MARCH 24—April 9

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No joking, there’s a couple of Job Fairs in April ‘s Fools Drool the next two weeks: March 30 at BSU and another big one on April 7. These are open to Are you kidding me? Nope, another “holiday” employers seeking employees and folks inter- attributed to Pope Gregory. When he man- ested in internships or Bemidji area employ- dated the calendar update in 1582, he relo- ment. cated the New Year to January 1 from April 1 (vernal equinox-ish), and so people who The Bemidji Symphony presents “A Walk didn’t quite keep up with the new program with Peter and Prokofiev – Symphony. “ were labeled “April Fools.” They’ll perform works from “Peter and the Wolf “along with a performance of Well Bemidji, you’re probably not foolish, but “Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto” on April 3. more likely somepeoples who are looking forward to those May flowers that are prom- Are your kids interested in baby-sitting? April 9, is a busy day. ised after April showers. In the mean time… Parks and Rec is sponsoring the “Safe Sitter” series. I recommend this for every kid. Our very own Babe City Rollers are back in Like to paint? Gallery on the Go is hosting There’ll be a lot of safety info, including CPR action at the Sanford. The full season’s a you-paint-butterflies Relay-for-Life fund- introductions. Signup ASAP, class begins on schedule is on their new website: babecityrol- raiser at Buffalo Wild Wings on the 24. Makes April 4. lers.com. A bit of history according to long- me wonder if anyone will figure out how to time skater wicked vixen, is on the back work signature sauces into a work of art. Bemidji Day at the Capitol is April 6. Get page. Fierce. Fun. Family. They are raising That could be very cool...wait, I mean “hot.” your plaid out and be prepared to represent. funds for “Support within Reach.” There are a few different packages that you Head over to the Frybread and Drum Con- can buy into if you need transportation. Putting Bemidji on the map: The first ever test on March 25 at the American Indian Check into it! Pine to Prairie Fiber Arts Trail opens on Resource Center at BSU. If you’ve never been the 8th with keynote speaker Kate Anderson, over there, this would be a great time to April 7 the AAD Shrine Circus comes to a nationally-recognized fiber artist, painter, make this your first visit. There are beautiful town. Clowns, trapeze artists, face painting former gallery owner, and arts speaker. The items on display, frybread is delicious and the and pony rides await your “fun family adven- rest of the weekend includes a self-guided Native drum contestants will shake your soul. ture.” tour where enthusiasts can meet with local Register the kids for Harmony’s Natural Low self-esteem,? Procrastinator? Redditor? artists and galleries. Powow regalia, native Egg Dyeing workshop on March 26. I hope There’s a “Self-defeating Habits Work- textiles, quilting, felt making, weaving, and they post some photos and recipes of the shop” also on the 7th. Sign up early because basketry are just the tip of the iceberg. The finished work. Instagram anyone? participation is limited. If you have good in- Woolen Mills are getting in on it with a tour tentions but miss out, well then, there’s a of their own. Nostalgic? ZZ Top is at the Sanford on March good diagnosis for ya. I’ll be the one with -Lisa Seter, editor, somewhat-creative direc- 28. April 8, Jay Leno is appearing at Shoot- messy hair wearing sweat pants taking pro- tor and Bemidji native since 2005. ing Star. Really, both of them, this issue. lific notes.

More fun @ WhatsUpBabe.com America Avenue NW Bemidji, and chair of the Leech Lake fessionals, mental and behav- Well.. Because WUB loves the THURSDAY Cathy Peck presents “Early Band of Ojibwe, Beltrami ioral health professionals and MARCH 24 and Late Perennials”: We’ll County Administrator Kay therapists, nurses, social Bemidji Public Library -March Events look at plants to hurry up Mack and a group of women workers, Rule 25 assessors, Evergreen Youth & Family spring and extend autumn. representing First City Dance probation officers, homeless Services Conference March 24—Gardening 101 Cathy Peck: Early and Late Sponsored by the Beltrami Studios. A pre-panel recep- youth/family services provid- March 24 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 Perennials County Master Gardeners and tion begins at 6:30 p.m. in ers, PCAs, foster parents, and pm |Sanford Conference Senior Surf computer class—Tuesday, March 1 8:00- the Friends of the Bemidji the Main Theatre lobby of others working with children, Center, 1111 Event Center Public Library, the Gardening BSU’s Bangsberg Fine Arts youth, and families. The 10:00 am; Thursday, March 3 5:00-7:00 pm; and Drive NE Bemidji, This con- 101 series is free and open to Complex, with the panel conference is also appropriate Tuesday, March 15 8:00-10:00 am. These classes are ference offers youth serving the public at Bemidji Public presentation beginning at 7 for: ATOD prevention and professionals, parents, and designed for one-on-one computer instruction for Library. Weekly talks start at p.m. Both events are open treatment professionals, caregivers across opportuni- seniors and cover the basics on computers and surf- noon and run for about an free to everyone. public health professionals, ties to return to your work- ing the internet. Call 751-3963 to reserve a spot. hour. health educators, and other places and family lives in- Open Mic with Gary Broste concerned community mem- Women of Bemidji—month long celebration of the spired, re-energized, and Painting with “Gallery on and Donny Williams – Brigids bers and leaders. To Regis- women of Bemidji. The presentations will be every focused on your important the Go” March 24 @ 5:00 Pub March 24 @ 8:00 pm - ter: Please visit Monday in March at 6:00 pm. This event series is roles. The conference also pm - 7:00 pm Buffalo Wild 11:55 pm |Brigid’s Pub, 317 www.evergreenyfs.org offers opportunities to ac- through the Beltrami Country History Center and Wings, 225 Paul Bunyan Dr. Beltrami Ave NW Bemidji, quire holistic, integrative made possible with funds from the Legacy Amend- NW Bemidji, The “Cancer Open mic every Thursday co- Frybread Taco Sale & knowledge,skills and strate- ment. There are two other events during the month Cannot” team is hosting a hosted by legendary Gary Hand Drum Contest March gies that to help create hope fundraiser for Relay For Life Broste and Donny Williams at 25 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm held at the History Center. and healing for children, of Beltrami County. Cost is 8. American Indian Resource March 28—Dr. Nora Norris-Raybird: Celebrating the youth, and families in high $30 per painter, which in- Center, Birchmont Drive risk situations. Who should First 100 First Northwest Women’s Fund Women: cludes an 11×14 canvas for a Bemidji, Join us for a night of attend? This conference is Building Towards the Next 1,000! beautiful butterfly painting FRIDAY food, fun and great singing! intended for parents, foster Storytimes—story time and crafts for pre-K children project. NO experience parents, PCAs and other MARCH 25 necessary. Great creative Karaoke & Meat Raffle – and their families every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs- caregivers, youth workers Spinning