Arts & Entertainment

Eight local artists, performers and musicians awarded Individual Arts Partnership grants

The Arts Partnership established the Individual Arts Partnership grants in 2012 to support artists working in any genre and who are at any career stage.

Arts and Entertainment

Pioneer flute player in Fargo who broke barriers for women in local bands still playing

There was a time when the Elks, Shrine and Legion or Veterans bands wouldn't let women play. Then came Em Laskey of Fargo. She is the first woman in the veterans band, and she's still playing.

May 26, 2023 07:15 PM

Arts and Entertainment

10 things heating up our summer calendar

From big concerts to smaller musicals, farmers markets and fair food, some things you don't want to miss this summer.

May 25, 2023 07:30 AM

Three young light-skinned children stand holding hands in a black-and-white photo taken circa 1945. Two girls about six years old wear thigh-length coats; a boy about four years old wears a dark suit.

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Short Cuts: Rare photos show very young Bob Dylan in northern Minnesota

Readers have submitted two rarely seen photos, including one of young Bobby Zimmerman with three generations of his mother's family.

May 25, 2023 06:00 AM

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Summer concert series Music at the Square makes for tuneful Tuesdays in downtown Fargo

Concerts will be held every other Tuesday featuring local performers.

May 24, 2023 03:17 PM

By John Lamb

Lifestyle

Holy windshield wipers! Did Fargo Police really once impound Hollywood’s Batmobile?

The famous TV car was in Fargo in the fall of 1968 for a publicity tour that might have ended in an arrest and court appearance.

May 24, 2023 10:15 AM

By Tracy Briggs

Arts and Entertainment

Toby Jones, creator of 'AJ Goes to the Dog Park,' calls the locally-filmed comedy 'an extremely Fargo movie'

The Fargo native who worked for the Cartoon Network calls his new film "a pretty ‘ope’ forward project."

May 23, 2023 07:32 AM

By John Lamb

Arts and Entertainment

‘Funny How Time Slips Away’ as Willie Nelson packs hits into fun 70-minute Bluestem show

At 90, Nelson still delivers an engaging concert for the first of two sold-out nights.

May 23, 2023 01:53 AM

By John Lamb

Arts and Entertainment

Carving culture: Ten life lessons from Red River Valley Woodcarvers

Lonna Whiting sat in on a recent Red River Valley Woodcarvers meeting at the American Legion in Moorhead. Here are the ten things she learned.

May 22, 2023 08:59 AM

By Lonna Whiting

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Arts and Entertainment

Chicago's nostalgic tunes from 'Old Days' prove a 'Hard Habit to Break' at band's return to Bluestem Sunday

The legendary group pulled from its early albums during a 2-hour show.

May 22, 2023 07:57 AM

By John Lamb

Arts and Entertainment

Concerts at Moorhead's Bluestem Amphitheater tap into a different flavors this summer with cannabis seltzers

The drinks will be sold at concession stands at the Moorhead venue.

May 19, 2023 09:15 AM

By John Lamb

Arts and Entertainment

WE Fest 2023 to kick off with 40th anniversary 'birthday bash' on Aug. 2

WE Fest's 40th-anniversary run on Aug. 3-5 will be preceded by a "birthday bash" on Wednesday, Aug. 2, where attendees can listen to live music, win prizes and more.

May 18, 2023 02:01 PM

By Vicki Gerdes

Arts and Entertainment

16-year-old Fargo singer Annabelle Maher celebrates debut album Thursday night at Fargo Brewing

Lil Wayne, Storyhill, Whose Live Anyway highlight other weekend events

May 18, 2023 08:41 AM

By John Lamb