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Art groups bring Mrs. Roper phenomenon to Minot

Caftans & Cocktails: A Mrs. Roper Game Night event is coming to the Carnegie Center in downtown Minot on Saturday, Nov. 7, beginning at 6 p.m. Inspired by Helen Roper, the iconic caftan-wearing landlady from the classic ‘70s sitcom "Three’s Company," the event includes food, drinks, games, prizes and plenty of retro fun. Guests (male and female) are encouraged to embrace their inner Mrs. Roper by wearing colorful caftans, oversized accessories and bold fashion choices. What began in 2013 as a group of people dressed as Mrs. Roper during New Orleans’ Southern Decadence ...

Minot native creates local cash scavenger hunt

There's treasure to be found in Minot, and the hunt for it begins on Saturday, Oct. 17. Seven Paces in Grand Forks, co-founded by Minot native Justin Auch, will be bringing a $5,000 treasure hunt to Minot. The company was inspired by Forrest Fenn, who hid $2 million in a treasure hunt around ...

Minot Symphony musicians to perform in Bottineau

BOTTINEAU – The Minot Symphony Orchestra has announced it will hold an outreach concert and artist clinic day in Bottineau. The organization will be represented by the SubZero Winds, a woodwind quintet composed of five members of the Minot Symphony Orchestra – Dr. Elizabeth Demme, flute; Tim Baumann, oboe; Dr. Charlie Young, clarinet, Sheri Lien, bassoon; and Dr. Deanna Carpenter, horn. The quintet will provide a day of school engagement events to K-12 students at Bottineau Public School, including a free public concert at the Bottineau High School Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 28, ...

Minot High Playmakers present ‘Annie’

The Minot High Playmakers will present the musical “Annie,” on Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 29-31, at Minot High School in the Arvel Graving Theatre. Based on the comic strip by Harold Gray, Annie is the story of a young orphan girl who captures everyone's hearts despite living a ...

Brass Band salutes veterans, first responders

The Brass Band of Minot will open its 2026-2027 season with a patriotic concert, "America 250: The Brass Band of Minot Salutes Veterans & First Responders," at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 18, in Ann Nicole Nelson Hall on the Minot State University campus. The concert is both a tribute to the ...

RETIREMENT’S COMIC RELIEF: Memories made with circus in town

After his acquisition of Scudder’s American Museum in New York City during 1841, 86 million onlookers subsequently viewed Phineas T. Barnum’s accumulation of wild animals, including beluga whales, lions, tigers, two headed snakes and the first hippopotamus ever seen in the United States. ...