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Arts and Entertainment

Public reception today for Juried Student Art Show

Minot State University’s Juried Student Art Show, an exhibition of new work by MSU students, is on display April 7-30 at the university’s Northwest Arts Center. Students also get to interact with the exhibition’s visiting juror, Andrea Fagerstrom, an assistant professor of art and the ...

From University Avenue to Sesame Street

NEW YORK CITY – We’ve seen him in Ann Nicole Nelson Hall. We’ve seen him in the Burning Hills Amphitheater in Medora. Now J’Kobe Wallace, 2019 graduate of Minot State University, is on Sesame Street, where he gets to do the two things he loves most: performing and teaching. Wallace ...

Zoo News: Beginning of another new zoo season

Warmer days, here and there, are making it possible for many of the zoo’s animals to get out of their barns for the first time in many months. As happy as it makes the guests that are attending on those days, for those animals it is the beginning of another new season. It was a couple of ...

Community can help name zoo’s tiger cubs

Roosevelt Park Zoo’s three Amur tiger cubs are growing and will soon need names. Community participation is being requested to finalize names before the big reveal. The animal care staff has chosen eight names. Each name has roots in southeast Russia, where the Amur River Valley is home ...

Minot zoo taking measures to protect bird exhibits

Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot is taking measures to protect its bird exhibits from the bird flu. “We will be pulling the chickens off exhibit but just covering the tops of the eagle, owl, and ground hornbill exhibits with tarps to prevent any potential issues from droppings as migratory ...

Zoos hiding birds as avian flu spreads in North America

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza. Penguins may be the only birds visitors to many zoos can see right now, because they ...