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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
June 14th, 2017
Friday, June 16, 7:30-9pm
MSUM: Hansen Theatre, Gaede Stage
1104 7th Ave S, Moorhead
Revisit the classic Tennessee Williams play in an excellent production, see young actors portray the frustrated writer, his nagging mother lost in memories of her southern belle past, his painfully shy sister and her “gentleman caller.” 218-477-2271
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