Find Waldo in Park Rapids!
July 1 to 31

Looking for a fun and family friendly event this month? Take part in the “Find Waldo” scavenger hunt throughout downtown Park Rapids. Pick up a passport at Beagle and Wolf or any of the participating stores and start searching for Waldo! Complete details will be on the passport.

"The person I married, who I am still married to and remain very much in love with, is now legally named Venus de Mars, and she uses she and herpronouns. But to get to that point was a journey of decades. At the time we didn't know where it would lead—we had no real role models and made it up as we went. Most of this story took place at a time when the kind of knowledge and terminology we now have about being trans didn't exist."

—from the Author’s Note

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In December of 2019, Lynette and Venus de Mars were in the store to talk about the memoirs they were working on. Lynette finished her memoir, and it has recently been published!  

Stephanie Hansen and Kurt Johnson
July 9, 11:30 to 1:00

Heads Up! It’s a rare Sunday event for us, and it’s a great doubleheader!

Stephanie Hansen, the author of True North Cabin Cookbook, will be with us. Summer is prime cabin season and this great cookbook features recipes for straightforward, creative, tasty dishes that offer ample opportunity to savor north woods living at its very best. For more about Stephanie, visit her website.

Kurt Johnson is co-author of The Barrens, winner of this year’s Minnesota Book Award in the novel category. Kurt’s co-author was his daughter Ellie, and The Barrens was inspired by a forty-five day canoe trip she took at age seventeen, paddling four hundred-fifty miles along the Thelon River in subarctic Canada.

Read our review of The Barrens in our March newsletter!

Julie Jo Larson
July 15, 1:00 to 3:00

Looking for a fun day trip for yourself or a way to entertain out of town guests? There’s no shortage of activities in 100 Things to Do in Minnesoata Before You Die to keep readers aged two to ninety-nine busy 365 days a year. Get ready to experience four seasons of great adventures where the journey is as meaningful as the destination!

We’ll also have copies of Julie Jo’s earlier book, 100 Things to Do in Minnesota Northwoods

Mark Therrien

The Megavan tells the endearing story of a young family sharing life experiences and building their family foundation. All their adventures are told through the eyes of someone who is there for it all: their trusty minivan!

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Mark September 2 on your calendar! We’re having a double header at the Armory that day!

William Kent Krueger
1:00 to 2:30

William Kent Krueger will be with us, speaking and signing copies of The River We Remember.

The book will be released on September 5, and we have special permission to sell it on the 2nd!!

Join us for this free event. Meet William Kent Krueger, hear him talk about his new book, and get an autographed copy!

The River We Remember is a stand-alone, not part of the Cork O’Connor series.

In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh fuel on old grievances in this dazzling standalone novel.

Both a complex, spellbinding mystery and a masterful portrait of midcentury American life The River We Remember is an unflinching look at the wounds left by the wars we fight abroad and at home, a moving exploration of the ways in which we seek to heal, and a testament to the enduring power of the stories we tell about the places we call home.

Amy Thielen
3:00

We’re hosting the book launch for Amy Thielen’s new book, Company, at the Armory! Join us for this ticketed event celebrating the release of Amy’s newest cookbook!

Non-refundable tickets will be $50 in advance and $55 at the door. The ticket price will include:

• Hors d'oeuvres based on or inspired by recipes in Amy’s book
• A talk by Amy
• One book, which Amy will sign (Note: please don’t bring in books purchased elsewhere)
• Live music
• Cash bar
• Additional books will be available for $40.00 plus tax.
• Two people coming together wanting to purchase one book? An additional ticket will be available for $15.00

About Company:

In her much-anticipated follow-up to The New Midwestern Table, Amy writes, “no one will ever care about the food as much as you and I do.” Company will have you rethinking the way you entertain, throwing dinner parties that are less formal, more frequent, and as fun for the cook as for the guests. Preaching leniency, not-guilty pleasures, and the art of making it in advance, Amy soothes the most common party anxieties one by one. Her reflections on writing menus, produce shopping, and how to time a meal are novel but timeless. Not afraid of meat (but obsessed with vegetables), these 125 loyal recipes are arranged in menu form—from intimate dinner parties to larger holiday feasts to parties that serve up to twenty.

With a feast of gorgeous photography and plenty of down-in-the-pan cooking nerdery, Company encourages a return to the habit, and the joy, of cooking for family and friends.

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