Digital residency to connect New York Mills, Menahga with Finland
The Finnish group will share their musical talents in a free online concert and public workshop in March.
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Kardemimmit is a band of four young women from Finland who play the kantele and share their original compositions with roots in Finnish, Eastern European and Scandinavian traditions. (Submitted photo)
This March, innovative Finnish folk ensemble Kardemimmit will spend a week virtually visiting New York Mills and Menahga as part of Folkefest.
The digital residency is presented in partnership with the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center, who was selected to participate in Arts Midwest’s 2020 Folkefest program before touring plans were derailed by COVID-19, according to a Cultural Center news release.
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BookEnds is a monthly literary event hosted by the Wadena County Historical Society, Travelin’ Storyseller and the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center.
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Artist designs for ox sculpture sought
The Destination Downtown Coalition, in partnership with the city of Brainerd and The Crossing Arts Alliance, are bringing Babe the Blue Ox to downtown Brainerd.
Nor-Son Construction donated a Babe the Blue Ox statue that’s been at its Baxter office since 2008. After a successful fundraiser of donations from the community to secure the statue and address some much needed repairs, the art center is ready for the next step to find artists to design and paint the ox sculpture.
“We want this to be a community project that adds to downtown Brainerd s uniqueness,” the arts center stated in a news release. “The Crossing Arts Alliance will be putting together a panel to determine location/placement, finding great local artists, and jury the submissions, for who will be doing the honors of creating downtown Brainerd s latest attraction!”
Entertainment Briefs - Dec. 16
A roundup of area virtual events to include a film festival and ones to celebrate the winter solstice.
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Wild & Scenic Film Festival comes virtually
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival, a collection of films speaking to the environmental concerns and celebrations of Earth is coming virtually to Brainerd.
The Northland Arboretum is hosting the virtual film festival Jan. 9, 2021. The festival is a fundraiser for the Arboretum. Virtual lobby doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the show beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 and may be reserved at
The festival will consist of a series of 10 films which were chosen from the annual festival hosted in Nevada City, California. The festival is a natural extension of the Northland Arboretum’s mission of education, recreation and conservation work to inspire people to act on behalf of the environment, a news release stated The event is sponsored by Lakeland Public Televi