Metro Lights: April 3 – 9

Metro Lights: April 3 – 9

Bison Brevities: Despicable Brevs:

Location: Festival Concert Hall at NDSU in Fargo

Date: April 3

Time: 7:00pm

Cost: $5

Family-friendly talent show and charity benefit, proceeds benefit Amistad Worldwide.

Friends of the Moorhead Library Book Sale:

Location: Moorhead Public Library

Date: April 4 – 5

Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm

Cost: Free

Adult fiction and nonfiction books, record albums and audiovisual items for sale, all items donated by community members. On Saturday, items half price until 1:00pm and then $5 per bag from 1:00 – 5:00pm

Songwriters Night:

Red Raven Espresso Parlor at 916 Main Ave in Fargo

Date: April 4

Time: 7:00pm

Cost: Free

The F/M area’s only all ages, alcohol free, open mic style event. Sign up at 6:00pm, show from 7:00 – 9:00pm. We only allow original music to be played on our stage, no covers.

The Listening Room Concert Series:

Location: The Spirit Room at 111 N. Broadway in Fargo

Date: April 4

Time: 7:30pm

Cost: $14

Juno Winning Artist, Cara Luft plays at The Listening Room, a concert series at The Spirit Room. Cara is the co-founder of The Wailin’ Jennys. She is now touring solo, entertaining audiences in Canada, the US and Europe. Every show is unique because she is never afraid to let spontaneity lead the way.

Dennis DeYoung in Concert:

Location: Dakota Magic Casino in Hankinson, ND

Date: April 4

Time: 8:00pm

Cost: $35 – $40

The former Styx frontman performs live.

Mason Jennings in Concert:

Location: Fargo Theatre

Date: April 4

Time: 8:00pm

Cost: $29.50

Before setting to work on his latest album, at the advice of his friend the Minnesota-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist holed up in the back room of his wood-nestled cabin studio with just a guitar, electric piano, bookshelf, notebook, tape recorder, and one 90-minute cassette—then wrote all winter long. Emerging with the notebook and tape full of about 30 new songs, Jennings decided to skip his standard approach of self-recording and called on producer Bo Ramsey (Greg Brown, The Pines, Iris DeMent), as well as a wish-list-plucked lineup of guest musicians that includes DeMent and Neil Young drummer Chad Cromwell.

Day of Percussion:

Location: Memorial Auditorium at Concordia College

Date: April 5

Time: 8:30am – 5:30pm

Cost: Free

The 24th annual Day of Percussion will bring together the young and the old, the student and the educator, the amateur and the professional for a day full of clinics, workshops and performances. Everything is free and open to the public.

Cat Show:

Location: Red River Valley Fairgrounds in West Fargo

Date: April 5 – 6

Time: 9:00am

Cost: $6 Adults, $4 ages 6-12, under age 6 free

Minn-Kota Feline Club presents its 40th Anniversary Cat Show featuring over 100 purebred and household cats and kittens in competition. Vendors will also be there offering cat supplies and cat related merchandise.

Local Author Talk: Dr. Terry Shoptaugh

Location: Comstock House in Moorhead

Date: April 5

Time: 2:00pm

Cost: Free

The Moorhead Public Library in conjunction with the Comstock House proudly presents MSUM professor and archivist, Dr. Terry Shoptaugh. Join us at the historic Comstock House museum for an interesting presentation on the history of the Red River including its importance to the Valley and its major floods.

The No Short Cuts Film Tour:

Location: Fargo Theatre at 314 Broadway in Fargo

Date: April 5

Time: 5:00pm

Cost: $10 adults, $5 age 16 and younger

Featuring outdoor films on the big screen fromNorth Dakota’s Ultimate Outdoor Adventures,RAISED HuntingandMinnesota’s Field of Dreams Productionswith Brent and Nicole. Prizes include bows, arrows, targets, etc. An event for sportsmen to congregate in the off season, talk about the outdoors and watch outdoor films on the big screen. Refreshments catered by Sidestreet Grille and Pub.

“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” Performance:

Location: The Stage at Island Park at 333 4th St. S in Fargo

Date: April 4 – 6, 10 – 13

Time: Friday/Saturday 7:30pm, Sunday 2:00pm

Cost: $6 – $20

The story of Joseph, his jealous brothers, and a very colorful garment.

El Zagal Shrine Circus Spectacular:

Location: Fargodome

Date: April 4 – 6

Time: Friday 7:00pm, Saturday 10:00am, 2:00pm, 6:00pm, Sunday 12:00pm, 4:00pm

Cost: $14 – $17

Come witness the magic of the circus.

