Tune in Tuesday night (6/2) at 7:00 for Pioneer 90.1’s broadcast of the Thief River Falls Area Community Theater’s excellent “Hometown Talent Show,” recorded live onstage at NCTC!
The latest segment from the North Dakota Museum of Art focuses on the first performer/band of the upcoming 2015 “Summer Concerts in the Garden” series. The performer is Erik Koskinen.
Kat Allen is a native of Stephen, Minnesota – a farm girl raised in western Marshall County. Her passion then and now is abstract art. She talks about her work and the support of the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council (NWMAC) – through the NWMAC Gallery and Shop in downtown East Grand Forks, MN.
• The Crookston Community Theater will present a murder mystery comedy called “Dead Giveaway” on Friday, May 29th and Saturday, May 30th at 7 p.m. each evening, in Kiehle Auditorium on the University of Minnesota – Crookston campus.
• The Greater Grand Forks Community Theater presents “The Dixie Swim Club”, at the Fire Hall Theater in downtown Grand Forks. Performances Friday, May 29th and Saturday, May 30th. Curtain time is 7:30 each evening. Information at 746-0847.
• The 1970’s band the Eagles will be performing on-stage at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks on Friday, June 5th at 7:30 pm. Information at 701-792-1420.
• Coming up in downtown Fargo – an Art and Wine walk on June the 11th.
• An event called “Water Fest 2015” is being held in St. Paul this weekend. Activities include boating, fishing, water games, and live animals, climbing walls, exhibits, music and dance.
• A tractor pull will be held this Sunday, May 31st in Waseca, MN.
• The Anoka Antique Show, Craft and Flea Market is this Saturday and Sunday in Anoka, MN….just northwest of Minneapolis.
• And the Northern Landscapes Festival is this week in Grand Marais, MN, along the shore of Lake Superior.
On this edition of the Music Room, the Thief River Falls Lincoln High School Choral Department present Speaking Words of Wisdom. Joining the LHS Choir are Minneapolis Gospel artists Robert Robinson, Tonia Hughes and Darnell Davis & the Remnant.
Speaking Words of Wisdom creatively incorporates various art forms including: the human voice (singing), instruments (the band), movement (dancers), poetry (student poems), visual art (hand painted banners), and graphic design (powerpoint). There will be anniversary’s remembered: The 70th Anniversary of the end of WW2 and the 70th Anniversary of the end of the Holocaust.
There will be four areas covered throughout the performance including “WAR, EVIL, VISION, AND TRIUMPH”. Each area highlighted by distinct music and words for that specific area will lead the listener on a journey. A journey that may be as individual as each song throughout the show.
The Following was recorded May 10, 2015 at the Lincoln High School Auditorium in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.