with Charlie at fun. Contact Cindy at 218- Bemidji Eagles March 25 @ day and Saturday at 10:30 am. Themes for March: and staff from nonprof- NOXQS @ 5:30 am - 6:30 760-6727 for more informa- 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm | The Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!, You Are Who You Are, its,tribal and county child am NOXQS Fitness Facility, tion. Relay For Life is July Eagles Club Bemidji, 1270 protection and human ser- 3481 Lauren Dr NW Suite C Lucky Tucker, Chicks Run Wild, and One Little Lamb. 9th at the Sanford Center. Neilson Ave SE Bemidji, vices, teachers and parapro- Bemidji, Try something new Karaoke Wednesdays and fessionals, mental and behav- and get in shape for the Regular Weekly Events: Cooking with Sue Doeden Fridays at 8 pm. Meat raffle ioral health professionals and summer bike season. Join March 24 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 on Friday begins at 5:30 Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. - Storytime for 3 - 5 year olds therapists, nurses, social Charlie, certified Spin coach, pm Harmony Co-op, 302 Wednesday at 10:30 am - Storytime for 3 - 5 year workers, Rule 25 assessors, for a Spin class at NOXQS at Irvine Ave NW Bemidji, Sue Legend of Gert – Brigid’s probation officers, homeless 5:30am each Friday. $6. olds Doeden is regionally re- Pub March 25 @ 7:00 pm - youth/family services provid- Thursday at 10:30 a.m. - Lapsit for 2 year olds with nowned for sharing her 11:55 pm Brigid’s Pub, 317 ers, PCAs, foster parents, and Evergreen Youth & Family an adult lap passionate and creative Beltrami Ave NW Bemidji, others working with children, Services Conference Saturday at 10:30 a.m. - Storytime for 3 - 5 year olds cooking. Several newspapers youth, and families. The March 25 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 in MN, ND, and SD publish Ronnie Milsap at Shooting conference is also appropriate pm |Sanford Conference her recipes weekly. Every Star Casino March 25 @ for: ATOD prevention and Center, 1111 Event Center Wednesday night, Sue shares 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm Shooting Women and Conservation treatment professionals, Drive NE Bemidji, This con- quick food ideas for Lakeland Star Casino,777 SE Casino Rd SATURDAY in Northwest Minnesota – public health professionals, ference offers youth serving Public Television viewers to Mahnomen, Grammy-Award Lecture Series March 26 @ health educators, and other professionals, parents, and MARCH 26 enjoy at home. Sue also winner and country legend, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Beltrami concerned community mem- caregivers across opportuni- Harmony Co-op Explorers: teaches cooking classes and Ronnie Milsap, will perform at County History Center, 130 bers and leaders. To Regis- ties to return to your work- Natural Egg Dyeing develops recipes for national Shooting Star Casino, Hotel Minnesota Avenue SW ter: Please visit places and family lives in- March 26 @ 10:30 am - food companies. Check out and Event Center, located at Bemidji, Join Beltrami County www.evergreenyfs.org spired, re-energized, and 12:00 pm Harmony Co-op, her blog here –>http:// 777 Casino Road in Mahno- Historical Society for Women focused on your important 302 Irvine Ave NW Bemidji, sdoeden.areavoices.com/ men on Friday, March 25, at of Bemidji and Northwest roles. The conference also Children 12 years old and 8 p.m. Tickets start at $15 Minnesota: A Women’s His- offers opportunities to ac- younger are invited to join Make Changes Trio of and are on sale now. They tory LectureSeries! Thanks to quire holistic, integrative Harmony Food Co-op for an Panel Presentations Highlight can be purchased by phone a partnership with the knowledge,skills and strate- egg dyeing event at Harmony Women’s History Month at 1-800-313-SHOW FREE Bemidji Public Library and a gies that to help create hope Co-op! Although the class is Celebration March 24 @ 6:30 (7469), online at grant award from the North- and healing for children, free, please pre-register at pm - 9:00 pm Bangsberg Fine www.StarCasino.com/tickets, west Women’s Fund at the youth, and families in high customer service or call 218- Arts Building – BSU, Lake or via the “Buy Tickets” tab Northwest Minnesota Founda- risk situations. Who should 751-2009. If you are not Blvd NE, Bemidji, Women in on Shooting Star’s Facebook tion, we have a full slate of attend? This conference is currently a Harmony Co+op Public ServiceThe month’s page: www.Facebook.com/ presentations and discussions intended for parents, foster Explorer member, free regis- signature event celebrating ShootingStarCasino. exploring stories of local and parents, PCAs and other tration will be available the women in public service will regional women who made caregivers, youth workers day of the event! Children take place March 24. Headlin- Random Resonance – Live valuable and important im- and staff from nonprof- must be accompanied by a Gardening 101: Early and ing the panel will be Bemidji Music March 25 @ 9:00 pm - pacts in Bemidji, Beltrami its,tribal and county child parent or supervising adult. Late Perennials March 24 Mayor and BSU alumna Rita 11:00 pm Toddy’s Pub and County, and Northwest Min- protection and human ser- Harmony StaffFree @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Albrecht. She will be joined Grub, 119 3rd St NW Bemidji, nesota. Dr. Janet Rith- vices, teachers and parapro- Bemidji Public Library, 509 by Carri Jones, BSU alumna Najarian, Biogeographer and

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Copyright since inception on July 2, 2015 WhatsUpBabe.com [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Published by Simple Lines Web Design: [email protected] (218-209-5838) RECURRING EVENTS: Free indoor walking program at the Sanford Watermark Art Center presents the photogra- Event Center: October 5- April 21, Monday- Thurs- phy exhibit Sleeping Giant as its first show for Good Sports of the North : Get in the game and day, 7:00-9:00am, Gate 2 2016. Sleeping Giant: the Iron Range of Minnesota explore the history of sports at the Beltrami County is a display of work by Minneapolis photographer Historical Society. Score big with stories about curl- MAP Time is back for another season! Join us for a Vance Gellert detailing life on the Iron Range of ing, baseball, Ojibwe lacrosse, cross country skiing, free indoor playspace designed for preschoolers. Minnesota. The exhibit will run February 5 – March and the many sports in between. Go behind the Date: November 6- April 22 Thursday & Friday, 26. There will be an opening reception February 5, numbers, and find out how sports moments, 10:30am-12:30pm from 5-7 p.m., with an artist talk at 6 p.m. The coaches, and personalities shaped local communi- Boys & Girls Club Cost: FREE!!! phrase ‘sleeping giant’ is the English translation of ties. And be part of the team with hands-on vintage the Ojibwe word ‘mesabi,’ the title Native Americans sports equipment, interactive touchscreens, and Better Choices, Better Health Workshop : gave the Laurentian divide that eventually brought more! runs through Summer 2016 Wednesday— Committed to helping all people live fuller, healthier to the surface great deposits of iron. The first ore Saturday from 12-4. and more active lives. The workshops are for any- mined from ‘the range’ was shipped east