Brainerd

Inspired by the library's summer reading theme, “Find Your Voice,” Hautala will lead a workshop for adults that encourages storytellers of all skill levels and abilities to consider how we use our “voices” to tell stories.

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.

The exhibit includes 20 pieces of mixed media, alcohol inks and acrylic paintings. The artwork on display at the library includes not only a mix of mediums used, but representational as well as abstract subject matters, a news release stated.

The Fishing Fling event is an annual fundraiser to provide area high school students with thousands of dollars in scholarships. This event is open to the public and there will be many opportunities to win from an array of prizes.

The performance is the orchestra's spring concert, titled "Perseverance," and will take place in the Chalberg Theatre.

Presenting will be CLC Communications instructor Kari Frisch. Frisch will regale and challenge the audience with stories and images from her extensive time in Greece last year.

The Raider Concert Winds and the Raider Jazz Collective present their spring concert “Balance” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Chalberg Theatre.

Weber has profiled cold case homicides and narrated an investigative show on the Oxygen channel. His award-winning books include Murder Book, The I-94 Murders, Last Call, Lying Close, Burning Bridges and Black and Blue.

The Arboretum is located 14250 Conservation Drive, Brainerd. For more information, visit northlandarb.org or call 218-829-8770.

As a southerner, Kevin Young loves to write about food, family, friends and how complex and challenging it is to be a Black man in contemporary America.