March at the Fosston Library Arts Center

The calendar is turning to March. Will that make a difference in the weather? Here’s hoping so; everyone I know is more than ready for spring. Last year at this time I could see a 10-foot icicle out my window. This winter has been too cold to even make icicles. However, the Fosston Community Library Arts Center continues to bring opportunities to distract ourselves from the cold weather.
You’ll be seeing a new face at the library as Erwin Rud will be helping out under the Experience Works program. A Fosston native, Rud lived and worked in the Twin Cities and Rochester areas for a number of years, returning to Fosston in 2007. He has a varied work experience in his past  - retail, health care, janitorial, and maybe a few other things as well.
The library staff is looking forward to his help.
There are several events scheduled for the month, including a program by Robert Halbrook, called “The Magic of Dr. Seuss,” on Friday, March 21, at 145 p.m.; a Mom to Mom program on crock-pot freezer meals on Thursday, March 6, at 6:30 p.m.; book club on Tuesday, March 11, at 7 p.m. discussing The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce; Fosston writers’ group on Thursday, March 27; and the third grade musical on Thursday and Friday, March 13 and 14, 7 p.m. both nights.
The Hot Reads for Cold Nights adult reading program continues through the month of March. It’s not too late for you to read or listen to four books and qualify for the prize drawing.
Also during the month of March the Food for Fines campaign will be in force. Bring in a non-perishable, non-expired food item and have $2 waived from your library fine. Food items will go to the local food shelf.
Coming up some time this month will be a new display in the Sorenson Gallery of works by Ric Sorenson. Watch for more information on this later.
Looking ahead to April, the annual Festival of Tables is scheduled for Saturday, April 12. Put it on your calendar.
If you have ideas, suggestions, complaints about what you might like to see done by the FCLAA, you may want to contact any of the current board members, so here is a list: Keri Mireault, Scott Wilson, Bonnie Stewart, Orland Aspen, Wonell Miller, Becky Overmoe, Jeanne Rains, Sarah Steinbrenner, Bernadette Sorenson, Sandy Johnson and Ray Miller. Or you may just want to thanks them for their service.