to steel one with ongoing health conditions and their care- mills in 1892. The mining boom attracted over 40 Tots ‘n’ Science at Headwaters Science Cen- givers. Registration is required; call Sanford Health nationalities seeking escape from tough economic ter : Every Thursday at 10 am young children ages at (701) 234-5570 or (877) 234-4240 conditions. In the 1920s, there were as many na- 3-6 along with an adult are getting together for tionalities represented on the range as in New York some fun hands-on science at Headwaters Science Relay for Life team "Pharmacy Phanatics" is City. Center. Tots 'n' Science offers stories, activities and doing an on-going fund raiser for the American games to help kids learn about things going on in Cancer Society. They are selling energy efficient Reading for Relay: Readers of all ages are en- their world. The cost is $4 per child and caregivers compact fluorescent light bulbs ranging in price couraged to join in! Just head to either library and are free and must accompany the child. Admission from $2.00 each to $2.50 each. A box of 12 bulbs tell them you are interested in "Reading For Relay". fees to the exhibit floor apply. Reservations are is $24. They have various watts from 23 to The library will give you a donation sheet and a encouraged by calling 444-4472. 100. Available for sale at Iverson Corner Drug at "bank" of your very own for your Reading For Relay 408 Minnesota Avenue in Bemidji or contact Bernie donations. Then - simply ask people you know to Kids programming is coming every last Satur- at 556-0910 or Brenda at 556-9446. All sales bene- donate to you for every book read throughout the day of the month with Harmony Co+op Ex- fit Relay For Life of Beltrami County. month of March, or for a one time donation for your plorers. Children ages 12. To become a card- reading accomplishments. At the end of the month, carrying Co+op Explorer, kids simply need to bring Passport to Fitness January 4 - April 6, Mondays we will choose the winner of the most books read a parent or supervising adult to Harmony’s cus- & Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30pm. Try out a variety of or most money collected. The winner will be recog- tomer service desk and ask to become a Harmony group fitness classes. Currently we have scheduled nized at our Relay For Life on July 9th at the San- Co+op Explorer. Each child will be issued their very T'ai Chi Chih, Silver Sneakers, First City Dance, ford Center as well as getting their picture in the own official Co+op Explorers member card and a Dionne's OM Yoga, Sanford Profile and Zumba with paper and winning a free book! All donations will go Co+op Explorers Fruit & Veggie Passport. In their Sarah. More classes yet to come.. Sanford Event directly to the Beltrami Relay For Life Event. Fruit & Veggie Passport Co+op Explorers can record Center, enter through gate 4, conference side. Cost:

their opinions and details of tasting various fruits $35.00/participant before January, $40.00/ Story & crafts for pre-K children and their and vegetables. Along with our rewards program, participant starting January 1. families Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and each time children bring their badge to Harmony Saturdays:10:30 am. Themes for March: Happy they receive a special Co+op Explorers sticker. Birthday Dr. Seuss!, You Are Who You Are, Lucky Tucker, Chicks Run Wild, and One Little Lamb.

Educator with the Minnesota 1111 Event Center DR. NE Get Your Gun”.Peter Stone’s Carla Norris-Raynbird pre- as the proposed options for Alliance for Geographer Edu- Bemidji, ZZ TOP a/k/a “That 1999 Broadway revival elimi- sents “Celebrating the First the Bemidji community. cation, presents “Women and Little Ol’ Band from Texas,” nates unneeded insensitive 100 NorthwestMinnesota Presentation at 10. Q&A at Conservation in Northwest Tickets available at the Bob references to Native Ameri- Women’s Fund Women: 11. Refreshments at 9:40. Minnesota.” Janet will be in Lowth Ford Pickup Windows cans and removes several Building Toward the Next Everyone welcome. Info: Al character for her presentation at the Sanford Center, any songs. These changes, how- 1000!” Yarnott 218-444-7091 exploring the environmental Ticketmaster retail location, ever, do not in any way alter efforts of women like Mary Lueken’s Village Foods, the story of the backwoods Cornhole for the Fun of It! Bar Bingo – Bemidji Ea- Gibbs and Florence Bramhall. charge by phone Annie Oakley and her time – Toddy’s March 28 @ 7:00 gles March 29 @ 2:00 pm - 800.745.3000 FREE, and at with Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild pm - 11:55 pm Toddy’s Pub 5:00 pm The Eagles Club High Five – Live Music www.ticketmaster.com. West Show. Reserve your Celebrating the First 100 and Grub, 119 3rd St NW Bemidji, 1270 Neilson Ave SE March 26 @ 9:00 pm - 11:55 audition time and learn more NorthwestMinnesota Bemidji, Every Monday from 7 Bemidji, Saturdays at 7pm pm Toddy’s Pub and Grub, Kundalini Yoga March 28 @ about the process by going Women’s Fund – Lecture -close Tuesdays at 2pm 119 3rd St NW Bemidji, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm North- to: Series March 28 @ 6:00 pm Woods Yoga Collective www.NorthernLightOpera.org. - 8:00 pm Bemidji Public Trivia – Brigid’s Pub March Northwoods Yoga Collec- (Nymore Location), 319 You can sign up on NLOC’s Library, 509 America Avenue 28 @ 7:15 pm - 10:00 pm tive March 29 @ 5:00 pm - SUNDAY Central Ave SE Bemidji, web page to audition at the NW Bemidji, Join Beltrami Brigid’s Pub, 317 Beltrami Ave 6:00 pm Rail River Folk MARCH 27 NorthWoods Yoga Collective following times or locations: 9 County Historical Society for NW Bemidji, Mondays. Put School, 303 Railroad Street (Nymore Location)Mondays a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Women of Bemidji and North- together a team, a name, and Bemidji, New, on-going yoga and Wednesdays at 12noon March 26, at Armory Square, west Minnesota: A Women’s sign up by 7:15pm class Tuesdays 5 to 6pm Classes are open to all levels. 203 S. Park, Park Rapids; History LectureSeries! Thanks (Northwoods Yoga Collective, Freewill donation – come as from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, to a partnership with the Rail River Folk School). you are and pay what you March 28 at Bemidji High Bemidji Public Library and a TUESDAY [email protected] or can. School; or from 4 to 7 p.m. grant award from the North- MARCH 29 218-407-7266 Tuesday, March 29 at Calvary west Women’s Fund at the Homeless to Housed with AUDITIONS OPENING FOR Lutheran Church in Park Northwest Minnesota Founda- Sexual Violence in Indian Sandy Hennum March 29 @ ANNIE GET YOUR GUN Rapids on Highway 71 (near tion, we have a full slate of Country March 29 @ 6:00 10:00 am - 11:30 am March 28 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 Armory Square). presentations and discussions pm - 9:00 pm American Beltrami Electric Roger Spiry pm Bemidji Senior High Production dates are July 28 exploring stories of local and Indian Resource Center, Community Room, 4111 School, 2900 Division Street – 31 and Aug. 4 – 6. Rehears- regional women who made Birchmont Drive Bemidji, MONDAY Technology Dr. MW Bemidji, W Bemidji, Northern Light als start June 20. For more valuable and important im- Speaker Judge Ruth Hopkins Adventures in Lifelong Learn- MARCH 28 Opera Company (NLOC) information, contact Paul pacts in Bemidji, Beltrami is an award winning columnist ing – Series. The barriers ZZ Top at the Sanford Center announces audition openings Dove, [email protected]. County, and Northwest Min- for Indian Country Today and homeless people face and the March 28 @ 7:30 am - 11:00 for its 2016 summer produc- nesota. Bemidji Public Library co-founder of Lastrealindians. current opportunities for pm Sanford Event Center, tion of Irving Berlin’s “Annie (FREE!): BSU Professor Dr. housing and services as well

