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New Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre is taking shape
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (986+ words) FARGO " The new home of the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre is turning a corner this week as McGough Construction takes over building the space. While the floors are still dirt, FMCT Executive Director Judy Lewis is seeing the organization's new facility…...
Hairball taps into Saturday's Craft Brew Crawl at Scheels Arena
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (310+ words) Fargo, are you ready to rock and knock some brewskis back? The Craft Brew Crawl returns to Scheels Arena, Fargo, this Saturday and Hairball is your live, hard rock jukebox for the night. The Minneapolis-based heavy metal tribute act will…...
Mass market paperbacks — the books that 'democratized America' — are no more
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (651+ words) ALEXANDRIA, Minn. " A staple of reading life and grocery store checkout lanes breathed its last three weeks ago. The mass market paperback " or, as they used to be called, just "paperback" " is no more. Publishers Weekly last month reported that…...
Seed catalogs, a time-honored tradition
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (145+ words) Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of "staff." Often, the "staff" byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which require little…...
North Dakota photographer’s work featured on a U.S. Forever Stamp
1+ week, 1+ day ago (389+ words) Now, a moment during a winter drive in Alaska is forever sealed as a United States Postal Service Forever Stamp. "If you notice the sunburst behind the one tree, that's kind of my specialty," Plessner said. "I always look for…...
FM Area Youth Symphony joins FMSO in concert for the ages
1+ week, 1+ day ago (627+ words) FARGO " On these cold January days, it can be hard gathering up the strength to leave the comfort of your home. No one at Challey Hall -- formerly Festival Concert Hall -- at North Dakota State University was second-guessing their choice to…...
Wahpeton resident can't resist dancing to Elvis
1+ week, 2+ day ago (385+ words) Kevin Wallevand has been a reporter at WDAY-TV since 1983. He is a native of Vining, Minnesota in Otter Tail County. His series and documentary work have brought him to Africa, Vietnam, Haiti, Kosovo, South America, Mongolia, Juarez,Mexico and the…...
Tickets on sale now for Unglued's first-ever UnCon, a conference for makers and entrepreneurs
1+ week, 2+ day ago (153+ words) FARGO " Unglued will host its first-ever UnCon, a conference for creatives, makers, business owners and others to help kickstart inspiration, create crafts, share "nitty gritty biz talk" and hear local stories by other creative entrepreneurs and makers. The one-day conference…...
Veeder: A poem about where I’m from
1+ week, 3+ day ago (704+ words) WATFORD CITY, N.D. " Recently I visited our assisted living facility to conduct a writing project as part of our arts programming in the community. Armed with a questionnaire and a sort of "Mad Libs" format we received from the North Dakota…...
From teen strings to buzzing bees, music in the air this weekend
1+ week, 4+ day ago (262+ words) The title of this weekend's Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra's Masterworks concert is quite on the nose. Symphonic Giants may be referring to the lineup of heavyweight composers like Anton'n Dvo'k, Camille Saint-Sa'ns and Johannes Brahms, but it also speaks to the…...