The Board of Directors of Norsk Hostfest Association announced Thursday, Jan. 30, that the annual Norsk Hostfest festival, long recognized as North America’s largest Scandinavian festival, will no longer continue. It will not be held this fall. Rising costs and declining attendance have ...
Norsk Hostfest offered great times that bring back smiles with the memories, said former Hostfest president David Reiten. “People came back year after year – as visitors, as volunteers, as sellers,” he said. “So many people were positively impacted by this. We had 4,000 volunteers. ...
For more than 52 years, the Heritage Singers have remained a steady presence in Minot’s cultural landscape, blending music, fellowship and community service through generations of local singers. This year’s Heritage Singers variety show will be held Feb. 26–28 and March 1 at the Moose ...
World-class jazz is coming to Minot State University as Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band (BPB) takes the stage on Friday, Feb. 13, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Ann Nicole Nelson Hall. This concert is a featured event of the Magic City Jazz Festival, an educational experience designed to provide performance, learning and adjudication opportunities for students from across North Dakota. Tickets are available from Eventbrite. The festival brings together middle school, high school and collegiate jazz ensembles to perform for and receive feedback from nationally recognized guest artists, ...
Greek mythology, rock music and youthful energy collide this month as STEAM Studio Minot presents “Olympus: The Greek Rock Musical,” a family-friendly stage production featuring local students. Performances began Friday, Jan. 23, and will continue Saturday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, ...
Art Linkletter hosted “House Party,” a program broadcast on CBS radio and television for 25 years, beginning in 1945. The show was very popular before television was common and might be considered as the precursor of today’s podcasts. His television show, “People are Funny,” also aired on NBC radio and television for 19 years. I enjoyed watching “Kids Say the Darndest Things.” I laughed at what those my age said. Some of them had potential to cause a problem. I was sure I’d never say something that would get me in trouble. I knew better than that. My mother had a ...
