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The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library and the Center for Irish Studies at the University of St. Thomas will jointly hold two upcoming events featuring award-winning Irish poet Sean Lysaght. Each year, the University of St. Thomas awards an Irish poet with the O’Shaughnessy Award for Poetry. Lysaght, this year’s winner, is a naturalist poet and biographer. The first event, “Writing in the Natural World,” is a discussion featuring Lysaght and local poet James Armstrong at 7 p.m. Monday at the Highland Park Branch Library, 1974 Ford Parkway. For the second event, Lysaght will present a reading of his work at 7:30 p.m. April 13 in the John R. Roach Center at St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave. Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.thefriends.org or call 651-222-3242.

Dakota County

Big band concert: The Grand Band featuring vocalist Chad Magnuson will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets are $22-$17 in advance, $27-$22 at the door the day of the concert. Call 952-985-4640 to order tickets or for information.

Community input sought: The city of Rosemount is inviting residents and property owners to share their opinions about the community’s future as part of the process to update its comprehensive plan out to the year 2030. A community meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Rosemount Community Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail. For information on the process, call 651-322-2051 or visit http://ci.rosemount.mn.us/plan.

Open studio: First Friday Open Studio will meet from 9 a.m. to noon April 13 at Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave., Eagan. Open Studio is an informal opportunity for artists age 14 to adult to work and share ideas with others. The fee is $10, payable at the door. For more information, call 651-675-5500.

Northern Suburbs

School release day: Children ages 1 to 12 can celebrate Freddy Fox Fun Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the New Brighton Parks and Recreation Eagles Nest indoor playground at the Family Service Center, 400 10th St. N.W., New Brighton. Activities will include a large inflatable jumper, face painting, a coloring contest and visits from Freddy the Fox. Admission is $5 a child, free for parents and caregivers. Call 651-638-2130 for more information.

Book club meeting: The Arden Hills Book Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at Ramsey County Library Arden Hills, 1941 W. County Road E-2, Arden Hills. The title for discussion is “The Screwtape Letters” by C.S. Lewis. Call 651-628-6831 for information.

Ramsey County

Easter Egg hunt: HomeTown Creamery, 2231 E. 11th Ave., North St. Paul, will have an outdoor Easter egg hunt at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The free event is for children 3 to 10 years old. Children can have their photographs taken with a live bunny from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Bring your own basket for the egg hunt. For more information, call 651-779-4400.

Steak fry: The Polish American Club, 1003 Arcade St., St. Paul, will have a Steak Fry from a 5 to 8 p.m. April 13. Cost is $8.50 a person for steak, $9.25 for steak and shrimp. The club will have music by Hank Thunander from 7 to 11 p.m. Call 651-774-6748 for information.

Gardening lesson: The Garden Club of Ramsey County will meet at 7:25 p.m. April 16 at the Hillcrest Community Center, 1978 Ford Parkway, St. Paul. David Zlesak will speak about roses. The meeting is free and open to the public. For more information, call 651-696-1996 or visit www.ramseygardeners.org.

League of Women Voters program: “Politics of the Supreme Court” will be the topic for a public meeting sponsored by White Bear-North Oaks-Mahtomedi Area League of Women Voters at 7 p.m. April 19 at White Bear City Hall, 4701 Highway 61, White Bear Lake. Timothy R. Johnson, Ph.D., will give a presentation on the nomination and confirmation process. The program is free. Call 651-426-0159 for information.

Washington County

AAUW meeting and program: The American Association of University Women will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church, 813 Myrtle St. W., Stillwater. Social time and a short business meeting will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker Rhoda Lewin will present “By Myself I’m A Book: How To Do Your Family History” at 7:30 p.m. The program is free and open to the public.

Izaak Walton League meeting: The Jaques chapter of the Izaak Walton League will meet at 7 p.m. April 16 at the Mahtomedi District Education Center, 1520 Mahtomedi Avenue, Mahtomedi. Ron Lawrenz, new director of the Lee and Rose Warner Nature Center in Marine on St. Croix, will give a talk about the range of programs and activities offered by the center. A coffee hour with time to talk to Lawrenz will follow the presentation.

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