In conjunction with Bemidji's Monarch Festival on Saturday, September 19, join local author Maureen Gibbon at Watermark Art Center for a fiction reading and conversation about discovering Minnesota's unique magical realism. Gibbon's photography will also be on display. Free and open to the public. No registration required. Conversations begin at 6:30. No registration or fee required.

Gibbon will also lead a generative writers workshop on Tuesday, September 22 from 6 to 7:30 pm. Learn more about this workshop at watermarkartcenter.org/classes-workshops/. Registration IS required for the workshop.