entertainment

PARK RAPIDS -- Nickelodeon and Paul Bunyan Communications invite area children to meet Dora star of Nickelodeon's preschool phenomenon “Dora The Explorer” on July 2 during Paul Bunyan Communications Night at the Second Street Stage event in downtown Park Rapids. The costumed character...

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 Award-winning author Lauraine Snelling will be touring the Kitchigami Regional Library system this month. She’ll visit Park Rapids for a special program and book signing at 6:30 p.m. at the Armory. Snelling is the author of over 80 widely popular books, some...

TUESDAY, MARCH 24 The Headwaters Center for Lifelong Learning presents the talented speech competitors from the Park Rapids High School from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Northwoods Bank of Park Rapids community room. Students will perform a variety of speeches, ranging from dramatic interpretation...

You’ll find a bumper crop of vegetable gardening information at a March 4 presentation by Joel Karsten. The Minnesota author of “Straw Bale Gardens” will share a new and thoroughly innovative gardening technique at the Park Rapids Area Library Wednesday, March 4 at 10:30...

SATURDAY, FEB. 21 Enjoy a winter evening on snowshoes as the light of lanterns guides your way along the Schoolcraft Trail in Itasca State Park between 5:30 and 8 p.m. Meet at the Mary Gibbs Mississippi Headwaters Center and snowshoe at your own pace during this drop-in program....

By SHANNON GEISEN sgeisen@parkrapidsenterprise.com Armory project supporters are investigating other art centers in Minnesota, studying their operating budgets and marketing strategies. Ryan Heinritz, executive director of the Paradise Center for the Arts, recently met with a...

Some people may find it strange to withstand freezing temperatures and gusty winds just to stand in the center of Times Square in New York City to catch a glimpse of a bejeweled ball drop at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. Yet this tradition may seem tame when compared...