“Escanaba in Da Moonlight” Performance:
Location: Fire Hall Theatre at 412 2nd Ave N in Grand Forks
Date: October 3 – October 5
Time: Thursday – Saturday 7:30pm, Sunday 2:00pm
Cost: $15, and $12 or seniors, students, military with I.D.
Hunting season is about to open in Escanaba and the boys have gathered to prep for their next adventure. In the meanwhile, there are stories to be told. But here’s a hunting story to out-do all hunting stories, a story you will never forget even if you want to! WARNING: Crude humor crossing. Leave your class friends at home and wear blaze orange so we’ll know ya.
The Brazaar:
Location: Fargo Civic Center at 207 4th St N
Date: October 3
Time: 6:00pm
Cost: Free
For Bras on Broadway event, bring in a bra to decorate, bling provided, also bring in bras to add to the Bras on Broadway chain that will be strung across Broadway this year, this is a family friendly event with root beer floats, cupcakes, popcorn, wine and beer, dance to Heart and Soul.
Moby-Dick, The Opera:
Location: Plains Art Museum at 704 First Ave N
Date: October 3
Time: 7:30pm
Cost: Free
With the Solien exhibition, Fargo-Moorhead Opera will present the Midwest premiere of scenes from the new opera, Moby-Dick. Written by the preeminent opera composer of today, Jake Heggie, the opera tells the famous story with powerful, lush music.
“The Importance of Being Earnest” Performance:
Location: Concordia Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre Lab
Date: October 3 – 6
Time: Tuesday – Saturday 8:00pm, Sunday 2:00pm
Cost: Free to Concordia students, alumni, faculty and staff, and to prospective students and their families. Adult tickets are $10, and tickets for seniors and non-Concordia students are $5.
“The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde. Directed by Christian Boy.
“Red” Performance:
Location: Theatre B at 716 Main Ave in Fargo
Date: October 3 – October 12
Time: Thursday – Saturday 7:30pm
Cost: $5 – $20
A moving and compelling account of one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, Mark Rothko, whose struggle to accept his growing riches and praise became his ultimate undoing.
“Three Days of Rain” Performance:
Location: Burtness Theatre at UND in Grand Forks
Date: October 3 – 5
Time: 7:30pm
Three Days of Rain is a play that spans the decades and tells the story of a family putting together the pieces of the past. Walker Janeway has been missing for a year and reappears in his sister’s life on the day of their father’s funeral. Walker and his Sister, Nan, struggle with the unknowns of the past while dealing with the grief of the present. Act II travels back to the moment that changed history for Walker and Nan’s parents and made their work legendary.
“The Laramie Project” Performance:
Location: Gaede Stage, MSUM
Date: October 3 – 5
Time: 7:30pm
Cost: $10 – $20
A look at Laramie, Wyoming in the year after the death of Matthew Shephard.
41st Annual East Grand Forks Arts & Crafts Fair:
Location: VFW Arena at 711 3rd St SE in East Grand Forks
Date: October 5 – 6
Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm on Saturday, 11:00am – 4:00pm on Sunday
Cost: $2 per person, 6 and Under Free
The area’s largest craft show returns for its 41st year! Both venues – EGF Civic Auditorium and VFW Arena – will be filled with over a hundred vendors selling top quality arts and crafts. There will also be a free shuttle bus running between the two locations. Please NO strollers or pets.
Happy Harry´s Beer and Bacon Festival:
Location: Alerus Center in Grand Forks
Date: October 5
Time: 4:00 – 11:00pm
Cost: $15 for General Admission, $35 for the VIP Experience
Plans call for 40 – 60 different beers to be available for tasting. Local restaurants will be able to compete in the bacon dish competition. Live music, a VIP experience, a Bacon Art (BArt) contest, bacon eating contest and other entertainment features are also planned.
Scott Shickler Book Signing:
Location: Aquablue at 4955 17th Ave S in Fargo
Date: October 5
Time: 1:00 – 2:00pm
Cost: Free
1:00 PM | Saturday October 5, 2013
Scott Shickler, coauthor of The 7 Mindsets to Live Your Ultimate Life, will hold a book signing from 1:00-2:00. Shickler is in Fargo throughout the week giving presentations at various events on the 7 mindsets that happy and successful people have in common; the book is based on the results of a multi-year research project involving hundreds of interviews.
