Ah, March - it seems to be coming in like a lamb - here’s hoping it will go out the same way, as the Fosston Community Library Arts Association has a big event scheduled for Saturday, March 27. Plans are under way for Hope for Haiti: A Musical Benefit. A number of area musicians are donating their time and talents, including Dale Branstner, Neil Bursheim, Mark Hendrickson, Luke Dorman, Stacy Juntenun and more. There will be music in the auditorium and also in the gallery, which will double as a coffeehouse for the evening, with refreshments available. The program on the main state will begin at 7:00, but things will be percolating in the coffeehouse by 6:30. All proceeds will be directed to Haiti relief.
The 2010 theme for LARL Youth Services is “Read Every Day,” certainly good advice for all of us, young, old, and in the middle. In observance of the “Read Every Day” campaign, the Fosston Library will have a Dr. Seuss story time on March 12 and show the movie In Search of Dr. Seuss at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 13.
If you’ve read this year’s community read selection, Nothing by Trouble by Minnesota author Susan May Warren, you won’t want to miss a chance to hear her speak at the library on Tuesday, March 23, at 7 p.m. Warren, a former missionary to Russia, is the award-winning author of 17 novels and novellas. She currently lives in Grand Marais and writes full-time. If you haven’t read her book, there is still time before she comes, and while you’re at it, read three more books and sign up for the Hot Reads adult reading program. The grand prize drawing will be held after Warren’s presentation, and of course, refreshments will be served.
March also brings us St. Patrick’s Day, when we all pretend to be Irish. On Wednesday, March 17, there will be a family celebration from 4-6 p.m. at the library. Hear the story of St. Patrick, stay for games, a treasure hunt and green refreshments (probably not spinach).
There is a colorful new show in the Sorenson Gallery with a number of watercolors and collages by several different artists. There are works by Phyllis Kalliokoski of East Grand Forks, Jane Freeman, Judith Selby and Mary Therese Peterson, all of Bemidji, Ivy Bailie of Fosston, and LaVonne Forseberg of Thief River Falls, Be sure to stop by and see it.
Movies at the library from the month of March are Darby O’Gill and the Little People on Monday, March 15, at 3:30 p.m. and Star Trek on Tuesday, March 16, also at 3:30.