North Dakota Museum of Art to host ‘Welcome Back Festival’ at UND

GRAND FORKS – The North Dakota Museum of Artwork will host the “Welcome Again Competition” on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 26-27.

The 2 days of music will function Pieta Brown, with particular visitor Bo Ramsey, on Friday and Parker Millsap on Saturday. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. every day.

Additionally performing Friday are Mandalynne at 6 p.m. and Chris Johnson at 6:45 p.m. Brown takes the stage at 7:30 p.m.

On Saturday, Quantum Blood performs at 6 p.m. and David Allen at 6:45 p.m., adopted by Millsap at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets, that are non-refundable, are $20 for single-day admission, or $35 for a two-day move. UND college students, with ID, and kids 12 and youthful will likely be admitted free. Tickets can be found at

www.NDMOA.com

, by calling (701) 777-4195, or on the gate.

Visitors are inspired to convey a garden chair or blanket and take a spot within the museum’s sculpture backyard.

Meals ready within the Museum of Artwork Cafe will likely be out there for buy. The Ely’s Ivy restaurant will host a money bar. Meals vouchers for UND college students will likely be out there from the Pupil Authorities/Pupil Involvement Workplace, Suite 144, on the principle flooring of the Memorial Union by way of Friday, Aug. 26. Workplace hours are 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

The pageant is underwritten by UND Pupil Involvement and Guardian Applications, with meals vouchers for UND college students enhances of UND Pupil Occasions.

No exterior meals or drinks are allowed. Smoking will not be permitted on campus. Live shows will go on rain or shine, however will likely be canceled if circumstances don’t enable for an outside efficiency. Live shows is not going to be moved indoors.

Parking will likely be out there in all heaps surrounding the museum. Parking is free after 4:30 p.m. and on weekends.

The Museum is at 261 Centennial Drive.

Comedians from New York Metropolis will entertain audiences on the “Forks Comedy Fest” on Saturday, Aug. 27, at The Spud Jr. in East Grand Forks.

John Kennedy, Bryan Vogt-Nilsen, Leo Cofresi and Derek Drescher, all New Yorkers, and a few different comedians, are scheduled to carry out, stated Justin LaRocque, proprietor of The Spud Jr. and the occasion organizer. They’ll carry out within the restaurant’s Prohibition Comedy Room on the restaurant, 302 DeMers Ave.

The exhibits start at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

The viewers can anticipate to see three comedians per present and there will likely be two completely different exhibits on the identical evening, stated LaRocque, who’s been working the comedy sequence at The Spud Jr. for just a little greater than a 12 months.

He’s acquired “loads of good suggestions” from the general public on the exhibits, he stated, and he’s hoping that audiences will develop as phrase will get round.

Tickets are $20, plus charges, for both the early or late present, and $35, plus charges, for each exhibits. For tickets, go to

www.eventbrite.com/e/forks-comedy-fest-tickets-390820112477?aff=erelexpmit

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For extra data, go to The Spud Jr. Fb web page or

www.ForksFirstPresents.com

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A set of art work by ladies artists in northwest Minnesota is on exhibit by way of Sept. 28 on the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council Gallery at Northland Group and Technical Faculty, 1101 State Freeway 1, in Thief River Falls.

An artist reception is deliberate for 5-7 p.m. Sept. 28. The exhibit is titled “Dynamic Voices: A Assortment of Work by Ladies Artists of Northwest Minnesota.” Lots of the artwork items are on the market.

Artists embrace Connie Nelson and Rachel Gustafson, each of Hallock; Therese Jacobson, Alvarado; Heidi Danos, Fosston; and Stephanie Olson, Thief River Falls. All are well-known artists within the area, stated Mara Hanel, NWMAC director. They’ve exhibited in previous NWMAC displays, acquired awards and grants for his or her artwork, participated in previous workshops, and served on the council’s board.

Every of the ladies artists featured within the Dynamic Voices exhibit “have their very own distinctive fashion and message,” stated Trey Everett, the council’s showcase specialist. “You’ll expertise art work that’s provocative, touching, lighthearted and mysterious.”

For extra data, go to

www.NWArtsCouncil.org

, e-mail

director@NWArtsCouncil.org

or name (218) 745-8886.

The Northern Valley Youth Orchestras group is accepting registrations and holding auditions for pupil wind, brass, percussion and string musicians for the 2022-23 efficiency season.

For audition necessities and details about NVYO’s Philharmonic and Symphony orchestras and the Crescendo chamber music program, go to

www.nvyo.com

. Audition preparation ideas and particulars on scholarship funds are additionally out there.

The NVYO provides younger musicians the chance to study and carry out an thrilling number of symphonic music, and acquire expertise with extra superior instrumental strategies, in response to Naomi Welsh, government director.

Programming is designed as an enrichment expertise to enhance college and personal instruction.

College students from greater than a dozen cities within the area are concerned in NVYO teams, which current quite a lot of performances locally.

Rehearsals for the NVYO’s twelfth season, titled “Components,” start Sept. 11. For extra data on NVYO applications, ship an e-mail to

nwelsh@novyo.org

or go to

www.nvyo.org/join-nvyo

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North Dakotans are invited to submit photographs that seize the distinctive great thing about the state, in addition to enjoyable and attention-grabbing issues to do right here, for the Governor’s Photograph Contest. The deadline for entries is Wednesday, Aug. 31.

The competition, sponsored by the state Division of Commerce, options classes which have been refreshed to encourage extra imagery that focuses on folks and to showcase the state’s energetic outside life-style and vibrant communities.

Photographers could submit photographs to a number of of the next classes: Highway Journeys, Recreation, Wildlife, Surroundings, Competition and Occasions, and Vibrant Communities.

One winner will likely be chosen in every class and a $200 money prize will likely be awarded to the photographer of every chosen picture. Extra honorable mentions could also be chosen in every class, with photographers receiving $50 and North Dakota merchandise.

A Better of Present picture will likely be chosen from the successful pictures. The photographer will obtain a further $300 money prize and a free, one-year fundamental membership to AAA.

Successful photographs could also be used within the state’s tourism newsletters, promotional supplies, and social media channels in addition to AAA publications and social media channels.

The foundations for the 2022 Governor’s Photograph Contest guidelines are listed at:

https://belegendary.hyperlink/2022GovPhoto

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Greater than 6,100 folks attended the “Sound of Music,” the manufacturing by Frost Hearth Summer time Theatre, making it the most important viewers the theater firm has seen in a few years, in response to David Paukert, theater supervisor.

The amphitheater, positioned seven miles west of Walhalla, N.D., staged “Sound of Music” for the third time in its 38-year historical past. This 12 months’s present featured Misti Koop, of East Grand Forks, within the main function “Maria” for the second time.

Up to now 12 months, the theater firm additionally superior its “Heart Stage” marketing campaign to lift funds to put in new helps and a brand new stage flooring within the theater – vital renovations that “have been lengthy overdue,” Paukert stated.

Patrons have contributed $42,000 towards the $50,000 objective, he stated. Though the objective has not fairly been reached, demolition and rebuilding of the stage is ready to start this September.

Those that want to assist the mission could ship contributions to: Frost Hearth Summer time Theater, P.O. Field 888, Walhalla, N.D. 58282. For extra data, go to

www.frostfirepark.org

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