Just Because It's June

Just because it’s June (to quote the Rogers and Hammerstein song), activities are busting out all over at the Aurora Center for the Arts and the Fosston library. Music on the Porch, the summer concert series sponsored by the Aurora Center and held at the East Polk Heritage grounds, returns beginning Thursday, June 20, with free concerts every Thursday evening at 7 p.m. through August 1. Mark Fogelson opens the series with acoustic folk-style music and Dan Rodriguez will be here on June 27. Rodriguez has played in Fosston several times and is a crowd favorite. Bring your own chair or come early enough to get a spot at one of the picnic tables under the shelter. Summer youth art classes in the basement of the Aurora Center have already begun but there are still a few openings for students ages nine through twelve. Contact Kirby Vossler at Kirby.vossler@gmail.com Meanwhile at the library, the summer reading experience, Explore!, is just getting started. Children and youth are invited to read to win great prices and explore outer space with lots of fun events at the library. Pick up a reading log at the library to get started. The first special program is Wednesday, June 5, with a free screening of the children’s film, “Home,” at 2 p.m. at the Fosston Movie Theater. Admission is free, but if you want popcorn (or any other treat,) you will need to pay for it. On Wednesday, June 12, also at 2 p.m., a naturalist from Itasca State Park will help kids explore star stories found in the night ski. I guess everyone will need to go out after dark to see them. However, on Friday, June 21, there will be an opportunity to see what the night ski looks like with the Star Lab! The program is free, but registration is required. There will be two sessions – one at 1:30 and one at 2:15. This presentation is geared towards youth five and up. On Friday, June 28, magician Magic Bob will present a magic show, Lost in Space, at 2:00 p.m. Suggested ages are three through ten, although I suspect some of us who are over ten might enjoy it too. On Monday and Tuesday, July 1-2, there will be a opportunity for kids to create a book bag to take home. Supplies are provided. Kids under eight must be accompanied by a caregiver. Come either day, but maybe not both times so that everyone who wants to make a bag will have the opportunity.