Central Lakes College’s Verse Like Water series will kick off its fifth year with Pulitzer Prize winning poet Vijay Seshadri. The event starts with a reading at noon on Sept. 30 in the Chalberg Theatre, Brainerd campus. After, he will sign books and host an informal craft talk on creativity …

Take a trip back in time, to the days of classic jazz and swing of the 1930s and 40s, as Rio Nido takes the stage on Friday, September 23 in the Chalberg Theatre on the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College. As part of the Central Lakes Community Performing Arts …

Community members are invited to a Field Day & High-Tech Farming Demonstration on Thursday. Sept. 22. The event runs from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at The Strawberry Basket, 12591 Aetna Ave. NE, Monticello, MN. CLC will bring its high-tech educational trailer to the event, as well as demonstrate how to use …

The Central Lakes College Community Band will hold it’s first rehearsal of the fall season at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12 in the Rehearsal Hall of Central Lakes College’s Brainerd Campus. The CLC Community Band meets Monday evenings through the fall season with a concert on Tuesday, Nov 15. Membership …

Auditions will be held for the Brainerd Community Theatre production of the drama ‘Flowers for Algernon’ on Monday, Sept. 19 and Wednesday, Sept. 21. All auditions begin at 7 p.m. and are in the Dryden Theatre on the Brainerd campus of CLC. The play calls for a cast of eight …

The launch of the new academic year is bringing about a remarkable first: at a Minnesota State college or university, the president is now as likely to be a woman as a man now that 14 out of 30 presidents are female. This is nearly double the national average (26 …