Egg-stravanganza:

Location: West Fargo Public Library

Date: April 5

Time: 1:30 – 2:30pm

Cost: Free

Eggcellent Fun! Egg game, Egg story, Egg craft, Egg hunt – door prizes, & refreshments.

Topper’s Car Show:Location: Veterans Memorial Arena in West Fargo

Date: April 5 – 6

Time: Friday 9:00am – 8:00pm, Saturday 9:00am – 5:00pm

Cost: $13 in advance, $15 at the door

Come out and take part in the 56th Annual Rod and Custom Car Show.

North Dakota Ballet Company: Poetry in Motion:

Location: Empire Arts Center in Grand Forks

Date: April 5

Time: 7:30pm

Cost: $15 adults, $12 students

The North Dakota Ballet Company presents, “Poetry in Motion.” Join our pre-professional dancers as they tell poetry through their dancing. Then, the second act grooves into rhythm and blues!

Spring Serenade: NVYO Garden Party:

Location: First Presbyterian Church at 5555 S. Washington St. in Grand Forks

Date: April 6

Time: 4:30 – 6:30pm

Cost: $15

Let student musicians from the Northern Valley Youth Orchestras serenade you as you sip beverages, nibble on delicious food and enjoy conversation with other guests in a light, spring setting.

Pancake Feed:

Location: VFW in Barnesville

Date: April 6

Time: 8:00am – 1:00pm

Cost: $6

All you can eat pancakes, sausages and eggs. Proceeds benefit veteran programs.

Welcome to the Show! – Fargo-Moorhead Gay Men’s Chorus:

Location: Fargo Theatre

Date: April 6

Time: 2:00pm

Cost: Free

“Welcome to the Show,” with guests the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus who will present “I Am Harvey Milk.”

ArtWise Elementary Art Show:

Location: Alerus Center in Grand Forks

Date: April 7 – 10

Time: 4:00 – 8:00pm

Cost: Free

Blast into Outerspace at the 20th ArtWise Elementary Art Show. Watch live stage performances and demonstrating artists. Create art at “make and take” stations. View over 3,000 local children’s one-of-a-kind artworks.

An Evening with Marion Blumenthal Lazan:

Location: Grand Forks Public Library

Date: April 7

Time: 7:00pm

Cost: Free



An Evening with Marion Blumenthal Lazan: Holocaust Survivor & authorof Four Perfect Pebbles. Meet Mrs. Lazan and hear firsthand about her experiences as a nine-year-old child interned with her family in the German concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen, the same camp in which Anne Frank died.

Casting Crowns – The Thrive Tour:

Location: Fargodome

Date: April 8

Time: 7:00pm

Cost: $16.50 – $51.50

Multi-platinum selling group is touring in support of their new album,Thrive, also featuring Grammy-winning worship leader Laura Story.

“Rumors” Performance:

Location: Burtness Theatre at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks

Date: April 8 – 12

Cost: Unknown

Chaos ensues when seven “high class” dysfunctional couples square off at a dinner party. The host of the party has shot himself in the ear and all the members of this piece are forced to roll through their comic obstacles at break neck speed as they try to cover up the night’s events and protect their reputations. Neil Simon is in top form in this door slamming farce that will keep you guessing which Rumors are true.

Fargo Force:

April 4 vs. Omaha at 7:05pm

April 5 vs. Des Moines at 7:05pm

High School Sports:

Girls and Boys Varsity Track:

April 4, 2:00pm – EDC Championships at NDSU

April 8, 4:00pm – Fargo North vs. West Fargo

Boys Varsity Baseball:

April 3, 7:00pm – Fargo Davies vs. West Fargo

April 7, 5:00 and 7:00pm – West Fargo vs. Fargo North

April 7, 5:00 and 7:00pm – Fargo Davies vs. West Fargo

April 8, 5:00 and 7:00pm – Fargo South vs. Red River

April 8, 5:00pm – Moorhead vs. Brainerd

Girls Varsity Softball:

April 3, 4:30 and 6:15pm – Fargo South vs. Fargo Davies

April 4, 5:00 and 7:00pm – West Fargo vs. Valley City

April 8, 4:30 and 6:30pm – Fargo North vs. Fargo Davies

April 8, 4:30 – Fargo South vs. Valley City

April 8, 6:30pm – Shanley vs. West Fargo

Girls Varsity Soccer:

April 8, 7:00pm – Fargo South vs. West Fargo

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