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Event set for June 11 from 9am to 3pm Vendors will be INDOORS at the Carnegie Library as part of a fundraiser for the Save the Carnegie Project. Please join us! Spread the word! Booth rental only $25 for the day. (How cool is that??) Contact Kay for more information and application. [email protected] SaveTheCarnegie.org WEDNESDAY pm Marketplace Foods, 2000 First Friday century ago and the mod- THURSDAY Karaoke & Meat Raffle – Paul Bunyan Dr NW Bemidji, April 1, 2016 ern day continuation. Pre- Bemidji Eagles April 1 @ MARCH 30 Open to the public, make Watermark Art Center sented by artisan Janet MARCH 32 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm The lunch plans to stop by Mar- Eagles Club Bemidji, 1270 JOB FAIR March 30 @ Rith-Najarian, the exhibit Ground Hogs day.. No wait - ketplace Foods and check out th Neilson Ave SE Bemidji, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Beaux ..presents the 16 annual will include hand painted April Fools! the teams decorating their Karaoke Wednesdays and Arts Ballroom, BSU Bemidji, Bemidji Area High and hand dyed silk textiles cakes between 11:15 – 12:00 Fridays at 8 pm. Meat raffle The Annual BSU/NTC Job and School Show, April 1-30. alongside displays of the noon – and the awesome on Friday begins at 5:30 Internship Fair will be held on The exhibit showcases the landscapes, history, and FRIDAY items that will be auctioned Wednesday March 30th from talent of Bemidji’s youth, culture of Armenia. Open- off with the cakes, starting APRIL 1 Live Music – Brigid’s Pub 10am to 1pm in the Beaux featuring a variety of medi- ing reception on featur- around 12:15 pm. Event is Spinning with Charlie at April 1 @ 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm Arts Ballroom at Bemidji State ums including photogra- ing Armenian coffee and over by 1:00 pm, so get there NOXQS @ 5:30 am - 6:30 Brigid’s Pub, 317 Beltrami Ave University. We’ll be there to phy, painting, mixed media, traditional refresh- as close to noon as possible, am NOXQS Fitness Facility, NW Bemidji, Fridays and tell the students about career and more. Opening recep- ments from 3-5 p.m. A if not before. So fun!All pro- 3481 Lauren Dr NW Suite C Saturdays. Check with the opportunities with Paul Bun- tion will be held April 1, s a v o r y ceeds benefit the Backpack Bemidji, Try something new pub or Facebook to get Artist yan Broadcasting Hubbard from 4-6 p.m. There will be lunch special featuring Buddies food pack program. and get in shape for the and start time Radio and there’s room for a “People’s Choice Award” Armenian cuisine will also summer bike season. Join your business too. Call 218- announced at 6 p.m., with be offered by the Wild Hare Parent Connection A sup- Charlie, certified Spin coach, Skid Row – Live Music 755-2038 for information or voting open from 4-5:30. that day. Wild Hare is port group for parents of kids for a Spin class at NOXQS at April 1 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm go online to Watermark is located at located at 523 Minnesota with special health needs 5:30am each Friday. $6. Shooting Star Casino, 777 SE www.bemidjistate.edu/ 505 Bemidji Ave N Ave. March 31 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 Bemidji State’s Headwa- Casino Rd Mahnomen, Rock students/services/career. pm Sanford Medical Center, ters Film Festival April 1 @ out this April Fool’s Day with Bemidji Public Library Dunn Bros Coffee pre- 1300 Anne St NW Bemidji, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Bangsberg Skid Row, a heavy metal Pink Shawl Project March will hold “Horses, Crosses, sents large-scale oil on For a parent of a child with Fine Arts Building – BSU, Lake band that hit it big in the late 30 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm and Butterflies,” a Chil- canvas paintings by artist special health needs, it can be Blvd NE, Bemidji, ’80s into the early ’90s. Northwest IndianOpportuni- dren’s watercolor show and Kitty Ballard. This body of isolating. Many feel that no ties Industrialization Center open house on April 1, work was a culmination of one else understands their Children’s Watercolor The Drug Budget// (OIC), 520 4th St NW from 3-5 pm. Artists will be studies done on butterfly struggles. But that is not the Show and Open House Cheerless//DJ Big Gravy – Bemidji, The Pink Shawl available at the open specimens killed for re- case, and Sanford Bemidji April 1 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Live Music Project is designed to help house to discuss their search and highlights the wants to bring those parents Bemidji Public Library, 509 April 1 @ 9:00 pm - 11:55 pm spread breast cancer aware- work. Refreshments will be great paradox of killing together in a new support America Avenue NW Bemidji, Toddy’s Pub and Grub, 119 ness in American Indian served. The show will be something in order to group called Parent Connec- The public is invited to an 3rd St NW Bemidji, The Drug communities in MN. available for viewing understand it better. Meet tion.The group will take place open house at the Bemidji Budget returns to Bemidji to The presentation starts with a through the month of April. Ballard during the opening the last Thursday of every fry your mind and decrease presentation about breast reception from 4-6. Dunn month from 5 to 6 p.m. in the the lifespan of your best health and then we go right Gallery North will feature Bros is located at 501 Paul Bemidji Jaycees Home, 1611 Anne St., Clinic Confer- dancing shoes. Local support into making the shawls. They a collection of paintings Bunyan Dr. SE. Sport and Travel Show ence Room. Free childcare from boppin’ post-punkers are fairly simple to make but titled “Art from the Master April 1 - April 3 Sanford will be provided. Upcoming Cheerless and the deepest take approximately 3 to 4 Hands.” Now is the time to Exhibits to View: Event Center, 1111 Event gatherings take place Feb. 25 buy an original painting by cuts of the slimiest funk hours. Neilson Place continues a Center DR. NE Bemidji, The and March 31. o registration Erma Stelter, Betty Sauer, available from DJ Big Gravy. The women who make these photography display of Bemidji Jaycees 39th Annual is required. Visit sanford- Dee Saltee, Claudine shawls can keep them, gift “Acrylic Passion” by Brad Home, Sport & Travel Show health.org, keyword: Parent Mattison, Estelle Knutson, them to a friend or family Hadrava. Hadrava’s love returns to the Sanford Center Connection for more informa- and Harriet Midthaune. SATURDAY member who survived cancer for the outdoors and wild- April 1-3. tion or contact Emily Aaker, Reception 2-5 pm. Gallery or who is going through it or life came naturally and he In addition to more than 120 APRIL 2 Sanford Bemidji pediatric RN North is located at 502 3rd else they can donate them turned that