Arts and Entertainment

Minot arts council announces new top leadership

The Minot Area Council of the Arts (MACA) has announced the appointment of Tonia Vitko and Myles Barcomb as the organization’s executive co-directors, effective immediately. Vitko has extensive experience in fundraising, board operations, event planning, and community collaboration. She is currently serving on the board of directors for the Minot Symphony Orchestra, International Artist Series of Minot, Independence Inc, Minot Firework Association and Norsk Hostfest. Barcomb brings managerial and technical expertise with more than 20 years of professional experience in the Minot ...

Zoo News: We sometimes forget how special life is

I was reminded recently what a tremendous impact the zoo has on its community and the lives that have been affected over the history of the zoo. After news about the death of Lizzy, our female siamang gibbon, the zoo received an email from a past employee that had cared for Lizzy when she ...

Ice skating duo win abundance of titles

Leah Neset and Artem Markelov started ice skating before most children start T-ball, and by the time they were teenagers, they knew figure skating would be their careers. Neset was born and raised in Minot. She attended Our Redeemer’s Christian School and was coached in figure skating by ...

Interacting with parakeets

Zoo News: Will we get through March?

March has definitely come in like a lion and I don’t mean the weather. These first couple of weeks in March have been some of the most challenging the staff has experienced in a long time. There has been so much that we at least were expecting, but then faced more unexpected than we bargained for. Again, I must say how proud I am of the staff for how well they have stuck together through it all. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like old man winter is ready to give up anytime soon. Despite the thoughts of many ready to hit the links, move baseball practices outside, or even the tennis ...

Mouse River Players’ lobby to finish by end of season

The Mouse River Players’ lobby has been under construction for quite some time, and MRP volunteer Lin Knickerbocker said the board is hoping it will be finished by the end of the 2024 season. Construction on the building began in 2022, with the facade redone with the help of city funding ...