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important changes in Fargo-Moorhead’s health care field like the new hospital expansions and the UND medical school, we focus on the most important part: the quality doctors who provide quality care.

36 ​​OUR APRIL AGENDA ​The crew at F ​ argo Monthly tells you what we’re most excited about this month.

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ONCE UPON A TIME, MY MOM WAS MAKING EGGS.

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he took the pan off the red-hot burner and told me to stay away from it. So, naturally, I went for it.

After the initial shock of a blistered palm and the shrieks of my 4-yearold self, my parents made me stick my hand in a mug of cold water. The next step, of course, was to head to the doctor’s office. As I sat there looking around, distracted by all the oh-so-exciting medical instruments, I started rocking back and forth on the chair that’s in every exam room — you know the kind I’m talking about. What happened next was nothing short of expected.

I faceplanted, chair and all.

It was a rough day for me. But what I remember vividly, and positively, were the doctor and nurses. They were absolute angels — even though I’m sure they had a good laugh at the clumsiest kid they’d ever met.

They are the people who make a kid with a burnt hand or a broken arm smile, help a cancer patient recover and provide comforting end-of-life care. They’re the ones in the clinics, the hospitals, the research labs, dedicating their lives to the rest of us.

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It would be impossible to encompass every incredible physician in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Each and every one of them has a niche and a unique personality, and surely they each have patients who adore them. In this month’s issue of ​Fargo Monthly​, we decided to showcase six area doctors with unique stories and passions (pg. 12) from a young ER doctor to someone leading the way in genetic research. Initially, the thought of interviewing doctors was intimidating — they are pretty important after all, and sometimes the words coming out

In addition to the people behind our health care, there are some pretty incredible things happening in other areas. Sanford and Essentia are both expanding (pg. 18), and don’t forget about the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences (pg. 22) — they are churning out our future physicians after all.

But they aren’t just a stethoscope and a lab coat. They’re normal people with extraordinary jobs, and honestly, they’re just plain cool.

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DOCS? Sanford and Essentia are doing renovations totaling more than $550 million. The University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, N.D., is building a new medical school, a project totaling over $100 million, and there are dozens of private practices located throughout Fargo-Moorhead. No matter how you look at it, it’s safe to say that health care in Fargo-Moorhead is booming. While covering all the advancements, we also take a look at the most important part: quality doctors who are providing quality care.

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Dr. Russell A. Wilke

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harmacogenetics and treatment response is internal medicine doctor Russell Wilke’s area of expertise.

It entails genetic testing that helps physicians anticipate how patients will react to drugs before even writing the prescription. But for the last year, Wilke has been in the midst of something much bigger than just pharmacogenetics. He has been at the forefront of Sanford Health’s cutting-edge program, Imagenetics.

research gene variants and their effects.

However, it is the first of its kind on such a large scale in the field of primary care.

“It’s sort of taking what we know as a clinical and scientific community from two decades of genetics research and moving it into routine clinical practice,” Wilke explained. “This isn’t just a North Dakota thing. We as a national and international community are kind of on the verge here of a paradigm shift in terms of how we practice.”

So far, over 100 drugs require genetic information on their labels, with one to two dozen in the process of or having already rolled out. At Sanford, patients can be screened for likely reactions to three drugs: a blood thinner called Plavix, a painkiller called Tramadol and cholesterollowering drugs called statins.

Thanks to a $125 million gift from Denny Sanford, Wilke and the Imagenetics team are funded in three spheres: research, education and clinical implementation.

Within those spheres, the focus is on treatment response and disease onset.

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“What’s unique about Sanford is that we’re doing it universally across primary care using internal medicine as kind of a pivot,” Wilke said. “... It’s not limited to one gene or one drug or one investigator’s specific interest. It’s system-wide, it’s universal, and it’s relevant to all drug gene relationships that are clinically actionable.”

Wilke’s focus has been on rolling out these drugs.

“Patients want to understand it more,” he said. “They’ve been telling us docs for time eternal that they respond differently to medicines, and we know this. They want to understand it better, and who better (to explain) than their primary care

docs? But the docs want to understand it better, too.”

Another target of Imagenetics is a patient’s likelihood of disease onset. By extensively mapping out someone’s family history, genetic counselors can create a family pedigree that guides physicians and patients alike when it comes to ideal times for testing and treatment options.

This in-depth pedigree process is already in the works, and the goal is to eventually create one for every patient. “The idea here is to … embed genetic counselors into internal medicine and primary care across the system to help us build more rigorous family history,” said Wilke.

For instance, if a woman has a considerable amount of breast and ovarian cancer in her family, the system will be able to flag her and notify her doctor that she should be screened for those issues earlier in life.

The implications that this sort of technology has for people’s quality and quantity of life is inexplicable.

Wilke is at the center of a rapidly expanding field of study. The Imagenetics program will continue to grow and change the lives of physicians and patients in Fargo, and eventually health care as a whole.

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Dr. Ken Grosz

life in the emergency room K

en Grosz hasn’t strayed far from home. This West Fargo native received his graduate degree at NDSU, attended the medical school at the University of North Dakota, did his ER residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha and finally returned home to Sanford Health. The 31-year-old was quickly attracted to the emergency room.

“When I was a med student, I liked kids, I liked orthopedics, I liked radiology,” said Grosz. “I liked a little bit of everything.

That’s one of the things that drew me to emergency medicine. You see everything.”

Grosz definitely has enough variety throughout his day. While most doctors have a specialty and focus on one specific component of health care, that is not the case for emergency room doctors.

“There’s definitely some differences between ER and some other fields …” said Grosz. “We see everything from the time people are born to the time they’re

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100 years old and passing away. We see the full spectrum of everything.”

Another difference for emergency room doctors is their schedule. While most doctors need to be on call, emergency room doctors just work their shift and go home. However, the shifts can be daunting. There are eight shifts throughout the day — a shift, more or less, every two hours. All the emergency room doctors cycle through those shifts, so they may work 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. one week, but have to work from midnight to 8 a.m. the next week.

Life in an emergency room can be sporadic. One shift might be quiet while another will be chaotic. Grosz must make life or death decisions on a daily basis.

When faced with multiple patients, Grosz must prioritize the needs of each individual to decide who needs treatment when.

“This probably sounds cliché, but it’s something that you’re trained to do …” said Grosz. “When you get someone

that’s really sick or dying in front of you, it becomes your job. That’s what you’re trained to do. Afterward, sometimes, it’s like, ‘Holy cow, that person was really sick.’ … It’s always a satisfying feeling when you can help someone that was actually sick.”

The job of an emergency room doctor isn’t always like it is portrayed in the media, but it’s unique and different each day.

“People probably perceive emergency medicine as they see on TV …” said Grosz. “Sometimes it definitely is chaotic and exciting like that. But it’s not 24/7 chaos like it’s portrayed on the movies or on TV. It’s always a controlled chaos. … A lot of these specialties, they see these people all the time and they know that person and they see them every two months. A lot of times, I’ve never met this person before and they might be dying in front of us. It’s definitely a unique patientphysician interaction.”

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The Future of Healthcare in Fargo-Moorhead

We take a look at the expansions happening at Sanford and Essentia.

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Sanford Fargo Medical Center

Essentia Expansion

nyone who has driven along I-94 in the last year has seen the rapid growth of the new Sanford Medical Center. This massive $494 million, one million-square foot project has been in the works since 2012. Set to be completed in 2017, the hospital still has plenty of work to be done. We caught up with Vice President of Sanford Fargo Medical Center Facility Planning, Don Marty, to discuss where they’re at with construction.

hile all eyes may be on the Sanford Hospital going up on Veterans Boulevard, Essentia Health is investing $84 million into its Fargo hospitals with a number of projects. The most massive of these undertakings is the new four-story tower going up at the Essentia hospital on 32nd Avenue. We talked with Bob Bakkum, senior director of administration services, about what to expect from this quickly growing hospital network.

Q: WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW? A: “You can see that the pre-cast is going up on the building.

The emergency department at Essentia will be getting a large boost with the new hospital expansion. The department will expand from 13 treatment rooms to 28, as well as an additional trauma bay and new ambulance garage. The emergency department will also have a new MRI and a 128-slice CT scanner, which allows doctors to scan the entire body in seconds and provides 3D images of organs.

Q: HOW LONG DOES SANFORD EXPECT THIS TO BE THE HOSPITAL FOR FARGO-MOORHEAD? A: “This building is built and constructed to last 100 years

MORE OPERATING ROOMS

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Steel is virtually completed — the structural steel — so we’re installing the exterior part of the building – the enclosure. … We can start putting in the mechanical, electrical and setting up the walls for the rooms. Right now, we have walls, mechanical and electrical rough ends complete.”

plus. … This building, just by the way that it’s constructed and the material, it will last a long time. … We see this being the campus for the future of Sanford in Fargo.”

Q: I THINK EVERYBODY IN FARGO-MOORHEAD IS IMPRESSED AS THEY DRIVE BY, IT CHANGES DAY-BY-DAY. A: “In July 2014, it was a hole with some pipes and seven inches of water down in the hole to what we have today.”

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$494 million total cost 384 beds (74 are shelled) One million square feet 11 stories 28 operating rooms (10 are shelled) 51 emergency department bays

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EXPANDED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

It’s not just the emergency department that will be getting a makeover. The second floor of the four-story tower will have two interventional radiology rooms, four endoscopy procedure rooms and 25 operating room prep recovery rooms. This new space and technology is aimed at shortening the time spent in hospitals.

