Area Voices

Taste of the Arts offers two days of self-guided adventure around rural Beltrami County where locations offer mixed disciplines of music, arts demonstrations and food.

Marva Harms spent a lifetime as both teacher and student. Her current exhibit at the MacRostie Art Center celebrates light, color, impressionism and lake life.

The Itasca County Master Gardeners will host their yearly one-hour plant sale 5-6 p.m. Thursday, May 18, at the University of Minnesota North Central Research and Outreach Center, east of Grand Rapids. Other sales can also be found this weekend across the region.

Area rock hounds have a trove of treasures to discover at the Cuyuna Rock, Gem, and Mineral Club’s annual agate and mineral show going on this weekend, May 13-14, at the Crow Wing County Fairgrounds in Brainerd.

A prolific writer, Schlichting’s White House Dollhouse mystery series highlights first ladies of the United States. She also writes children’s books and poetry. And recently, as a last letter to her longtime friend and pen pal, she wrote her first play, Corresponding Lives.

Guitar tuning pegs, a gas tank cover, a carburetor, wooden bowls, parts of tables, portions of dolls and toys, a fireplace mantle and even a tossed aside barrel are part of a new story apart from their past lives.

Bemidji couple's passion for dance and dancing to live music, shapes their lives and how they give back to community.

Watermark Art Center story slam host Ann Marie Newman on the power of story, what makes a good storytelling performance and the connective aspect of sharing our moments with strangers

Diamond Knispel added another layer to the gallery experience with a written component for each piece, nudging viewers to learn her inspiration and the emotions she untangled during its creation.

Strictly Mushrooms in Pine River is a Northern Minnesota business focused on mushrooms and mushroom products.