The “Weekly Arts Calendar” is a weekly listing of events and activities that highlight the arts, music and culture of the region and within Minnesota
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“Weekly Arts Calendar”
Thursday, September 21st through Sunday, September 24th
FRIDAY, 22nd – As part of the Wildwood Concert Series, “Skoalmusik” will be featured at the event center on Gonvick, MN. The ensemble performs traditional Scandinavian and Scandinavian/ American dance and vocal music and begins at 7:00 pm. A German heritage dinner will precede the performance at 5:00 pm.
SATURDAY, 23rd & SUNDAY, 24th The Greater East Grand Forks-Grand Forks Community Theater presents “The Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Divinity Church.” Performance times at the Fire Hall Theater in downtown Grand Forks are Saturday night at 7:30, with a Sunday matinee at 2:00 pm.
FRIDAY, 22nd -SATURDAY, 23rd & SUNDAY 24th The first annual Greenway Takeover Festival (GTF) continues Friday through Sunday of this weekend. The four day music festival is on the Greenway, just north of the Sorlie Bridge in downtown Grand Forks. Each day, local, regional and headlining music will be featured – including the “Gear Daddies”, “Dead Man Winter” led by Dave Simonette of Trampled by Turtles, Shannon Curfman and Jozy Bernadette from “The Voice.” All of the performances are free.
SUNDAY, 24th The Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra kicks off their season with “America the Beautiful” featuring music by Copland, Barber and Hanson. Guest performer is Ilan Morgenstern on the Bass Trombone. Tickets available at 746-5500. Performance time is 2:30 pm.
WEDNESDAY, 27th A special screening of the film “Beauty Bites Beast” will be held at the Empire Arts Center in downtown Grand Forks. The showing begins at 7:00 pm with a Q & A session and reception to follow. More information at 746-5500.
The first – of what organizers hope will be an annual event – 4-day live music festival on the Greater Grand Forks Greenway is comping up, starting Thursday and running through Sunday (20th through the 24th).
Ron West talks with one of the organizers, Tricia Lunski, about what to expect in the Grand Cities with this inaugural festival coming up September 21-24!
This week’s guests are Joe McDonald and Steve Reynolds from “The Raven”, a quarterly magazine that’s produced in Roseau County (MN). Joe and Steve share the origin/history of the publication, it’s content and purpose, plus the role that the NW Minnesota Arts Council has played in helping to fund the effort.
Rasslin Memories returns for Season Six on a somber note as George Schire and Glen Braget remember the life and career of former AWA World Champion Otto Wanz, who passed away September 14, 2017 at the age of 74. Find out the story behind how Wanz became AWA champion and it’s impact on the company.
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“Weekly Arts Calendar”
Thursday, September 14th through Sunday, September 17th
SATURDAY, 16th & SUNDAY, 17th The Greater East Grand Forks-Grand Forks Community Theater presents “The Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Divinity Church.” Performance times at the Fire Hall Theater in downtown Grand Forks are Saturday night at 7:30, with a Sunday matinee at 2 pm.
SATURDAY, 16th The Badger Fall Fest in Badger, Minnesota. City Wide Events all day long, to include a breakfast, parade at11am, food and games and craft vendors.
SATURDAY, 16th The Minnesota Museum of American Art in St. Paul presents “We the People.” Admission is free and open to the public from 10 am to 6pm.
SATURDAY, 16th The Greater Twin Cities YMCA presents “The Prairie Burn Music Festival” at Camp St. Croix in Hudson, Wisconsin.
SATURDAY, 16th The “Wild Rice Festival” in Roseville, MN from 10 am to 4 pm. The event includes demonstrations of the methods used to harvest wild rice.
MONDAY, 18th The University of Minnesota – Crookston Campus – presents “Music on Monday’s” with featured performer Haley Klinkhammer.
SUNDAY, 24th The Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra kicks off the 2017-2018 season with a performance called “America the Beautiful” featuring music by Copland, Barber and Hanson. Guest performer is Ilan Morgenstern on the Bass Trombone. Tickets available at 746-5500.
