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Music Revue to perform in Stanley

STANLEY – Joe Covert brings his ‘50s ‘60s Revue from the Twin Cities to the Sibyl Center Friday, June 28. Favorite hits will be featured by the professional musicians who make up the Revue. Covert, bandleader and creator of the music revue, plays electric and upright bass, and sings both lead and backing vocals as his bands play hundreds of shows all over the Midwest. He is joined by drummer Steve Marchessault, saxophonist Laura Foschiatti, pianist Eric Foschiatti, guitarist Tim Jenkins, vocalist Mike Baker and Hope Laborde, who performs the part of Brenda Lee. The concert ...

Classic Rhythm to perform at Sibyl this Saturday

STANLEY – Classic Rhythm from Bismarck will bring classic rock and pop sounds to the Sibyl Center in Stanley this Saturday, June 15. Classic Rhythm is a five-member band that entertains its audiences with music from the rock and pop era of the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s. The band specializes ...

Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center to present opera

WASHBURN – “Death of Meriwether Lewis: Transfiguration at Grinder’s Stand,” a new one-act opera, will be presented on Saturday, June 15, at 3 p.m. in the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, Washburn. The program is free and open to the public. Complimentary refreshments will be available. The opera explores the last days of Meriwether Lewis’ life in Tennessee. Cast members are artistic director of Dakota Pro Musica Jason Thoms, New York City performing artist Kristopher Jean and North Dakota State University assistant professor of voice Karisa Templeton accompanied by a ...

Zoo News: Animals create memories, passions

Being a zookeeper is more than a job. It is a lifetime of memories and what-ifs. I saw the epitome of this recently when I traveled with my wife, Deneen, to the St. Louis Zoo in Missouri so she could see an elephant she worked with in the 1980s. As an elephant keeper at the Jacksonville Zoo in ...

MACF provides grant to Taube Museum

The Minot Area Community Foundation has granted $10,000 to the Lillian and Coleman Taube Museum of Art through the Mike & Dorothy Dolan Fund to help fund the purchase and installation of a new wheelchair lift. The Taube’s previous wheelchair lift was out of commission for nearly two years, ...

Retirement’s Comic Relief: Preparations for summer sun are looking good

Visiting with my mother by telephone in 1974, I learned of an accident that involved my grandparents. As my 84-year-old grandfather prepared for winter standing on a ladder and shortening chains attached to the ceiling on their front porch swing, he lost his grip. The swing dropped onto my grandmother’s head as she helped, lifting from below. After the call with Mother ended, I immediately dialed my grandparent’s number to get a first-hand report. When Granddad answered, I explained learning about what happened, then asked, “How is Grandmother doing?” “Oh, she’ll be ...