lake Park LINK Site

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15
10:30 a.m. – Breckenridge Library
1:00 p.m. – Moorhead Library
6:00 p.m. – Halstad Living Center

These events are free and open to all.

Programming is sponsored by Lake Agassiz Regional Library and supported in part with money from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage fund.

]]> http://larl.org/blog/2012/01/27/sugar-rush-red-river-valley-sugarbeet-industry-history-february-14-15/feed/ 0 Skålmusik, Traditional Scandinavian Music February 10 & 11 http://larl.org/blog/2012/01/19/skalmusik-traditional-scandinavian-music-february-10-11/ http://larl.org/blog/2012/01/19/skalmusik-traditional-scandinavian-music-february-10-11/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:45:57 +0000 LARL http://larl.org/blog/2012/01/19/skalmusik-traditional-scandinavian-music-february-10-11/ Founded in 1990, Skålmusik (pronounced Skoalmusik) of Brainerd, Minnesota is a five piece ensemble that performs traditional Scandinavian and Scandinavian/American dance and vocal music. Native Midwesterners often remark that Skålmusik really know how to “put the ‘yump’” in their tunes! …

]]> Founded in 1990, Skålmusik (pronounced Skoalmusik) of Brainerd, Minnesota is a five piece ensemble that performs traditional Scandinavian and Scandinavian/American dance and vocal music. Native Midwesterners often remark that Skålmusik really know how to “put the ‘yump’” in their tunes! They have toured widely in the Midwest and beyond, playing at a variety of events including ethnic festivals, community celebrations, state fairs, and, of course, old time dances.

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Friday, February 10
10:00 a.m. – Climax Community Center
2:00 p.m. – Fertile Library
6:30 p.m. – Shelly LINK Site

Saturday, February 11
10:30 a.m. – Mahnomen Library
1:00 p.m. – Ada Library
7:00 p.m. – Rothsay Community Center

These events are free and open to all.

Programming is sponsored by Lake Agassiz Regional Library and supported in part with money from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage fund.

]]> http://larl.org/blog/2012/01/19/skalmusik-traditional-scandinavian-music-february-10-11/feed/ 0 James Wedgwood, Comic Ventriloquist January 24-26 http://larl.org/blog/2011/12/22/james-wedgwood-comic-ventriloquist-january-24-26/ http://larl.org/blog/2011/12/22/james-wedgwood-comic-ventriloquist-january-24-26/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:41:52 +0000 LARL http://larl.org/blog/2011/12/22/james-wedgwood-comic-ventriloquist-january-24-26/ Like a one-man variety show, James makes virtually everything talk – from wooden “associates” to purses, bottles and even audience members. This and much more are all part of the fun!

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Tuesday, …

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James Wedgwood, Comic Ventriloquist

Like a one-man variety show, James makes virtually everything talk – from wooden “associates” to purses, bottles and even audience members. This and much more are all part of the fun!

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Tuesday, January 24:
10:00 a.m. – Moorhead Library
2:00 p.m. – Rothsay Community Center
7:00 p.m. – Breckenridge Library

Wednesday, January 25:
11:30 a.m. – Detroit Lakes Library
4:00 p.m. – Cormorant LINK Site
7:00 p.m. – Barnesville Library

Thursday, January 26:
10:30 a.m. – Hawley Library
4:00 p.m. – Hendrum LINK Site
7:00 p.m. – Climax Library

These events are free and open to all.

Programming is sponsored by Lake Agassiz Regional Library and supported in part with money from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage fund.

]]> http://larl.org/blog/2011/12/22/james-wedgwood-comic-ventriloquist-january-24-26/feed/ 0 Chris Ward, Harpist/Vocalist January 17-18 http://larl.org/blog/2011/12/22/chris-ward-harpistvocalist-january-17-18/ http://larl.org/blog/2011/12/22/chris-ward-harpistvocalist-january-17-18/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:25:24 +0000 LARL http://larl.org/blog/2011/12/22/chris-ward-harpistvocalist-january-17-18/ Minnesota harp player and vocalist Chris Ward has appeared in numerous movies and television programs. Chris has appeared at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, the Eisteddfod in Wales, has performed for the Kings of Sweden and Norway and, most recently, …

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Chris Ward, Harpist/Vocalist

Minnesota harp player and vocalist Chris Ward has appeared in numerous movies and television programs. Chris has appeared at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, the Eisteddfod in Wales, has performed for the Kings of Sweden and Norway and, most recently, for the Prime Minister of Iceland.

