“Kickin’ up Kountry” continues its run Thursday June 12th through Saturday, June 14th at the Wagon Wheel Ridge in Karlstad, Minnesota. Stage performers include; Aaron Tippin. Gene Watson, Sawyer Brown, Shenandoah and Highway 101’s Paulette Carlson.

The Warroad Summer Theater presents “Love, Sex and the IRS”, Thursday, June 12th through Sunday, June 15th at the Warroad High School. Curtain time is 7:30 Thursday through Saturday, with a 2:00 pm matinee on Sunday, the 15th.
The 2014 “Grand Cities Art Fest” kicks off on Saturday, June 14th and Sunday June 15th. Over 150 artisans and crafters will fill downtown Grand Forks and East Grand Forks offering everything from handmade jewelry and clothing to pottery and wooden furniture. There will also be live music and dozens of food vendors. The event is Free & Open to the Public this Saturday, June 14th & Sunday, June 15th.

Roseau’s “Scandinavian Festival” is Friday, June 20th and Saturday, June 21st. Events include the “Wilcox family Fiddlers” at 7 pm on Friday the 2oth at the Roseau School Theater. Saturday, there’s a pancake breakfast from 8 until 10 at the Four Seasons Center – artists, crafters and vendors in and around the Roseau City Center all day – An “Immigrants Tale” presentation by Ole Oleson and Roger Hellsveg at the library – “Music on the Patio” starting at 11 am and featuring Willow Creek, Jody Kirkeide, the Lubben Brothers and the Overtones and a “Scandinavian Smorgasbord” will be served Saturday evening from 5 until 7 pm at the Roseau City Center.

The 37th Scandinavian Hjemkomst Festival and the Midwest Viking Festival, presented by Nordic Culture Clubs and the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, will take place Friday, June 27th, and Saturday, June 28th, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead, MN. The festivals are a celebration of Old and New World Scandinavian tradition, providing the community with wonderful entertainment, food, and educational and cultural activities.

Jessica Pribula of East Grand Forks, MN is the recipient of the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council’s (NWMAC) “Artist of the Year Award.” She was honored as part of the NWMAC Spring Art Exhibit this past April in Middle River, MN. Jessica talks about her award and the latest efforts that she’s creating, in the world of “produced art!”

On this edition of the Music Room, Glen Braget travels North on Highway 32 to Greenbush, Minnesota for the Greenbush Middle River High School Music Departments Spring 2014 concert “I Am In Need of Music”, under the direction of Dan Carpenter.
The following was recorded May 7, 2014 at the Greenbush Middle River High School gym in Greenbush, Minnesota.

George Schire and Glen Braget welcome back Brian Blair to the program to discuss the 2014 Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion.

Ron West sits down to chat with Justin Welch, chef at the North Dakota Museum of Art located on the UND campus in Grand Forks, North Dakota.