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​Streets Alive

June 22nd, 2017

Sunday, June 25, noon to 5pm

HQ: Great Northern Bicycle, 425 Broadway N, Fargo

Route this time is entirely on the Fargo side, including newly reconstructed 2nd Street. Play, engage in a more physically active lifestyle, experience your community in a new & strenuous way. Activity Alley, Yummyland, Baby and Me, Zoomobile. 701-280-1796

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​Parking Lot Party

June 22nd, 2017

Friday, June 23, 6pm till late

Sidestreet Grill, 404 4th Ave N, Fargo

The best way to spend Friday evening, hipping and hopping in Sidestreet’s parking lot with Kipp G, Circle of Heat, and for the first time in several months, D Mills & The Thrills. Parking lots attract congenial crowds and we’ll be there. 701-271-0092

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​The Hive

June 22nd, 2017

Friday, June 23, 2:30-3:30pm

Plains Art Museum, 704 1st Ave N, Fargo; 701-232-3821

Opening reception: Buzz Lab interns launch their mobile educational space, lead free tours of the Pollinator Garden and Buzz Lab exhibition, and raise The Hive. They are king bees, baby: together they can make honey, and let you come inside the museum.

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​‘Much Ado About Nothing’

June 22nd, 2017

June 22, 23, 24, 30, July 1, 7pm; July 2, 2pm

Detroit Lakes City Park, Park Blvd, Detroit Lakes, 218-844-4221

Six performances, weather permitting, of perhaps Shakespeare’s best comedy. Benedick and Beatrice, a couple for the ages. Detroit Lakes Shakespeare in the Park’s 8th annual season, and they get better every year. Free and open to the public.

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​Pekin Days Art Show

June 22nd, 2017

June 22-24, 10am-7pm; June 25, 10am-4pm

121 Main Street and in the Park, Pekin, N.D.

Street dance, vendors, music, activities for kids, community lunch, ice cream social, horseshoe tournament, chalkfest with ribbons, art show in auditorium. Not so very far away, on Highway 15 just this side of Devils Lake. 701-381-9747

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​American Cancer Society Bark for Life

June 14th, 2017

Thursday, June 22, 5:30-9pm

Elmwood Park, 500 13th Ave W, West Fargo

Walk event for dogs and their owners (noncompetitive and friendly, of course), to raise funds and awareness of the American Cancer Society’s fight against cancer. Walk, demonstrations, contests, games. Bring your best four-legged friend. 701-232-1385

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​Open Mic for Slam Poetry

June 14th, 2017

Tuesday, June 20, 7:30-9pm

Frothy Stache, 805 30th Ave S, Moorhead

Not an opportunity to slander people you don’t like. Poets and non-poets read their work without props, costumes, or music. They are evaluated by five randomly selected judges, not necessarily poets. FS does moustache rides (?) and trivia games. 218-284-9900 

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58th Midwestern Exhibition: Revolution

June 14th, 2017

Sunday, June 18, 2-5pm

The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum

521 Main Ave, Moorhead

80 artists from across the continent invited to submit work on the theme of revolution, awards selected by a panel of journalists. Array of artfully prepared foods and beverages available at the preview on Sunday. Do not miss. 218-236-8861

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​21st Annual Motorcycle Ride

June 14th, 2017

June 16-18

Cavalier, N.D.

On July 3, 1947, motorcyclists took over the town of Hollister, Calif., inspiring the Marlon Brando movie The Wild One. In Cavalier, North Dakota, the town takes over the bikers. Fun run, bands, motorcycle raffle, motorcycle games, 3 thousand bikers expected.

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​Fundraiser: Kennedy’s Feat

June 14th, 2017

Saturday, June 17, from 7pm

O’Leary’s Irish Pub, 30th Ave S, Moorhead

On March 7, 2017, Kennedy Faith Fylling was born with two club feet and Streeter’s Dysplasia, causing her fingers and toes to grow joined together. Kennedy is going to need surgical and other medical intervention for the foreseeable future. 218-287-1957 https://www.gofundme.com/kennedy-s-feat

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