Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids Players Summer Theater Camp will stage two plays on at 6:30 p.m. Friday and at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Reif Center. The production starts with a comedy called Knock, Knock, which will be followed by a musical production, Finding Nemo, Jr. Listen to a recent conversation from KAXE's Morning Show by clicking the audio above. Tickets available at the door.
Brainerd
Actors Repertory Theater presents Tuesdays with Morrie at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 27; Friday and Saturday at the Dryden Theater on the campus of Central Lakes College in Brainerd.
Coleraine
Students of Greenway Theater Camp present The Wizard of Oz at 6 p.m. Friday at Greenway High School Auditorium.
Virginia
There's still one more weekend to see Full Range, a collaboration between Mixed Blood Theater from Minneapolis and local actors from the Iron Range. Performances are Thursday through Sunday. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and at 2 p.m. Sunday at Rock Ridge Performing Arts Center. Tickets are free and can be reserved at Mixed Blood’s website or are available at the door. Listen to a conversation with the play's director.
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Plus: Two local elementary schools meet their fates, with Bemidji's J.W. Smith set to remain open for at least a year, while Greenhaven in Hibbing will close.
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Kimberly Soon Jim Rife, 39, died, and her 13-year-old daughter suffered life-threatening injuries. Rife ran an adult foster care and coordinated a program to help hungry students.
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Even during the most intense immigration enforcement in Minnesota, however, immigration authorities were arresting nearly triple the number of immigrants in Texas.
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A motion to close and consolidate the Bemidji school, dispersing students to other area elementaries serving kindergarten through third grade, failed to pass on a 3-3 vote.