Festival of Tables

The Festival of Tables fundraiser held last Saturday was a once again a huge success. Unfortunately I was unable to attend. Thanks to Jan Hanson for the pictures. The little girl pictured is Jan's granddaughter Lauren Sekely, who was the winner of the American Girl doll clothes donated by ReMar Voxland. She is pictured with Remar.

April fool! Bet you thought it was spring, but on April 1 we had snow-covered yards and a forecast for several inches of that dreaded white stuff in another day or two. The storm that was forecast didn't materialize, but who knows what Mother Nature has up her sleeve. However, whatever else April may have in store for us, the Fosston Community Library Arts Center has plenty of good things coming up.
The Festival of Tables fund-raiser for the FCLAA is coming up Saturday, April 16, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Fosston. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. with the luncheon served at noon. Tickets are available from Kim Wilson (435-6753), Joan Dufault (435-6986) or the Fosston Library (435-1320).
If you’d like to learn about the Minnesota beer industry, come to the library on Saturday, April 9, at 7 p.m. Doug Hoverson, author of Land of Amber Waters: the History of Brewing in Minnesota, will be there to talk about the subject. No word on whether there will be samples. This free program is supported with money from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage fund.
Another program supported by Legacy Amendment funding is comedian Scott Novotny, who will be performing at the library on Wednesday, April 27, also at 7 p.m. If spring isn’t here by that time, we’re going to need a few laughs, and it sounds as if this will be just the place to find them.
Woven from the Land, a film by Teresa Konechne, will be shown at the arts center on Wednesday, April 20, at 7 p.m. This beautifully-made film features 18 rural South Dakota women speaking about their connection to the prairie and some of the losses of the rural way of life. Konechne herself will be here, and I think there will be a panel discussion following the film showing.
April 10-16 is National Library Week. Special events during the week include computer classes on Monday (call 435-1320 to register), a Norwegian genealogy class at 10 a.m. Tuesday (again, call the library to pre-register), and a family fun time on Wednesday at 4 p.m. where children and their parents will have the opportunity to create their own story. In addition, Tuesday, April 12, is National Library Workers Day. Coffee, lemonade and cookies will be served at the library while supplies last. Gifts are optional.