Metro Lights: March 27 – April 2
Edgar Allan Poe Event with scholar Susan Imbarrato:
Location: Fargo Public Library – Main Library
Date: March 27
Time: 7:00 – 8:00pm
Cost: Free
Join us for an Edgar Allan Poe Event; a discussion with Susan Imbarrato, MSUM Professor, English Dept. Imbarrato will visit the Main Library to talk about Edgar Allan Poe, his works and literary legacy, followed by a Q & A.
Celtic Jam:
Location: Red Raven Espresso Parlor in Fargo
Date: March 27
Time: 7:00pm
Cost: Free
Anyone is welcome to join in on the fun! A group of people get together every 4th Thursday of the month to play traditional Celtic music out on the coffee shop floor. Any type of acoustic instrument is welcome. Do not play an instrument? Come out to be serenaded by the classic grooves and maybe even do a little dancing if your feet can not sit still.
National Book Awards at Concordia:
Location: Concordia College Knutson Campus Center
Date: March 27
Time: 7:30pm
Cost: Free
Authors Rachel Kushner, 2013 National Book Award finalist in fiction, and Wendy Lower, 2013 National Book Award finalist in nonfiction, will be on campus for the featured Readings and Conversation hosted by National Public Radio’s Lynn Neary. There will be a reception and book signing with the authors following the discussion. Harold Augenbraum, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, will also be with us.
“Fowl Play” Performance:
Location: Bonanzaville USA in West Fargo
Date: March 27-29
Time: Friday and Saturday 7:30pm, Sunday 2:00pm
Cost: $12
In its 30th year, Harwood Prairie Playhouse presents “Fowl Play.”
“The Spitfire Grill” Performance:
Location: Empire Arts Center in Grand Forks
Date: March 27 – 29
Time: 7:30pm
Percy Talbot has just been released from a five year prison sentence for manslaughter. She is trying to find a place for a fresh start, and based on a page from an old travel book, travels to the small town of Gilead, Wisconsin. The local sheriff, Joe Sutter, who is also Percy’s parole officer, finds her a job at Hannah’s Spitfire Grill – the only eatery in this struggling town. The Spitfire Grill is for sale. But with no interested buyers, Hannah decides to raffle it off. Entry fees are one hundred dollars and the best essay on why you want the grill wins. Soon, mail is arriving by the wheelbarrow full and things are definitely getting hot at the Spitfire Grill. This musical triumph is an inspiring celebration of fresh starts and the power of what one person can do.
“Lock Down” MMA Cage Fighting:
Location: Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen, MN
Date: March 28
Time: 8:00pm
Cost: $20 – $50
Full Nelson Promotions presents “Lock Down” MMA Cage Fighting! Join us for some hard hitting action! 185 Title Fight – England vs Ingram; 155 Title – Feiock vs Pederson Other Fighters include: Hatton, Scovel, Lussier, Neurer, King Bird, Neeland, Kimball, Johnson, Bruggier, Jones, Kappes, Bug Sam, Deserly, Stephon, Hanson, LaFriniere, Gieseke, Backman, Mallnowski, French, Wendt, and much more!
The Poe Project- Buried Alive & Embedded:
Location: Fargo-Moorhead Opera at 114 Broadway in Fargo
Date: March 28 and 30
Time: Friday at 7:30pm, Sunday at 2:00pm
Cost: $5 – $80
Buried Alive, by composer Jeff Myers and Quincy Long, draws on themes of anxiety and mortality from Poe’s story “The Premature Burial,” as a painter’s nightmares of death start to become real.Embedded, by composer Patrick Soluri and librettist Deborah Brevoort, is wittily inspired by Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” as a TV news anchor finds herself on the other side of the headlines.
PRCA Championship Rodeo:
Location: Fargodome
Date: March 28 – 29
Time: 7:30pm
Cost: Adults $17 – $30, ages 2 – 12 $8.50 – $30
The PRCA’s membership includes more than 7,000 cowboys and performers (including permit holders and contract personnel), the largest segment of the association’s membership – more than 5,300 of who are actively competing. This membership segment includes a full range of contestants, from cowboys who compete in professional rodeo for a living, crisscrossing the country with their own horses or equipment, as well as those who work at other jobs during the week and compete in nearby rodeos on the weekends. The PRCA includes two $3 million earners and more than 80 million-dollar earners, yet most of its competing members participate in fewer than 30 rodeos each year.
