Cathy Erickson, host of the Monday Night Variety Show, heard every Monday from 6 – 11 PM on Pioneer 90.1, will take her show “live” to the Commons area of Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls on Monday, November 24, from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.

This live show is open to the public and will be a fund-raiser event for Pioneer 90.1, helping the station to meet expenses not covered by grants and NCTC. This past summer the station had a large expense due to problems at the tower located west of St. Hilaire.

Area musicians will be featured during the live broadcast, including Dick Miller from Goodridge; Bob Skoglund from Holt; Lois & Lois from Middle River; Joe Smidt from Grand Forks; Maury Finney from East Grand Forks; and MORE!

A silent auction is planned during the evening and listeners are invited to bring pies or other items for the auction.

There will also be door prizes and refreshments during the evening.

Pioneer 90.1 FM features a wide variety of programming and all programming will benefit from your support of the live broadcast Monday, November 24th. See you there!

Saturday, November 22nd is “Frost Fest 2014” in Baudette, Minnesota. Scheduled events include a Craft Fair, Community Dinner and a Fish House Parade with lights, tree lighting, fireworks and more, with events taking place throughout the city.

Also this coming Saturday, the 22nd, “Christmas Extravaganza” will be held at the Eagles Club in Karlstad, Minnesota – with a 7:00 pm dinner and local, family entertainment to follow.

On Saturday the 22nd, the Kittson County Museum’s Annual Christmas Open House Craft & Bake Sale will be held from 10:00 am until 2:00 at the museum in Lake Bronson, Minnesota.

The Vase Project: Made in China – Landscape in Blue is now on display at the North Dakota Museum of Art, located on the UND campus in Grand Forks. The display is a conceptual work, consisting of 101 porcelain vases. The display is free to the public and will be available this Saturday and Sunday, the 22nd and 23rd from 1 until 5 pm at the NDMOA.

The Tony Award winning musical “Into the Woods” will be performed at the Burtness Theater at UND in Grand Forks, on Friday, November 21st and Saturday, November 22nd at 7:00pm.

“Family Day” is this Saturday at the North Dakota Museum of Art, from 10:00 am until noon – a free event for children and their families. Family Day is a time to encourage imagination and creativity in producing works of art, during the morning session.

Two events are scheduled this weekend at the University of Minnesota, Crookston campus. A Fall Music Concert, featuring the UMC Jazz Band, the UMC Choir, and the Crookston Community Band, will take place on Sunday, November 23rd at 2:00 pm in the Kiehle Auditorium. The concert is free. Also taking place at the U of M in Crookston, the fall musical production of “Next to Normal” will be performed on stage at Kiehle Auditorium, Friday, November 21st at 7:00 pm and Saturday, November 22nd at 2:00 pm.

The East Grand Forks Senior High School Drama Department is staging “Little Shop of Horrors” this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the 21st, 22nd and 23rd. Curtain time Friday and Saturday is 7:30 pm with a 2:00 pm matinee on Sunday.
The 56th Annual “Christmas City of the North Parade” will be held in downtown Duluth on Friday, November 21st at 6:20 pm.

After rocking RiverFest 2014 in Thief River Falls, Britain’s Finest makes a return engagement at the Evergreen Eating Emporium Friday, November 7 at 7 PM. The Beatles tribute group also performs at the Empire Arts Center in Grand Forks Saturday, November 8 at 7 PM.

Listen to the band’s Pioneer 90.1 in-studio performance here:

The guest is Todd Pate, the new Program Development Director at the NDMOA

• Saturday, November 8th, the Warren Jaycees are hosting a Holiday Open House from 9am until 3pm, in the Warren-Alvarado-Oslo High School Cafeteria.

• The Greater Grand Forks Community Theater children and adult members are performing “School House Rock and . . . Old School: Vaudeville” on Friday, November 7th and Saturday, November 8th at the Fire Hall Theater in downtown Grand Forks. More information at 777-4090.

• Also at the Fire Hall Theater, on Saturday, November 8th at 2 PM, it’s the second monthly Read Through. The script is “The Man with Bogart’s Face”, a comedy by Andrew Fenady. It’s free and open to the public.

• The Broadway musical “Elf” will be on stage at the Chester Fritz Auditorium, on the University of North Dakota campus in Grand Forks on Friday, November 7th at 7:30pm. For information call 777-4090.

• A musical potpourri, with everything from Classical to Dixieland to Jazz, will be performed by the Twin Forks Women’s Chorus….Sunday, November 9th at 5:00pm at the First Lutheran Church of East Grand Forks. The event is free and open to the public.

• The Tony Award winning musical “Into the Woods” will be performed at the Burtness Theater at UND in Grand Forks, on Thursday, November 13th at 7:00pm.

• The Drama Department of Sacred Heart High School in East Grand Forks presents the mystery “Sherlock Holmes” next Friday, Saturday and Sunday – November 14th, 15th and 16th in the Sacred Heart Auditorium. Friday and Saturday curtain time is 7:00pm with a Sunday matinee at 2:00pm.

• A “Gales of November” photography workshop will be held this weekend, November 7th, 8th and 9th in Grand Marais, Minnesota – along the shore of Lake Superior. More information at 218-370-8351.