NEW POSITIONS FOR PHYSICIANS

With the new tower going up on 32nd Avenue, an expansion happening at its South University hospital and a new clinic planned for southwest West Fargo, Essentia will soon be in a hiring phase, looking to recruit 100 new physicians over the next five years.

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130,000 square feet $60 million total cost 28 new ICU beds added

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dr. Lee Hofsommer

balancing the art and science of medicine A

fter practicing medicine for 30 years, podiatrist Lee Hofsommer has seen his fair share of changes in the field. Between transitioning out of private practice to witnessing so much computerization, the core of medicine has remained the same: maintaining good communication and clinical skills.

Until 2005, Hofsommer had his own private practice in Fargo until he took a job at Essentia Health. But he’ll never forget his first official patient.

“My office, in 1985, was still under construction and I had just put that sign up in the morning,” he said with a smile.

“A lady drove up and she said, ‘I’m from California. I think I have plantar fasciitis. Do you think you can help me?’ ... I took care of her and when I got done I said, ‘I don’t even know what to charge you.’”

Since then, he has established himself as one of most talented podiatrists in the area. Every 10 years, Hofsommer must get re-certified in podiatric orthopedics and surgery. There is a tremendous

amount of advancements that occur within those timeframes, one of which is in the form of ever-evolving computer technology.

In years past, everything was done on paper and health care was often delayed.

Now, physicians have access to records and lab work in the blink of an eye.

However, in some instances — certainly not all — he has seen medical students with an over-reliance on technology.

“I think that’s the paradigm as far as medicine goes. It’s always been there, whether in its more primitive form or its most advanced form: it’s really a balance between science and art,” he said. “A good practitioner has good doses of both.”

Coupled with that is the need to maintain good patient interaction. It appears that for some, that element of care is becoming a lost art.

“I’ve had some people tell me their doctors won’t look at them; they’ll sit there

and ask questions and they’re typing on the computer. That’s not good,” he said. “... It’s a societal thing, and that’s where somebody that looks you in the face and says, ‘How long’s that gut been bothering you?’ … You suddenly get to a whole different level of dialogue.”

Over the next few decades, Hofsommer predicts another large shift in health care. As baby boomers continue to age, medical school numbers are declining, which could lead to a shortage of care.

That said, those entering medical school appear to have a genuine passion for it.

“I always went into it as a vocation, or as a strong interest,” he said. “… That’s where it’s interesting, because the people that I see that are interested in medicine now really are interested. It’s their life calling.”

As for Hofsommer, retirement isn’t on his radar quite yet. He will continue practicing medicine for Essentia where he remains a pivotal part of the podiatry team, distributing his sage advice and garnering new knowledge and experience.

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from North Dakota

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from adjacent states that don’t have a medical school but have an arrangement with UND

10% from Minnesota but with ties to North Dakota

a school of medicine for the entire state he University of North Dakota medical school is about to look a lot different. Last summer, ground was broken for an impressive $124 million, 325,000-square foot, four-story building for the School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dean and Vice President for Health Affairs, Joshua Wynne, filled us in on the progress and what this means for the state.

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THE PROGRESS OF CONSTRUCTION

“The good news is that we’re on schedule and on budget.

Actually, we’re about two weeks ahead of schedule and that’s because the weather’s been so nice. … We plan to complete the building in mid-May 2016 and the doors will open mid-July.”

FAST FACTS

$124 million 325,000 square feet Four stories Open July 2016 Over 200 additional students will be able to attend the school

WHY A NEW BUILDING

Joshua Wynne Dean and Vice President for Health Affairs

“The reason for the building, the raison d’etre, relates to the entire state and the imperative to help provide the health care work force for the entire state. An important part of the genesis of the building is that it’s not simply a building up here in Grand Forks, it’s not simply at UND in Grand Forks, but it is indeed a building for the entire state.”

WHAT THEY’RE DOING DIFFERENTLY

“One of the neat things that we’ve now been able to build into the building, which is a pretty unique concept around the country, is what we call learning communities. We’ll have eight learning communities where those different students that I talked about will actually live together professionally. They study together in common space. … We’ll have eight learning communities and each will have medical students with occupational therapy, physical therapy and so forth. It’s a very unique approach.”

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Dr. Nathan Kobrinsky

a lifetime of saving others D r. Nathan Kobrinsky can immediately point out why he wanted to be a pediatric cancer physician. While looking off into the distance, he recounted a story of a 14- or 15-year old girl he was treating for bone cancer when he first started his career. Her leg needed amputation, but the cancer had spread into her lungs and she eventually passed away from the disease. That’s not where the story ends, though.

“The quirk of the story is that one of the nurses on that floor also had one leg, also had been treated for the same bone cancer, also had had the cancer spread to the lung, but when hers spread it was just one at a time,” said Kobrinsky. “So she had one, the surgeons took it out. She had another, the surgeons took it out. She had six lung operations and after all that, she still went on and became a nurse.”

Those stories solidified his choice in pursuing his dreams as a pediatric oncologist.

For more than 30 years, Kobrinsky has dedicated his life to giving kids diagnosed with cancer not only a cure, but a normal life.

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Most of his life decisions have been affected by his career. His decision to move to Fargo is no different. Kobrinsky, originally from Canada, was treating a patient in Winnipeg. That patient’s parent ended up managing the Radisson in Fargo where Kobrinsky and his wife came to visit.

When Kobrinsky heard about an opening in Fargo, it was an easy choice for him to make the move.

“I loved it (Fargo) from the beginning,” said Kobrinsky. “Always have, always will.”

While it is a challenging profession, it is obvious to anyone who has met Kobrinsky that he is passionate about what he does.

He has a unique mentality when it comes to communicating with his patients. “… When I speak to the room for the first time, I speak to the child and the parents can listen,” Kobrinsky said. “I speak to the parents through the child. I look at the child and I don’t look at the parents so it’s not that the child is the third person.”

While the majority of childhood cancer patients recover, which is a stark contrast to when Kobrinsky first started his career,

he must face the harsh reality that he will not be able to save all his patients. Despite Kobrinsky’s many years of experience, each loss is still devastating.

“Every time that there is a loss, you feel like part of your soul is removed,” Kobrinsky said. “These are kids that when we first see them, most of the times, we have expectations that they are going to be able to grow up, have children, have jobs. Their lives are nipped in the bud at a young age. It’s very painful for the family. We get to know and love these kids. There’s always a sense of, ‘What could I have done differently? Why is this happening?’”

In the Roger Maris Cancer Center, there is a bell that patients ring on their final day of treatment. The ringing of the bell signifies all the pain, hurt and, ultimately, triumph the patient faced while going through treatment. This powerful moment is music to Kobrinsky, but it’s not just for him.

“It’s not so much for me, it’s for the family,” Kobrinsky said. “The bell signifies what they already know, which is that the battle is won. … Parents always have this fear, and children, that, ‘I’m doing OK, but am I really going to make it?’ When they hear the bell, it’s a trumpet of success. It’s for them.”

Below is a poem Kobrinsky wrote about a patient in the hospital.

Eleanor Freefalling Each alone in their shared nightmare, She plays videogames.

Ohmygodohmygodmybaby myangelmyangel Wetookherinlastmonthlastweek yesterdayavirusdon’tworry Heshouldhaveknownheshould haveknownthesignswerethere IshouldhaveknownIdidknow Ijustknew Tears falling on trembling lips “Daddy – tell her it’s ok.”

“Mommy – it’s ok, it’s ok.”

To read the entire powerful interview with Dr. Kobrinsky, go to fargomonthly.com.

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Dr. Tricia Langlois

caring until the very end D

r. Tricia Langlois has dedicated her life to helping people live and die well. As Chief Medical Officer of Hospice of the Red River Valley, she is responsible for the leadership and vision of the organization, and her resumé in internal, geriatric, palliative medicine and more is impressively extensive.

Hospice of the Red River Valley provides end-of-life care and comfort for those with life-limiting illnesses. Helping patients get through the end of their days with as much function as they have versus trying to expand a life that is not well-lived is important, and that’s what Langlois strives to do on a daily basis.

“You can choose the way you want to live out your life, and you can choose the way you would like to die as well,” Langlois said.

The beauty of this job, according to Langlois, is that there really isn’t a typical day for her and she likes it that way.

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Being the medical director means that most days start with team meetings to go over patients and their issues. After meetings and paperwork are taken care of, she spends most of her time dealing with the nursing staff that is out in the field taking care of patients, where she aids in symptom management and problem solving. Nurse practitioners and hospice physicians typically see a majority of the patients, but she’ll see local patients based on schedule or if there’s a complicated situation.

One of the biggest struggles that hospice and palliative medicine faces is that many people don’t know what it is and don’t realize that they have options when it comes to end-of-life care. Many people come into hospice with a life expectancy of six months, but don’t actually do so until the last few days of life, and they are unable to enjoy the full benefits that hospice care has to offer.

“Physicians are trained to treat, treat, treat and cure, cure, cure, and I learned in geriatrics that pushing patients isn’t the right way,” explained Langlois. “It was one more treatment, or one more procedure and that was to the detriment of the patient. Patients should live the last of their lives more comfortably and less symptomatically.”

Another issue Langlois faces is that talking with patients and families can be challenging and uncomfortable. She says the key to combating this challenge is to embrace the discomfort, because it is never going to be easy. It’s also important to address end-of-life options before a major crisis hits, so that everyone on all ends can be prepared.

“You have to embrace it at a time when you’re not in crisis mode, so that you know you’re fulfilling this person’s wishes,” she said.

