Saturday, November 26th: Fairy Village Workshop 1 p.m. to 4 pm. hosted by the Granite Area Arts Council. Help add to last year’s fairy village that will go outside in December. Craft supplies on hand but more dollhouses and other items still needed.
Farewell event for Artist in Residence planned The student film “Voices and Views of the River” will be open for two public screenings coming up this month. The first public screening will be held at the Yellow Medicine East auditorium on Tuesday, November 22nd.
A joint artist’s reception was held recently at the KK Berge building in downtown Granite Falls for painter/ drawer Cat Abbott and potter Ron Kahler. Their reception was held on the evening of Friday, November 18th. This is the first gallery showing at KK Berge’s newly renovated space.
Jessica Stölen-Jacobson Editor jstolen-jacobson@cherryroad. com Last Tuesday evening, area leaders gathered at the Pioneer PBS station in rural Granite Falls to hear a presentation given by Deb Brown, of Iowa.
Vicar of Healing Waters Lutheran Parish, Lutheran Seminary Student This next Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent. This season begins four Sundays before Christmas Day. And in Advent we celebrate the anticipation and coming of Jesus Christ, the Messiah. The word “advent” is from the Latin word adventus which means “coming” or “arrival.”
Belview GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Sundays: 9 a.m. Holy Communion, 10:15 a.m.
Last week, a meeting was held at both the Montevideo Public Library, and Bird Island Cultural Centre to reveal the Yellowstone Trail Master Plan. The plan came about when the Renville County Historical Society partnered with the Yellowstone Trail Alliance of Western Minnesota to apply for a Cultural Heritage Partnership grant from the Minnesota Historical Society. Since receiving the $54,000 grant, the group has been working to develop a state-wide Yellowstone Trail Master Plan.
Jon Dell brought his live folk music to Bluenose Gopher Public House on the evening of November 16th. Dell performed original music and shared many musings and the stories behind his songs. There were happy songs as well as somber songs about subjects such as losing a family member or a friend to death. Dell shared a story about a van that broke down on him five different occasions during a three month tour. He also shared a story about returning from a tour only to have the fire marshal show up at his apartment to turn off the electricity thanks to a landlord who hadn’t paid the bill. It was also the middle of winter in Harlem, NY. Dell says he was happy to play Bluenose for his first time and plans on returning again.
On the quest to raising good humans, I realize that most people tend to use the holidays as a teachable time for kids. We encourage the need to do good for others who might have less than we do as we donate food, toys, money and help in our communities and beyond. We do this on overdrive in November and December because these months are within the “season of giving.” And while I wish this was more of a yearround notion; I still jump on board with my own three kids to embrace the season as a time to do for others with no expectation of gain. Many of the best ways to help others costs nothing at all, aside from some time and effort.
There was a Maker’s Day event at the Kilowatt Community Center on Wednesday, November 16th for the public to come and go at their leisure helping current artist in residence, Leah Cook, decorate Wonder Boxes. These boxes/sculptures that Cook has been working very closely on with the Yellow Medicine East high school ag welding class, will be placed at locations still to be determined around the community.