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Come to Water House Foods Cafe tomorrow and create a cookie – kids and adults (one per person). And while you’re there check out Water House’s great assortment of goodie, a percentage of everything you buy will go to the Lake Mills Main Street Program to help with costs for the Lake Mills Arts Festival!

November 5th, 10 AM to 3 PM.

Experienced author and writing teacher Anthony Neil Smith will instruct attendees on writing crime novels.

Smith is the author of Yellow Medicine, Hogdoggin’, and other novels.  He is founder and editor-in-chief of the crime fiction magazine Plots With Guns. Smith is Director of Creative Writing at Southwestern Minnesota State University.

Topics Covered

  • Getting started
  • Researching
  • Outlining
  • Plotting

Dr. Smith will review registrants’ writing samples (SAMPLES!) before the workshop.

Cost and Registration

  • $25 per person.
  • Registration required by October 30th.
  • 30 attendees maximum.

Lunch from Water House Foods included.

Contact Library Director Gerard Saylor with any questions: 648-2166 or lmdir@mwfls.org.

 

The Lake Mills Moravian Church invites you to participate in a music festival celebrating sacred choral music.  Dr. John V. Sinclair conductor of the Bach Festival Society in Winter Park, FL and conductor of the Candlelight Processional at EPCOT is the guest conductor.  The festival runs from July 20-23.  Seminars on the history of Moravian Music and the concert repetoire are held Thurs July 21 and Friday July 22 and are open to the public and free of charge.  The concert is Saturday evening July 23rd at 7:00 p.m. and is open to the public as well.  Come and experience sacred choral music at it’s best!

The 2011 Mid West Music Fest is funded in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council, with funds from the National Endowment For the Humanities and the state of Wisconsin.

Lake Mills Chamber will be hosting its 2nd Annual Golf out on July 9th.  Check in starts at 11am with a shot gun start at noon.  This will be an 18-hole Scramble call Kate at 648-3585 to sign up a team.

Music, rides, games & concessions for all ages! Located in beautiful downtown Lake Mills. Advance ride tickets can be purchased at Lake Mills Leader.

Rides & Games:
Thursday and Friday – 4pm to 10pm
Saturday – noon to 10pm
Sunday – noon to 4pm.

Band Schedule:
Thursday 4pm to 11pm - TBA
Friday 8pm to 12am  – TBA
Saturday 11am to 1pm -  TBA
8pm to 12am  - TBA
Sunday noon to 4pm -TBA

Fireworks start at dusk, in the Lake Mills Industrial Park.  Concession Stand opens at 7pm.  Fire Department Demostration and Survive Alive House will also start at 7pm.

Parade starts at 10:30 am on the corner of Main Street and Lake Park Place and proceeds down Main Street to Prospect Street.

Its time for the Bank of Lake Mills Shred Day, this year you can get rid of unwanted electronics also!

Shred Day flyer 2011

Collectors from across the U.S. will gather in Lake Mills on June 24-25 for the 4th annual convention of the Ephraim Faience Pottery Collectors Society. Events will be held at the Community Center as well as at the Crowne Plaza East in Madison. For more information, please see www.ephraimcollectors.org.

10 am in Commons Park – In case of rain, service will be held in the new Middle School Gym. Parade to Rock Lake Cemetery to follow. Click for more information.