entertainment

It’s part dinner theater, part family-friendly comedy show and part fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Detroit Lakes and Perham. Triple Espresso, the award-winning, global hit comedy about three guys in a coffee shop, is coming to Detroit Lakes’ Historic...

Seventy-eight brave polar plungers participated in this year’s Freezin’ for a Reason, the most jumpers the event has ever had. The plunge,...

For the sixth year running, members of the community will make a splash while collecting donations for Kinship of the Perham Area. Teams and individuals will vie for Best Costume prizes while plunging into icy waters for Freezin’ for a Reason, Kinship’s biggest annual fundraiser. The...

The Perham Area Public Library’s 12th annual Table Setting Fair, held Saturday, raised about $12,000, which will support the library and its programs, materials and goal of promoting literacy in the community. Susan Heusser-Ladwig, librarian, said that amount is up compared to recent...

The second annual Winter Light Festival will take place at the gallery of the Cultural Center in New York Mills beginning at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 2. From 4 to 6 p.m., visiting artist Charles Matson Lume will be present at his light installation, “Death is the mother...

It’s time to blow out the dust and rev up the engines; the annual Midnite Riders Classic Old Timer’s Snowmobile Run is right around the corner. The event, which has been a tradition in the lakes are for nearly three decades, is Saturday, Feb. 7. Registration...

More than seven months of planning, designing and carving concluded on Sunday with the unveiling of Perham’s newest public art project. Panels of the 70-by-8-foot concrete mural, which weighs 4,000 pounds, had a 1,900-mile journey from artist Cindee Lundin’s workshop in Tucson,...

A colorful, creative delight is in store for west central Minnesota. Perham’s newest public art project — a three dimensional mural — is nearing completion. The installation will take place this week, before the public unveiling on Sunday, Dec. 21, when...

The Perham Lions Parade of Lights brightened up the holidays for a crowd of onlookers on Friday. Many people lined up in their heated cars to watch as lit-up floats paraded down Main Street, while lots of others bundled up and braved the cold. According to the National Weather Service,...

Light up your holidays with the Perham Lions Holiday Parade of Lights, returning to town this Friday, Nov. 28. As fans of the annual parade...

It’s even better than a night at the drive-in movie theater – the Perham Community Musical’s cast of “Grease” is ready to take audiences back to the 1950s at the Perham High School Auditorium next weekend. “The Broadway play of ‘Grease’ is quite different from...

Thousands of visitors streamed through the Perham Area Community Center this past Saturday for the Perham Women of FOCUS 38th annual Christmas Plus Bazaar. More than 100 vendors sold jewelry, snack dip, home décor items and more on Nov. 1, kicking off the holiday shopping season...

As next Tuesday, November 11 is Veteran’s day, we honor and remember those who have served our country. There will be local groups and schools hosting events for veterans, their families, and the general public. The following events are to take place in either Perham or New...

Here are some Halloween factoids from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Retail Federation: -- There were about 41.2 million trick-or-treaters ages 5 to 14 in the U.S. in 2013. Of course, many other younger and older children also take part in the tradition. -- Around...