Entertainment Briefs - Dec. 16
A roundup of area virtual events to include a film festival and ones to celebrate the winter solstice.
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Wild & Scenic Film Festival comes virtually
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival, a collection of films speaking to the environmental concerns and celebrations of Earth is coming virtually to Brainerd.
The Northland Arboretum is hosting the virtual film festival Jan. 9, 2021. The festival is a fundraiser for the Arboretum. Virtual lobby doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the show beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 and may be reserved at
The festival will consist of a series of 10 films which were chosen from the annual festival hosted in Nevada City, California. The festival is a natural extension of the Northland Arboretum’s mission of education, recreation and conservation work to inspire people to act on behalf of the environment, a news release stated The event is sponsored by Lakeland Public Televi
HARVEY, N.B. A wool company in New Brunswick is receiving the royal treatment, after being involved in a campaign started by Prince Charles. Briggs & Little Woolen Mills call themselves Canada’s oldest Woolen Mill, operating in York Mills, N.B., since 1867. Now their wool is being used to weave rugs in India, and Prince Charles has a role to play in it all. The Campaign for Wool was launched in Canada by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall in 2014, with the idea of bringing attention to wool producers around the world. “I believe that the whole idea is to give awareness to the natural resource,” says owner-operator Mike Little. “I think it kind of gets lost or forgotten about a little bit.”
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