April 21st, 2022
May 14, 7am - 11am
Forest River Park in Fargo
https://fargoparks.com/events-and-deadlines/fargo-birding-festival
Hike the wooded trails, learn from experts and look for dozens of different migrating birds during this free, family-friendly event from the Fargo Park District, Audubon Dakota and Fargo Public Library. Bring binoculars if you have them, since supplies are limited. Kids can try a bird-themed activity. All skill levels are welcome.
April 21st, 2022
Friday, April 29, 8pm, Fargo Theatre
https://fargotheatre.org/production/balkowitsch/
The award-winning documentary film. Shane Balkowitsch is a preservationist, an archivist, and an artist through the lost art of the wet plate collodion process. His work is spread throughout some of the most renowned museums on the planet. A Q&A will follow the screening.
April 21st, 2022
May 6-22, 7:30pm (May 15, 22 at 2pm)
Theatre B, 215 10th St N, Moorhead
https://www.theatreb.org/
Survivors of a global catastrophe gather around a campfire and recall an episode of “The Simpsons” in this unusual dark comedy. Decades later, that campfire story gels into a kind of modern myth. This show was nominated for a Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play in 2014 and it’s been confounding audiences ever since.
April 21st, 2022
May 19, 5pm doors, 7pm show
Fargo Brewing, 610 University Dr N
https://jadepresents.com/events/
The one-time highest grossing electronic dance music artist in North America.
We’re telling you in advance because it looks like it’s going to sell out, even at $46.50 & $100 per ticket.
It’s an outdoor event and if you can’t afford a ticket you can probably hear it nearby. Ages 21+
April 2nd, 2022
April 1-30, West Acres, East Wing
fmva.org
Artists will be filling a storefront at West Acres with their local creations starting April 1 and continuing thru the entire month. Participants are members of the Fargo Moorhead Visual Artists. An artists’ reception will take place Tuesday, April 19 from 6 - 8 pm. That’s a great opportunity to meet and talk with local artists with FMVA. Their next big annual event, of course, will be the Studio Crawl in early October.
March 16th, 2022
March 31, April 7 & 9
plainsart.org
Filmmaker Falcon Gott presents three films on Native American issues and perspectives. Two Cars, One Night (2004) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) will be featured Thursday, March 31 from 7-9 pm. The next week, April 7, Gott’s 2010 film Boy will be shown at 7 pm. Then, to cap the events off, the Plains will host the Indigenous Art Fair Saturday, April 9 from 10 am - 5 pm, featuring local artists as well as others from the Dakotas, Minnesota and…
March 16th, 2022
April 1-30, West Acres, East Wing
fmva.org
Artists will be filling a storefront at West Acres with their local creations starting April 1 and continuing thru the entire month. Participants are members of the Fargo Moorhead Visual Artists. An artists’ reception will take place Tuesday, April 19 from 6 - 8 pm. That’s a great opportunity to meet and talk with local artists with FMVA. Their next big annual event, of course, will be the Studio Crawl in early October.
March 16th, 2022
Saturday, March 19
7:00 p.m.
fargofilmfestival.org/
Settling into our seats to the sounds of the Mighty Wurlitzer organ, the smell of fresh popcorn lingering in the air, gives us a little shiver of anticipation that only live cinema can provide. See the best of the best in the crowd-pleasing Saturday night session. The fun starts with the Two Minute Movie winner and continues with “Like The Ones I Used To Know,” a Canadian coming of age story that was also screened at Sundance and SXSW…
March 16th, 2022
North Dakota Museum of Art
Open 9am-5pm
261 Centennial Dr Grand Forks, ND
A cultural gem dotting the Red River Valley landscape. Current exhibitions include Uffda: The Folk Art of Emily Lunde, on view through March 30. Laurel Reuter, former NDMOA director said of this North Dakota folk artist: "Were the people of North Dakota to name their treasures, Emily Lunde would certainly be among them. She is one of the state's eminent folk artists and unofficial cultural historian." While…
February 24th, 2022
Sat. March 18, 8-howling
The Aquarium above Dempsey’s
Who wants to miss a night of techno? Heck no– not us! Stay in Crew presents DJs Lauryn Leslie 8-9:30 pm, Andy Fargo 9:30-11:30 pm, and Mike Gervais 11:30-2 am. Be sure to shine up your dancin shoes because these beats will be sure to get your toes tappin’. Vax card/negative test within 72hrs required at door, masks encouraged
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