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Dr. mark cooper

Upping the Accuracy of Cancer Care O

ne of less than a dozen doctors in the country using a cutting-edge cancer treatment technology resides right here at Essentia Health-Fargo.

For the past few months, Dr. Mark Cooper has been utilizing Clarity, a 4D imaging system that allows radiation oncologists to visualize parts of the body in real time.

This technology becomes especially important when administering high doses of radiation to his patients. Seeing the tumor so clearly allows Cooper and his team to keep a closer eye on the situation. This gives them the confidence to administer high dose treatments over a fraction of a typical course of radiation, which is called stereotactic treatment.

comfortable about what we’re doing and accurately do this.”

Although Clarity can be used to monitor several areas of the body, the focus is on the prostate.

In other words, in a typical eight-week course of five treatments per week, patients receive 40 doses of treatment.

With Clarity, doctors accurately assess the tumor and can administer just five high-dose treatments — literally a fraction of the normal amount.

“Ask more specific questions on how these treatments are going to be done, what are the options and why do you think this is the best treatment for me?” he said. “… I think it empowers them to feel like they’re making some decisions on their own.”

“I think it’s going to give us physicians and patients a lot more confidence in the accuracy and effectiveness of their treatment,” Cooper said. “… I think that we’re moving now toward giving more effective high-dose treatments in a shorter time frame, and this is a tool that allows us to be able to do that and feel

As Clarity advances, the efficiency of prostate cancer treatment will improve, eventually spilling over into other areas of cancer treatment. For now, Cooper will continue honing his knowledge of the technology — one he feels extremely confident in.

Clarity gives Cooper the ability to monitor situations of prostate cancer and adjust accordingly, upping the ante when it comes to accuracy.

“Treatments, of course, depend on accuracy. If you’re not hitting the target, then you’re kind of failing,” said Cooper.

“Unfortunately in the past we haven’t had the technology to monitor some situations during the treatment.”

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Sometimes explaining the technology and treatment process to patients can be difficult, especially those new to their diagnosis. But what Cooper recommends is for patients to be more inquisitive about the process, no matter the treatment.

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private vs. public What the Heck is the Difference? ike Lillestol has been in health care for more than 30 years. He has worked for IMA Healthcare, a private practice specializing in internal medicine, since 1983.

Needless to say, he knows a lot about private practice. We talked to him to find out how private practices differ from larger institutions like Sanford or Essentia. Here’s what we found out.

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HOW THEY’RE SIMILAR

Mike Lillestol, Doctor at IMA Healthcare

HOW THEY’RE DIFFERENT

Larger organizations and private practices both have the same goal: provide quality healthcare to patients.

Patients receive more of a personal care rather than being part of a larger organization.

Private practices work closely with local hospitals in case a patient needs a test that only the hospital can perform.

Private practices are a bottom driven organization.

Physicians run the organization whereas administrators at larger organizations usually aren’t doctors.

Almost all insurance companies cover most private practices and larger organizations.

Larger organizations have more resources available to them. For example, if somebody goes to IMA Healthcare and needs a PET scan, they will have to be referred to Sanford or Essentia.

Private practices aren’t tied to an organization so they can give a patient an unbiased opinion when choosing a consultant if a patient needs to see a specialist.

While hard to gauge definitively, private practice doctors may spend more time with patients as some larger organizations have their physicians on certain time periods.

Larger organizations are focused on efficiency. This can be good to get a patient in and out, but might mean a patient won’t see a doctor for very long.

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private practices directory The sheer number of private practices in Fargo-Moorhead may come as a surprise to some people. With the help of the Heartland Healthcare Network, we have compiled a list of private practices and their specialties. Read on - the cure for what ails you may be in this list.

About the Heartland Healthcare Network The Heartland Network gives independent medical professionals the opportunity to communicate with insurance companies. This network allows private practices to provide quality service and not have to be worried about dealing with insurance companies.

More information can be found at chooseheartland.com.

AUDIOLOGY CATALYST MEDICAL CENTER catalystmedicalcenter.com 1800 21st Ave. S, Fargo 701-205-4772 HEARING SOLUTIONS, INC. hearingsolution.net 2700 12th Ave. SW. Ste. D, Fargo 701-232-2438 MSUM SPEECH/LANGUAGE & HEARING CLINIC mnstate.edu/speechclinic 1104 S 7th Ave, Moorhead 218-477-2330 BACK CARE BODYWORKS PHYSICAL THERAPY. LTD bodyworksfargo.com 3242 20th St. S, Fargo 701-893-2639 INSTITUTE FOR LOW BACK CARE 300 Main Ave, Fargo 701-297-0817 PROREHAB PHYSICAL & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY prorehabfargo.com 1711 Gold Dr. S. Ste. 120, Fargo 701-451-9417 PURE CHIROPRACTIC & REHAB puredcrehab.com 300 45th St. S. Ste. 315, Fargo 701-893-7873 REHABAUTHORITY PHYSICAL THERAPY rehabauthority.com 1100 19th Ave. N, Fargo 2505 8th St. S, Moorhead FETZER FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC fetzerfamilychiropractic.com 1555 43rd St. S., Fargo 701-356-6700 COUNSELING SERVICES CLAUDIA MCGRATH COUNSELING claudiamcgrathcounseling.com 417 38th St. SW. Ste. B, Fargo 701-277-0654 CONSCIOUS LIVING COUNSELING AND EDUCATION CENTER kamajensen.com 26 Roberts St. N, Fargo 701-478-7199

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DAIGLE PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING SERVICES 1323 23rd St. S. Ste. H, Fargo 701-232-2886 DRAKE COUNSELING SERVICES drakecounselingservices.com 1202 23rd St. S, Fargo 701-293-5429 DUKE, DENISE, EDD, LP 420 Center Ave. Ste. 5, Moorhead 701-241-9281

PLAINS MEDICAL CLINIC, LLC plainsmedicalclinic.com 3290 20th St. S, Fargo 701-499-4800 GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY DAKOTA GASTROENTEROLOGY, LTD 1711 Gold Dr. S. Ste. 150, Fargo 701-356-1001 dakotagi.com

INNER LIGHT COUNSELING SERVICES innerlightservices.com 1323 23rd St. S. Ste. H, Fargo 701-478-0906

FARGO GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY CLINIC, PC fghc.us 1665 43rd St. S. Ste. 100, Fargo 701-235-3050

DERMATOLOGY DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES, PC fargoderm.com 4141 31st Ave. S. Ste. 103, Fargo 701-478-7747

GENERAL AND VASCULAR SURGERY IMA HEALTHCARE imahealthcare.com 1707 Gold Dr. S, Ste 101, Fargo 701-280-2033

DIETICIAN FAMILY HEALTHCARE famhealthcarefargo.org 301 NP Ave, Fargo 701-271-3344

GYNECOLOGY PRAIRIE GYNECOLOGY ASSOCIATES prairiegyn.com 1665 43rd St. S, Fargo 701-282-0051

IMA HEALTHCARE imahealthcare.com 1707 Gold Dr. S. Ste. 101, Fargo 701-280-2033 EAR NOSE AND THROAT CATALYST MEDICAL CENTER catalystmedicalcenter.com 1800 21st Ave. S, Fargo 701-205-4772 PLAINS EAR NOSE & THROAT FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY, PC plainsent.com 2700 12th Ave. S. Ste. D, Fargo 701-235-1924

HAND SURGERY J DONALD OPGRANDE MD, PC 2829 University Dr. S. Ste. 2, Fargo 701-232-2848 HOME HEALTHCARE SERVICES CARING HEART COMPANIONS caringheartcompanion.com 114 15th St, Moorhead 218-331-5416 COMFORT KEEPERS comfortkeepers.com 1205 4th Ave. S, Fargo 701-237-0004

FAMILY MEDICINE FAMILY HEALTHCARE famhealthcarefargo.org 301 NP Ave, Fargo 701-271-3344

INTERNAL MEDICINE CENTER FOR SLEEP & ASSOCIATES 4152 30th Ave. S. Ste. 103B, Fargo 701-356-3000 877-757-2796

INDEPENDENT FAMILY DOCTORS independentfamilydoctors.com 1711 Gold Dr. S. Ste. 160, Fargo 701-234-9400

DAKOTA GASTROENTEROLOGY, LTD 1711 Gold Dr. S. Ste. 150, Fargo 701-356-1001

FARGO GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY CLINIC, PC fghc.us 1665 43rd St. S. Ste. 100, Fargo 701-235-3050 866-535-3050 IMA HEALTHCARE imahealthcare.com 1707 Gold Dr. S. Ste. 101, Fargo 701-280-2033 URGENTMED urgentmedclinic.com 2829 University Dr. S. Ste. 101, Fargo 701-232-9000 NEUROPSYCHOLOGY NEUROPSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATES, PA neuropsychnd.com 1220 Main Ave. Ste. 100, Fargo 701-297-7588 OBSTETRICS FAMILY HEALTHCARE famhealthcarefargo.org 301 NP Ave, Fargo 701-271-3344 OPHTHALMOLOGY BAGAN STRINDEN VISION baganstrindenvision.com 4344 20th Ave. SW, Fargo 701-293-8242 BERGSTROM EYE & LASER CLINIC bergstromeye.com 2601 University Dr. S, Fargo 701-235-5200 877-255-2745 FERCHO CATARACT & EYE CLINIC, INC. ferchoeyeclinic.com 100 S 4th St. Ste. 612, Fargo 701-235-0561 NORTHERN LIGHTS LASIK * northernlightslasik.com 4776 28th Ave. S. Ste. 201, Fargo 701-205-4175 THOM EYE AND LASER CLINIC thomeye.com 2601 University Dr. S, Fargo 701-235-5200 ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY OMS ASSOCIATES, LTD. omsassociates.com 300 Main Ave. Ste. 201, Fargo, 701-232-9565

