Arts calendar April 23-May 11

Circus Juventas, 1270 Montreal Ave., hosts its annual Community Day event from 5-7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 4. Performances, live music and interactive activities are in the works. Food trucks will be available. Guests can choose a price for tickets. Visit circusjuventas.org/CommunityDay.

Books

Red Balloon Bookshop, 891 Grand Ave., will host authors and illustrators Michael Hall and Drew Brockington for story time events, with Hall reading from his new picture book, Punch!, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 26, and Brockington scheduled to read from his new book, Kitty Camp, at 1 p.m. the same day. The bookstore launches its Banned Book Club, for ages 10 and older, from 6-8 p.m. Monday, April 28. Authors Kate Messner and Anne Ursu will converse from 6-8 p.m. Friday, May 2, as part of an Educator Night. John Owens, author and illustrator of the new children’s book One Spring Up North, speaks at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 3. Minnesota Public Radio news host Emily Bright provides a Mother’s Day poetry reading from her collection “Fierce Delight: Poems of Early Motherhood” from 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 4. Young adult authors Angeline Boulley, Nick Brooks, Jenni Howell, Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite visit from 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, during the Fierce Reads Tour. Author Pam Muñoz Ryan converses with author Anika Fajardo from 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, May 9. Free tickets are available in advance of events. Visit redballoonbookshop.com or call 651-224-8320.

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