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Arts and Entertainment

Fort Stevenson hosts Dickens geocache ornament exchange

GARRISON – Twelve ornaments are awaiting discovery at Fort Stevenson State Park during the annual Dickens Village Festival in Garrison. Each Friday of the festival – Nov. 29, Dec. 6 and Dec. 13 – the park will publish GPS coordinates of four geocaches containing an ornament, each a ...

Turkey Trot seeks runners, walkers in 10th annual event

The Magic City Figure Skating Club’s synchro teams will be hosting their annual Magic City Turkey Trot, a 1 mile fun run/walk and 5K run/walk on Thursday, Nov. 28, at 9 a.m. The Turkey Trot takes place annually on Thanksgiving morning with proceeds benefiting the synchronized skating teams in ...

IN OUR BACKYARD: Great outdoors facilitates family traditions

We are moving into a time of cherished reserve in our state – hunting season. You would be hard-pressed to find someone in your personal circle who doesn’t have family members out hunting this time of year or is out themselves. It’s how most of us grew up and is a past-time that provides ...

Retirement’s Comic Relief: Making sense of troubling dreams

According to the book of Genesis, an Egyptian Pharaoh had two troubling dreams – one about seven fat and seven skinny cows and another about seven full heads of grain growing on a single stalk. Luckily, he found someone who could make sense of weird dreams. If not for his technicolor dream ...

Sea turtle expert to give presentation at MSU

Dr. Gale Bishop, a North Dakota native and professor emeritus from Georgia Southern University, will present a special lecture titled “Two Thousand Sunrises — Ten Thousand Surprises! The Return of Sea Turtles to North Dakota After 75 Million Years,” on Thursday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in ...

Local artists contribute to Grand Forks mural effort

A New York City-based artist has spent this week in a studio at Minot State University working on pieces with two Minot-based artists which will be incorporated into a 140-foot long mural commissioned by Altru Health for its new hospital in Grand Forks. Casey Opstad, a Grand Forks native, ...