November 16th, 2022
Friday November 18, 6:30 to 8 p.m (for members)
Sunday 20 November, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m (Public)
Rourke Art Gallery and Museum
In 1966 Jim O’Rourke presented Susan Morrissey her first art exhibition, now a lifetime of work graces its walls. Morrissey is a mixed media artist who originally hails from the wilds of Barnes County, and has exhibited throughout the country since 1979. Hear all about it at her 2 p.m. gallery talk on Sunday! The exhibition will be on view until January 2023.
November 1st, 2022
American Legion, East Grand Forks, Saturday, Nov. 5, doors 7pm, show 9pm
BJ Armani presents a drag show you won’t want to miss.
Miss Rigby 2022 Bad Karma, All American Goddess 2022 Kamaree Williams, Shea Hazard and Clint Liquor.
"THIS SATURDAAAAAAAY Costumes welcome!!!!! Let's make some money for the Santa Claus Ladies!!!!"
October 22nd, 2022
The Centrum, Concordia College
Thursday, October 27 doors 6:30pm, presentation 7pm
Explore the themes of “The Night Watchman” with a free presentation by author Louise Erdrich, offered as part of the One Book, One Community Fargo Moorhead and West Fargo program. This event will be held at The Centrum on the campus of Concordia College. The doors will open at 6:30pm. Admission is free; pre-signed books will be available for purchase from Zandbroz Variety. Parking on the Concordia…
October 22nd, 2022
Friday, October 28, 5-8pm
Fargo Brewing Company
Blank Skate Project
Friday, October 28, 5-8pm
Fargo Brewing Company
50 artists from throughout the area transform blank skateboards into individualized works of art, which will be auctioned off (silent auction) to benefit Hawks Nest, aka North Dakota Skateboarding Association. To promote visibility of skateboarding in the Fargo-Moorhead area to build more ramps, host more open skates, and get more kids on boards. A free of charge, all-ages…
October 22nd, 2022
In-person screenings statewide November 1 - December 6
Online at human-family.org/ndhrff/ November 6 - December 11
The state’s only film festival to focus on human rights, civil rights and social justice returns to Fargo November 1-5. Events include filmmaker workshops at the Plains Art Museum, lunches and panel discussions at the Fargo Public Library, and film screenings and Q&A sessions with filmmakers at the Fargo Theatre. The festival moves to The Empire Art Center in Grand Forks…
October 22nd, 2022
722 2nd Ave N, Fargo; (701) 371-0425
Meetings/classes are on the eight Mondays in October and November, 7 to 9pm.
Classes are in progress, but you can start anytime! They present opportunities to experience both the culture and the language of Norway. Study Norwegian with experts! Classes include beginner-level to advanced Norwegian language. If you are wondering if it’s worth it to study the language of a country of five million people, see how you feel after the next two U.S.…
October 20th, 2022
Saturday, October 22, 1pm
Rhoades Science Center Planetarium, room 309, Valley City
Stories told through the lens of Norse sagas, deities Loki, Freya, Odin and more. Enjoy an afternoon of Norse sky stories and learn about the heavens as seen by Scandinavian ancestors. Check out North Dakota’s only planetarium just one hour west of Fargo. While you’re there make a day of it. Visit the Barnes County Museum, stop by the OG Pizza Corner or Viking Room Cafe, and take a drive around Bald…
September 14th, 2022
Fargo City Hall, thru Sept. 30
Fargo City Hall, 225 4th St. N.
A powerful mini-exhibition coupled with community engagement conversations about race are front and center in City Hall through the end of September. Sponsored by YWCA Cass Clay and the City of Fargo, the mini-exhibition located on the…
September 14th, 2022
September 29
Fargo Brewing Company
The founder, lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the punk rock band Against Me!. Debut solo studio album, Stay Alive, 2020. One of the first highly visible rock musicians to come out publicly as transgender. Her description of gender dysphoria: “...a feeling of misalignment. Where the gender you feel (internally) doesn't match up with your assigned gender at birth. When you're too young to know what it is, it turns into shame…The cliché is that…
September 14th, 2022
September 23
Our very own columnist and man of letters at the Northern Great Plains History Conference (NDPHC), held at the Radisson. In the morning he'll be giving a paper entitled "Sarah Vogel and the Progressive Strain in Red State North Dakota: A Family Tradition.” In the afternoon, from 3:30-5:30, at Zandbroz Variety, he'll be doing a joint "History and Folksong" Session with NDSU's Tom Isern. Bob Dylan will definitely be featured, among others. You can get further information…
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