THE FACIAL AND ORAL SURGERY CENTER * tfaosc.com 300 Main Ave. Ste. 201, Fargo 701-232-9565

MCCULLEY OPTIX GALLERY * optixgallery.com 2553 Kirsten Ln. S, Fargo 701-373-2020

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY BEYOND BOUNDARIES THERAPY SERVICES beyondboundaries.us 3001 11th St. S, Fargo 701-356-0062

NORTHERN LIGHTS LASIK northernlightslasik.com 4776 28th Ave. S. Ste. 201, Fargo 701-205-4175

GREAT KIDS THERAPY, LTD greatkidstherapy.com 102 Beaton Dr. Ste. 100, West Fargo 701-261-4643 HORIZON THERAPY, INC 4420 37th Ave. S, Fargo 701-365-4771 PEDIATRIC THERAPY PARTNERS pediatrictherapypartners.com 3060 Frontier Way S, Fargo 701-232-2340 PROREHAB PHYSICAL & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY prorehabfargo.com 1711 Gold Dr. S. Ste. 120, Fargo 701-451-9417 PT OT PARTNERS, PC ptotpartners.com 2829 University Dr. S, Fargo, 701-478-7868 REHAB4LIFE rehab4life.net 4622 40th Ave. S. Ste. B, Fargo 701-293-7294 OPTOMETRY ANGELA DARVEAUX AND ASSOCIATES * fmeyecare.com 3902 13th Ave. S, Suite 256, Fargo 701-277-3636 BAGAN STRINDEN VISION baganstrindenvision.com 4344 20th Ave. S, Fargo 701-293-8242 BERGSTROM EYE & LASER CLINIC bergstromeye.com 2601 University Dr. S, Fargo 701-235-5200 EYECARE ASSOCIATES, PC fargoeyecare.com 3902 13th Ave. SW, Fargo 701-282-5880 EYES ON BROADWAY eyesonfargo.com 311 Broadway N, Fargo 701-356-3937 EYESITE eyesiteon43rd.com 1695 43rd St. S, Fargo 701-235-3937

STERLING OPTICAL sterlingoptical.com 3402 13th Ave. S, Fargo 701-234-0939 ORTHOPEDICS MATTHYS ORTHOPEDIC CENTER jointpain.md 2829 S University Dr. Ste. 202, Fargo 701-241-9300 ORTHOPEDIC AND SPORT MEDICINE Specialists of Fargo, Ltd 2829 Univ Dr. S. Ste. 202, Fargo 701-478-0307 PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER FOR PAIN MEDICINE, P.A. centerforpainfargo.com 2829 University Dr. S. Ste. 201, Fargo 701-551-6980 REHABAUTHORITY PHYSICAL THERAPY rehabauthority.com 1100 19th Ave. N. Ste. K, Fargo 701-235-1400 RENEW MEDICAL CLINIC renewmedicalpainclinic.com 119 4th St. S, Moorhead 218-227-5374 VALLEY MEDICAL CLINIC, PC 300 Main Ave Ste. 200, Fargo 701-297-0817 866-297-0817 PEDIATRICS PEDIATRIC ARTS CLINIC, PC pediatricartsclinic.com 2829 University Dr. S. Ste. 101, Fargo 701-478-4722 URGENTMED urgentmedclinic.com 2829 University Dr. S. Ste. 101, Fargo 701-232-9000 PHYSICAL THERAPY APEX PHYSICAL THERAPY AND WELLNESS apexptwellness.com 1420 9th St. E, Ste. 401, West Fargo 701-364-2739

HORIZON THERAPY, INC. 4420 37th Ave. S, Fargo 701-365-4771 MOBILITY PLUS REHABILITATION, LTD 520 Main St, Hawley Minn.

218-483-1500 PEDIATRIC THERAPY PARTNERS pediatrictherapypartners.com 3060 Frontier Way S, Fargo 701-232-2340 PROREHAB PHYSICAL & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY prorehabfargo.com 1711 Gold Dr. S. Ste. 120, Fargo 701-451-9417

SLEEP MEDICINE CENTER FOR SLEEP & ASSOCIATES ndsleep.com 4152 30th Ave. S Ste. 103B, Fargo 701-356-3000 WINMAR SLEEP WELLNESS CENTER winmarsleep.com 2700 12th Ave. S. Ste, B, Fargo 701-235-7424

PT OT PARTNERS, PC ptotpartners.com 2829 University Dr. S, Fargo 701-478-7868

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY BEYOND BOUNDARIES THERAPY SERVICES beyondboundaries.us 3001 11th St. S, Fargo 701-356-0062

REHAB4LIFE PHYSICAL THERAPY rehab4life.net 4622 40th Ave. S. Ste. B, Fargo 701-293-7294

DAKOTA OROFACIAL MYOLOGY, LTD dakotaorofacialmyology.com 3509 Interstate Blvd, Fargo 701-364-9070

REHABAUTHORITY PHYSICAL THERAPY rehabauthority.com 2505 8th St. S, Moorhead 701-233-3690

DANIELLE HELGESON, MS, CCC-SLP 1121 9th Ave. W, West Fargo 701-356-0062

REHABAUTHORITY PHYSICAL THERAPY rehabauthority.com 3170 43rd St. S. Ste. 101, Fargo 701-277-8448

MSUM SPEECH/LANGUAGE & HEARING CLINIC mnstate.edu/speechclinic 1104 7th Ave. S, Moorhead 218-477-2417

REHABAUTHORITY PHYSICAL THERAPY rehabauthority.com 1100 19th Ave. N. Ste. K, Fargo 701-235-1400

ONWORD THERAPY onwordtherapy.com 1220 Main Ave. Ste. 120, Fargo 701-364-5433

VALLEY MEDICAL CLINIC 300 Main Ave. Ste. 200, Fargo 701-297-0817

PEDIATRIC THERAPY PARTNERS pediatrictherapypartners.com 3060 Frontier Way S, Fargo 701-232-2340

PSYCHOLOGY DUKE, DENISE, EDD, LP 420 Center Ave. Ste. 5, Moorhead 701-241-9281

PROGRESSIVE THERAPY ASSOCIATES progressivetherapyassociates.com 1150 Prairie Parkway Ste. 105, West Fargo 701-356-7766

PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY CATALYST MEDICAL CENTER * catalystmedicalcenter.com 1800 21st Ave. S, Fargo 701-365-8700 FARGO PLASTIC SURGERY, PC doctorplasticsurgery.com 3280 20th St. S, Fargo 701-293-7408 LAMB PLASTIC SURGERY CENTER, PC lambplasticsurgery.com 1507 University Dr. S, Fargo 701-237-9592 888-366-5262

FERCHO CATARACT & EYE CLINIC, INC. ferchoeyeclinic.com 100 4th St. S. Ste. 612, Fargo 701-235-0561

BEYOND BOUNDARIES THERAPY SERVICES beyondboundaries.us 3001 11th St. S, Fargo 701-356-0062

PLASTIC SURGERY INSTITUTE, PC doctorplasticsurgery.com 3270 20th St. S, Fargo 701-293-7408

HILLMER EYE CLINIC visionsource-hillmereyeclinic.com 101 10th St. N. Ste. 120, Fargo 701-239-9771

BODYWORKS PHYSICAL THERAPY, LTD bodyworksfargo.com 3242 20th St. S, Fargo 701-893-2639

RADIOLOGY INDEPENDENT RADIOLOGY SERVICES, LTD. indrad.com 2829 University Dr. S. Ste. 104, Fargo 701-461-725

* Not part of Heartland Healthcare Network

RETINOLOGY RETINA CONSULTANTS, LTD fargoretina.com 2829 University Dr. S. Ste. 204, Fargo 701-293-9829 877-503-0251

WALK-IN URGENT CARE DOCTORS URGENTMED urgentmedclinic.com 2829 University Dr. S Ste. 101, Fargo 701-232-9000 WEIGHT LOSS VALLEY WEIGHT LOSS CLINIC valleyweightlossclinic.com 1707 Gold Dr. S, Fargo 701-365-8446 MEDICAL WEIGHT LOSS SPECIALISTS * fargomedicalweightloss.com 3175 Sienna Dr. S, Suite 103, Fargo 701-205-3088 BARIATRIC WEIGHT LOSS VALLEY WEIGHT LOSS CLINIC valleyweightlossclinic.com 1707 Gold Dr. S, Fargo 701-365-8446

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If there’s one thing I love almost as much as drinking beer, it’s learning about it. With the local beer scene on the rise (hooray!), Fargo Underground and W Event Planning teamed up to drop some beer knowledge bombs on Fargo-Moorhead.

Fargo’s own USHL hockey team takes on bitter rivals, the Sioux City Stampede. With the Force finishing out their regular season at home, this is bound to be a real crowd pleasing battle on the ice.

GO AGENDA As someone who spends a lot of time in front of a computer, I love a good podcast. While I'm not too familiar with "Welcome to Night Vale," I'm excited that they are coming to Fargo, proving that our community is becoming more lucrative to attractions.

Although I’m not a die-hard fan like some, I’ll be going to relive some teenage memories of listening to Marilyn Manson. I’m excited to see the industrial metal legend live on his “The Hell Not Hallelujah” tour and the stellar show he can put on after so many years of rocking our socks off.

