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.

Host, Carl Unbehaun, presents a cavalcade of songs by Minnesota songwriters along with his musical musings! The Minnesota Association of Songwriters has a diverse group of writers whose music we share the first Thursday of every month. MAS – MAS – MAS. Find them at www.MNSongwriters.org.

Hour 1

Things We Could Do – Andrew Spreck
Thank the Girl – Court Babcock
Can’t Let Go – Richard Schletty
Honey Lemonade – Steve & Kim Wolff
The Wall – Brad Dunse
That’s the Way It Goes – Dennis Cooke
You’re Not Here – Doug Millaway
A Language of Its Own – Jeff Goodson
Everybody’s Got a Number – John Bennett
The Longest Ride – Michael Loonan
My Time – Nigel Egg
Heart of Stone – No Grass Limit
My Kitchen Got Knives – Eli Hoehn
Big Bang Baby Boom – Nigel Egg
I’ll Pay for the Gas – Roger Sweet (Sweet & Poling)

Hour 2

Factory Girls – David Hanners
Fight, Fight, Fight – Bob Muscovitz
Modem Love – Gackle Trucker Band
Over the Moon – Mike Rudquist
Laughing Child – Larry Suess
We Don’t Give a Dang – Red Johnson
Sticky – BrakeAway
The Ghost in Rebel Gray – Wayne Hamilton
Happy Couple – Rebecca Aadland
Love Wins – Tim Hildebrandt
Downtown Tonight – Roland Trenary
Shut It Off Now – Debra Hadraba
Hard Country – Jack Schauer
Gold in Colorado – Amy & Adams
Masters of Style – Tony Wentersdorf
Nothin’ to Lose, Nothin’ to Gain – Tom Engelhardt
Wild Weekend – Shane Martin

The Northwest Minnesota Arts Council (NWMAC) is showcasing the “Autumn All-Northwest Minnesota Student Art Exhibit, at the NWMAC gallery in downtown East Grand Forks. The work of thirty-four students, attending six schools, is being featured from November 5th through November 30th.

Goodridge/Grygla School Juniors Daylyn Kainz and Benji Wilebski share their thoughts on art and the work they have on display at the NWMAC gallery!

The guest is NCTC/EGF Nursing Student, Amanda Johnson.