Growing up in Kansas during the 1950s was quite ordinary. Dad and his father built the 840 sq. ft. house my sister and I grew up in during 1948 with lumber from our great-grandparents’ barn torn down three counties away. It was a comfortable house, except in the summer if no cool breezes ...
“Little Women,” based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott and adapted for the stage by Thomas Hischak, will be performed by the Minot High Playmakers Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 19–21, at Minot High School’s Arvel Graving Theatre. The coming-of-age story, set during the American ...
The Brass Band of Minot, the only British-style brass band in North Dakota, will celebrate Valentine’s Day with a pops concert with a Valentine’s twist titled “Let the Show Begin” on Sunday, Feb. 15, at 4 p.m. in Minot State University’s Ann Nicole Nelson Hall. The concert will ...
Mother was a widow in her 80s during the early 2000s and managed reasonably well living alone. She kept track of and paid her own bills but appreciated help from my sister with grocery and other shopping needs now and again. This was also around the time I traveled to Kansas to pay Mom a visit. Following an outing to her favorite shoe store for acquisition of two new pair (no woman is ever too old for this!) I suggested we stop for lunch at a cafeteria I knew she enjoyed. The entrance to the restaurant was not unfamiliar – two sets of doors separated by several feet to maintain ...
A former Miss Norsk Hostfest has launched an effort to keep the essence of Norsk Hostfest alive. Amber Grause of Bismarck, who has a long family tradition with Hostfest and served as Miss Norsk Hostfest in 2007, is encouraging people who want to see the festival continue in some form to show their support. She is seeking to raise $25,000 through GoFundMe and has been talking with the Scandinavian Heritage Association and others about the options following the recent decision of the Norsk Hostfest Board of Directors to discontinue the festival. The board cited rising operational ...
Share your Hostfest stories The Minot Daily News invites readers to share their Norsk Hostfest memories for a special page to be published next week. Whether you were a volunteer, vendor, visitor or took part in the festival in another role, The Minot Daily News welcomes your ...
