Host, Carl Unbehaun, presents a cavalcade of songs by Minnesota songwriters along with his musical musings! 1st Thursdays are dedicated to the songs by members of the Minnesota Association of Songwriters. Check them out at: www.MNSongwriters.org

1st Hour

I’ll Love You More – Pushing Chains
Tippy – Tim Fast
Someone Special – Bob Muscovitz
Dancing Lady – Steve West
Old Barns and Old People – Red Johnson
Paper Clips – Holly Henry
Nobody’s Girl But Mine – Erik Koskinen
Way to Go, Joe – Jon Manners
Mr. Ford – Richard Schletty
Funk – Carl Franzen
Styrofoam – Ann Reed
Ireland – Sara Softich
I Can’t Thank You Enough – Jill Holly
Spring Storm – James Apollo

2nd Hour

Blue Collar Man – Jim Bohn
American Robin – Shane Maland & Little Winter
You Can Always Come Home – Dale Menten
Black Wind Blowing – Mason Jennings
Firefly – Anna Marie Mitchell
Slip On By – 9 Tomorrows
Wandering Eye – Aaron Tank
In Tennessee – Ron Long
Garden Gate – Anne Drinkwine
Mighty Fine – Flora Cash
The Hollywood Sign – Halloween, Alaska
Lisa – David Levin
Find Some Gold – John Kimball
Smooth As Silk – CA Quintet

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• Viking, Minnesota’s “Good Old Days” are scheduled for this weekend, August 15th, 16th and 17th. Events include a free outdoor movie Friday evening – “The Love Bug” beginning at 8:30 with free “S’mores” and popcorn. Saturday’s events include a parade at 10, a 5k run, thrashing and blacksmith demonstrations, a parade at 10, live music and a volunteer fire department supper – and Sunday there’s a corn feed.

• The “Artist Unlimited Art Show” continues at the Kittson County Museum in Lake Bronson, Minnesota through August.

• “Heritage Days” are this weekend in East Grand Forks, August 14th, 15th and 16th. Live music Friday evening. Saturday’s events include a Petting Zoo, Saw Mill, Antique Tractors & Machinery, Broom Making, Log Barn & Granary, display, Sons of Norway Viking Ship display, and railroad exhibits from the Northern Lights Railroad Museum and live music including North Country Fiddle and Dance.

• And “Ox Cart Days” are in Crookston this weekend, through Sunday, August 17th. Friday and Saturday, the Crookston Community Theater presents “Goldilocks and the Three Pigs” at the University of Minnesota campus. Also on Friday a beauty pageant, rib fest and Teen Dance. Saturday’s events include live music – the “American Roots Revue”, Classic Car and Torchlight Parade and Fireworks at 10:00 pm. Sunday afternoon there’s a concert by the group “Six Appeal.”

• The next “Art and Wine Walk” will be held on Saturday, August 16th in downtown East Grand Forks and Grand Forks. The event runs from 1 to 5 pm.

• Monday afternoon, August 18th, auditions will be held for “Beauty and the Beast” – a production of the Prairie Fire Children’s Theater. Auditions will be held in the Roseau School Theater.

Matt Wallace was swamped with work, so Ron West will be flying solo and filling in this week.

Crookston, MN native Brett Lysne discusses his artistic “drawings” and his many experiences as an “Artist in Residence”, on the latest Northwest Minnesota Arts Council (NWMAC) update. Lysne currently has samples of his work on display at the NWMAC Gallery and Shop, located in the RiverWalk Center in downtown East Grand Forks, MN.