Pioneer 90.1
“Arts Calendar”
April 30th through May 4th

• An evening of listening and dancing to music will be featured at the University of Minnesota, Crookston campus, Saturday evening, May 3rd from 8 to 10 pm. The Crookston Jazz Band, under the direction of TJ Chapman, will play music from the swing era, along with pieces from the Duke Ellington and Count Basie libraries, in Bede Ballroom, Sergeant Student Center at UMC. That’s Saturday, May 3rd from 8 to 10 p.m. everyone is welcome – admission is free.

• The Bemidji Symphony Orchestra, celebrating its 75th anniversary, presents “Stirring Celebrations!” The Bemidji Symphony Orchestra anniversary performance will be held at the Sanford Center in Bemidji on Sunday, May 4th.

• The Sixth Annual Fiesta in the Spirit of Cinco de Mayo will be held on Monday, May 5th at the University of Minnesota, Crookston campus – in Kiehle Auditorium at 7 pm. Local artists featured at this year’s event are Tony Diaz and Bryan Sanchez. Diaz is a native Crookston Guitar player and singer.

• On Wednesday, May 7 at 7:00 p.m. the Ada-Borup band students, grades 5 through 12 will present their “Spring Concert” at the Ada, Minnesota School. Root Beer floats will be served during a jazz performance with a free will offering to help raise money for a band trip to Disneyworld in 2018.

• The Spring Gala: Optical Illusions at the Plains Art Museum will be held on Saturday evening, May 3rd, from 7 PM to Midnight at the Plains Arts Museum of Moorhead/Fargo. There will also be dancing to Diane Miller and the “Silver Daggers” and the “Carluster Crumplebee Orchestra.”

• The University of North Dakota’s Department of Music presents its 2nd Annual Opera Gala, Friday, May 2nd at the historic Masonic Temple Auditorium in downtown Grand Forks. The cast consists of auditioned UND voice students and UND Voice Faculty with the UND Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Alejandro Drago. The doors open at 7:30 p.m. with performance time at 8 pm Friday evening, May 2nd.

• The Moorhead/Fargo Community Theater presents “The Bikinis” Friday, May 2nd at 7:30 pm, Saturday, May3rd at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm and Sunday, May 4th at 2:00 pm. All performances are at The Stage at Island Park in Fargo.

Ron West finds out the latest happenings at the North Dakota Museum of Art with his guest Matt Wallace.

Host, Carl Unbehaun, presents a cavalcade of songs by Minnesota songwriters along with his musical musings! Tonight we debut a new group, the Pat Lenertz Band from Moorhead MN and spin new tunes by Ruby Nordby & Dam Rumsey

1st Hour

Nothing to Dream – Jaspar Lepak
Fool Me Twice – Dale Menten
Big Bang Baby Boom – Nigel Egg
Travelling – Cathy Kongloth
Our Wedding Day – Bob Muscovitz
Don’t Go Into the Attic – The Tarveys
Never Be Forgotten – Dan Rumsey
Monsters – Elle Pollock
The Arthur Way of Life – Michael Loonan
Starving – Carl Unbehaun
Tumblin’ Down – Adam Hammer
Send Me An Angel – Ruby Nordby
The Lucky One – Actual Wolf
Find Some Gold – John Kimball

2nd Hour
Last Train – Pat Lenertz Band
What You Need to Hear – Anthony Diaz
Barn Again – Woodpicks
The Blues Is Personal – Nigel Egg
Breezy Air – Nikki & the Ruemates
One Foot Over – GB Leighton
Truth & Light – Don Karsky
Living My Dream – Jack Sundrud
Miss Fortunate – Jim Ruiz Four
Shaking – Elizabeth Alness
The Mad Farmer – Dave Carpenter & Friends
Run and Hide – Sonny Johnson
The Ants Made Me Do It – Amanda Grace
Country Blues – Roger Fink
Surfin’ Bird – The Trashmen

Ron West chats with Lynette Neppel, faculty adviser for the Phi Theta Kappa honor society at Northland College.

LaVonne Forsberg of Thief River Falls, Minnesota has won the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council’s (NWMAC) “Northwest Artist of the Year” award. She has many years of experience in watercolor and oil painting, Scandinavian rosemaling and decorative glass-work. LaVonne shares her art “history” within the region and expresses her thoughts on winning the artist of the year award – which includes a cash bonus of 5-thousand dollars.