November 9th, 2016
Friday, November 11, 8am-3pm
Red River Zoo, 4255 23rd Ave S
Under the supervision of the education department, children in grades 1 through 5 enjoy a mellow day of exploring the zoo, playing games, and meeting the zoo’s animals up close. Children must bring a bag lunch. $40, members $35.
November 9th, 2016
Thursday, November 10, 6pm
The Sanctuary, 670 4th Ave N, Fargo
Bernie’s Liquor goes the whole hog, presents swine dining. Local restaurants are each given half a pig to prepare and a brewery to partner with. An intimate evening with chefs, brewmasters, and an abundance of suds and pork dishes. 21+
November 2nd, 2016
Sunday, November 6, 1:30-4pm; artist talk, 2pm
Rourke Art Museum, 521 Main Avenue, Moorhead
Public opening of the “Sod Breakin’ and Reclamation” exhibition in the Katherine Kilbourne Burgum and Gustavian Galleries, the regional artist’s first in two years in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Full disclosure: we’re blowing our own Hornung for HPR Editor-in-Chief Sabrina!
November 2nd, 2016
Saturday, November 5, 6:30pm doors; 7:30pm show
Scheels Arena, 5225 31st Ave S, Fargo
If you have the slightest ear for country music, you can’t miss this one. Alan is the only artist, besides Lennon and McCartney, to have written more than 20 number one songs. 25-year career: “How did all this happen? From where we came from, to come up here, my wife Denise thinks this is divinely orchestrated.”
November 2nd, 2016
Saturday, November 5, 3-5pm, artist talk at 3:30pm
The Spirit Room, 111 Broadway N, Fargo
Fedde’s “Retrospective: Outdoor Spaces” is a collection of paintings, photographs, and drawings inspired by outdoor scenes, in Gallery I of the Spirit Room, free and open to the public, sponsored by the Arts Partnership and the North Dakota Council on the Arts.
November 2nd, 2016
Friday, November 4, 9pm-1:50am
The Aquarium (Dempsey’s upstairs), 226 Broadway N, Fargo
Trap music uses contrasting synthesizers, “cinematic” strings, pitched-down vocals, and especially its engine, the Roland 808 drum machine. Ominous bleak and gritty lyrics about street life, poverty, and violence in the inner city -- the “trap.” A great show, but u gotta be in the mood. 21+, $8 advance, $13 door.
November 2nd, 2016
November 4-5 & 11-12, 7:30pm; November 6, 2pm
West Fargo High School Commons, 801 9th St E, West Fargo
This princess, like Hans Christian Andersen’s, must detect the presence of a pea under 20 mattresses, but also undergo other ordeals, including playing the minstrel’s lute, lifting barbells, and drinking herself unconscious. As complicated as farce, good fun and good experience for West Fargo HS actors and actresses.
November 2nd, 2016
Friday, November 4, 7pm
8th Street Studio Cooperative, 11 8th St S, Fargo
The storytelling choreography of the ballet connects us to a time and land long passed away. Nimuu is the name given to the remains of a woman found during the construction of Highway 59. Marcella Rose will speak about her personal discovery of Nimuu and the process of creating the bronze statue of her.
October 26th, 2016
Wednesday, November 2, 7:30pm
Beckwith Recital Hall, NDSU Campus
Jason Laczkoski, Saxophone, and Nicholas Meyers, percussion, with Professor Jeremy Brekke. Free recital with visiting guest artists. Dr. Brekke’s instrument isn’t given, but he’ll very probably be on trumpet. Beckwith Recital Hall is in the Reineke Fine Arts Center at 12th Avenue North and Bolley Drive.
October 26th, 2016
Tuesday, November 1, 5:30-8:30pm
BernBaum’s, 115 Roberts St N, Fargo
Unmissable Mexican menu created by Paul Perez and Andrea Baumgardner. Mushroom and pasilla chile broth, crispy mushrooms; lamb tamales or roasted vegetable huarache, salsa borracha, prune and sour orange salad; candied pumpkin, crema and pepita streusel. $30, nearly sold out as we go to press. 701-306-4131
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