...5-$6. friday-saturday: art Show yer face The Crossing Arts Alliance aims to unveil its new digs in Brainerd's Franklin Arts Center with a unique show. Biff Ulm and other area photographers ask you to bring your mug, ugly or otherwise...

The new Q Gallery at Brainerd's Franklin Arts Center will open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday with an exhibit of contemporary art. The primary focus is metal sculpture by Diane...

...Brainerd High School football team, will be on display from April 12-May 10 at the Art Matters gallery in Brainerd's Franklin Arts Center. A reception for players and coaches will be from 1-4 p.m. April 12. For gallery hours and more information...

saturday: art Center of attention The monthly open house at Brainerd's Franklin Arts Center will be from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Galleries and studios will be open, and the Flipside children's activity...

...John Erickson, will be on display at a reception from 1-4 p.m. June 14 at the Art Matters Gallery in Brainerd's Franklin Arts Center. The exhibit will also be on display from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. July 12 and by appointment at 330-1780...

...be open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Tuesday through June 26 at Q Gallery 222 in Brainerd's Franklin Arts Center. It will also be open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. June 14. Artists will include Carolyn T. Abbott, fiber...

The Brown Bag Speakers Series will take a one-week break from books to focus on another type of writing. Minnesota songwriter Ann Reed (left) will perform and discuss her work at noon Monday at the Brainerd Public Library. Admission is free.

...and Mackenzie Ross started the Vacationland Figure Skating Club competition season. Commercial space in Brainerd's Franklin Arts Center is now available for rent to artists, businesses and organizations. Applications and information can be...

FRIDAY: IMPROV Improv-ing themselves Central Lakes College's Act IV Theater Club will act out movies ranging from "Bram Stoker's Dracula" to "Anchorman" during an improvisational show at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Chalberg Theatre on the Brainerd campus. Rande Erickson and other area actors will join the club members on stage and the audience will get involved by drawing from a pool of 30 movies. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children and CLC students.

...recent years to outgrow the school's Little Theater. "Street Scene" will be staged Friday-Sunday in Brainerd's Franklin Arts Center Theatre. The large cast "has been both a blessing and a curse," Albrecht said Monday afternoon at Franklin...