Metro Lights: February 19 – 25
Ultimate Diva Expo 2015:
Location: Canad Inn in Grand Forks
Date: Feb 19
Time: 5:00pm
Cost: Free
Sip! Enjoy refreshments while you shop. Drink specials throughout Canad Inn. Shop! Experience stress-free shopping with over 60 vendors & crafters from all around the region! A great night out with friends! Swim! Children can swim at Splashers at the special rate of only $6.
Spherion Job Fair:
Location: Spherion Staffing in Fargo
Date: Feb 19
Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Cost: Free
Spherion Staffing is hosting an open house career fair. Spherion recruiters will be conducting immediate interviews. Pre-employment drug screening and background check required.
Author Lin Enger:
Location: MSUM Livingston Lord Library
Date: Feb 19
Time: 4:30pm
Cost: Free
The MSUM alumnus and English professor will read from his book,The High Divideas part of the Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series.
Red River Valley Veterans Concert Band in Concert:
Location: Riverview Place in Fargo
Date: Feb 19
Time: 6:30pm
Cost: Free
The Red River Valley Veterans Concert Band will play a free concert at Riverview Place. The 50-piece band, under the direction of Aaron Romaine, promotes patriotism through music. The concert will feature a variety of music from marches, big-band music, show tunes, patriotic music, and other great songs.
Reina del Cid in Concert:
Location: Ecce Art Gallery in Fargo
Date: Feb 20
Time: 7:00pm
Cost: Free
Celebration of women presents Reina Del Cid in concert.
Popcorn and a Movie:
Location: reGROUP in Moorhead
Date: Feb 20
Time: 6:30pm
Cost: Free
Come for some fun and help pick the right movie for the evening. Free popcorn and family friendly. Recovery community and their friends and family welcome.
Unglued: Craft Fest:
Location: Plains Art Museum in Fargo
Date: Feb 21
Time: 9:00am – 9:00pm
Cost: Free
Over 60 curated modern handmade makers, artists and crafters, also free workshops for kids and adults.
North Dakota Muzzle Loaders Trade Fair:
Location: Red River Valley Fairgrounds in West Fargo
Date: Feb 21 – 22
Time: Sat 9:00am – 4:00pm, Sun 9:00am – 3:00pm
Cost: $3 adults, $2 children 12 and younger
Annual convention and trade fair, items relating to colonial era, mountain men era and American west.
Click Clack Peep Story Time:
Location: Barnes and Noble in Fargo
Date: Feb 21
Time: 11:00am
Cost: Free
There is a new baby on Farmer Brown’s farm, and the barnyard friends may never sleep again! Join us for activities and story time featuring Click Clack Peep by Doreen Cronin. This event is free and open to the public. Teachers, please call ahead if you are bringing a class.
Open Swim:
Location: Fargo South High School
Date: Feb 21 – 22
Time: 1:00pm
Cost: $2.25 – $3.55
The public is welcome at the Fargo South High School Indoor Pool today for open swim.
Potluck for the Recovery Community:
Location: reGROUP in Moorhead
Date: Feb 21
Time: 1:00pm
Cost: Free
Join your friends at reGROUP on Saturday afternoon, February 21. Potluck dinner; drinks and paper goods provided by reGROUP with you and friends filling in the menu. Watch a fun video as a group and enjoy the afternoon. Call 218-258-0555 for more information and to sign-up to attend. Everyone welcome!
Spring Chic Boutique:
Location: St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Moorhead
Date: Feb 21
Time: 1:00 – 5:00pm
Cost: Fundraiser
Over 30 crafters and vendors showcasing unique, one-of-a-kind items and well-known direct sales companies, proceeds benefit the St. Francis mission team’s trip to the West Indies this summer, also concessions and a bake sale.
STEM Demo Day:
Location: Sylvan Learning Center of Fargo at 3033 Brandt Drive South Suite A
Date: Feb 21
Time: 2:30pm
Cost: Free
If you are looking for engaging enrichment programs to add to your child’s after-school routine, check out Sylvan’s new programs that are designed to educate, engage and excite students in STEM! Join us for our Sylvan EDGE Community Kick-Off Event in our center. We will have live demonstrations of all our new STEM programs and a drawing for a FREE Robotics, Coding, or Math Edge class!
Aaron Rustad Benefit and Auction:
Location: Hawley Lutheran Church
Date: Feb 21
Time: Silent auction 4:00 – 6:00pm, Supper 5:00 – 7:00pm
Cost: Good will offering
Friends and other contributors will host a Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction on Saturday, February 21, 2015 to help Aaron Rustad. Aaron is a 2012 Graduate of Hawley High School and a Member of the MN National Guard. On September 3rd, 2014 He was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. He has been hospitalized at Sanford in Fargo since his diagnosis and is undergoing massive doses of Chemotherapy, Bone Marrow Biopsies, and other extensive treatments and tests. He has been unable to work or go to Military Training since September and the prognosis is that for the next 12 or more months, he will remain in and out of the hospital. There is a possibility that he may need to undergo a bone marrow transplant.
The meal will include a pasta dinner, salad, warm breadsticks, and brownie dessert. Lend A Hand, a program of DMF, is providing up to $5,000 of matching funds to provide more support for the family.
Family Day at the Dike:
Location: Dike West in Fargo
Date: Feb 22
Time: 1:00pm
Cost: Free
Sledding, hotdogs and beverages while supplies last.
Peace Corps Series: Guatemala:
Location: Moorhead Public Library
Date: Feb 23
Time: 7:00pm
Cost: Free
Brittany Sickler will discuss her Peace Corps experience in Guatemala from 2009-2012. The Peace Corps series takes place each Monday evening during the month of February at the Moorhead Library.
The Last Keeper at Split Rock:
Location: Northwoods Bank in Park Rapids
Date: Feb 24
Time: 1:00pm
Cost: Free
The Last Keeper at Split Rockis a book by Mike Roberts, who was the last keeper when Split Rock Lighthouse closed in 1969. He has written a book about his experiences, and speaks throughout the state.
Artist Talk: Todd Hebert:
Location: Plains Art Museum in Fargo
Date: Feb 25
Time: 5:00pm
Cost: Free
A professional artist and UND art professor, he will present “From North Dakota to the National Art Scene: Pathways to an Art Career.”