ARTS & CRAFTS FESTIVALS – 2026

February 14 – Hygge Market, New York Mills Cultural Center, 10:00-2:00 p.m.
May 9 – Catch a Book Festival, Wadena Public Library, 10:00-2:00 p.m.
June 27 – Majestic Pines Artisans & Crafters Market, Nisswa Pioneer Village, 10:00-4:00
p.m.
June 28 – Arts in the Park, Brainerd, 10:00-4:00 p.m.
August 4-8 – Crow Wing County Fair
August 8 – Northwoods Art & Author Festival, Hackensack, 9:00-3:00 p.m.
September 5-6 – Arts off #84 Art Crawl, Longville, 9:00-4:00 p.m.
September 12-13 – Little Falls Arts & Crafts Fair, Little Falls, 8:00-6:00 p.m. (Sat.) and 9:00-
4:00p.m. (Sun.)
September 19 – Fall Artisan & Crafters Market, Nisswa Pioneer Village, 10:00-4:00 p.m.
October 16-17 – Rutger’s October Fest, Bay Lake, 12:00-5:00 p.m. (Fri.) & 9:00-5:00 p.m. (Sat.)

AUTHOR TALKS – 2025-26

January 16, 2025 – Rendezvous with a Writer, LA Talk Radio
March 19, 2025 – The Senior Center, Brainerd
April 3, 2025 – Cloquet Public Library
April 7-11, 2025 – Kitchigami Regional Library System (12 libraries)
April 10, 2025 – Sons of Norway, Brainerd
April 26, 2025 – Aitkin Public Library
May 15, 2025 – Hackensack Area Book Clubs
July 3, 2025 – Northland Reads, Northland PBS, Duluth
July 14, 2025 – The Center, Supper Speaker, Brainerd
August 14, 2025 – Hibbing Senior Center, Hibbing
August 24, 2025 – Crosslake Lutheran Church Campfire Drive-In Service
September 27, 2025 – Lake Superior Writers’ Author Fair, Duluth Public Library
December 9, 2025 – History in a Pint, Veterans’ Program, St. Louis County Hist. Society, Duluth
May 29, 2026 – South Ridge High School Graduation Speaker, Culver
July 14, 2026 – Carlton County Historical Museum, Cloquet, Noon
July 28, 2026 – History in a Pint, Veterans’ Program, St. Louis Cty. Hist. Soc., Duluth
TBD – The Brookston Legion, Brookston

TBD – Lake County Historical Society Museum, Two Harbors

CAMPFIRE IN THE BASEMENT READINGS

(Public is Invited.)
June 8, 2026 – Brainerd Public Library, 11:00 a.m. (2 nd Monday)
June 9, 2026 – Pine View Apts., Carlton, 2:00 p.m. (2 nd Tuesday)
June 9, 2026 – Interfaith Care Center, Carlton, 3:00 p.m. (2 nd Tuesday)
June 16, 2026 – Woodland Good Samaritan Assisted Living, Brainerd, 3:10 p.m. (3 rd Tuesday)
June 17, 2026 – Edgewood Vista Assisted Living, Brainerd, 2:30 p.m. (3 rd Wednesday)
June 18, 2026 – Edgewood Vista Assisted Living, Baxter, 3:00 p.m. (3 rd Thursday)
Reschedule – Nordic Woods Assisted Living, Baxter, 10:30 a.m. (3 rd Monday)
July 13, 2026 – Brainerd Public Library, 11:00 a.m. (2 nd Monday)
July 14, 2026 – Pine View Apts., Carlton, 2:00 p.m. (2 nd Tuesday)
July 14, 2026 – Interfaith Care Center, Carlton, 3:00 p.m. (2 nd Tuesday)
July 15, 2026 – Edgewood Vista Assisted Living, Brainerd, 2:30 p.m. (3 rd Wednesday)
July 16, 2026 – Edgewood Vista Assisted Living, Baxter, 3:00 p.m. (3 rd Thursday)
July 20, 2026 – Nordic Woods Assisted Living, Baxter, 10:30 a.m. (3 rd Monday)
July 21, 2026 – Woodland Good Samaritan Assisted Living, Brainerd, 3:10 p.m. (3 rd Tuesday)