How hot is the theatre scene in Fargo? Sexual buffoonery hot. I’ll be starting my weekend with an adult comedy stemming from a classic Greek play. “Lysistrata” brings you to a war-torn community that is led to peace by the power of one civilian’s womanhood.

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A Voice. An Fargo native MICHAEL LEIER has been back and forth between Hollywood and home for the extensive audition process of NBC’s “The Voice” over the course of the last year, and he got to rep #TeamAdam after turning two chairs during blind auditions.

Open Calls

Leier flew to Chicago in January 2014 for open call auditions, where thousands of hopefuls line up and sing for a panel of show producers. If you make it far enough, you’ll be sent to a room with a talent producer and 10 others for your 20 seconds to shine. Leier was selected to move forward, and exchanged contact information with the producer so that they could keep an eye on him.

Appointment Auditions

​​During this round, contestants play three songs for a panel of judges and go through multiple interviews and even personality tests to continue on.

The Executives

#TeamAdam

Leier’s vocal chords belted out “Last Kiss” by Pearl Jam and it was enough to turn the chairs of Levine and Shelton, where it was then up to Leier to decide which team he’d like to be on. After selecting Levine’s team, along with 12 others, he got to work with the music star throughout the competition.

Although Leier was cut from the competition during the battle round, he claims he’s gained more than enough experience to take home with him. When he’s home, you can find him playing in cover bands around town going by his own name and making music his full-time job.

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Mid-summer, Leier got another call to come back to Hollywood to sing for the show’s top executives and producers.

He was then invited to compete in blind auditions, where he was one of 100 other talented musicians competing for only 48 spots.

Blinds

This is where each contestant sings for the biggest names in the music industry: Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Pharrell Williams. Each judge faces away from contestants while they sing and is supposed to push a button that turns their chair around when they like what they hear.

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Idol.

By Erica Rapp | Photos by J. Alan Paul Photography

Two of our very own Fargo-Moorhead residents are showing some hometown pride in Hollywood with their recent auditions for the nation’s biggest singing competition shows. These two talented musicians sat down with us to fill us in on what viewers don’t always see on TV.

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It’s not often that auditions for big television shows come close to home, so local resident and country music lover ZACH JOHNSON seized the opportunity to make his dreams a reality by auditioning for Fox’s American Idol in Minneapolis last year.

Cattle Call Auditions

The first round is what you typically see on the show with all of the people, the huge lines and Ryan Seacrest getting everyone fired up. The group is organized in lines, where everyone steps up to sing in front of a panel consisting of show executives and producers.

Singing for the Big Dogs

After the initial round of auditions, those that make the cut go through another round of auditions in front of the show’s executive producers and various record labels a few months later.

The Judges

Contestants sing in front of legendary music stars Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick Jr. Although Johnson claims he gets a little weird when he’s nervous, he made a memorable first impression on the judges.

Hollywood Week

During this week, the contestants compete through an initial first round, a group round and solo competitions.

Johnson was brought up to sing in front of the judges with 37 others, and found out that they were the 38 most memorable auditions. The rest sing in lines of 10 before another round of hefty eliminations. He sang with three others in the group round before he was eliminated.

For The Future

Johnson recently recorded an acoustic demo and maintains the connections with executives and top songwriters he made on the show, and plans to make music his full-time gig. You can find Johnson performing in the local band Silverado, along with a band called Nasty Habit based out of Alexandria, Minn.

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Sketching Up THE SHOW A GLANCE INSIDE LOCAL UNIVERSITIES’ UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS.

By Erica Rapp

MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD

THE [scream] April 15-18 MSUM Center for the Arts – Gaede Stage 1104 7th Ave. S, Moorhead We spoke with Director of Theatre Craig Ellingson and Playwright/Actor Michael Johnson, who wanted to stay true to the idea of creating something rather than working with a script.

Synopsis Dionysus, termed in this production as the “God of Epiphany” is the newest God, but the people of Thebes don’t recognize him as a divine being. He descends from Olympus and stirs up conflict with the president of Thebes, Pentheus, and other characters.

“We’ve added secondary and tertiary characters in order to fully flesh out some additional themes that we think are contemporary and that still relate to the story.”

- Ellingson

Adaption “We wanted to have an adaptation that uses modern language to tell a story that would also be heavily invested in the actor’s body and movement.”

- Johnson

The play is based off of the Euripides’ classic Greek tragedy “The Bacchae,” but MSUM theatre has incorporated a contemporary sensibility with added humor to devise their own piece. The production will have a heavy focus on lighting and movement with dance, acrobats and a live band with original music.

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by Fernanda Badeo Floor stage will be wide open for maximum movement.

Angular bars that can represent different places and settings depending on lighting within the set and around the front of the stage.

Three movable screens with original projections to depict main visual elements: wood, the cosmos and the palace.

Individual actors will carry lights to hone in on particular characters and moments.

Where

FAMILY & FRIENDS

can experience a

TRADITIONAL Italian meal.

Costume Design

by Mara Niemann Homage to Greek roots with draping and silhouettes.

Ensemble will be in shades of black, gray and white.

Royal family will be dressed in vibrant colors, which will pop against the black, white and gray of the set colors.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU SOON!

Toscana 202 Broadway N. Fargo

701.235.9100

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NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

Lysistrata April 23-25 & April 29-May 2 NDSU — Askanase Auditorium 12th Avenue N & Albrecht Boulevard, Fargo Director/Assistant Professor of Movement Chelsea Pace and Assistant Professor of Set Design Tiffany Fier gave us the inside scoop on this provocative comedy.

Synopsis This production is based off of the old Greek comedy by Aristophanes and translated by Sarah Ruben. Lysistrata is the leader of a posse on strike against sleeping with their partners until they sign a treaty to stop a meaningless war.

Adaption This production will be a completely updated version of the classic tale, and can be easily compared to a dance party or rave. It will be focused more on war and peace instead of conflict between men and women.

The play will directly reference popculture situations and feature today’s electronic dance and pop music.

“We’ve mixed genders for all of the ensembles.

There will be heterosexual couples and homosexual couples. … We’re presenting people as people and not just as men and women.”

- Pace

Warning: This production contains sexual language and situations.

Twerking and thrusting are involved, so keep the little ones under age 12 at home.

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by Tiffany Fier Concert-like staging with added fabric, glitter and globes.

DJ booth in the middle will have the stage manager and lighting and sound designers in it during the actual production.

Funky chairs will be used by the chorus, which will consist of actual people from the community and the university.

Mechanics of it will not be hidden; you’ll see everyone on stage including the technical folks.

“I basically modeled it after a pop concert or a rave. With all 28 actors plus the chorus and the technical crew being on the stage the entire time, we’re trying to make it like one — a crazy-glittery fest on stage.”

- Feir

Costume Design

by Rooth Varland Lysistrata is modeled after a strong, female pop star, such as Beyoncé.

Costumes will reflect popculture theme: spandex, neon, gold, sparkly and shiny.

Costumes are designed so that they transform as the actors go in and out of being in different ensembles.

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HORROR

By Lisa Marchand | Photo by J. Alan Paul Photography

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hat does it take to create one of the most criticallyacclaimed horror films to hit the movie universe in years? A unique script, a brilliant director, a talented cast and a handful of Fargo film producers, that’s what.

Executive Producer Jeff Schlossman (left) and Producer Erik Rommesmo (right), both Fargo natives, stopped by the Fargo Film Festival last month where their horror flick "It Follows" screened. The movie has received rave reviews around the world.

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PICKING THE PERFECT MOVIE

After sitting through more than 20 business meetings at the Cannes Film Festival a couple years ago, distributors and critics had one resounding request: “Get us a horror film.” So Erik Rommesmo, Jeff Schlossman and Bill Wallwork of Northern Lights Films gave them what they wanted.

The men of Northern Lights, along with director David Robert Mitchell, teamed up to create “It Follows,” a story of a teenage girl who’s received a curse after a first date gone wrong.

Until she passes the curse on to someone else, she is destined to be followed by an entity that can appear as absolutely anyone.

“You can’t just find any horror film,” Rommesmo explained. “I was reading probably dozens of scripts that were all horror films and they were all the same, and this one really stuck out as something different and that’s why we went with this one. It was an original concept, something that was so simple.”

But getting a film off the ground isn’t quite as simple. After a bit of a rocky start, “It Follows” began pre-production in September 2013 and wrapped by early November, taking 28 days to film in Detroit, Mich. This movie was Northern Lights’ first stab at a horror movie, usually taking on comedies, dramas or something in between. “(With) horror movies, it was more like trying to keep down our ‘Whoa!’ or ‘Oh my god!’ It was a different reaction we had to keep quiet,” Rommesmo said. “It was a different experience filming a horror movie, but we were more like, ‘Is this scary? Are we sure we know what we’re doing here? If it seems scary on script and it looks scary on the monitors, I think it’ll be scary.’”

Critics and moviegoers decided it was, in fact, scary.

PILING ON THE ACCOLADES

“It Follows” premiered at Cannes Film Festival in France last spring where it not only kept audiences peaking through their hands, but absolutely blew critics away — despite it only being about 95 percent finished.

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“I remember being really, really nervous before the screening, and the audience reaction was great; it was overwhelming,” Rommesmo said with a smile. “We had no idea it was this scary. I remember at the second screening there was a line around the theater for people to see it. It was one of the buzziest films at Cannes.”

Soon thereafter, the film made its way around the world, cruising the film festival circuit and garnering a fan base of horror fans and non-horror fans alike. The movie screened at festivals like Sundance, Glasgow, Toronto, London and Austin Fantastic Fest. Its final stop was back on home territory at the Fargo Film Festival last month before its official release date on March 13.

