The St. Paul Winter Carnival is not far away, which means one lucky woman will soon be crowned this year’s Klondike Kate – the event’s unofficial mistress of fun, frivolity and good fellowship. The annual Klondike Kate Contest is set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Prom Center, 484 Inwood Ave.
Former Minnesota Viking Bob Lurtsema will be master of ceremonies, and there will be a panel of celebrity judges. St. Paul Park artist Richard Hubal has completed a piece, titled “The Competition,” which will be sold in a live auction.
Tickets are $10 in advance and can be bought by calling 651-688-0638, or they are $15 at the door ($13 with a 2007 Winter Carnival button).
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Snowshoe hike for women: The Warner Nature Center, 15375 Norell Ave. N., Marine on St. Croix, will have a full-moon hike for women and girls age 13 and older, from 7 to 10 p.m. Jan. 19. Snowshoes will be provided. Registration deadline is Wednesday. The cost is $8 for members, $10 for nonmembers. Call 615-433-2427 for details.
ANOKA COUNTY
Art show opening: Banfil-Locke Center for the Arts opens the exhibit “Baring Teeth” by Minnesota artist Andrea Carlson with a reception for the artist from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Carlson’s art draws on her Anishinaabe roots and personal interpretations of Anishinaabe mythology. The show will run through Feb. 10. The gallery is at 6666 East River Road, Fridley. Admission is free. Call 763-574-1850 for more information.
DAKOTA COUNTY
Interactive children’s theater: As part of their Little Plays for Little People series, CLIMB Theater will present two performances of “Stubby the Elephant” at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Jan. 20 in CLIMB’s black box theater, 6415 Carmen Ave. E., Inver Grove Heights. The program will include an art project for children and parents to make a prop that will be used in the play. Tickets are $7.50. All children must be accompanied by an adult and every person (child and adult) needs a ticket. For details, call 651-453-9275.
RAMSEY COUNTY
Conversational salon: The weekly Pax Salon will have a showing of the documentary “Deir Yassin Remembered” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Mad Hatter’s Tea House, 943 W. Seventh St., St. Paul. Come early for tea and talk from 6 to 7 p.m. The event is free. Call 651-227-3228 for more information.
History center to present puppet shows: Puppets portraying King Boreas and Vulcanus Rex will present a comical overview of weather myths and legends from around the world and the origins of the St. Paul Winter Carnival at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays Jan. 14 through Feb. 18 at the Minnesota History Center, 345 Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul. Performances of “Beyond Boreas!” are included with the center’s regular admission of $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and students, and $4 for children ages 6 to 17. For information, call 651-296-6126.
EVENTS ELSEWHERE
Japanese print exhibit: Carleton College Art Gallery in Northfield, Minn., plans an exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints, “Chikanobu: Modernity and Nostalgia in Japanese Prints,” with an opening reception from 8:30 to 10 p.m. Friday. Bruce Coats, professor of Asian art history at Scripps College and curator of the exhibition, will lecture on “Chikanobu in Context” at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Boliou Hall at Carleton College. The art gallery is in the lower level of the Music and Drama Center, near First and Winona Streets in Northfield. Call 507-646-4469 for information.
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