A bomb maker and a saver of souls? Can peace be achieved between the two?

From all outward appearances, they’re regular guys. But a deeper look thrusts the reader into a slice of suburban life of males in their middle age dealing with personal crises.

The Anoka County Library, in partnership with the Lyric Arts Theater, is offering a page and stage experience Sunday, April 22 beginning at noon at the Lyric Arts Main Street Stage.

Barbershop harmony will be showcased in the fourth and final concert of Coon Rapids Arts Commission’s 2012 dessert and coffee concert series.

The Anoka-Ramsey Community College English Department will present poet Jim Moore as the final author in the 2011-2012 Two Rivers Reading Series, Wednesday, April 11, 1 to 1:50 p.m. and again 2 to 2:50 p.m., in Coon Rapids Campus Legacy Room.

In case you missed hearing Anoka native and soprano Ellie Dehn singing in the Metropolitan Opera’s “Don Giovanni” on Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) last month, here’s a second chance to hear her.

Jennifer Pettit has managed to turn a couple of negatives into a positive and rediscovered herself in the process.

Sixty-five years and still going strong, Anoka Community Concert Association once again has an exciting lineup for its 2012-13 concert season.

Relive local history by listening to stories of St. Francis’ past and seeing artifacts that were used in everyday life.

Club Book, a program of the Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA) and coordinated by the Library Foundation of Hennepin County, is bringing best-selling and award-winning national and regional authors to library communities across the seven-county metropolitan region.

Every three years music teacher Carolyn Kennedy pulls out all stops and produces a full-blown musical at Sand Creek Elementary School, Coon Rapids.

Springbrook Nature Center presents its annual Spring Fling Saturday, April 7, noon - 4 p.m.

Coon Rapids Senior Services will mark National Women’s History Month with a special event Friday, March 30.

Epiphany Music Ministry will present “His Amazing Love: The Journey of Christ Passion, Death and Resurrection.”

If you want to buy some affordable artwork or see artists at work in their studios, now’s your chance.

A long-standing Easter tradition continues this year at Presbyterian Church of the Master, Coon Rapids.

With energetic dance and soaring voice, Northdale Middle School students take the stage next week to perform Walt Disney’s story, “Mulan Jr.”

What’s fast-moving, delightfully funny with award-winning music, choreography and special effects to boot?

Growing up the Miller boys were encouraged to play music together by their father and to practice by their mother.

Like a happy wanderer, Jesse Hendrickson travels along life’s winding road, watching stories unfold and meeting fascinating characters along the way.

Spring Lake Park and Columbia Heights high schools for the first time are collaborating on a youth arts event to take a stand against domestic abuse and violence.