“Fargo Film Festival really helped us believe we could do it, and we put our foot in the water and decided, ‘Let’s try this,’” said executive producer Schlossman. “Hopefully it gives other filmmakers that attitude that, ‘I think we can do this. Let’s try to put something together.’ A lot of people are getting inspired to go ahead and try and just go for it.”

THE FRESHEST OF THEM ALL

If there is one thing that cannot be ignored when it comes to “It Follows,” it's the movie’s initial rating on the website Rotten Tomatoes: a whopping 98 percent.

That is, in all honesty, virtually unheard of. They are also at the top of the charts on Metacritic.

“Especially for a horror film, it’s crazy,” Schlossman said. “We’re currently the highest rating Metacritic score for critics. We’re at an 87 (percent) and that’s higher than any other horror film in the last probably 15 years. That’s really a top score. … The movie fans are saying, ‘This reminds me of the good old days of some horror films that really brought that genre to life.’”

Northern Lights Films and the rest of the “It Follows” crew has brought a stale genre full of blood and guts back to life with classic suspense and wit. What lies ahead for the film — sequel? No sequel?

That is yet to be determined.

*As of March 23, 2015

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SPOTLIGHT MEDIA

Suits Up ​Photos by J. Alan Paul Photography

​​​ crew at Spotlight Media, the parent The company of F ​ argo Monthly, cleaned up last month in order to attend the annual ADDY awards hosted by the North Dakota branch of the American Advertising Federation. The Holiday Inn was filled with some of the most creative minds in Fargo-Moorhead as we all celebrated the best in the field of advertising. Spotlight Media won four silver awards in the magazine categories, including an award for our September ​ Fargo Monthly ​cover and an article on Chamber of Commerce President Craig Whitney that ran in last February’s F ​ argo Monthly. We had a great time and are already counting down until next year.

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ARE YOU

GRATEFUL RED

TOUGH ENOUGH? DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A DERBY GIRL?

SEDUCCI

SGT. LARGENT VRUNO

By Erica Rapp ​Photos by J. Alan Paul Photography

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he FM Derby Girls are a pack of aggressive females that aren’t afraid to play dirty and will take any punch for their teammates. They’re always willing to take new members, but there are things you’ve got to know before you even think of trying out for this controlled chaos. Ask yourself these questions and use these tips from the ladies themselves before you decide if you’re tough enough for the track.

TOUGH LOVE

Can you survive in a pack of alpha-females?

Constructive criticism is a big pill that every member of this team needs to swallow with a strong mental fortitude. You’ve got to be able to take critiques like a champ and realize that a little bit of tough love from a group of alpha-females is beneficial to the game.

If you can’t take verbal critiques, then you certainly won’t be able to take what will happen to you on the track.”

-GRATEFUL RED

BEYOND THE BASICS Are your skating skills up to par?

It’s clear why this should be a No. 1 priority for fresh meat.

These ladies are on top of their game and would rather take the time to teach you the rules of the game instead of holding your hand while you skate.

We’re teaching you Derby 101, not Skating 101.

Knowing how to skate well beforehand will definitely help you in the long run.”

-SEDUCCI

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POSITIONS start

jammer

The jammers are the players that score the points.

They wear a star on their helmet, and their goal is to get through the blockers and pass as many players as possible on the opposing team.

blockers

Each team has a pack of four blockers, whose main objective is to block the other team’s jammer from passing them and aid their own jammer out of the pack in order to pass the opposing team’s blockers.

pivot

One of the four blockers is called the pivot, and wears a stripe on her helmet. She’s the only other player that the jammer can pass the star to. If the jammer is stuck and can’t get out of the pack she can hand the star to the pivot, who then becomes the new jammer and can score points. Basically, she’s a pretty awesome backup.

RULES OF THE TRACK 1 Two-minute intervals in two 30-minute halves (As many intervals as possible in the 30 minutes).

2 Five skaters from each team on the track: one jammer and four blockers/ one pivot.

3 Seven refs: head ref, the inner pack ref, one ref for each of the jammers, and three outside pack refs.

PLAYING DIRTY Can you withstand the damage that comes with this jam?

In other words, don’t be a baby.

You’ll get sweaty. You’ll have cuts, bruises and sometimes broken bones. You’ll most definitely get hip and shoulder checked by other players that are out for blood, so be prepared for war.

4 OBJECTIVE: TO SCORE POINTS. Everybody goes once the whistle is blown, and the jammer’s goal is to make it through the opposing team’s blockers in order to pass as many of them as possible. The blockers are essentially playing offense and defense at the same time by trying to block the other team’s jammer and helping their own through.

Once the jammer can break through the pack, every player of the opposing team that they pass on the way back through is worth a point. Whoever makes it out of the pack first is the “lead jammer” and has the ability to call off the jam by waving their arms, so that the other team’s jammer can’t pass and score points.

Grand Slam = five points and passing all of the opposing team’s players.

Most of the time they’ll pass four, unless the other jammer can be held back.

It’s like hockey, where it’s controlled chaos. There are definite rules, and if you hit someone in an illegal area you go to the penalty box.”

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-SGT. LARGENT It can be disgusting. We play with boys. It’s an aggressive contact sport so you can kind of think of it like hockey.”

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THERE’S NO ‘I’ IN TEAM

How team-oriented are you?

This is a team sport, and it’s not about you. You’ve got to have an open mind and a positive attitude in order to be a true team player.

We have all walks of life. We don’t have much tolerance for people who hate on others for no reason, because that’s not what being a team is about.”

-VRUNO

YOU GET KNOCKED DOWN, YOU GET UP AGAIN How quickly can you

recover from a big spill?

It may seem pretty basic, but it’s essential. Being able to pick yourself back up and recover quickly from falls and body checks is crucial to the team.

You can’t ever let yourself give up.

You really have to be strong and have the ability to keep going. ”

-SGT. LARGENT

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By Ben Sailer

Tiny Moving Parts playing at local DIY venue The New Direction in Downtown Fargo.

Ben Sailer works in marketing by day and writes about music by night. Over the past decade, his work has been published in various local and national publications.

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our pick month

​ ast month, the Hotel Donaldson L released an impressive menu of 25 new cocktails. This beauty is the Serenity Now, one of their most popular new cocktails.

Made from Magellan gin, Tyku Soju (a low-calorie liqueur similar to vodka), fresh lime, aloe vera juice and cilantro, it is the perfect drink for spring. However, don’t forget about the HoDo’s 24 other new drinks that were created by their team of mixologists.

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A LOOK INSIDE

MOORHEAD BILLIARDS The former ownership of Billiards on Broadway in Fargo has made a drastic change in scenery with a new location in the heart of Moorhead. It’s got a lot more to offer than your typical billiard hall, so we took a look inside to fill you in on this new destination for fun.

By Erica Rapp Photo by Tiffany Swanson

PARTY ZONE An outdoor patio area is under construction and due to be in operation by the beginning of summer. It will include an outdoor bar, live music, a smoker and a barbecue pit for ultimate outdoor fun. The billiard hall also has party rooms that are available to rent.

BILLIARDS 13 7-foot Diamond tables 6 7-foot Valley tables 3 9-foot Diamond tables 1 10-foot Snooker table

RATES 1 Player = $4 2 Players = $6 3 Players = $9 4 Players = $10 Fridays & Saturdays = $8 Unlimited Pool

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FUN & GAMES FOOD The Rail CafĂŠ is also located on the property, attached to the billiard hall itself, and serves great bar snacks and homestyle cooking for customers that crave some tasty food during their visit.

Aside from pool, you can play darts and various arcade games to pass your time. Dart and billiard leagues happen weekly, and future bean bag tournaments are in the works.

MOORHEAD BILLIARDS 617 Center Ave, Moorhead

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From the fine-dining to the cheap and delicious, the Fargo-Moorhead dining scene has something for everyone. We set out to highlight 10 of these delicious dishes. How many of these have you tried?

By Erica Rapp // Photos by Tiffany Swanson & Andrew Jason

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Get ready to treat your taste buds to some extreme tenderness and outstanding flavor.

Shotgun Sally’s “Surf & Turf” is a 4oz. lobster stacked on a 5oz. filet mignon that’s drizzled in a buttery, beurre blanc sauce and served with a side of asparagus.

For all of the pickle lovers out there, we’ve found your dream dish. These juicy pickle spears are deep fried in a blanket of Havarti cheese and a wonton-like wrapping and served with a side of a sriracha ranch dressing, termed “srirancha” here. toastedfrog.com 305 Broadway N, Fargo

There’s nothing like a good hot sandwich to warm your heart. The Cuban is one of CJ’s most popular lunch dishes, with it’s juicy roast pork and ham grilled with Swiss cheese, pickles and mustard on Rustic Italian bread. It’s the perfect combo of soft, crispy and melted goodness. cjskitchen-fm.com 1601 University Dr. S, Fargo

You’ll definitely need to dive head first into this classic Italian entrée that’s straight from the sea. It’s got all of your ocean favorites simmered in a delicious tomato-garlic broth: shrimp, clams, mussels, salmon, octopus, calamari, sea scallops and lobster. toscanadowntown.com 202 Broadway N, Fargo

For some fine dining and a touch of homestyle cooking, you’ll want to get your hands on this dish. Char-grilled salmon is topped with blue crab and fresh asparagus and drizzled in an egg-based, buttery hollandaise sauce; not to mention a hefty side of creamy mashed potatoes. seasonsatrosecreek.com 1500 Rose Creek Pkwy. E, Fargo

speakeasyrestaurant.com 1001 30th Ave. S, Moorhead

Liven things up with some fresh summer eating. This dish has grilled chicken sautéed with artichoke hearts, broccoli, red peppers, onions and tomatoes that’s served over penne noodles and topped with a creamy blush sauce.