passion into art vendors representing area health coach, at (218) 333- St NW. back to the American Indian at an early age. The intri- businesses, each day there 2742 or Rachael Jaranson, Cancer Foundation where we cate detail seen in Had- will be door prizes. LPN, at (218) 333-2631. Wild Hare Bistro & use them for events like the rava’s paintings is related SHOW DATES & TIMES Coffeehouse will pre- Powwow for Hope coming up to his study and mastery of Friday, April 1, 4pm – 8pm Concert: ‘Someone Will sent "An Armenian family in May. Sessions are typically the field of taxidermy. Saturday, April 2, 9 -8pm Remember Us’ March 31 @ along the Silk Road: an limited to 10 women so that Hadrava has placed in Sunday, April 3, 11– 3pm 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Bangsberg Artisan Journey," April 1 - its easier to make the shawls. stamp competitions and Home Depot Kids Workshop Fine Arts Building – BSU, Lake May 3.This exhibit features Please bring your own ma- displayed his paintings in Sunday from 12-2pm Blvd NE, Bemidji, Antique the history of Armenian silk chine if you can; first 10 museums and in private Weekend Pass $10 Adult $5 instrument musician and work and trade along the people to sign up will be collections. Neilson Place Kids 6-15 $3 5 & Under Free songstress Lauren Pelon will ancient Silk Road, with a provided with all materi- is located on the Sanford wrap up the month’s activities special focus on historical als.Kelly King 218-759-2022 WoodsEdge campus, 1000 with a March 31 concert, textile work in Armenia a Live Music March 12 @ 9:00 Anne Street NW. “Someone Will Remember Public Library for “Horses, pm - 11:55 pm Toddy’s Pub Kundalini Yoga March 30 Us,” which celebrates the Crosses, and Butterflies” on and Grub, 119 3rd St NW @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm North- “music of women in days of the first Friday in April (April Bemidji, Woods Yoga Collective Bemidji State’s Headwaters Film Festival old.” Pre-curtain and intermis- 1), from 3-5 pm. This chil- (Nymore Location), 319 March 31 - April 1 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Bangsberg Fine sion performances will also be dren’s watercolor art show is Cadillac Country – Live Central Ave SE Bemidji, Mon- Arts Building – BSU, Lake Blvd NE, Bemidji, held by the BSU Medieval the collaborative work of Music March 19 Cadillac’s days and Wednesdays at The festival opens with the first of three screenings from the Club and students of “Hoods, Judith Selby, lead artist, Hope Northstar Grille, 16305 69th 12noon lasses are open to all International Film Competition. Student films from around Tarts and Ladies.” The per- House teaching assistants, Ave NW Cass Lake, levels. Freewill donation – the world presented in sessions beginning at 2:30 p.m. and formance will start at 7 p.m. and children from the City of come as you are and pay 3:15 p.m. Competition voting at 4:30 p.m. Winners are in the Thompson Recital Hall Bemidji Parks and Recreation, Live Music what you can. tentatively scheduled to be screened opening the festival's of BSU’s Bangsberg Fine Arts Headwaters Science Center, March 19 @ 7:30 pm - 11:55 second day. More info at WhatsUpBabe.com Complex. Cntact Dr. the Little Flowers’ Group at pm Brigid’s Pub, 317 Beltrami Karaoke – Bemidji Eagles Carla Norris-Raynbird, (218) St. Philip’s Church, and Girl Ave NW Bemidji, Jazz/Funk March 30 @ 8:00 pm The **Thursday, March 31** 755-2828 (tel:2187552828), Scouts. Artists will be avail- Eagles Club Bemidji, 1270 1-1:45 p.m. cnorrisrayn- able at the open house to Neilson Ave SE Bemidji, Screening: International Films, part 1 2:10-2:30 [email protected] discuss their work. Refresh- SUNDAY Karaoke Wednesdays and Skype conversation with Jamie Holt 2:30-3 p.m. ments will be served. The Fridays at 8 pm. Meat raffle Screening: International Films, part 2 3:15-4:30 p.m. Screen- APRIL 3 Open Mic with Gary Broste ing: International Films, part 3 4:30-4:45 p.m. International show will be available for on Friday begins at 5:30 A Walk with Peter and and Donny Williams – Brigids film competition voting 5 p.m. viewing through the month of Prokofiev – Symphony Pub March 31 @ 8:00 pm - Screening: Feature film April. This activity is made April 3 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm possible by the voters of THURSDAY 11:55 pm Brigid’s Pub, 317 Bemidji Senior High School, **Friday, April 1** Minnesota, through a grant Beltrami Ave NW Bemidji, 2900 Division Street W MARCH 31 1-1:50 p.m. from the Region 2 Arts Coun- Open mic every Thursday co- Bemidji, The Bemidji Sym- Annual Piece of Cake Screening: Best of International Films 2-2:50 p.m. cil, thanks to a legislative hosted by legendary Gary phony Orchestra (BSO) pre- “Celebrity” Cake Decorat- Broste and Donny Williams at Screening: NASA CineSpace contest winners 3-4:15 p.m. appropriation from the Arts sents “A Walk with Peter and ing Contest & Auction Screening: Minnesota Student Filmmakers 4:30-4:40 p.m. and Cultural Heritage Fund. 8. Prokofiev.” Dynamic violinist March 31 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 Festival award ceremony 4:40 p.m. Everaldo Martinez joins the BSO in a performance of - 5:30 pm Public Works Fa- Cost: $30.00/participant . needed, especially type O. Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto MONDAY ciliity, 1351 5th Street NW Scholarships are also avail- TUESDAY The Memorial Blood Centers No. 2. Also, everyone’s favor- APRIL 4 Bemidji, Safe Sitter® teaches able for those who qualify to APRIL 5 Bloodmobile will be located in ite orchestral fairy tale, Pro- young teens (11-14) every- cover half the cost of the the southeast parking lot of Happy Birthday Grandpa Bill! Bemidji Sculpture Walk kofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, thing they need to know to be program. the Sanford Bemidji Medical History and Future April 5 along with Mozart’s Impresa- safe when they’re home Center. Donors will need a Kundalini Yoga @ 10:00 am - 11:30 pm rio Overture. Dr. Beverly alone, watching younger Cornhole for the Fun of It! photo ID when they arrive at April 4 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Beltrami Electric Roger Spiry Everett conducts. Tickets are siblings, or babysitting. – Toddy’s April 4 @ 7:00 pm the hospital. To register, log NorthWoods Yoga Collective Community Room, 4111 available at the door, or in Students learn life-saving - 11:55 pm Toddy’s Pub and onto mbc.org/searchdrives (Nymore Location), 319 Technology Dr. MW Bemidji, advance at Lueken’s Foods skills such as how to rescue Grub, 119 3rd St NW Bemidji, and enter sponsor code 2234. Central Ave SE Bemidji, Mon- Adventures in Lifelong Learn- North and South and at someone who’s choking, and Every Monday from 7-close You may also register by days and Wednesdays at ing – Series. The Bemidji Art brownpapertickets.com. $20 helpful information like what contacting Linda at (218) 12noon Classes are open to Walk consists of sculptures, for adults; $15 senior citizens to do if there’s severe Trivia – Brigid’s Pub 740-1526. Once registered, all levels. Freewill donation – murals, and multimedia, 62+; $10 college students weather. The lessons are April 4 @ 7:15 pm - 10:00 pm save time by completing the come as you are and pay displayed in and around with ID. Students grades K– filled with fun activities and Brigid’s Pub, 317 Beltrami Ave health