If you make it to Fargo in the near future and you have an interest in the oil boom, you should make a point to stop by the Plains Art Museum. Details from John Lamb of the Fargo Forum.
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Make no mistake, the cable television and content delivery markets are changing. Whether we see a revolution is a debatable point, but what isn’t debatable is that for the first time ever, cable programming providers have actual competition.
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The 2015 Norsk Hostfest entertainment has been released. The Septemeber 29th opening act is Abracadabra, an ABBA tribute group, that will be performing with the Minot Symphony Orchestra. Other headline entertainers include: Jeff Foxworthy, Marty Stuart with special guest Connie Smith, Celtic Thunder, Ronnie Milsap, Martina McBride, The Beach Boys and country-rock group, The Band Perry.
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The fact that it exists at all makes it news, but the City of Grand Forks is stepping up and funding the project with $30,000.
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If you never go into the Backstreet Boys, it could be that they were just from the wrong era. Maybe this is better....
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This easily qualifies as a great performance, but there's no point in explaining what the folks at Playing for Change do, just watch the video.
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The find has yet to be independently reviewed, but if confirmed it would mark the earliest discovered fragment of the Gospel of Mark.
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‘Welcome to Leith’ and ‘I’ll See You in My Dreams’ both have ties to North Dakota and will be screened at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Get the details from the Grand Forks Herald.
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Take a short break for a musical interlude. David Wong headlines a talented string quartet in this well-covered acoustic piece.
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Here’s the one-sentence recap: Music training is to the brain as weight training is to muscles.
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Stevie Wonder will be playing Minneapolis for the first time in 27 years. Tickets go on sale January 24th. Full details from the Star Tribune.
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The Viking’s new stadium is set to open in July of 2016, and the plans for decorating the facility are starting to take shape. Part of that process involves reaching out to local artists who may have something to contribute to the stadiums final appearance. Full story from the Star Tribune.
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The guy’s name is Michael Grab, and this post is perfect for the P.B.A.. There are more people who practice this art than you might realize, but I think there are still more who make a point of kicking them over.
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In science and religion, popular media has led us toward the idea that we must choose one or another. In Krista Tippet’s book, Einstein’s God, the reader is offered an alternative. If you don’t read the book, the review itself is well worth your time.
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With the events of Paris still fresh, here’s a Sunday morning contemplative comic that comes with some good advice. A couple warnings, if this offends you… you’ve missed the point, and be ready, there is some mildly explicit language.
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Martin Pistorius spent more than a decade unable to move or communicate, fearing he would be alone, trapped, forever. NPR’s new show Invisibilia tells how his mind helped him create a new life.
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