It's October

It’s October – the trees are starting to display their fall colors, and every squirrel I see seems to have an acorn in its mouth. By the end of the month those trees will probably be bare, and much as I hate to mention it, we’ve had Halloween blizzards before. However, there are plenty of great activities scheduled for the month at the Fosston Community Library Arts Center. Singer/songwriter Sarah Morris will be appearing in concert on Saturday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m. at the Arts Center theater. Accompanied by her four-piece band (violin, guitar, drums and vocals), Sarah, who has been called a “country-leaning Norah Jones,” will be bringing concertgoers an enjoyable evening. Tickets are available at Nord’s Pharmacy and Gifts or on-line at fclaa.org. The Northwest MN Arts Council traveling exhibit will be on display at the Sorenson Gallery through mid-November. Stop by during library hours to view a variety of art created by talented artists from northwestern Minnesota. Fosston’s Heidi Danos is one of them. If you have a junior high student who is interested in creating art, whether watercolor, acrylics, pastels, sketching, murals, collage, paper mâché or more, the 7th-9th grade art club is a great opportunity. Sessions will be held on Sunday evenings, 7-9 p.m. from Oct. 16-November 20 in the Art Center basement. There is a fee for this, but scholarships are available. Email hello@fclaa.org for an application. The library book club will meet Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. Book for the month is J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. If you’ve never read the Harry Potter series, here’s your chance, and if you’ve already read it, it will be fun to revisit it. Coming to the library on Wednesday, Oct. 12, will be reporter Joe Kimball, author of Secrets of the Congdon Mansion Murders. Kimball covered the story as a reporter for the Star Tribune, so knows all the inside details. The presentation will be at 10 a.m. Later on Oct. 12, there will be Bingo for the kiddos from 3:30 to 4:30. There are prizes, so that is always a popular activity. Also for kids of all ages, there will be two crafternoons, one on Wednesday, Oct. 5, and one on Wednesday, Oct. 26. These are early out days from school, so the time frame for these is from 1-3 p.m. Materials are provided to make a free kids’ craft. For adults (or teenagers) who are interested in something crafty, free materials for making beaded hoop earrings are still available at the library. Tawny Cale of Sister Beads has an instructional video on the LARL Website, and there are written instructions included in the bag. If you are more interested in writing than attempting beadwork, a virtual writing workshop, Creative Writing Sampler, will be available Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. Go to larl.org/writingworkshops to access it. One more little reminder – the library will be closed on Monday, Oct. 10, for staff training.