April 6th, 2016
Saturday, April 9, 7 p.m.
HB Sound and Light, 101 N 8th St., Grand Forks
Caravanserai: American Voices spotlights contemporary Muslim-American musicians from across the nation. The Reminders are a husband and wife hip hop duo based out of Colorado. Their performance is the second and final part of the Caravanserai series.
April 6th, 2016
Friday and Saturday, April 8 and 9, 7 p.m.
Level 2 Comedy Club, 201 5th St. Fargo
Hometown comedy hero Adam Quesnell makes his triumphant return to Fargo from the city of tiny apples (also known as Minneapolis). The show will be hosted by JD Provorse with featured comedian James Hodge.
April 6th, 2016
Friday, April 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Rourke Art Museum, 521 Main Ave., Moorhead
The drawings of Zoey Schlemper depict the monsters and critters that inhabit the fictional world of Koleo Gran. Schlemper provides a unique combination of art and literature as she presents the drawings of her creation Dr. Norman Carl the Second, who accidentally fell into a rip in space time and landed on this new world. The reception will feature an artist talk at 6 p.m. and the exhibit will run until May 22.
March 31st, 2016
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Friday, April 1, 8 p.m.
Fargo Theatre, 314 Broadway N.
Iowa folk musician Greg Brown’s career has taken him from coast to coast. He quit the University of Iowa to move out East, where he played a weekly gig at Gerde’s Folk City in New York. A year later, he was in Los Angeles ghostwriting for Buck Ram. When he returned home to Iowa he began a string of solo releases before starting Red House Records with St. Paul schoolteacher Bob Feldman in 1983. The label would become one of the…
March 31st, 2016
Monday, April 4, 10:30 a.m.
Arikara Room, Memorial Union, NDSU, 1401 Administrative Ave.
The North Dakota State University Department of Health along with the NDSU Public Health Association will co-host the first American Indian Public Health Day. The day will consist of health-focused events, beginning with an opening prayer by Willard Yellow Bird and opening songs by Michael Gabbard and company and Chad Harmon. An 11 a.m. panel will feature American Indian alumni and current students…
March 31st, 2016
Thursday, April 7, 8 p.m.
The Aquarium (Dempsey’s upstairs), 226 Broadway N.
Grindflicks Movie Night at the Aquarium season ends with the 1991 martial arts film “Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky.” Based on the Japanese manga, the film takes place in 2001 when lead character Ricky Ho is sent to prison for murdering a crime boss who played a role in the death of Ricky’s girlfriend. In prison, he must defend himself from the brutal Gang of Four and the prison’s corrupt warden. The film…
March 31st, 2016
Saturday and Sunday, April 2-3, 9 a.m.
Veterans Memorial Arena, 1201 Seventh Ave. E., West Fargo
The 58th annual Toppers car show welcomes car enthusiasts for another display of the region’s top hot-rods and custom cars. Johnny Cash tribute band The Cold Hard Cash Show will perform Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event itself runs Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with awards being presented Sunday at 4 p.m. Admission…
March 30th, 2016
Thursday, March 31, 7:30 p.m.
Fargo Theatre, 314 Broadway N.
Lunafest is a film festival featuring short films made by women, for women and about women. The festival works to give women an opportunity to tell a story through film, but also as a way of raising money for nonprofits in communities hosting the event and for their main beneficiary, the Breast Cancer Fund. Since forming in 2000, the festival has grown from a single annual event to more than 175 screenings around the U.S. each…
March 30th, 2016
Thursday, March 31, to Saturday, April 2, 7:30 p.m.
Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre, 333 Fourth St. S.
Stephen Karam’s play “Speech and Debate,” directed by Pennie Fike, follows three teenage misfits from Salem, Ore., who attempt to expose a drama teacher who preys on teen boys. Secrets become currency as stakes rise in this dark comedy with music. Following the Friday show will be a talk-back session which features talk-back mediator Jared Kellerman of NDSU Couple and Family…
March 25th, 2016
Wednesday, March 30, 6:30 p.m.
The New Direction, 14 Roberts St. N.
Bridge 9 hardcore act Expire is set to perform almost five years after their first show at The New Direction. Louisville, Ky., hardcore band Knocked Loose will also perform, along with local acts Swing Low, Atrocities and Desire. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. This is an all‐ages event.
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