Ron West talks with Sue Gens, Executive Director of the Minnesota State Arts Board. The State Arts Board is an executive branch agency in Minnesota state government. Its mission is to stimulate and encourage the creation, performance, and appreciation of the arts in the state. Through its grant programs and other activities, the Arts Board works to achieve the following strategic outcomes: The arts are essential to a vibrant society; the arts are interwoven into every facet of community life; Minnesotans believe the arts are vital to who we are; people of all ages, ethnicities, and abilities participate in the arts; people trust Minnesota’s stewardship of public arts funding; and the arts thrive in Minnesota.
Sue will be featured at the “Arts Expo” in Thief River Falls, MN on April 28th.

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Weekly Arts Calendar
April 12th through April 18th

19th – Lunch at the Library is at 12 Noon in Roseau’s City Center. Steve and Mary Hoffer will share experiences and photos from their visit to Indonesia.
22nd and 23rd – Lancaster School Class Play ‘Dinner at Eight, Dead by Nine’. The evening meal and at 5pm followed by the performance at the Lancaster School in Lancaster, MN.

20th Anniversary of the Empire Arts Center in downtown Grand Forks will be observed with a week of free events from April 21st through the 27th

Saturday, April 21, 7:00pm

Sunday, April 22, 12:30pm, 3:30pm & 6:30pm

Monday, April 23, 7:00pm

Tuesday, April 24, 7:00pm

Wednesday, April 25, 4:00pm & 7:00pm

Thursday, April 26, 6:30pm

Friday, April 27, 4:00pm & 7:00pm The Empire Arts Center 20th Anniversary Celebration Concert

Family Movie Day featuring Mary Poppins

The Empire Theatre Company: In Concert

The Backstage Project: Songwriter Showcase

Classic Movie Night featuring Casablanca

Open Mic Night at the Empire

Movie Musical Night featuring “Singing in the Rain”
For more information call the Empire Arts Center Box Office at 701.746.5500

The Guest is Ellen Stanley, Executive Director of the Minnesota Music Coalition

Ellen will be attending the NWMAC Arts Expo in Thief River Falls on April 28th and she discusses the 2018 MN Music Summit, happening April 12-14 in the Twin Cities. The summit brings together artists, fans and music professionals from across the Upper Midwest for 3 days of workshops, industry panels and performances by the state’s top artists.

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“Weekly Arts Calendar”
Thursday, March 29th through Sunday, April 1st
• The Greater Grand Forks Community Theater presents Agatha Christie’s murder classic “And Then There Were None”, this Friday and Saturday – the 30th and 31st – at the Fire Hall Theater in downtown Grand Forks. Curtain time is 7:30 pm.

• North Dakota State Science & Engineering Fair – Thursday Apr 5th at the UND Memorial Union in Grand Forks. The exhibits will be open to the public on Friday, April 6th from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m.

• The North Dakota Museum of Art will host their final “Sunday Concert in the Galleries” performance of the season on Sunday, April 8th. Featured will be the classical music of Robert Dick. Performance time is 2:00 pm at the NDMOA, on the UND campus in Grand Forks.

• The final dinner of the “International Dinner Series” will be held on Wednesday, April 4th in Bede Ballroom at the University of Minnesota – Crookston campus. The menu includes: Scotch Eggs & Salad, Corn Brisket, Potatoes and Cabbage. Serving begins at 5:00 pm and concludes with the singing and dancing of UMC International students.

• The Sacred Heart Drama Department presents “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” on Friday and Saturday April 6th and 7th and Sunday April 8th. Show times are 7 pm on Friday and Saturday. Sunday matinee at 2pm.