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This dish won’t leave you hating yourself afterward due to being too full. Just the perfect amount of food, a half-duck is marinated and fried to perfection. It is then served on top of a bed of crispy vermicelli noodles and veggies. To finish it off, it comes with a special orange sauce. We recommend soaking the vermicelli noodles in the orange sauce for a refreshing and tangy side dish.

peoplesorganic.com 2653 45th St. S, Fargo

Spice things up in the meat department! On this 100 percent sprouted wheat bun sits a local farm-fresh bison patty with cheddar cheese, nitrate-free bacon, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, aioli and pickles.

thaiorchidfm.com 420 Center Ave, Moorhead (Inside Moorhead Center Mall)

This one’s a family favorite at Mango’s.

Your choice of steak, chicken or shrimp is grilled with onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, mushrooms, squash and zucchini and doused in a homemade cheese sauce. Served with the classics: beans, sour cream and a guacamole salad. mangosfargo.com 2901 Main Ave. Fargo 62 | APRIL 2015 | FARGOMONTHLY.COM

fargocc.com 509 26th Ave. S, Fargo

If the chef’s beautiful presentation of this dish itself isn’t enough to make your mouth water, we don’t know what will. The soft, wild boar tenderloin is served on top of a leek chicory salad, confit purple potatoes and topped with a beet vinaigrette. And yes, it tastes just as wonderful as it looks.

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¾ oz. JACK DANIELS TENNESSEE FIRE

1½ oz. PAUL MASSON PEACH BRANDY

By Erica Rapp | Photo by Andrew Jason

LEMONADE

SWEET TEA

Add Tennessee Fire and brandy to a tall glass of ice, mix equal parts lemonade and sweet tea to top off the rest of the glass.

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1 whole chicken (3 1/2 – 4 lb.)

Cut into 8 pieces, or purchase precut (skin on) 2 Tbsp. butter 2 Tbsp. olive oil 1 small yellow onion, small diced 1 medium-sized carrot, peeled and small diced 2 celery stalks, small diced 10 oz. mushrooms (shiitake or crimini), sliced 1/8 cup flour, all purpose ¾ cup + 2 tsp. verjus, white 1 qt. chicken broth or chicken stock 2 sprigs of fresh thyme 2 bay leaves ¾ cup heavy cream 3-4 oz. fresh green grapes, quartered 1 Tbsp. fresh tarragon, chopped 1 Tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped

Season chicken pieces with salt and pepper.

In a large heavy pot, lightly sear chicken pieces in butter and oil, making sure not to burn the sediment on the bottom of the pan. Remove the chicken from the pot and add onions, carrots, celery and mushrooms. Gently sauté until tender but do not allow to develop color. Dust the pan with flour and quickly incorporate. Add ¾ cup verjus and quickly incorporate. Add chicken stock and cream and whisk together until smooth. Add thyme and bay leaves. Bring to a simmer and return chicken to the pot. Cover the pot with a tight fitting lid or aluminum foil. Place in a 325 degree oven for approximately 90 minutes or until fork tender.

Remove from the oven and season with 2 tsp. of verjus. Adjust seasonings with salt and pepper if needed. Portion into four separate serving dishes.

Garnish with grapes and fresh herbs. Serve with rice pilaf or roasted potatoes and seasonal vegetables.

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​​NOMO SCOTCH ALE NORTH MOORHEAD ON NITRO

​​FLAVOR PROFILE​​

Peat Smoke (similar to the taste in Scotch whiskey) Earthy Dry Fruit

Nitro taps are pressurized with nitrogen and a small blend of carbon dioxide. (Most taps just have CO2.) NoMo is pushed with nitrogen at 40 pounds per square inch; if it was pushed with that much CO2, you’d get a way-overcarbonated beer.

Since most of the atmosphere is nitrogen, these bubbles are basically homogenous with the atmosphere.

They don’t want to pop as fast as CO2 bubbles, explaining why the head of a nitro beer lasts so much longer.

If this batch of NoMo was poured out of a CO2 tap instead of a nitro tap, the beer would taste pretty flat.

7.6% ABV 15 IBUS

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NATHAN EVERSON, owner of the Smiling Moose Deli

TO FARGO

HOW DID A 17,000-MILE MOTORCYCLE TRIP THROUGH LATIN AMERICA END UP HERE?

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THE Denver, CO

journey

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“A full day’s ride into Mexico and you’re a hundred years back,” says Nathan Everson in his understated way, with just the hint of a smile. We’re sitting in the Smiling Moose Deli at Broadway and 1st Avenue, and he’s telling me the story of how he got here. “About three hours out of Texas,” he says, “you hit Monterrey – Mexico’s version of Silicon Valley. But then, just south of Monterrey, according to my GPS, the road I was riding on didn’t exist. I began to feel I wasn’t just heading south; I was heading back in time.

“A few hours out of Monterrey, I was riding along the side of a mountain, about 9,000 feet above sea level. Suddenly, the road ahead turned, disappearing into the mountain. A young Mexican guy in jeans and a T-shirt was standing in front of the entrance to a tunnel, waving for me to stop. I pulled over, and he called someone on a walkie-talkie, asking in Spanish, ‘Is it okay?’ I looked into the tunnel and realized it was so ancient and narrow, he had to call someone at the other end to

BEGINS

(Top photo) Real de Catorce, where everything from the cobblestone streets to the cement buildings are more than a century old.

(Bottom photo) Nate’s bike in the seemingly endless Ogarrio tunnel, handcarved through the mountain leading to Real de Catorce.

make sure no one was coming out before he could let me in. “‘Sí, ándele,’ a voice crackled out of his walkie-talkie. The coast was clear. The guy asked me for a few pesos and I gave them to him. He motioned for me to enter.

“As the walls began to move by, it felt like I was passing through a portal. After a mile and a half, I emerged into the sunlight and

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found myself in another century.

Ancient buildings lined cobblestone streets more than a hundred years old, filled with people dressed in the bright colors I soon came to love throughout Central America. It was an old mining town, Real de Catorce.

“That tunnel was like a time portal. It felt magical. It was just the first leg of a journey I’d been planning for a long time. The last thing I imagined at that moment was that it would eventually lead me back to a high-tech, 21st century North Dakota.”

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Nathan Everson grew up just two miles east of Williston, N.D., during the first oil boom in the 1980s. By age 5, he was riding his first motorcycle around his family’s seven acres. In high school, he Real de Catorce, was racing motocross San Luis and working in the Potosi, oil fields during the Mexico summer.

Then in college, Nathan’s love of travel took wing, and he majored in aviation at the University of North Dakota. “That’s when it

(Above photo) The Tamul Waterfall, a natural infinity-edged pool with a 330foot drop, but the current is so gentle you can wade up to the edge, look over and see this.

happened,” he explained. “A few friends and I flew over to Thailand for spring break.” I flash Nathan a quizzical look and he gives me a wry smile. “One of the perks of aviation school is you get to fly a lot,” he chuckled, before continuing his story. “Anyway, on the flight back from Thailand, the movie ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ was playing, about Che Guevara’s 1952 motorcycle ride through South America. When we got off the plane, I told my friends, ‘I’m going to take a trip like that some day.’ They just laughed.”

But seven years later, living in Denver with a busy career flying dotcom executives around the country, Nathan decided it was time. “I sold all my stuff, gave notice and bought a Kawasaki KLR 650, the warthog-ugly favorite of adventure riders the world over.”

On Feb. 11, 2011, Nathan left Denver with everything he owned in the world on his new bike, and headed south.

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After wandering the 19th century streets of Real de Catorce for a couple of days, Nathan headed into the heart of Mexico.

“Everywhere I went, the people were amazingly friendly and helpful, trying to compensate for the Guatemala terrible reputation the drug war has given their country. Every morning, I’d wake up, look at my GPS and decide where I wanted to head that day. I had no cell phone or email.

People I met along the way would tell me about places I should go.

“After six weeks in Mexico came Belize, then Guatemala, then El Salvador. Each of these tiny small countries was amazingly different from its neighbors. Then, when I crossed into Honduras – murder capital of the planet – a couple of cops tried to shake me down at the border. I managed to get out of there, and drove straight through the entire country until I got to Nicaragua, which only took two hours. At the next police checkpoint I didn’t stop at all. I just smiled and waved as I rode through. After that, that’s what I did every time a police officer tried to wave me over – I’d just smile, wave and ride past without stopping.

“In Costa Rica, my youngest sister, Haley, joined me for a few incredible weeks there, exploring that amazing country. Then we headed into Panama, where my girlfriend, Germaine, who’s now my wife, flew down from the States and joined me in Panama City the same day Haley flew home.

Panama was almost like being back in the modern-day U.S., especially around Panama City, on the Pacific side of the canal. But south of the canal, the Pan American Highway just ends in a place called the Darién Gap at the southernmost point of Central America. There aren’t any roads through it at all.

There are probably hidden trails used by narcotraffickers, and probably a lot of dead bodies lying around, but there’s no way to ride a bike, or any other kind of land vehicle, into South America. Can’t be done. The Darién Gap is the only place between Alaska and

El Salvador

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Tierra del Fuego that the Pan American Highway just doesn’t go.