2014 Home Design & Garden Show:
Location: Alerus Center in Grand Forks
Date: March 28 – 30
Time: Friday 4:00pm – 9:00pm, Saturday 10:00am – 6:00pm , Sunday 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Cost: Adults $5; Seniors $4; Kids 12 and under free
Activities include cooking demonstrations, gardening seminars, bouncy games and demonstrations for the kids, and much more.
Family Day at the Museum:
Location: North Dakota Museum of Art in Grand Forks
Date: March 29
Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm
Cost: Free
Parents and children team up for two creative hours of fun! All ages are welcome and all materials are provided. There will be a variety of art making stations to choose from. Stop by, no registration necessary. Family Day will feature guest artist, Bradford Hansen-Smith. He will amaze and inspire you through the art of folding the circle.
Gold-N-Motion:
Location: Scheels Arena in Fargo
Date: March 30
Time: 3:00pm
Cost:
Gold-n-Motion 2014, American Gold Gymnastics’ annual family entertainment show, is a great opportunity to see why our local gymnastics talent is considered some of the top competitive and show gymnasts in the country! Catch features from the youngest members of the group all the way up to the FM Acro Team!
The Fog of War: 10 Lessons I Learned from Vietnam – Film Screening:
Location: Firehall Theatre in Grand Forks
Date: March 30
Time: 2:00pm
Cost: Free
The Fog of War: 10 Lessons I Learned from Vietnamby Robert McNamara. Oscar Award winning documentary. A Dakota Discussion, sponsored by the ND Humanities Council
BIG 98.7’s Celebrity Broomball Classic:
Location: Scheels Arena in Fargo
Date: April 1
Time: 6:00pm
Cost: $5 suggested donation
The Big Christmas Wish Program, operated by Big 98.7, will be inviting local celebrities to participate in a broomball scrimmage to help raise funds to continue to grant Christmas Wishes to families in need throughout the year! Big 98.7 has partnered with a competitive local broomball league, the Fargo Warriors to help in organizing a fun atmosphere for participants and spectators!! These local teams will compete against one another in a round robin style, single elimination scrimmage with the top team going head-to-head in the Championship game against the Fargo Warriors, the nation’s 8th ranked broomball team.
The Addams Family:
Location: Chester Fritz Auditorium in Grand Forks
Date: April 1
Time: 7:30pm
Cost: Adult $28 – $48, Student $23 – $42, Child $17 – $42
“The Addams Family” features an original story, and it’s every father’s nightmare. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. A man her parents have never met. And if that weren’t upsetting enough, she confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before – keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.
45th Annual UND Writers Conference:
Location: University of North Dakota in Grand Forks
Date: April 2 – 4
Times: Various
Cost: Free
The UND Writers Conference is a literary festival, consisting of multiple hours of free programming. The theme for the 45th Annual Conference is “Imagine: A Literary Festival on the Prairie.” A complete schedule can be viewed at undwritersconference.org.
Potato Chip Science with author Allen Kurzweil:
Location: Fargo Public Library – Main Library
Date: April 2
Time: 6:30 – 7:30pm
Cost: Free
Who knew there was so much science in a potato chip? Allen Kurzweil, that’s who! Author and self-described “snack food scientist” Kurzweil will visit the library to present his bookPotato Chip Scienceand to conduct a few science experiments, too. A book signing will follow at the end of program.
Fargo Force:
March 28 vs. Tri-City at 7:05pm
March 29 vs. Tri-City at 7:05pm
High School Sports:
Girls & Boys Varsity Track:
March 28, 2:30pm – Fargo North, Fargo, South, Fargo Davies, West Fargo at NDSU
March 28, 5:15pm – Moorhead at Concordia
Girls Varsity Softball:
April 1, 4:30pm – Fargo North vs. Devils Lake
April 1, 5:00pm and 7:00pm – West Fargo vs. Fargo South
Boys Varsity Baseball:
April 1, 5:00pm and 7:00pm – Fargo North vs. Shanley
April 1, 5:00pm and 7:00pm – Fargo Davies vs. Fargo South