A Spring Job Fair will be held from 1:30-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, at the Days Inn Convention Center in Brookings.
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The SDSU’s Family Resource Network is again offering free parenting classes, “Understanding Me Up to Age 3,” in March and April. The classes will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Brookings Public Library. The March 20 session is about “Why I Do What I Do.” This class explains your child’s behaviors as they think, learn and feel with strategies to encourage your child’s development. While there are four sessions, participants are not required to attend all four. However, participants are required to register by contacting the Family Resource Network at 688-5730 or sdsu.frn@sdstate.edu.
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Bingo at the Brookings VFW, 520 Main Ave., is from 6:30-10 p.m. Wednesday, March 20. Cards are handed out at 6:30, and bingo starts at 7. Lunch will be available. For more information, call 692-6771.
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If you love to paint, join the painting group that meets from noon-5 p.m. every Thursday at the Brookings Arts Council, 524 Fourth St. Come work on individual projects and collaborate on art talk and ideas. No pre-registration is needed.
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The next Third Thursday at McCrory Gardens is set for 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at the McCrory Gardens Education and Visitor Center. This month’s topic is Insect Migration: More than Monarchs, presented by Dr. Jennifer Krauel of the University of Tennessee. The event is free and open to the public, but online registration is requested at https://www.sdstate.edu/mccrory-gardens/third-thursday-registration-form.
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The Medary Elementary PTA will host a Family Fun Night Fundraiser starting at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at the school. Come enjoy Bingo and a gift basket raffle. All proceeds will stay in the school to support its students.
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The Brookings Interfaith Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at the Brookings Public Library, Cooper Room. The topic for discussion will be “Religion Renewed for a Changing World: An Introduction to the Baha’i Faith.” Come celebrate the Baha’i New Year and learn about this most recent world religion. Baha’is believe it’s time for humanity to come together as one family, to create a world where everyone can thrive. The meeting will begin with a potluck. Please bring a passing dish, if able, and remember that many in the interfaith community do not eat pork or may be vegetarian.
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SDSU student Kaitlyn Yager will present a voice recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in Founders Recital Hall in SDSU’s Performing Arts Center. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 688-5187.
Bingo at the Brookings VFW, 520 Main Ave., is from 6:30-10 p.m. Friday, March 22. Cards are handed out at 6:30, and bingo starts at 7. Lunch will be available. For more information, call 692-6771.
Brookings American Legion Post No. 74 will hold a pancake, sausage and eggs breakfast from 8:30-11 a.m. Saturday, March 23, at the post home, 1229 Western Ave. Proceeds will be used to support the Boys State, Youth Trooper Academy, and American Legion Baseball programs.
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South Dakota State University’s 28th annual Wacipi starts at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 23, in Volstorff Ballroom at the Student Union.
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Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity’s Nail the Runway fundraiser starts at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at the Wilbert Event Center grand ballroom in Brookings. Tickets are $50 apiece and must be purchased in advance; call 697-2540. The event includes a cocktail reception, dinner, a runway show and silent auction. Proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity.
A Boy Scout Troop 4 biscuits and gravy fundraiser will be held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, March 24, at the First Lutheran Church Activity Center in Brookings. Guests are invited to come eat for a freewill donation, and a silent auction will also be held. Proceeds will be used to help pay for camps.
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South Dakota State University senior Jonathan Neswick, a tenor and a music education major from Sioux City, Iowa, will hold a recital at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 24, in the Performing Arts Center’s Founders Recital Hall on the SDSU campus. The recital is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the SDSU School of Performing Arts at 688-5187.
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South Dakota State University junior Bailey Cords will hold a voice recital at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 24, in the Performing Arts Center’s Founders Recital Hall on the SDSU campus. The recital is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the SDSU School of Performing Arts at 688-5187.