history questionnaire what you can. beautiful historic downtown 12 admitted free. All seats are role-playing exercises. Stu- NW Bemidji, Mondays. Put online on the day of your Bemidji. We encourage the general admission. Doors dents even get to use CPR together a team, a name, and donation at MBC.ORG/ Safe Sitter Babysitting community to walk the streets open for seating at 2:30 pm. manikins to practice choking sign up by 7:15pm iDONATE. Program April 4 @ 3:30 pm and discover art on almost rescue! Date: April 4- 25. every corner. Speaker Al Coffee & Paint April 6 @ Bellevue. Presentation at 10. diamond-in-the-rough, Annie Oakley; sharpshooter 10:00 am - 11:30 am G & A Q&A at 11. Refreshments at SAVE THE DATE: Pottery Co., 311 3rd St NW Frank Butler; Wild West Show impresario Buffalo 9:40. Everyone welcome. Bemidji, Adult only painting Tickets/Reservations/Registration Bill Cody; Chief Sitting Bull; and Native Americans, Info: Al Yarnott 218-444- program at G & A pottery co. Required cowboys, and town folk. Native Americans are 7091 especially encouraged to audition. Keeping with Come meet with friends and drink some coffee while Poetry Slam Returns! The Library Sponsored contemporary theater practices, however, roles will painting a unique craft. $10/ Poetry Slam will return during Poetry Month, April, not be filled on the basis of, or limited to, specific participant on the 15, a Friday, at The Keg and Cork. This ethnicity. Auditions will include a short song of early notice is to alert you and the slam poets you singers’ choice and a short monologue. A variety of Kundalini Yoga April 6 @ know to begin preparations. After this hiatus we monologues are available online. Reserve your 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm North- hope more poets will have more new work to audition time and learn more about the process by Woods Yoga Collective share. So - mark the date, write and practice, and going to: NorthernLightOpera.org. You can sign up (Nymore Location), 319 Central Ave SE Bemidji, Mon- plan to read, cheer, judge, or sit quietly with your on NLOC’s web page to audition at the following days and Wednesdays at popcorn and beer. Info at the library - sign-up will times or locations: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 12noon Classes are open to begin 2 weeks from the event. March 26, at Armory Square, 203 S. Park, Park all levels. Freewill donation Rapids; from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, March 28 at

Memorial Blood Centers Bemidji High School; or from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Northwoods Yoga Collec- The First City of the Arts Studio Cruise will cele- Bloodmobile March 29 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Park Rap- tive April 5 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 brate its ninth year during the Oct. 21-23 weekend April 6 @ 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm ids on Highway 71 (near Armory Square). Produc- pm Rail River Folk School, of the MEA weekend and is calling for artists to Sanford Medical Center, 1300 tion dates are July 28 – 31 and Aug. 4 - 6. Re- 303 Railroad Street Bemidji, Anne St NW Bemidji, All blood submit their applications by April 15. There is an New, on-going yoga class hearsals start June 20. types are needed, especially early bird discount of $10 non-refundable jury fee Tuesdays 5 to 6pm type O. The Memorial Blood and $100 artist participation fee if postmarked by (Northwoods Yoga Collective, Centers Bloodmobile will be April 1 or the late fee of $110 artist fee if post- DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL The 11th Annual Lake Rail River Folk School). Kath- located in the southeast ryn at kath- marked by April 15. Again this year, artists who Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival is just over 5 months parking lot of the Sanford [email protected] or 218- create their artwork within a 40-mile radius of away; August 3rd thru the 6th. Team registration is Bemidji Medical Center. Do- 407-7266 Bemidji but may not have a studio accessible to NOW open and the committee is busy signing up nors will need a photo ID

visitors for demonstrations and sales may apply to Major Sponsors and Food Vendors for this fun, when they arrive at the hospi- be a Guest Artist at a qualifying host studio. There summer weekend in Lakes (God’s) Country. For WEDNESDAY tal. To register, log onto will be a maximum of three artists total at any one more information visit bemidjidragonboat.com. APRIL 6 mbc.org/searchdrives and studio location. Download applications at the Wa- enter sponsor code 2234. You Bemidji Day at the Capitol may also register by contact- termark Art Center website watermarkartcen- Great River Rescue Happy Tails Summer Day 2016 April 6 Bemidji, Join ing Linda at (218) 740-1526. ter.org. Contact Dave or Kathy Towley at or or Camp will be held from June 20 – June 24 and will the plaid on its 11th Annual Once registered, save time by email [email protected] with questions. feature animal related learning activities for chil- trip to St. Paul. Visit with completing the health history legislators from across the questionnaire online on the dren entering grades 3 – 5. Cost to attend is $100 Paul Bunyan Broadcasting’s next 70’s Week- state on Bemidji bonding day of your donation at end will be April 1st thru the 3rd on KKZY 95.5; for the 5-day camp and will be limited to 12 partici- projects and transportation. MBC.ORG/iDONATE. pants. Registration is now open and runs through Bus departs Tourist Info featuring 66 hours of the sounds of the 70’s. In- Center parking lot at 6AM. A June 1. Once the registration limit is reached, a Karaoke – Bemidji Eagles cluded will be fun and interesting factoids and trivia full day of visits with state- April 6 @ 8:00 pm The Eagles from that decade. Sponsorships are available. Ask waiting list will be created. greatriverrescue.com/ wide legislators, Invite to the Club Bemidji, 1270 Neilson your Paul Bunyan Broadcasting Marketing Profes- events/event/summer-day-camp/. Volunteers are Governor and commissioners, Ave SE Bemidji, Karaoke For more details contact the sional or call our Sales Team at 444.1500. also needed to help coordinate and supervise the Wednesdays and Fridays at 8 Chamber at 218-444-3541. pm. Meat raffle on Friday camp Fees range from $50-115. begins at 5:30 WALLEYE CLASSIC SPONSORSHIPS The Suggested attire: White or black shirt and dark slacks or Knights of Columbus Walleye Classic Fishing Tour- The Bemidji Area Arts Endowment (BAAE), a component fund of the Northwest Minnesota skirt with your plaid vest. Any nament (formerly the Kraus Anderson), scheduled returning attendee will save for June 11th on Lake Bemidji, currently has spon- Foundation (NMF) is now accepting project $10 when they “Recruit” a THURSDAY sorships available at several levels. For more infor- grant applications for its 2016 grant round. first timer! See Promo Code. APRIL 7 mation call Joel at 218-444-1500 or email Grant applications are available at the Region 2 Please include the name of AAD Shrine Circus [email protected]. The Tourna- Arts Council office, Headwaters School of Music, your “new recruit” in the April 7 @ 5:00 am - 8:00 pm ment will continue to support many non-profit or- Northwest Minnesota Foundation and Watermark comment section of the on- Sanford Event Center, 1111 Art