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Mike Merryfield and Sam Norton

September 28th, 2016

Saturday, October 1, 9:30-11pm

Radisson Hotel, 201 5th St N, Fargo

Level 2 Comedy Club presents Mike and Sam doing two shows per Saturday night. Is that the Colorado State Senator moonlighting? We’ll have to ask him. Has performed in hotel rooms, in cars, and on rooftops. Sam is prouder of himself than a crossfit mirror selfie. Justified? You decide.

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​Haunted Farm half-price sale

September 28th, 2016

Friday, September 30, October 1, 7 & 8

1930 130th Ave S, Moorhead

Halloween preview. The surrounding woods teem with shocking creatures such as lumbering hideous zombies, killers, madmen, and clowns from South Carolina. This season inspired by “Nightmare on Elm Street.” We might take nieces and nephews and leave a few of them behind. $10

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​Blues Traveler with G Love: Rescheduled

September 21st, 2016

Tuesday, September 27, gates 5pm; show 6pm

Bluestem Amphitheatre, 801 50th Ave SW, Moorhead

Millions of records sold, thousands of miles on the road, collaborate with the best, are the best at what they do. G Love & Special Sauce (one band, not two) does alternative hip hop, is known for their “sloppy” and laid back blues sound. Originally scheduled for August 9 -- all tickets sold for that date will be honored. 

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​Fargo Parks Fall Festival

September 21st, 2016

Sunday, September 25, 12-5pm

Rheault Farm, 2902 25th St S, Fargo

Barrel train and horse-drawn carriage rides, straw bale maze, carnival games, strolling clown with balloon animals, Clay County 4-H animals, face painting, arts and crafts in the Peter Peter Pumpkin Factory, pumpkin decoration, and more than a thousand pumpkins in the Pumpkin Patch, all of them for sale.

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​Larry Woiwode

September 21st, 2016

Sunday, September 25, 3pm

Zandbroz Variety, 420 Broadway N, Fargo

North Dakota’s poet laureate will read from his poetry chapbook, “Land of Sunlit Ice,” a signed and numbered limited edition, letterpress printed by students for NDSU Press. Books are available for purchase now and the evening of the event.

Free and open to the public.  

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Blake Shelton and RaeLynn

September 21st, 2016

Saturday, September 24, 7:30pm

Fargodome, 1800 University Dr N, Fargo

The charismatic country superstar, with singer/songwriter RaeLynn, who was a contestant on season 2 of The Voice. $39.75, 59.75, 79.75, 169, $269. For $469, you sit in the first five rows, get into the pre-show party first and hear Blake do two acoustic numbers, Q & A session with Blake, autographed guitar, and more.

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​Sheyenne Valley Arts & Crafts Festival

September 21st, 2016

September 24, 10am-5pm; September 25, 10am-4pm

Fort Ransom, N.D.

Art show and unique artist demonstrations; displays of local and regional artists at the Bear Creek Art Gallery; food court, entertainment. No pets, please. In the scenic and heavily wooded Sheyenne River Valley. $2 for adults, $1 for children ages 6-14, preschool get in for free. Info (701) 973-4461.

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Mayday! with D. Mills & The Thrills

September 21st, 2016

Friday, September 23, 9:30pm

The Aquarium, 226 Broadway N, Fargo

We were hoping she would come back from the Cities and here she is, and, we hope, here to stay. She says she’s had some of the best nights of her life at 226 Broadway, and this will be another one. And congratulations, Diane Miller, on being named director/promoter at the Aquarium. Big hugs from all of us at HPR!

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​Landscape Painting

September 14th, 2016

Tuesday, September 20, 6-8pm

RiverZen Studio, 315 Main Ave, Suite 101, Moorhead

Conducted by Kim Jore, a class in “the art of capturing the light as it hits the land and water, through watercolor.” $50, (701) 293-2030. For Kim fans, an alert: the Fall Festival has apparently been postponed, is now scheduled for September 24, not the 17th. More about that next week!

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​Headbang n Chill, by Yultron

September 14th, 2016

Saturday, September 17, 9pm-12am

The Aquarium (Dempsey’s upstairs), 228 Broadway N, Fargo

Yultron the producer, singer, songwriter, and rapper, wrote a #1 single in Korea, collaborated with West Coast rapper YG, was recently killin’ it in the Las Vegas underground circuit. His sound has been compared to the “playlist” generation-- if you go see him twice, he’ll be playing something different the second time.

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