Creative Power of Aging

Creativity Matters
You are invited to the showing of a half-hour film… "The Creative Power of Aging"
Followed by a presentation on the statewide campaign of the Minnesota Creative Arts and Aging Network (MnCAAN - www.mncaan.net)

Monday, October 27, 11:30-1:30
Virginia Senior Citizens Center / 511 Chestnut Street
Area artists' exhibits & demonstrations - 11:00 to 11:30

Lunch included

All community members and professionals interested in the arts and aging are invited to attend. The event will conclude with a community conversation to spark ideas and connections that will help expand arts activities for older adults on the Range.

Register by email: lyriccenterforthearts@yahoo.com
US mail: Lyric Center for the Arts /PO Box416, Virginia, MN 55792
Phone: 218-741-5577or218-263-6785

* Must register by Wednesday, October 22nd / Seating is limited *

Please provide your phone number, email address and the names of people you wish to register

Area co-sponsors: Range Artists Association Inc., Mesaba Concert Association, SoHo Gallery, Northern Lakes Arts Association, Lyric Center for the Arts, The Creative Shop, Range Fiberarts Guild, Fine Edge Custom Framing, Virginia Foundation, First National Bank of Gilbert, US Bank, Queen City Federal Savings Bank, Northern State Bank of Virginia, American Bank, Virginia Senior Citizens Center, Edgewood Vista Senior Living, Quad Cities Optimal Fitness, Thrifty White Drug, Falkowski Super Market, Natural Harvest Food Coop, The Range Center, Peterson Well Drilling, Copy Magic, Ben Franklin Crafts, Fine Arts North

Community Journalism Club to Meet

Community Journalism Club Meeting
Monday, October 27, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Room C156
Mesabi Range Community & Technical College
1001 W. Chestnut Street, Virginia

October focus: Bring a project or story idea to run by the group for feedback, ideas and suggestions.

The Community Journalism Club is designed for anyone interested in using the Internet to communicate!

Free and open to anyone on the Range. No previous experience required.
RSVP\'s requested. Contact Jennifer Armstrong at jen3344@gmail.com or 290-8020.

Community Journalism Club Update

The Community Journalism Club has been meeting in Virginia since July! It's about time we posted a progress report!

At our first meeting we talked about forming a club to informally support local people interested in using the Internet to communicate. We decided to alternate short presentations about technology topics of interest to group members with working session where we bring in our project or story ideas to vet get feedback and solicit ideas and suggestions from the group.

Our first technology presentation was about Tips and Technologies for Conducting Interviews. We picked that topic because the Britt Historical Society is working on a project to interview elderly residents and Char wanted to know more about how to post interviews to the Internet. In August, Shelly Ceglar, Mountain Iron-Buhl technology and media specialist, provided information on interviewing technologies and uploading interview files (audio/video) to the Web. Scott Hall of 91.7 KAXE community radio provided tips about how to conduct good interviews. Google them both for fascinating results.

In September we were going to talk about Hometown Focus, a local community journalism site and weekly paper, but everybody at the meeting already knew about them, so we talked about important issues on the Range like restoring historic buildings, climate change, the spiraling national economy and people having to choose between food and heat this winter. Did that come up at the meeting or was that another conversation?

And then Ross issued our assignment: Bring a story idea or draft to the October 27th meeting to run by the group for tips, ideas and suggestions!

Next Meeting:
Monday, October 27, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Mesabi Range Community & Technical College Room C156
1001 W. Chestnut Street, Virginia, MN

Related Links (Places I ran into while writing this post!)

Saturday, October 18, 2008 Ironworld
Out of the Dark: Shedding Light on Your Family History - A full day series of workshops designed to help you research and tell the stories of your family history. Keynote Presentation “How to Be Your Family’s Storyteller” by author and storyteller Kevin Strauss.

July 2008 - Moving community radio to the Internet - A BusinessNorth article about the Northern Community Internet Project.

Griff Wigley's March 2007 Post on the Northern Community Internet Project and Leadership Blogging Guide - How to use weblogs as an effective local leadership tool.

and
KAXE's Morning Show Blog