Events

Area students in 6th-12th grades are invited to attend Central Lakes College’s annual Summer Engineering and Manufacturing (SEaM) Camp from July 5-9 at the college’s Staples campus. The camp runs from 9am-3pm each day, with lunch provided each day. Transportation is available from the Brainerd campus.  The camp is a one-week adventure for students grades 6-12, and it gives them …

Central Lakes College is hosting a free Cultural Thursday webinar with Mahnomen City Administrator Dr. Mitchell Berg on Thursday, May 6 at noon. Dr. Berg will speak on his experience both as an adoptee from Korea and on his experience as serving as city administrator of Mahnomen on the White …

Central Lakes College is partnering with several community groups to host the Red Sand Project, which brings awareness and takes a stand against human trafficking. The community is invited to Central Lakes College’s north main entrance from 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on May 5 to see the Red Sand Project display. …

The Central Lakes College String Orchestra presents Spring Strings at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, April 28, free via live stream: https://youtu.be/KI5VvcaDWOM. Featuring the music of Coldplay, Walk the Moon, JS Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Sibelius, Holst, Brahms, and more! For more information, please contact Orchestra Director David Thompson at david.thompson@clcmn.edu.  

Central Lakes College’ Verse Like Water program is hosting poet Valzhyna Mort for a free virtual reading at noon on April 27. The link for viewing is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1Uy8pbqEU. Mort, born in Minsk, Belarus, made her American debut in 2008 with the poetry collection Factory of Tears, co-translated by the husband-and-wife team …

Central Lakes College’s next Cultural Thursday event will focus on Ethiopian culture. The free online webinar will be held at noon on Thursday, April 8. Attendees must pre-register for access to this free webinar at the link below. Guest speaker Haile Tegegne spent his early childhood in northeastern Africa. He …

The community is invited to Central Lakes College’s Verse Like Water event with Irish Poet Pádraig Ó Tuama. The free event will be live streamed at noon on April 6 at https://youtu.be/X9mbm03Bm5c. Ó Tuama is a theologian, conflict resolution mediator, and the author of four volumes of poetry, Daily Prayer with …

The community is invited to a virtual presentation in honor of Women’s History Month called “The State of the ERA.” It will be held at 7 p.m. on March 18. The event will feature Betty Folliard, the founder of ERA Minnesota and former three-term state representative. She will talk about …

Central Lakes College English and Global Studies instructor Lori-Beth Larsen will speak on her experience of growing up in Papua New Guinea for the March 4 Cultural Thursday program. The free event will be held at noon on Thursday, March 4. To join the Zoom webinar, please register with your …

Central Lakes College invites the community to attend its virtual Cultural Thursday event: Mapuche Culture and Identity as Expressed Through Visual and Literary Art with Dr. Eva Palma, a native Chilean and University of Minnesota adjunct professor. The free presentation will be held at 12 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4. …