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“Weekly Arts Calendar”
Thursday, February 23rd through Sunday, February 26th

• Sunday, February 26th – A variety show will be held at the American Legion Club in Middle River, Minnesota. The show begins at 4:00 pm.

• Sunday, February 26th – The North Dakota Museum of Art – located on the UND campus in Grand Forks presents their Sunday Concert Series. Appearing this coming Sunday at 2:00 pm is Pius Cheung.

• Thursday, March 9th through Saturday, March 11th – The 5-time Tony award winning musical “Hairspray” will be on stage at the Empire Arts Center in Grand Forks. Performances by the Empire Theater Company are 7:30 each evening.

• Saturday, March 25th – Comedian Bobby Bones and his “Funny Alone” act will be on stage at the Empire Arts Center in downtown Grand Forks….with special guest Walker Hayes. Curtain time is 7:00 pm.

• Tuesday, March 28th – TRF Entertainment Series Presents: “Russian Quattro – Quartet of Russian Virtuosos” at 7:30pm in the Lincoln High School Auditorium in Thief River Falls.

New to MHB, Matt Muller, and Wisconsin songwriter, Jim Purtell. And someone is suing Walmart for selling fake craft beer!

MHB 02/23/2017

1 I Am Dancing in the Garden – Amy & Adams
2 Walkin’ on Water – Matt Muller
3 Smile – Adam Kaercher (NO FB)
4 Roads – Dave J Palluck (No FB Friend)
5 Run You Out – Lakewood Cemetery
6 PTSD (Iraq) – Jim Purtell (OUTSTATE)
7 Who Put Me in a Movie – Carl Franzen (Not FB Friend)
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8 Bride of the Sea – Dave Cofell
9 Nobody’s Girl But Mine – Erik Koskinen
10 Candy Planet – Amanda Grace
11 The Whistlin’ Song – Matt Muller
12 From a Cage – Haley Bonar
13 Try – Fearless Moral Inventory

University of North Dakota professor Virgil Benoit secured an Arts Legacy grant from the NWMAC to sponsor a French Canadian band and dance group from Winnipeg to perform at a French Canadian Metis Music and Dance Festival (AFRAN). That event is annual and is held the fourth weekend in August.

The group performed musical numbers and vocals that are traditional and contemporary among musicians of French Canada and their audiences in both Canada and the United States. Their performances were introduced with background pertinent to the group’s style, its musical instruments, and the place the songs and music hold in the Canadian, French-Canadian and Metis communities where the group plays and draws its inspiration.

Benoit discusses the history of the French in the northern United Sates and why history is relevant today.”

New artist, Tony Passasante and outstate contributor, Ricky Stage, along with news of Utepils Brewing!

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1. Pick Up the Pieces – Doug Millaway
2. Rock Me Baby – Steven J Schmidt
3. Singing in the Silence – Colleen Dillon
4. Sven Ivan O’Myron Wisnewski – Dale Menten & Ron Dick
5. A Light Shining for Me – Rickey Stage
6. Someone Else’s – Lisa Dixon
7. Heavy Heart – Kari Arnett
8. I Shall Be Released – Tony Passanante
9. One Fast Move (Or I’m Gone) – Captain Gravitone & the String Theory Orchestra
10. Staring at the Door – Bob Muscovitz
11. Up in Smoke – Bones of Griff
12. Butterscotch House – Pill Hill

ND Museum of Art Deputy Director Matt Wallace