The St. Cloud State University Women's Center is hosting Women on Wednesday Reloaded: Feminist Podcast & Peer Discussion. This is an informal, peer-led opportunity for students to hang out and connect, listen to a feminist podcast together, and discuss emerging feminist political issues! Some of the specific topics on the agenda include: Organizing for Reproductive Justice Post-Roe and Anonymous Q & A Sex + Birth Control  in a virtual session. Students of all genders welcome every 2nd and 4th Wednesday…

GREAT Theatre in St. Cloud is presenting Disney's Descendants the Musical. Disney's beloved heroes and royalty are living happily ever after in the kingdom of Auradon, safe from the terrifying villains they have banished to the magic-free Isle of the Lost. Entering a completely foreign world and way of life, the four exchange students have a difficult choice to make: should the young students follow in their parents' wicked footsteps, or write their own legacies? The show is packed with…

Sherburne County Parks is thrilled to partner with the Great River Regional Library and the City of Elk River Parks & Recreation to combine literacy with some favorite outdoor spaces. They're hosting a Poetry Project for those up to 18 years old, and providing more of a Poetry Path in the parks, featuring submitted work! The theme of the project is Find Your Voice!  Submitted poems will be posted along paths in Elk River’s new and improved Orono Park and well…

The Lindgren Child Care Center at St. Cloud State University is hosting their 13th annual used book sale, and they could use your help. Each year, the Lindgren preschoolers hold a book sale in the Atwood Memorial Center. If you have any gently used books to donate you can drop them off at the Child Care Center located next to the the Engineering and Computer Center or at a number of campus departments. They do not want any textbooks. The…

Divergent Stars Theatre Company, which is part of Central Minnesota Theatre is putting out a casting call for their production of Rent. Based loosely on Puccini's "La Boheme", Jonathan Larson's "Rent" follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Auditions for all roles will take place at The Red Carpet in early March. Radio: We have link…

The Paramount Center for the Arts in St. Cloud is featuring the exhibit "Fantastic Occurrences" in its main floor lobby. The exhibit spotlights the art of Lou Lou, whose paintings are intentional, whimsical and nestle between realism and surrealism. The art possess a dreamlike quality rich with luscious greenery. The exhibit can be viewed Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. By the way, you can visit with the artist…

You're invited to learn about Hmong history and culture in Minnesota during a free February event series. “Exploring History and Culture in Central Minnesota – Hmong Cultural Center”. The free program is hosted via Zoom each Saturday in February from 11 a.m. to 12 noon, this is a partnership project of the Benton, Morrison, Sherburne and Stearns county historical societies.  The series seeks to create greater understanding and awareness of cultures that have been and still are part of central…

St. Cloud State University’s Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education is recognizing International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The day recognizes of the liberation of Auschwitz on Jan. 27, a date the United Nations has designated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Leading up to and around that date, the university features an annual lecture series entitled The Scott and Lynn Bryce Lecture on Holocaust Education, a series intended to commemorate the lives of the victims of the Holocaust and to honor the…