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Come up with an idea, put a few words on the pages, add a few pictures. Celebrate your completed children’s book.
The Anoka Riverfest & Craft Fair Committee has announced that after much consideration it is canceling the 2020 event that was set to be held on Sept. 26.
Blaine-based nonprofit Achieve Services was recognized with a statewide award for its group Dance at Your Own Risk this week.
A lifelong artist who had her own studio for 20 years and a complete newcomer to the form are coming together for a shared gallery.
A Champlin business is offering its services once again, now that some of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions have been lifted.
Wargo Nature Center is providing free, virtual nature camps this summer.
Northern Starz Children’s Theatre is back … and in the backyard.
It’s a love story that took five years of writing and has been a lifetime in the making.
Crooners Supper Club in Fridley is adding new shows throughout June following a successful Lakeside Drive-In Concert Series that began June 1.
Rumriver Art Center is offering over 30 Kids Summer Art Camps in 2020.
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After being closed for three months due to coronavirus safety precautions, the Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts in Fridley has reopened in time for the summer.
Crooners Supper Club kicked off its Lakeside Drive-In Concert Series June 1 with the Joyann Parker Band.
Tyranny reigns. A rebellion rises. And an unexpected teenager may hold the key to restoring freedom throughout the world.
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She has had works displayed and receive awards across the state and has the lone watercolor painting by the Outdoors Painters of Minnesota featured at the Minnesota State Capitol.
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It’s like putting your hand over rising bread dough. Try as you might, you can’t stop it from growing.
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In a far-ranging collection of personal poetry and prose, “Crossroads: An Anthology of Resilience and Hope by Young Somali Writers” brings together 31 Somali American youth and young adults from Minnesota for a powerful project.
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The Blaine Festival has announced the celebration has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 22nd annual Anoka Riverfest and Craft Fair has been moved to Saturday, Sept. 26. The event was originally scheduled for Saturday, July 11.
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Fridley artist Jill Mason taught people how to paint a bike during a virtual painting class April 6.
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Spring Lake Park artist Jill Mason is hosting a virtual painting class throughout the month of April.
With bars and restaurants closed and many people staying at home in compliance with Gov. Tim Walz’s order, you may feel like getting creative at your own home bar.
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Most of the Rumriver Art Center in Anoka is shut down through Friday, April 10, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, but the gallery is still open to the public.
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The Rumriver Art Center’s second annual Art-A-Thon continued last weekend despite the COVID-19 outbreak.
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The city of Anoka recently announced the winners of its 2019 Reflections of Anoka Photo Contest.
UPDATE: The Anoka Children’s Theatre’s production of “Shrek The Musical Jr.” has been canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Anoka-Hennepin Community Education has not yet determined if the performance will be rescheduled.
The Twin Cities podcast “The Island of Discarded Women,” which focuses on topics and issues related to women, recently moved to Crooners Supper Club in Fridley to do monthly live shows.
The Blaine Arts Council is showcasing artwork from the NorthStar Watermedia Society in its “Kaleidoscope” exhibit, which runs through Friday, March 27, at Blaine City Hall.
Discover “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” March 13 through April 5 at Lyric Arts in Anoka.
At age 60 Ramsey resident and local attorney Joe Field found his father. He explores the story in a new book.
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The Anoka Children’s Theatre is celebrating 30 years of providing local children an outlet to participate and learn about the performing arts in Anoka.
Rumriver Art Center painter and fiber artist Pam Devine, of Brooklyn Park, is being featured at the center’s gallery in Anoka through Wednesday, March 11.
Thirteen past and present Andover Theatre students gathered Feb. 28 for the theater’s second annual Cabaret concert at Andover High School.
Travel out of Kansas and into the magical world of Oz in Westwood Intermediate and Middle School’s production of the classic tale “The Wizard of Oz” Feb. 27-29 at the Spring Lake Park High School Fine Arts Center.
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Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts in Fridley is in the midst of celebrating Youth Art Month during February.
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Popular jazz songs and the scene of New Orleans’ Mardi Gras are making their way to Coon Rapids this month.
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Young actors with the Northern Starz Children’s Theatre in Ramsey will explore “The Crucible,” Arthur Miller’s 1963 play on mass hysteria, Feb. 20-23.
Ruff Start Rescue and Forgotten Star Brewery, 38 Northern Stacks Drive, in Fridley are hosting a free event at 6 p.m. on Valentine’s Day, Friday, Feb. 14, for both singles and non-singles. The event is called “Dating with Dogs.”
The fantastic adventures of “Flora & Ulysses” are coming to the Lyric Arts stage Feb. 14-23 in Anoka in the family-friendly play.
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Anoka-Ramsey Community College’s production of the Minnesota romantic love story “Sweet Land: The Musical” will play at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14-15 and 20-22 at the Coon Rapids Campus Performing Arts Center.
Fridley Community Theatre’s annual dinner theater production is “Boeing Boeing,” a French farce (translated to English for the show) about a man with three fiancées.
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