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Arts and Entertainment

MRP to open 2025-26 season with ‘The Haunting of Hill House’

Mouse River Players Community Theater will launch its 2025-26 season with “The Haunting of Hill House.” Running Friday-Sunday, Sept. 19–21, and Sept. 26–28 at the Arlene Theater in downtown Minot, Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday matinees begin at 2 p.m. ...

Hostfest to offer Meet the Chefs

Norsk Hostfest has announced a Meet the Chefs event will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 23, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Marketplace Foods at 1930 S. Broadway. The event is free and open to the public. Hostfest is slated for Sept. 24-27. This preview event will offer a sample of the foods the ...

Twilight hike set at Fort Mandan

WASHBURN. – A Twilight Hike will be held at Fort Mandan State Historic Site in Washburn on Saturday, Sept. 20, from 7:30-8:30 p.m., according to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. The free tour will be hosted by nationally certified interpreters who will guide participants from the ...

Arts council awards cultural grants

Area artists have received grants through the North Dakota Council on the Arts’ Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program for fiscal year 2006, ending June 30. Mentors and their apprentices include: – Deborah Gourneau, Belcourt, and Cameron Allery, Dunseith, Ojibwe storytelling, ...

What are you trying to pull?

WILLISTON – Six 20-person teams tested their strength in the inaugural Make-A-Wish North Dakota Plane Pull held at XWA Williston Basin International Airport in Williston Saturday, Aug. 16. The six teams – CrossFit Vokse, Liberty Energy/Wolla Trucking, Overland Aviation, GO Wireline LLC, ...

Retirement’s Comic Relief: Do nice guys really finish last?

Before leaving for school in Kansas City, I agreed to share a small third-floor apartment in an older, repurposed home with someone who I did not know well. The $30 per month for half of the rent would be manageable and it was close to campus. Arriving several days before classes began, I ...