Community Calendar

Friday, August 10

Rose City Threshing and Heritage Festival; www.rosecitythreshing.org.

2 to 6 p.m. Live music by Anthony Miltich at Carlos Creek Winery, Alexandria.

7 to 10 p.m. Live music by BZ Girls at Sixth Avenue Wine and Ale, Alexandria.

7:30 p.m. Gilligan's Island: The Musical at Theatre L'Homme Dieu, Alexandria; (320) 846-3150, www.tlhd.org.

7:30 p.m. Festival of the Lakes at United Methodist Church; www.alexfest.org; (320) 762-5666.

7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Live music by DC and Hawk and a steak and shrimp dinner at the Eagles, Alexandria.

Saturday, August 11

Garfield Summer Celebration, Garfield.

Rose City Threshing and Heritage Festival; www.rosecitythreshing.org.

8 a.m. Holy Moly Ole Five Race Series -Go the Distance, 10K, 5K, 1K at Big Ole Park, Alexandria; www.zapevent.com, search for Holy Moly Ole Five.

9 to 10 a.m. Free sausage/pancake breakfast, United Methodist Church, 2210 6th Ave. E, Alexandria; (320) 763-4624.

11:30 a.m. Annual dinner and bazaar at the St. John Nepomuk Church, west of Lake Reno.

2 to 6 p.m. Live music by Salty Dogs at Carlos Creek Winery, Alexandria.

7 to 10 p.m. Live music by Lila Ammons at Sixth Avenue Wine and Ale, Alexandria.

7:30 p.m. Gilligan's Island: The Musical at Theatre L'Homme Dieu, Alexandria; (320) 846-3150, www.tlhd.org.

8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Live music by Paper, Rock, Scissors at the Eagles, Alexandria.

Sunday, August 12

Rose City Threshing and Heritage Festival; www.rosecitythreshing.org.

2 p.m. Gilligan's Island: The Musical at Theatre L'Homme Dieu, Alexandria; (320) 846-3150, www.tlhd.org.

2 to 6 p.m. Live music by Josie Nelson at Carlos Creek Winery, Alexandria.

4 to 8 p.m. Lakeside Dance Club dance at Lakeside Ballroom, Glenwood, featuring Sammy Jenson; (320) 762-0441.

5 p.m. Vikingland Corvette Club "Sunday cruise." Meet at Apol's Harley Davidson parking lot in Alexandria. Anyone with a corvette welcome.

7 p.m. Festival of the Lakes at United Methodist Church; www.alexfest.org; (320) 762-5666.

Tuesday, August 14

Noon to 3 p.m. Murder Mystery Lunch Theater at Carlos Creek Winery, Alexandria; (320) 846-5443, www.carloscreekwinery.com/events.

6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Murder Mystery Dinner Theater at Carlos Creek Winery, Alexandria; (320) 846-5443, www.carloscreekwinery.com/events.

7 to 10 p.m. Live music by Uncle Willie's Gut Bucket Blues at Sixth Avenue Wine and Ale, Alexandria.

7 p.m. Theatre L'Homme Dieu presents For the Birds; www.tlhd.org; (320) 846-3150.

Thursday, August 16

Douglas County Fair, Alexandria; www.mndouglascofair.com.

6 p.m. Demolition Derby, Viking Speedway, Alexandria; www.vikingspeedway.net.

7 p.m. Red Willow Arts Coalition free Music on the Courthouse Lawn at Douglas County Courthouse, Alexandria, featuring Tickwood Stringband; (320) 763-7161.

7 to 10 p.m. Live music by Salty Dogs at Sixth Avenue Wine and Ale, Alexandria.

Friday, August 17

Douglas County Fair, Alexandria; www.mndouglascofair.com.

2 to 6 p.m. Live music by Matt Velline at Carlos Creek Winery, Alexandria.

6 p.m. Demolition Derby, Viking Speedway, Alexandria; www.vikingspeedway.net.

7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Live music by the Terry Nelson Band and a pork loin dinner at the Eagles, Alexandria.

7:30 p.m. Tip Toe Through the '60s: Songs and Stories from a Revolutionary Decade at Central Square, Glenwood' (320) 634-0400.

Saturday, August 18

Douglas County Fair, Alexandria; www.mndouglascofair.com.

2 to 6 p.m. Live music by Matt Velline at Carlos Creek Winery, Alexandria.

7 to 10 p.m. Live music by Adam Hammer at Sixth Avenue Wine and Ale, Alexandria.

8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Live music by 57 Chevy at the Eagles, Alexandria.

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