Events

Verse Like Water: The visiting poet program of Central Lakes College presents Romanian-American poet Maya C. Popa at noon on April 14 in the Chalberg Theatre, Brainerd campus. A book signing and craft talk will follow this free literary event.   Popa teaches poetry at New York University and celebrates …

“The News Photography of Steve Kohls” will be the focus of the next Rosenmeier Forum, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Feb. 8 in the Chalberg Theatre at Central Lakes College, Brainerd campus. The event is free and open to the public.   Kohls has shot news, sporting events and artistic …

Central Lakes College’s Cultural Thursday series presents: Civil Disobedience and the Culture of the Civil Rights Movement. The presentation is at noon on Thursday, Feb. 2 in the Chalberg Theatre, Brainerd campus.   Presenting will be a panel of Upward Bound Program students and staff and Sociology instructor Scott Foster, who …

The community is invited to attend the next Rosenmeier Forum titled The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency: Getting it Right for Minnesota. Speaking will be Peter Tester, MPCA deputy commissioner. The forum will be held on Monday, Feb.6 at 7 p.m. in the Chalberg Theatre at Central Lakes College’s Brainerd campus. …

The community is invited to come learn about the culture and values of the Haitian people at Central Lakes College’s next Cultural Thursday event, happening at noon on Thursday, Dec. 1 in the Chalberg Theatre, Brainerd campus.  Long-time Brainerd lakes area resident Jim Kirzeder has dedicated much of his life …

The community is invited to attend the next Rosenmeier Forum with former State Department official Thomas Hanson at both noon and 7 pm on Wednesday, November 30 in the Chalberg Theatre, Central Lakes College Brainerd campus.   With winter approaching, war in Ukraine rages and US allies struggle with energy crises …

The community is invited to attend the next Rosenmeier Forum with Minnesota State Demographer Susan Brower at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 16 in the Chalberg Theatre, Central Lakes College Brainerd campus.   Brower will lecture on the results of Minnesota’s 2020 Census and its impact on the state of Minnesota, …

Verse Like Water, the visiting poet program at Central Lakes College, presents Chris Abani, an acclaimed novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter, and playwright, at 12pm on Nov. 16 in the Chalberg Theatre, Brainerd campus. Book signing and craft talk to follow.  Born in Nigeria to an Igbo father and English mother, Abani …

The community is invited to attend the next Rosenmeier Forum, featuring Justice Alan Page, retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice and former Vikings football star. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, November 9 in the Chalberg Theatre, Brainerd campus.  Page …

The community is invited to come learn about the sacred cultural forests of the world at Central Lakes College’s next Cultural Thursday event, happening at noon on Thursday, Nov. 3 in the Chalberg Theatre, Brainerd campus. The event is free and open to the public. Attendance via Zoom is also an …