For the second year in a row, Central Lakes College has been honored with national awards for its social media marketing.  Winners were announced recently in the 11th Annual Education Digital Marketing Awards.   CLC received honors in these categories:  Gold Award – CLC Facebook  Gold Award – CLC TikTok  Silver Award – CLC Instagram  …

NJCAA Region 13 has announced its All-Region 13 Football Team for the 2023 season, and 3 CLC student-athletes have been named to the team. Austin Boesch Rashad Sherwood David Collins  

The Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center and Brainerd Community Theatre present the play Winter Wonderettes, by Roger Bean, at the Dryden Theatre on November 15-18, 2023. This seasonal celebration finds the four Wonderettes – played by local actors Abby Pratt, Abi Swenson, Esme Pool, and Maren Martin – entertaining …

Central Lakes College’s Verse Like Water program presents United Kingdom Poet Laureate Simon Armitage for a poetry reading at noon on Wednesday on November 15 in the Chalberg Theatre, Brainerd campus. A book signing and informal craft talk will follow. The event is free and open to the public. In England, Armitage teaches at Sheffield University …

The community is invited to attend the premiere event of the 12th year of Verse Like Water: The visiting poet program of Central Lakes College, happening at noon on Sept. 27 in the Chalberg Theatre, Brainerd campus. The event is free and open to the public. Featured will be poets Valzhyna Mort (Belarus), Ilya Kaminsky …

A short film created by a handful of Central Lakes College Videography Program alumni, along with their team, will be screened in several upcoming film festivals.   The short film is called “P@ssword Pr0blems” and it will be screened at the following festivals:   The Iowa Independent Film Festival on …

The Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center is thrilled to welcome the Ronstadt Revue to Brainerd on September 16, 2023 at the Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts. The Ronstadt Revue marks the inaugural presentation of the CLCPAC’s 2023-2024 Cultural Arts series. The Ronstadt Revue, led by the exceptionally talented Gesenia, …

When Russia invaded her country on Feb. 24, 2022, Central Lakes College Ukrainian student Mary Kharytonova’s life changed forever. After spending a couple of weeks hiding in her home with her mom, the lack of food and medicine, and Russian troops getting closer, drove the pair to seek refuge in Poland.   In the dead of night, Mary (with …

The Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center and Brainerd Community Theatre, in collaboration with Actors Repertory Theatre, will hold open community auditions for three theatre productions – Silent Sky, Winter Wonderettes, and A Sherlock Carol – on August 26 and 28, 2023. Auditions are open to all, and participants will …

Central Lakes College is thrilled to announce the milestone 25th season of its highly acclaimed Cultural Thursdays program, a monthly speaker series that has been enriching minds and fostering new perspectives on the world and our communities in the heart of Minnesota for over two decades. The 25th season kicks …