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Arts and Entertainment

Animals are a constant surprise

Just when you think you’ve seen it all something happens to make you say, “I never saw that coming.” This is especially true for those working with animals. As I begin my 40th year working in zoos I have to wonder if I have forgotten more animal stories than I remember. Perhaps the reason ...

RETIREMENT’S COMIC RELIEF: March Madness begins

Opportunity to vicariously experience the “thrill of victory or the agony of defeat” was television’s brain child of Edgar Scherick and produced by Roone Arledge, perhaps best remembered as ABC’s Wide World of Sports (1961-98). Sports enthusiasts then tuned in on Saturday afternoons. ...

MSU Concert Choir’s spring concert, tour to benefit Project Bee

The Minot State University Concert Choir is preparing for its spring concert on March 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Ann Nicole Nelson Hall on the MSU campus. Emerson Eads, director of choral activities and assistant professor of music at MSU, said it will be a benefit concert for Project Bee, providing ...

‘The Elves and the Shoemakers’ set for Mouse River Players Theatre

“The Elves and the Shoemaker” by Noah Smith, will be held on March 17- 19 and March 24 – 26 by the Mouse River Players. Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m at the MRP Theatre in Minot. Prices for adults are $15, $10 for children ...

Friluftsliv: Bones help solve a 12,000-year-old mystery

To loosely translate from Norwegian to English: fri = free, lufts = air’s, liv = life The English equivalent= Outdoor Life I’ve always been fascinated by bones. My study of them began after my introduction to archaeology in the summer of 2006. The project that summer was a ...

Late winter caterpillar tent management

Start this year’s tree pest management with a stroll through the landscape. As you enjoy the scenery, be sure to look for any unwelcome pests that may be overwintering on the twigs of trees. Look for and remove egg masses of tent caterpillars now through spring. These clusters of eggs ...