 The Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center was recently awarded $15,000 thanks to a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. The funding will allow the center to continue bringing in guest artists, as well as help offset the cost of the Children's Theater Workshop. It also helps fund educational opportunities in the school district and helps to pay for personnel. Because part of our mission here is to take the arts outside the walls of the college and engage the community. And the one area of this community that really seems to have a lack of programming is for kids to be involved in theater. So we dedicated ourselves to that and that's part of what the fund has funded. We've also used the money to hire guest artists, guest designers, people who work with us in doing our in-house theater productions. So it's been a great help in engaging a lot of people in the arts. The Center's Cultural Arts series kicks off on September 15th with two concerts at the Chalberg Theater at CLC in Brainerd. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.