On this edition of Rasslin Memories, George Schire and Glen Braget welcome former Journeyman pro wrestler Chris Curtis to the program to discuss his career and recently released book “Job Man: 25 Years in Pro Wrestling.” Chris has worked with a who’s who’s of professional wrestling as an enhancement talent for the AWA, WWF, Central States and Mid-South Wrestling in the early to mid 1980’s.
Host, Carl Unbehaun, presents a cavalcade of songs by Minnesota songwriters along with his musical musings! New artist this evening: Anna Marie Mitchell from Webster MN
1st Hour
Exit 12 to Moscow – Ben Hoganson
That Other Guy – Awkward Sorrows
Meet Me in the Middle – Dale Menten
My Tree House – Dennis Cooke
Little Bird – Anna Marie Mitchell
Sunny Day – Leslee McKee & John Lyell
Even Half As Much – Carl Unbehaun
Things I’ll Never Understand – David Stoddard
Blue Meanie Blues – Nigel Egg
Lonesome Banjo – Michael Kac
Coffee Tasted Better When You Were Here – Ann Reed
Kitestring – Arlo Cristofaro
Flesh & Bones – Barbara Jean
I Want to Be Your One Night Stand – Jeremy Messersmith
2nd Hour
Don’t Write Me Off – Lisa Dixon
When You Say Maybe – Chris Ray
The Sailor & the Sea – Chresten Hyde
Country Blues – Roger Fink
There on the Mantle – Bob Muscovitz
Broken – Lisa DeGuiseppi
The Awakening – Dennis Warner
Superman – Carl Unbehaun
Crayon Pictures – Great Uncle Helmer
My Spirit Years to Be Free – Bruce Boldt
I Recall – Barbara English
Dusty Southern Road – Michael Riddle
Corn Whiskey – Vernon Dixon
You Don’t Love Me – Accents
The Drama Department at Sacred Heart High School in East Grand Forks will present “Little Women” at the Sacred Heart Auditorium. Performances are Friday and Saturday, March 21st and March 22nd at 7:00 pm and Sunday, March 23rd at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $10.00 dollars for adults and $5.00 for students.
“Rockin’ the Ralph” – Fantasy on Ice Show is this Saturday, March 22nd at 6:00 pm and Sunday, March 23rd at 2:00 pm – at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls.
A free movie – called “Frozen” will be shown Sunday afternoon, March 23rd at the Roso Theatre in Roseau, Minnesota. The doors open at 2:00 pm.
“Trio Solisti” will perform this Sunday, March 23rd at the North Dakota Museum of Art at 2:00 pm. The trio will feature chamber music on the violin. For more information on Trio Solisti, go to ndmoa.com.
The Northern Lights Figure Skating Club will present “Dancing through the Decades” on Saturday, March 22nd at 7:00 pm and Sunday, March 23rd at 2:00 pm at the East Grand Forks Civic Center.
The Empire Theater Company presents “The Spit Fire Grill” at the Empire Arts Center in downtown Grand Forks, Monday, March 24th through Saturday, March29th. Performances each night are at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $12.00 for students and members.
The 40th Annual Lamberton Jazz Festival will be held on Tuesday, March 25th in Lamberton, Minnesota. Lamberton is in south-central Minnesota, just west of New Ulm.
Fargo band “Boots” will perform on Thursday, March 27th at 8:00 pm at the Hotel Donaldson in downtown Fargo. The band is known for their bluegrass, Delta-Blues, classic folk and gypsy swing.
Minnesota’s Mason Jennings and Iris Dement will perform at the Fargo Theater on Friday, April 4th. Performance time is 8:00 pm.
The “Cabin Fever Festival” will be held this Saturday and Sunday, March 22nd and 23rd in Duluth, Minnesota – sponsored by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association. The festival includes stage shows, draw bands, open stage, workshops, and jam sessions around the clock.
Marion Blumenthal Lazan will share a first -hand account of her family’s life in Germany from imprisonment in concentration camps to liberation in April of 1945. Her presentation will be Wednesday, April 9th at 10 am at the Fisher Public School.
Mara Wittman, Executive Director of the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council (NWMAC), provides information concerning NWMAC services, funding, events and support for regional artists, groups, schools and others within multi-dimensions of the fine arts. The NWMAC serves the northwest Minnesota counties of Kittson, Roseau, Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake, Polk and Norman.
Ben Johnson is a native of Roseau, MN. He has had a passion for the theater and in particular, directing. Ben has worked in the Twin Cities area within theater and occasionally heads back home to help a local theater group – the Warroad Community Theater – with their productions. Ben talks about his ambitions, experiences and hopes as a director.