Zombie Fest 2013:
Location: Grand Forks, ND
Date: October 5 – 24
Time: Varies
The month of October will be alive with the undead when Zombie Fest 2013 brings some ghoulish events to Grand Forks! October 5: Frankenweenie & Kids Costumer Contest – 1:00pm at GuestHouse Inn and Zombie Prom from 5:00pm – 12:00am at Guesthouse Inn (fun regional bands, adult costume contest, Dance ‘til You Drop Contest, food and full bar, make-up booth, photo booth). October 17-19 & 24-26: “Neighborhood III Requistion of Doom” at Empire Arts Center. October 24: Zombie Movie Fest at Fire Hall Theatre
Greater Grand Forks Symphony Season Opener Featuring Timothy Fain:
Location: Empire Arts Center in Grand Forks
Date: October 5
Time: 7:30pm
Our featured soloist, Timothy Fain, is the violinist performing the soundtrack of the Blockbuster hit, Black Swan. Now he joins the Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra for one special night to perform Mendelssohn’s, Violin Concerto–a night when we open the 2013-14 season, “The Russian Tour.” Also to be performed by the Symphony: Rimsky-Korsakov’s Introduction & Cortege from Le Coq D’or and Borodin’s Symphony No.1 & Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor.
Not So Silent Auction:
Location: Moorhead Public Library
Date: October 5
Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm
The “Not So Silent” Auction is a fundraiser supporting the Lake Agassiz Regional Library System. Join us for a wine-tasting sponsored by Cash Wise Liquor, live music by “Rogue Valley,” a book sale of Minnesota authors, and a silent auction of LARL’s Minnesota artists art collection (cash or check only for all sales, please bring ID). Preregistration is recommended.
Florida Georgia Line in Concert:
Location: Scheels Arena in Fargo
Date: October 5
Time: 7:30pm
Cost: $43 – $48
Florida Georgia Line with special guests Colt Ford and Dallas Smith are coming to Scheels Arena as part of their Here’s to the Good Times Tour.
Author Lea Johnstone:
Location: Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead
Date: October 6
Time: 2:00pm
Cost: Free
The Stillwater, MN resident will sign copies of her new book of poems and paintings, Autumn Drew Its Bedtime Bath.
Autumn Pumpkin Party:
Location: Veterans Memorial Arena at 1201 7th Ave E in West Fargo
Date: October 6
Time: 1:00 – 3:00pm
Cost: $4 per pumpkin
Take part in an afternoon of fall fun as the West Fargo Park District hosts an Autumn Pumpkin Party. Activities will include pumpkin painting, fall crafts and games, inflatable games and refreshments. Take time to “Build a Scarecrow.” You provide the creativity, clothes and accessories. The park district will provide the straw and the twine. Choose your favorite pumpkin and decorate for $4.00.
Jazz Into Fall Concerts:
Location: Fargo Public Library Main Branch, 102 3rd St. N.
Date: October 6, 13, 20, 27
Time: 2:00 – 3:00pm
Cost: Free
Join us for free jazz concerts for the first four Sundays in October. Concerts start at 2 p.m. in the community room at the downtown Main Library. The Oct. 6 concert features the Mary Marshall Trio.
Minnesota Crime Wave:
Location: East Grand Forks Public Library
Date: October 7
Time: 6:00 – 7:30pm
Cost: Free
Established in the fall of 2000, the Crime Wave consists of mystery writers Ellen Hart, Carl Brookins, and William Kent Krueger. Between them they have published more than thirty novels and have received nearly two dozen local, regional, and national awards for their writing. They have toured the country several times, presenting over a hundred events and workshops at libraries, bookstores, conferences, and book festivals.
Sean Emery Performance:
Location: Moorhead Public Library
Date: October 8
Time: 10:00 – 11:30am
Cost: Free
Sean is an eccentric and talented entertainer, wowing the crowd with jaw-dropping juggling stunts that will have you asking yourself, “How does he do that?” Family friendly!
College Football:
October 5, 2:30pm – NDSU vs. Northern Iowa
High School Sports:
Boys’ Varsity Football:
October 4, 5:00pm – Fargo North vs. Red River
October 4, 7:00pm – Fargo Davies vs. Devils Lake
Boys’ Varsity Soccer:
October 4, 5:00pm – Moorhead vs. Bemidji
Girls’ Varsity Volleyball:
October 3, 7:00pm – Fargo North vs. Wahpeton
October 3, 7:00pm – West Fargo vs. Fargo South
October 3, 7:00pm – Fargo Davies vs. Grand Forks Central
October 3, 7:30pm – Moorhead vs. Detroit Lakes
October 8, 7:00pm – Fargo South vs. Wahpeton
Girls’ Varsity Tennis:
October 3, 1:00pm – Moorhead vs. Roseau