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Ojibwe author Anne Dunn tells stories Tuesday morning with the help of Addie Dauner, 9, at the Bemidji Public Library as part of the Book Festival events. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Storyteller Anne Dunn presents program at Bemidji Library Book Festival

A rapt audience of more than 70 people listened to how the Creator laid down the rules for humankind as told by Ojibwe storyteller Anne M. Dunn Tuesday morning. Audrey...

news / local Wed, Jun 13, 2012 - 12:00am

Prime Time: W.S. Gilbert's take on a late Victorian fad

In December I described a Thanksgiving drive to Cambridge and back. On March 21, I took the same route to Cambridge, staying with son Stuart and his wife, Carol, in...

news / local / entertainment Tue, Jun 12, 2012 - 12:00am

The first day of the weeklong Bemidji Library Book Festival featured author William Durbin, who presented a workshop titled "Writing for Tweens and Teens" on Monday at the Headwaters School of Music and the Arts. Durbin, who lives on Lake Vermillion, has won several awards for his young adult/historical novels. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Bemidji Library Book Festival: Authors share trade secrets for aspiring writers

BEMIDJI - The start of the Bemidji Library Book Festival started Monday morning with children's author Carolyn Strom Collins at the Bemidji Public Library. More than 50 people showed up...

news / local Tue, Jun 12, 2012 - 12:00am

Muirhead competing in Think-Off Saturday

NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. -- This year's Great American Think-Off marks the 20th year of the celebration of philosophy by debating the same question as the inaugural Think-Off two decades...

news / local / entertainment Fri, Jun 08, 2012 - 12:00am

What started out Thursday as a fun evening of doing mime in their full body Morph suits turned out to be scary for Brekt and Haakan Thorsgaard. The youngsters, age 11 and 13, wanted to try out the effect of their new attire while doing some mime (gestures and actions to simulate words). The police arrived on the scene - Lueken's Village Foods South - because calls had come into the station about two people, dressed in black, who were acting suspiciously. A quick doffing of their hoods revealed the boys, ...

Mimes create surprise in Bemidji

What started out Thursday as a fun evening of doing mime in their full body Morph suits turned out to be scary for Brekt and Haakan Thorsgaard. The youngsters, age...

news / local / entertainment Fri, Jun 08, 2012 - 12:00am

Bemidji High School graduate Alle Bowman plays the leading role in "The Spitfire Grill," the first show of the Paul Bunyan Playhouse 2012 summer season at the historic Chief Theater. Bowman plays Percy Talbot, who tries to get her life back on track in a small Wisconsin town. She brings to the role all the emotional energy of a young woman coping with life as it is while striving for a brighter future. The story of life in small town America told in words and music. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Young Bemidji actor takes center stage at Playhouse

BEMIDJI - When the house lights go dark and the spotlight comes up on a solitary character, center stage, a young Bemidji actor will be singing and setting the stage...

news / entertainment / local Thu, Jun 07, 2012 - 12:00am

From a singer's point of view, Matthew Goinz is seen conducting the chorus in a rendition of Humming Chorus from Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" in preparation for Opera Night. patt rall | Bemidji Pioneer

Bemidji State grad Goinz continues journey as aspiring orchestra, choral director

BEMIDJI - Matthew Goinz is back in town after spending the last year the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he is studying for a master's degree in music with...

news / entertainment / local Thu, Jun 07, 2012 - 12:00am

Harlan Hegna is working on his documentary "Finding Faith," a project that led him to the Middle East. He visited the Evangelical Lutheran School in Beit Sahour, Palestine, where he filmed a 30-minute documentary about the four Lutheran schools there. Hegna said he was given a place to stay for a week in exchange for volunteering to make a film to raise awareness about the schools. submitted photo

Faith journey leads Bemidji native to Israel

BEMIDJI - A journey to discover his own faith has led Harlan Hegna to take a pilgrimage to Israel. Born and raised in Bemidji, Hegna, 27, is an independent filmmaker...

news / local / entertainment Thu, Jun 07, 2012 - 12:00am

From left, actresses Bonni Allen, Nancy Marvy and Alle Bowman rehearse a scene Tuesday for the play "The Spitfire Grill," tonight's opener for the Paul Bunyan Playhouse's professional summer stock theater season. The heartwarming musical runs through June 16, with performances at 8 p.m. tonight through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday and 8 p.m. June 13-16, at the Chief Theatre. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

'Spitfire Grill' lives up to its name

BEMIDJI - How many of us would like a second chance, an opportunity to make a new life in a place chosen from a beautiful picture - a place where...

news / local / entertainment Wed, Jun 06, 2012 - 12:00am

Oscar Julin from Davis Drywall removes scaffolding at the rear of the newly painted exterior of the historic Chief Theater, home of the Paul Bunyan Playhouse. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

New-look Playhouse: 'The Chief' gets a facelift as summer play season nears

BEMIDJI - It's a race to get renovations to the Paul Bunyan Playhouse finished in time for the opening of the first play, now less than a week away, but...

news / entertainment Thu, May 31, 2012 - 12:00am

Free Indeed features, from left: Annie Hendrickson, Hannah Hendrickson, Alice Fuglestad and Josiah Hendrickson. Patt Rall | Bemidji Pioneer

Family band kicks off summer concert series

BEMIDJI - Free Indeed, a three-generation country gospel group, will be the opening act for this year's Bemidji State Park Concert Series. The concerts at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the...

news / entertainment / local Thu, May 31, 2012 - 12:00am

Carol L. Johnson, treasurer of the Bemidji Area Church Musicians, and Ken Wold, chair, are hoping for a full house at first concert of the 2012 Summer Recital Series. This is the 25th anniversary of the series. The first concert, scheduled June 6, features guest artist Michael Olson of Fargo. Patt Rall | Pioneer photo

Church recital series enter 25th year

BEMIDJI - In February of 1988, Shannon Jones, organist at the Bemidji's United Methodist Church, and Larry and Mary Jane Shroth, choir director and organist, respectively, at the First Presbyterian...

news / local Sun, May 27, 2012 - 12:00am

A happy group of artists pose in front of a newly installed sculpture during the 2012 Bemidji Sculpture Walk awards ceremony. Albert Belleveau, installation chair, is standing next to People's Choice Winner, Shanna Mae Olson a May BSU Fine Arts graduate. Mitch Blessing, chair of the Bemidji Sculpture Walk is standing next to Critic's Choice winner, Steve Sundahl, a BSU fine arts professor. Missing from the photo is runner-up for Critic's Choice Michael Vallarano from Minneapolis. PATT RALL | BEMIDJI PIONEER

Sculpture Walk winners announced

BEMIDJI -- The winners for this year's Bemidji Sculpture Walk contest were announced Saturday. Weathered by Shanna Mae Olson received the $1,000 People's Choice Award and "H2O Water Dancers" by...

news / local / entertainment Sun, May 27, 2012 - 12:00am

Pioneer Previews: Anton Treuer to discuss his newest book

Anton Treuer, noted author, educator and expert of the Ojibwe language and history, will speak about his newest book, "Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to...

news / local / entertainment Sun, May 27, 2012 - 12:00am

Sculptor Dewey Goodwin finished a sculpture of a bald eagle grasping a sucker that will grace the front entrance of the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Ship School's entrance at a special ceremony Tuesday in Bena. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Sculptor puts tools to work on school art

BENA - "Tough, tough rock," sculptor Dewey Goodwin said after he takes his hat off and rubs his brow. Goodwin just completed a bald eagle sculpture out of Dolomite, a...

news / local Sat, May 26, 2012 - 12:00am

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