Center. A copy of the grant application is also line registration. Event Center DR. NE Bemidji, ganizations in the Bemidji area. available online at www.nwmf.org, click “find a For one night only, the AAD Memorial Blood Centers Shrine Circus is coming to Northern Light Opera Company (NLOC) audi- fund” and search Bemidji Area Arts Endowment. Bloodmobile April 6 @ 8:00 perform on Thursday, tion openings for its 2016 summer production The 2016 grant deadline is April 5, 2016. Grants up am - 11:00 pm Sanford Medi- to $1,500 may be requested. Recipients will be April 7 2016 in the Sanford of Irving Berlin’s “Annie Get Your Gun”. There cal Center, 1300 Anne St NW Center Arena starting at are many singing and speaking roles including notified by May 1, 2016. Bemidji, All blood types are 6:30pm with doors opening at 5:00pm. Boys & Girls and Bemidji Regional Job Fair 2016 at 7:30 April 10, 17 at 2pm Folk School, 303 Railroad date for the Tiny Tots Expo children of all ages…it’s that Bemidji Community Theater Street Bemidji, The Exciting 2016 is Saturday, April 9th, April 7 @ 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm Sanford Conference Center, wonderful time again for the Play Society is producing a 10 am to 2 pm. The 1.5 hours 1111 Event Center Drive NE Bemidji, Join Rural CEP, Depart- AAD Shrine Circus! We search Jay Leno -Comedy April 8 production of The Pillowman before/ after public hours will ment of Employment and Economic Development, Greater over land and sea to bring @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm by Martin McDonagh at the be open to vendors for set up Bemidji and the Bemidji Area Chamber in the upcoming Job you the best circus perform- Shooting Star Casino, 777 SE Rail River Folk School April 8, and take down. Spaces with Fair. ers in the world today. Our Casino Rd Mahnomen, Join us 9, 15 and 16 at 7:30 pm and tables and 2 chairs for ven- The goal of the job fair is to connect companies with poten- family-friendly circus acts for a night of laughs with Jay at 2:30pm on April 10. Tickets dors are available on a first tial employees looking for work in the greater Bemidji region. bring you and your children Leno, a comedian, actor, are 12.00 and available at come first serve basis by For Job Seekers, contact the Workforce Center for more an experience they will never writer, producer, voice actor, Shannon’s Art and Soul, The registration to participate at information on the Job Fair at 218-333-8200. forget! Come and see the and television host. He hosted Wild Hare and at the door. no cost in this event by filling 3:00-4:00PM Set up amazing Elephants, the ma- his last episode of The To- The play is suited for mature out a short survey. You may 4:00-4:30PM Business Social with food and beverage jestic lions and tigers, flying night Show on February 6, audiences only, and is recom- also sign up as an event 4:30-7:00PM Doors open for Job Fair trapeze artist, and have your 2014. That year, he was mended for high school age sponsor with a contribution of Booth includes draped 6′ table and two chairs funny bone tickled by the inducted into the Television and up. $100-$300 and have your Social sponsored by Northwest Minnesota Association of ever funny Shrine Clowns! Hall of Fame. He is currently organization logo included in Realtors Join us for the kid-friendly hosting the weekly show ‘Jay Pancake Breakfast Fund- marketing of this event and No Charge for Job Seekers! Circus Pre-Party one hour Leno’s Garage’ on CNBC. raiser April 9 @ 8:00 am - on event tote bags with your Businesses: $50 for Chamber or Greater Bemidji Members before show times. Ride an 10:30 am Bemidji Senior event registration. The event $100 for Non-Members elephant or pony, get your Enchanted Sleeping Activity Center, 216 3rd St registration survey can be Electric available upon request face painted and meet the Beauty – Theater April 8 @ NW Bemidji, Second Saturday found at the link surveymon- circus stars up close and in 7:30 pm - April 10 @ 9:00 pm of every month. All the pan- key.com/r/62G5YJW The person. It’s a fun family why negative assumptions Chief Theatre, 314 Beltrami cakes you can eat, plus two expo is an important resource adventure for all ages. All pick up momentum and FRIDAY Ave Bemidji, April 8, 9, 15, 16 sausages, juice, coffee or milk for our area families of chil- proceeds go to benefit the spread, how to short-circuit APRIL 8 at 7:30 April 10, 17 at 2pm for only $5.00 per adult, dren ages birth to five and Shrine Hospital for Kids, and destructive disagreement, and Bemidji Community Theater $2.50 per Child ages 5 to 9 your contribution plays a Spinning with Charlie at the AAD Shrine organization. eliminate unconscious behav- and 4 and under are free. The significant role in making this NOXQS @ 5:30 am - 6:30 Elephant and Pony rides will iors that spark power strug- Senior Creation Craft Shop possible! Thanks for your am NOXQS Fitness Facility, be available on the main floor gles and mistrust. This ses- SATURDAY will also be open. All proceeds time. Please feel free to 3481 Lauren Dr NW Suite C 1 hour prior to Showtime. sion will be offered in Bemidji go to help support the Senior contact me with any ques- Bemidji, Try something new APRIL 9 Advance Adult: $19.25 Ad- at the Northwest Minnesota Center. tions. Sarah Peters, Tiny Tots and get in shape for the vance Kid: $14.25 Day of Foundation Conference Cen- Coordinator (360)385-3420 summer bike season. Join Show: $23.25 Adult / $18.25 ter on April 7 from 8:30 a.m. Spring Annual Indoor Cell and (218) 751-2267 Charlie, certified Spin coach, Kid to 4:30 p.m. To register, Garage Sale and Craft Home for a Spin class at NOXQS at please visit www.nwmf.org, Show April 9 @ 9:00 am - 5:30am each Friday. $6. under upcoming events. 2:00 pm Sanford Event Cen-

Trainer Anna Maravelas ter, 1111 Event Center DR. Pine to Prairie Fiber Arts integrates her experiences NE Bemidji, Trail: Friday Night National with cutting-edge research on Lots of venders: individual Textile Arts Speaker neuroplasticity, conflict reso- and club rummage items, April 8 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm lution strategies, anger man- crafts and food for sale. Northwest Foundation, 201 agement, and process im- admission. 3rd Street NW Bemidji, Read provement. Every year, her More on Back Page organization Thera Rising Pine to Prairie Fiber Arts April 9 @ 10:00 am - April 10 teaches thousands of leaders, Trail Grand Opening Week- @ 4:00 pm Roller Derby April 9 @ 6:00 employees, and HR profes- end: Saturday and Sunday am - 9:00 pm Sanford Event sionals how to preempt and April 8 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Karaoke & Meat Raffle – Center, 1111 Event Center resolve escalated conflict and Northwest Foundation, 201 43rd Annual Council of Bemidji Eagles April 8 @ DR. NE Bemidji, Fierce, Fun, SELF-DEFEATING HABITS mistrust. The workshop is 3rd Street NW Bemidji, Read Indian Students Pow Wow 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm The Family. Babe City Rollers vs. WORKSHOP April 7 @ 8:30 limited to 30 participants. A April 9 @ 10:00 am - April 10 April 9 @ 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm Eagles Club Bemidji, 1270 Iron Range Maidens. Doors am - 4:30 pm Northwest limited number of scholar- @ 4:00 pm John Glas Fieldhouse, Neilson Ave SE Bemidji, open at 6 pm, Bout starts at Foundation, 