Calendar of Events

SnowTime to READ challenge at the Park Rapids Area Library

The Park Rapids Area Library's winter reading program for adults is a fun challenge right in time for the best days to read! Each reader who finishes 10 books from January 1 to February 28 earns their choice of a sturdy mug or insulated beverage tumbler. Books and other prizes along the way make this reading challenge easy to complete! Unlike the summer program, this one is just for those folks over 18. Log your books online with our Beanstack app or use our classic paper reading log. Grand prize this year is a book tote packed with prizes!

Deadline to submit proposals for a mural in downtown Park Rapids

Heartland Arts Council in Park Rapids is seeking artists to paint a mural in Downtown Park Rapids with completion as early as June 30 but no later than August 15, 2023. The artist selected will be notified in January and must be willing to work with a steering committee on a final design. The deadline for submitting proposals including proposed cost is January 13.

If you are interested, download/view the "Request for Proposals" document for details.

Questions?Please contact Lu Ann Hurd-Lof by email at luann47@gmail.com.

2nd Saturday STEM activity

In the new year, Mary Schwartz will explore color-changing cabbage chemistry on Saturday, January 14 at the Park Rapids Area Library. The library’s FREE 2nd Saturday STEM activities are held in the large meeting room downstairs at the library. Great for families and teens - no registration needed.

Heartland Area Arts Summit

All Creatives are invited to an Arts Summit from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, January 14 at the ArmoryArts and Events Center. A representative from the Bagley Area Arts Collaborative will describe how the collaborative works. Those attending will be given time to explore the possibility of parallel programming between the Bagley Area Arts Collaborative and Heartland Arts and to identify desired workshops, experiences of area artists - visual, performing, communication and others. Please RSVP to Will Olson at wolson@parkrapidsarmory.org or leave a message at 218-237-3722.

Pick up day for adult Take & Make Kits

Create your own inspiring crafts with FREE Take & Make kits for adults which include all the specialized supplies needed. Pick up your kit at the Park Rapids Area Library on the third Monday of each month through March, while supplies last. As the library will be closed Monday, January 16 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Button Bouquet kits will be available Tuesday, January 17.

Open Mic Night

An Open Mic Night is planned from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, January 19 at the Armory Arts & Events Center, 203 Park Ave. So. Admission is free. Call 218-237-3722 to sign up for a time slot. Revel Brewing and Wine Not? will serve at a cash beer and wine bar. Organizers plan to continue Open Mic Nights on the third Thursday of the month through May.

SnowTime to READ challenge

The Park Rapids Area Library's winter reading program for adults is a fun challenge right in time for the best days to read! Each reader who finishes 10 books by February 28 earns their choice of a sturdy mug or insulated beverage tumbler. Books and other prizes along the way make this reading challenge easy to complete! Unlike the summer program, this one is just for those folks over 18. Log your books online with our Beanstack app or use our classic paper reading log. Grand prize this year is a book tote packed with prizes!

Open Mic Night

An Open Mic Night is planned from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, February 16 at the Armory Arts & Events Center, 203 Park Ave. So. Admission is free. Call 218-237-3722 to sign up for a time slot. Revel Brewing and Wine Not? will serve at a cash beer and wine bar. Organizers plan to continue Open Mic Nights on the third Thursday of the month through May.

Heartland Concert: The Patsy Cline Project

Lisa Brokop's warm, rich voice and accompanying band will be paying homage to one of country music's greatest ladies, Patsy Cline, when she performs for the Heartland Concert Association concert March 7. Sit back, relax and enjoy many of Patsy's classic hits like "Crazy," "Sweet Dreams" and "Walkin’ After Midnight." Brokop is Canadian born but lives in Nashville. All concerts are held in the Park Rapids Area High School Auditorium at 7 p.m. Membership in the Heartland Concert Association also includes concerts in Wadena's Concert Series. Single concert tickets are available for each concert, but it is a better value to be a member! Please visit www.heartlandconcertassociation.org for more information.