Here what's happening in Northern Minnesota this week:
Monday, Jan. 26
- ConnectEffect - noon or 5 p.m. in the Dryden Theater at Central Lakes College in Brainerd. Free, but registration required.
- Winter pastel art class - 4 p.m. at the Pine River Public Library, presented by The Crossing Arts Alliance. Free, but registration required.
Tuesday, Jan. 27
- ConnectEffect - noon or 5 p.m. in the Dryden Theater at Central Lakes College in Brainerd. Free, but registration required.
Wednesday, Jan. 28
- ConnectEffect - noon in the Dryden Theater at Central Lakes College in Brainerd. Free, but registration required.
- Film showing: Good Side of Bad - 2 p.m. at Chucker Auditorium at Minnesota North College-Itasca in Grand Rapids. Presented by NAMI Grand Rapids and the Minnesota North Psych Club.
Thursday, Jan. 29
- Itasca Waters' Practical Water Wisdom webinar - noon, online. Hydrologist Sarah Elliott will talk about the impact of wildfires on our waters.
- Iron Women: Socialist Women of the Iron Range - 6 p.m. at Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm.
Friday, Jan. 30
- Rummage and Bake Sale - 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Bemidji Senior Center.
Saturday, Jan. 31
- Rummage and Bake Sale - 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Bemidji Senior Center.
- Winter Lecture Series - 1 p.m. at the Forest History Center in Grand Rapids. This week's topic is "Memory in the Woods: Inventing the Nostalgic Lumberjack" with historian Willa Hammitt Brown.
Sunday, Feb. 1
- Lumberjack Jaunt - 9 a.m. registration, kids' races begin at 11 a.m. with adult races starting at noon at Northland Arboretum in Baxter.
What's going on in your community? Let us know!
Events Up North is made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and the citizens of Minnesota.