201 3rd Street ships are available. Please More on Back Page Bemidji, MC: Braden Bow- Karaoke Wednesdays and 7pm. This is our first bout of NW Bemidji, The Northwest contact Dawn Ganje, string. Host Drum: Big Red. Fridays at 8 pm. Meat raffle the season. Half-time with Minnesota Foundation (NMF) [email protected] to inquire. Contact Melanie Childrey on Friday begins at 5:30 Chuck-A-Duck will help raise is delivering Self-Defeating (507) 720-3072 funds for our showcased Habits of Otherwise Brilliant Open Mic with Gary Broste Clearwater Hot Club – organization, “Support within People, a course designed to and Donny Williams – Brigids Ralphie May – Comedy Live Music April 8 @ 7:00 Reach.” Bring in your bout help create a positive work Pub April 7 @ 8:00 pm - April 9 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm pm - 11:55 pm Brigid’s Pub, ticket stub and get a 5% environment. Through thou- 11:55 pm Brigid’s Pub, 317 Sanford Event Center, 1111 317 Beltrami Ave NW Bemidji, discount on your meal at our sands of seemingly insignifi- Beltrami Ave NW Bemidji, Event Center DR. NE Bemidji, Gypsy Jazz after-party at Buffalo Wild cant interactions, teams Open mic every Thursday co- For 25 years now, Ralphie Wings. Tickets are $12.00 for unknowingly create environ- hosted by legendary Gary May has appeared at the Enchanted Sleeping adults (ages 13 up), $6.00 for ments that are either cohe- Broste and Donny Williams at biggest venues, performed Beauty – Theater April 8 @ children (ages 6 to 12), with sive or adversarial. In this 8. every late-night audience 7:30 pm - April 10 @ 9:00 pm kids age 5 and under free seminar, the specific behav- Tiny Tots Expo show, recorded multiple Chief Theatre, 314 Beltrami iors, and their far-reaching April 9 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm comedy-loving shows few Ave Bemidji, April 8, 9, 15, 16 The Pillowman April 9 @ consequences, become stun- Boys & Girls Club –1600 standup comedians have 7:30 am - 10:00 pm Rail River ningly clear. You will learn Minnesota Ave Bemidji, The attained. mixed media pieces, artist Ron Tur- Pine to Prairie Fiber ney will present recent works of jew- elry and boxes made with ethically Arts Trail Weekend harvested birch bark and porcupine quills. And the Williams-Goodwin April 8—10 experience the area’s family of Mahnomen will display their first Pine to Prairie Fiber Arts Trail powwow regalia, including original Weekend. hand-crafted beaded moccasins, purses, shawls, and more. The trail is a 16-member studio tour that celebrates the unique heritage of In addition to their exhibit, Watermark the area’s voyageurs, pioneers, and and First National Bank Bemidji will indigenous peoples showcasing both also sponsor a Native American traditional and contemporary textile Dance Exhibition by the Williams- art forms. Participating studios are Goodwin family on April 9. Dennis located in the Bemidji area including Williams, Dana Goodwin, and their Debs, Tenstrike, Solway, Wilton and daughters will demonstrate womens’ Fosston and will be open Saturday, Fancy Shawl, Jingle Dress, and Tradi- April 9th from 10:00 – 5:00 and Sun- tional powwow dances, as well as day, April 10th from 10:00 – 4:00. mens’ Grass dance. The event will be held at the Northwest Minnesota The Grand Opening Weekend fea- Foundation from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m., tures keynote speaker Kate Ander- with Grand Entry at 7 p.m. Event is son, a nationally-recognized fiber free and open to the public; free-will artist, painter, former gallery owner, donation at the door. Space is limited. and arts speaker. Join us Friday, April 8 to kick off the weekend, beginning The Pine to Prairie Fiber Arts Trail with an artist reception and trail mem- Weekend is a self-guided tour. Fiber ber exhibit from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at enthusiasts can visit studios and be the Northwest Minnesota Foundation inspired with the artist stories of their in downtown Bemidji. At 7:00, Ander- journey and work. There will be a son will give an artist talk, sharing her variety of fiber mediums represented, experiences in both her artistic en- including quilting, felt making, weav- deavors and business practices, giv- ing, basketry, fabric bowls, knitting, ing the audience insight into the world spinning and more. Art will be avail- of promoting, exhibiting, and answer- able for purchase. There are two ing calls for entry. types of hands – on activities for trail As part of the trail weekend, Water- visitors. Workshops are offered by mark Art Center and First National Jane Carlstrom and Keila McCracken Bank Bemidji will be presenting an and small, free mini-projects called exhibit of Native American textile art. ‘Make & Take’ are offered by Bonnie details, as well as a map of the tour, The Pine to Prairie Fiber Arts Trail is a part of Midwest Fiber Arts Trails, founded by This exhibit will feature a variety of Lundorff and Jane Carlstrom. Some go to www.midwestfiberartstrails.org/ pine-prairie-2016. Maps also at all Minneapolis-based publisher Jennifer fiber mediums representing both tradi- studio locations will include several Wilder, who writes about Midwest fiber studios and Watermark Art Center. tional and contemporary styles. Karen artisans for the weekend. Don’t forget artists. Goulet will display her Star Quilts and the Woolen Mill tours! For specific

taped rope oval on a leagues from Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Wiscon- Babe City Rollers are smooth floor surface. sin, Iowa, Canada, Colorado, and beyond. This was easier to set The league was founded by two local women: Shannon Back on the Track April 9 up and take down, was Murray, inspired by watching a Windy City Rollers bout, much cheaper, and and Sara Bronczyk, a former figure skater. By 2010, it had

offered more flexibility members ranging in age from 18 to 62, totaling more than By wicked vixen in terms of venue. twenty skaters. It played its first bout in February of that Leagues, operated by year. The term "roller derby" dates back to the 1920s, and skaters themselves, originally described roller skate races. In the 1930s, Leo began to spread like Babe City Rollers continues to represent our community Seltzer put these races on banked, wooden tracks, and wildfire. By 2010, there with pride, athleticism, and great dedication. Learn more at began emphasizing skater collisions and falls. This evolved were over 450 flat babecityrollers.com. Babe City Rollers: Fierce. Fun. Family. into the basic structure of roller derby that still exists to- track roller derby day: two teams field five skaters to the track, one of whom leagues worldwide. wicked vixen is a veteran skater with the Babe City Rollers. (called the jammer) must pass members of the other team She participates in nearly all the tournaments and away (the blockers) in order to score points. The Babe City Rollers is a roller derby league based bouts. She’s fearless to the point of breaking bone -her Modern flat track roller derby began in the early 2000s in in Bemidji, Minnesota. Founded in 2009, the league cur- own! (This column first appeared in WUB’s first ever sec- Austin, Texas. Banked tracks had been replaced with a rently consists of one team, which competes against other ond issue. It’s so timely, we can’t resist a re-print.)

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