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Tuesday, January 17:
2:00 p.m. – Crookston Library
7:00 p.m. – Climax Library

Wednesday, January 18:
10:30 a.m. – Bagley Library
2:00 p.m. – McIntosh Library
7:00 p.m. – Fosston Library

These events are free and open to all.

Programming is sponsored by Lake Agassiz Regional Library and supported in part with money from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage fund.

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Greg Breining

Breining draws on a lifetime of fishing and outdoor experience. He shares his hilarious take on venturing out on first ice, the small cities and lavish ice houses that sprout up on northern lakes, the sometimes controversial sport of ice spearing and odd-ball celebrations such as Walker’s Eelpout Festival. Breining wrote the book, A Hard Water World: Ice Fishing and Why We Do It.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 10:
4:00 p.m. at the Hawley Library
7:00 p.m. at the Moorhead Library

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11:
10:30 a.m. at the Ada Library
3:00 p.m. at the Mahnomen Library
6:30 p.m. at the Fertile Library

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12:
10:30 a.m. at the Barnesville Library
3:00 p.m. at the Frazee LINK Site
5:30 p.m. at the Lake Park LINK Site

These events are free and open to all.

Programming is sponsored by Lake Agassiz Regional Library and supported in part with money from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage fund.

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]]> Oral History Kits are now available for checkout! The intention of these kits is to enable you to preserve family, community and/or organizational history. The kits provide a guide and tools to properly capture and record oral history to be enjoyed and learned from by generations to come.  This project was funded in part with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Check out an Oral History Kit today!

]]> http://larl.org/blog/2011/09/20/oral-history-kits-available-for-checkout/feed/ 0 Down on the Farm with author Eric Bergeson May 31-June 4! http://larl.org/blog/2011/05/12/down-on-the-farm-with-author-eric-bergeson-may-31-june-4/ http://larl.org/blog/2011/05/12/down-on-the-farm-with-author-eric-bergeson-may-31-june-4/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 13:02:12 +0000 LARL http://larl.org/blog/2011/05/12/down-on-the-farm-with-author-eric-bergeson-may-31-june-4/

Meet Eric Bergeson, Minnesota author of Down on the Farm!

Living in a small town provides life-long education, entertainment and great food. Where else are funerals the main social event? Where else do you have a different accent for …

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Eric Bergeson

Meet Eric Bergeson, Minnesota author of Down on the Farm!

Living in a small town provides life-long education, entertainment and great food. Where else are funerals the main social event? Where else do you have a different accent for every neighborhood or family? Where else do people in their 80s still play a vital role in community affairs? Eric discusses the ups and downs of small town life in an entertaining talk.

Eric writes a weekly column called Down on the Farm which is published in 22 newspapers in Minnesota and North Dakota, is the author of five books and owns Bergeson Nursery in his hometown of Fertile, MN.

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Tuesday, May 31
10 a.m. – Halstad Living Center
2:30 p.m. – Mahnomen Library
6:30 p.m. – Ulen LINK Site/Senior Center

Wednesday, June 1
10:30 a.m. – Bagley Library
3 p.m. – Detroit Lakes Library
6:30 p.m. – Hawley Library

Thursday, June 2
10:30 a.m. – Barnesville Library
2 p.m. – Rothsay Community Center
7 p.m. – Breckenridge Library

Friday, June 3
10:30 a.m. – Ada Library
2 p.m. – Fertile Library
6:30 p.m. – Shelly LINK Site/Senior Center

Saturday, June 4
10 a.m. – Crookston Library
12:30 p.m. – Climax Library
4 p.m. – Moorhead Library

To learn more about Eric Bergeson, visit his website.

These events are free and open to all.

Programming is sponsored by Lake Agassiz Regional Library and supported in part with money from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage fund.

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“With a theater background that extends to her youthful performances with the Children’s Theatre Company, local jazz singer Christine Rosholt injects a natural effervescence into the jazz standards she loves. Her phrasing has a dewy freshness that helps define classic …

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Jazz Vocalist Christine Rosholt



“With a theater background that extends to her youthful performances with the Children’s Theatre Company, local jazz singer Christine Rosholt injects a natural effervescence into the jazz standards she loves. Her phrasing has a dewy freshness that helps define classic tunes from the likes of Jobim, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, and Fats Waller with sparkling clarity.” – Rick Mason, City Pages

Christine and her band will present the sweet sounds from the Greatest Generation.

Christine frequently performs around the Twin Cities at the Dakota Jazz Club, Orchestra Hall, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts and the Pantages Theatre.

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Saturday, June 11
2 p.m. Moorhead Library
7 p.m. Frazee’s White Pine Room

These events are free and open to all.

Programming is sponsored by Lake Agassiz Regional Library and supported in part with money from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage fund.

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