Weekly
Tuesdays: Hackensack Children’s Fishing Contest, Birch Lake, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Tuesdays: Big Fun Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m., Crosslake Town Square
Wednesdays: Turtle Races, 2 p.m., downtown Nisswa
Fridays: Pine River Depot open, craft sale, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Fridays: Pine River Duck Races, 1:30 p.m., Pine River dam
Fridays: Pine River Market Square, 2:30-5:30 p.m., Pine River Depot
August
3-21: Lakes Area Music Festival season
3-4: Brainerd Community Theatre: “Sister Act,” 7 p.m., Chalberg Theatre, Central Lakes College, Brainerd
3: Lakes Area Music Festival: Three Statues, 7:30 p.m., Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts, Brainerd
5: Lakes Area Music Festival: Open rehearsal, Us & Them, 1:15 p.m., Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts, Brainerd
5: Lakes Area Music Festival: Cabaret, 7:30 p.m., Grand View Lodge, Nisswa
5-6: Friends of the Pine River Library summer book sales, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Commercial Building, Cass County Fairgrounds, Pine River
5-6: Crosslake Area Library book sale, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Crosslake Community Center
6: Chokecherry Festival, Trailside Park, Pequot Lakes
6: Pequot Lakes Area Historical Society open house, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Cole Memorial Building
6: Music in the Park: Rockin Hill Band, 6 p.m., Crosslake Town Square gazebo
6: Street dance, Pequot Lakes
6-7: Lakes Area Music Festival: Us & Them, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts, Brainerd
6-7: Clays to End Hunger, Lakeshore Conservation Club, Lake Shore
7: Pequot Lakes All Class Reunion, 12:30 p.m., Pequot Lakes High School cafeteria
8: Lakes Area Music Festival: Open rehearsal, Ariadne auf Naxos, 1:15 p.m., Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts, Brainerd
10: Central Lakes Community Performing Arts: Monroe Crossing, 7 p.m., Central Lakes College outdoors stage, Brainerd
10: Lakes Area Music Festival: Rain & Red Clay
10-11: Pequot Lakes Community Theater: Auditions for “You Can’t Take it With You,” 6-9 p.m., Pequot Lakes High School auditorium