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Halloween Party at Crooked Lane Farm

October 15th, 2025

Sunday, October 26, 1-3 p.m.

Crooked Lane Farm, 17385 Co. Hwy 4, Colfax, ND

Looking for a Sunday funday on the farm for the whole family? Look no further. Enjoy hay rides, s’mores by the fire, scavenger hunts, snacks and a Trunk or Treat experience around the farm.

Interested in participating in Trunk or Treat? Contact Kris at 701-640-1928 and sign up! Dress up in your favorite costumes, and enjoy a fun fall afternoon sponsored by the Abercrombie Community Club. http://bit.ly/48R9esk

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​‘Art Ghoullery VIII: The Infinite Void’ Masquerade

October 15th, 2025

Saturday, October 25, 6:30–8:30 p.m.

Rourke Art Gallery + Museum, 521 Main Avenue, Moorhead

Celebrate eight years of creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky regional art in a variety of media as the Rourke Art Gallery is transformed into a Ghoulery. This year’s theme is “The Infinite Void,” which explores the mystery of the unknown for this juried art exhibition. The reception is a masquerade, so be sure to dress accordingly! Come for adult and youth costume contests, Tarot…

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​Fall Foraging Tour

September 29th, 2025

Sunday, October 19, 10 a.m.

Buffalo River State Park, 565 155th St. S., Glyndon, MN

Hosted by the Red River Valley Chapter of Herbalists Without Borders at Buffalo River State Park for a fun fall day full of flora. (Say that three times fast!) Participants will meet at the picnic area and start out the day learning about foraging, as well as local plants. Soon after, the group will hit the trail and see what can be found. Keep in mind folks, in Minnesota state parks only foraging berries…

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​WWS Presents: ‘The Ice Tower’

September 23rd, 2025

Thursday, October 9, 7:30 p.m.

The Fargo Theatre, 314 N. Broadway, Fargo

This dark fantasy film is playing one night only and you won’t want to miss it. “The Ice Tower” is the winner of the H.R. Giger Narcisse Best Film Award at the 2025 Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival. In addition to that, it was nominated for the Golden Bear Best Film award at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival, where it received the Silver Bear Award for Outstanding Artistic…

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​8th Annual ND LGBTQIA2S+ Summit

September 16th, 2025

October 3-5, 2025

Memorial Union at NDSU, 1401 Administrative Ave., Fargo

With the theme of “Existence is Resistance: Healing Through Unity,” this year’s summit will kick off with a professional development day followed by a social. This component of the summit offers training sessions for professionals who seek to learn more surrounding LGBTQIA2S+ issues in North Dakota. In conjunction with the summit, visit the first annual Queer Art Show and 17th annual LGBT Film Festival on…

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​An Art Filled Life: exhibit and silent auction

September 15th, 2025

September 18- October 18

Open House Saturday, September 20, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Open House and Reception Saturday, September 27, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.

The Arts House, 409 East Caledonia Ave., Hillsboro, ND

John Carroll Pederson (1928-2025) was a self-taught artist from Hillsboro, North Dakota. His passions included drawing and painting. He was deeply inspired from a young age by the “homespun American life” as seen on Norman Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post covers. Works will be available for…

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​North Dakota Book and Arts Festival

September 15th, 2025

Saturday, September 20, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Reiland Fine Arts Center, 6000 College Lane, Jamestown, ND

Meet local and regional authors, listen in on a writers panel, participate in creative writing and publishing workshops and celebrate the launch of “Plainsong,” the annual University of Jamestown literary journal featuring the published literary and art works of local, regional and student writers. While you’re there, enjoy food from local vendors. 

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​Drekkerfest 11

September 3rd, 2025

September 12-13

Brewhalla, 1666 1st Ave N, Fargo

Hold onto your hats and step right up to the main event! DrekkerFest 11 kicks off with Timebomb Pro Wrestling on Friday night from 8-10 p.m. Enjoy an evening of suplexes, steel kegs, sweat and craft beer. And that’s not all, folks. Come for flash tattoos, carnival games, a show by Minneapolis rockers Motion City Soundtrack and more festivities. Follow Drekker on Facebook for updates. https://www.facebook.com/drekkerbrewingbrewhalla/

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​The 2nd Annual Pickled Fest

September 3rd, 2025

Saturday, September 6, 2-7:30 p.m.

217 U.S. Highway 75, Wolverton, MN

Food, vendors, live music, keynote speakers, pickle tastings and a chance to enter your pickled wares in a pickle contest: that’s one way to get pickled and you can count us in! Want to partake in the pickle contest? Bring a quart and compete for the best in sweet, savory, or spicy categories, but keep in mind that contestants must be present at 7:30 when the winners will be announced. Come hungry, come curious.…

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​Rimer Cardillo: Deep Ecology/Sacred Natures opening reception

August 19th, 2025

August 28, 6-8 p.m.

Plains Art Museum, 704 1st Ave. N., Fargo

See this major exhibition firsthand and hear about Rimer Cardillo’s work from the artist himself at 7 p.m. Cardillo is an internationally renowned multidisciplinary artist. “For over five decades, Cardillo’s work has served as a powerful meditation on the interconnected forces of ecological collapse, cultural erasure, and political displacement,” a Plains Art Museum statement about his work reads. “His practice…

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