“So Germaine and I rode to the Gulf side of Panama, to the San Blas Islands, where the San Blas Indians live in straw houses packed tightly together just a foot or two above sea level. Charter boats ferry people from these islands over to the Colombian coast. We made a cash deal and got a ride on a catamaran, with the motorcycle on board, and several other couples.

It was a four-day, leisurely sailing journey, captained by a six-footsix pony-tailed Austrian called Captain Ron. It was sort of a continuous party, really.

“Eventually we sailed into Cartagena, a beautiful old city of about a million people on the northern coast of Colombia. After exploring the city, Germaine and I headed into the country, but we didn’t get far. There’d been a lot of rain the previous week, and the first day we were traveling we ran into landslides across the road. There were still rocks tumbling down from above us, and people stuck in their cars ahead of us who needed help. Germaine and I ended up frantically clearing a path through the debris field in order to ride the

(Above photo) Guatemalans, just to the south of Mexico, transporting a school bus through a mangrove forest.

(Bottom photo) A remote border crossing between Costa Rica and Panama. “When I rode across this bridge on my bike,” Nathan says, “I had to be careful not to fall through any gaps in the wood into the river below.”

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motorcycle through before the rest of the hillside came down. It was just chaos.

“After six beautifully green weeks in Colombia, we headed south into Ecuador, where we spent nearly a month. Next came Peru, where we visited Machu Picchu. It was beautiful, but it was August, and Germaine wanted to go back to see her parents. She was feeling exhausted and home-sick after months of hard travel. So in Cusco, Peru, she got on a plane back to the States.

“I’d been on the road since February, almost half a year. It was the adventure of a lifetime, but up in the Andes the motorcycle blew up twice. Some of the mountain roads are 15,000 feet above sea level there; that’s higher than Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the lower 48 states.

And it was impossible to get good parts for the bike, so I was just cobbling fixes together. It was time to get to a lower elevation.

I decided to head down into the Amazon rainforest of Northern Bolivia to a place called ‘The Jesuit Circuit.’ Both Butch Cassidy and Che Guevara had died in shootouts near there. En route, I was planning to ride on the famous Yungas Road, often called ‘The Most Dangerous Highway in the World.’

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(Above) Nate standing beneath Huayna Potosi before climbing it. At just over 6,000 meters, it’s taller than any mountain in North America except Mt. McKinley.

highest capital in the world. It had been raining for two days straight, and it was foggy. By the time I got to the turnoff onto the old Yungas Road, which is unpaved, the road was slushy, and it was hard to see in the fog. Shivering with cold, I decided to keep a promise to my mom and girlfriend and stay off the most dangerous road on earth.

That might be the only reason I’m here today, telling you this story.

“The road I stayed on was bad enough. The pavement was turning to gravel in places, and I had to pick my way around potholes in the rain. But I was actually having fun, going very fast – too fast, really, passing cars along this very curvy road with no guard rails and drop-offs hundreds of feet down.

Looking back on it, I was being pretty reckless, especially given the wet and foggy conditions.”

“Suddenly, I was on my side. It was the only time in a lifetime of riding, with hundreds of wrecks, that I didn’t see it coming at all. One moment I was fine, and the next I was sliding down the highway on my side, then my back. I was still almost euphoric, chuckling, thinking, ‘That wasn’t so bad, wiping out on a curved road.’ I had my leathers on, so I wasn’t getting

scraped up, but was sliding head first on my back, so I couldn’t see where I was going, I could only see behind me. Then my world just exploded. I hit something, and was instantly unconscious. When I came to, I was stuck face down, in a cement ditch. I couldn’t move.

My shoulders were just jammed perfectly into this cement ditch that was about two feet wide, and I couldn’t get myself out at all. I was tremendously uncomfortable, but there was nothing I could do.

Rainwater was running beneath me, touching my face, but I couldn’t even lift my head out of it. If the water had been deeper I could have drowned. I was so jammed in and traumatized from the impact that I was completely immobile.

“It felt like an eternity, stuck there.

I wasn’t sure anyone could see me. I didn’t know where my bike was. After a few minutes I started to worry that maybe it had fallen over the side and I was hidden well enough that no one would find me for a long time.

“After about five minutes, I’m guessing, some people saw me and stopped, then lifted me out of the ditch. My left hand was decimated; you could see the bones coming through the flesh, and they grabbed a plastic garbage bag and wrapped it around my hand and got me into their car.

They said they’d take me to the nearest hospital, about 12 miles down the road. But then, about 10 or 15 minutes later, they saw a cop and waved him over, and he said he would take me to the hospital.

“The police car was a real wreck.

It didn’t even have a windshield wiper, and by now it had started to rain really hard. So the officer put a big glove on his left hand and reached outside, through his driver’s-side window, to wipe the water off the windshield in front of him, just so he could see well enough not to drive off the side of the road and plunge us over a cliff.

He had to go very slow, constantly wiping the windshield in front of him, and it took almost an hour to travel the 10 miles to the hospital.

“About an hour later, two surgeons

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arrived. The nurses had already taken X-rays and given me a local anesthetic, so the doctors just started working, while I watched. At one point one of them was using a needle-nose pliers to grab one of my tendons and reattach it, and he told me, ‘Stop tensing up!’ I managed to relax, and they were able to finish the job.

Chile “There were no computers or electronic monitors in the hospital.

The IVs were in bottles. They used old manual typewriters. They kept me in that hospital deep in the Bolivian mountains for a week, until I was off painkillers and healed enough to be okay on my own.

Again, it was a journey back in time to the way hospitals used to be here in the States, when they weren’t in such a rush to get you out.

“It was good. It forced me to slow down and be quiet long enough to come to terms with a lot of things, to reevaluate. For the first few days I was there, I wasn’t able to contact Germaine or my mother, so I knew they had to be worrying, wondering if I had died or something. I began to take stock. I was approaching 30. I was in a hospital deep in the Bolivian jungle, and there was no way for my girlfriend, my mother or anyone else to find me. I needed to reassess my life. That remote hospital was the perfect place to do it.

“I’d gotten to know an elderly nun in the main office, and she’d taken a liking to me. It turned out she had

(Top photo) Germaine and Nathan atop the Villarrica volcano in Chile, while finishing off their tour of Latin America.

(Bottom photo) Back on the road again, finishing up the trip through South America.

Bolivia

an ancient computer hidden away in a corner.

She let me pull the dust cover off it and use dial-up Internet to send a short email to my dad.

“By the sixth day, I was walking around. The hospital had a beautiful view over the mountain it was perched on. As I looked out, I kept remembering a deli back in Boulder, Colo. They were just starting up, and they were good.

I’d spoken with the president and liked him. Smiling Moose Deli, I remembered. I decided to look into it as soon as I was back in the States. I had an idea for a great place to open some new restaurants for them.

“By the end of the week, after being on an IV and in a room for seven days, my hospital bill came to a grand total of $265. Talk about a trip back in time!

“Back in the States a few days later, I started conversations with the Smiling Moose Deli about opening a franchise in North Dakota – and that’s how my Latin American odyssey ended up at a deli in Fargo.”

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In the beginning…

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Self-proclaimed comic book nerd and NDSU alumunus Nick Vculek created Wish Fast, a superhero-themed 3 and 5K. Quickly approaching its second year, the race is on a mission to grant wishes faster for Make-A-Wish North Dakota.

“In reality, everybody looks up to super heroes. … We all hope to be something bigger in the end, whether it’s a nurse or doctor or firefighter or police officer — those are true, real life heroes.

And why not dress up in a cape?”

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With a mere one month of publicity prior to last year’s event, Vculek and his team managed to wrangle up 160 participants and raise almost $3,000. This year, their goal is to double the amount of superheroes, young and old.

GO COMMUNITY “Wish Fast participants and their organizers are just as dedicated as our board, staff and volunteers to help us reach this vision. We need superheroes like them in the community to help elevate our mission and story.”

- Dana Altendorf

Director of Community Relations at Make-A-Wish North Dakota

Last year, Make-A-Wish North Dakota granted 36 wishes, an average wish costing $9,500. Since 1985, they have granted more than 700 wishes, which typically fall into four categories: the kids wish to go, to be, to meet or to have.

“If they can go out and have one day of fun that makes memories for a lifetime ... that’s rewarding in itself to us.”

- Nick Vculek

Whether you come as Batman, Superman, Spiderman or any other superhero, all race goers receive a can of silly string in case they run across a villain along the way.

Thanks to Paradox Comics, each kid receives three comic books as part of the annual Free Comic Book Day, which aligns perfectly with Wish Fast for the second year in a row.

You won’t want to miss this.

Saturday, May 2, Lindenwood Park 1905 Roger Maris Dr, Fargo Registration begins at 8 a.m. $20/adult $15/child (Free for kids in strollers)

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AMAZING MILESTONES OF

SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH

FM JUNIOR LEAGUE’S 60 YEARS

2-4 p.m. Come learn about the Junior League and its impact on the community.

Free to the public.

6:30-10 p.m. Silent auction, live entertainment, wine tasting, desserts and more. $45/person or $350/table of 8.

Avalon Events Center Downtown 613 1st Ave. N, Fargo

all began in 1954 with 24 stay-at-home moms and their desire to help the community. When they heard that the Salk polio vaccine was coming to Fargo-Moorhead, they banded together to see what they could do to help with distribution. With some elbow grease and fierce determination, the FM Junior League was born. Sixty years later, these ladies continue performing remarkable service projects for the area. Here are some of their most notable projects of the last six decades — some of which are still going strong.

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WELL BABY CLINIC

While this would never fly today, the founding ladies of FM Junior League would hop in their cars, pick up babies in foster care and take them to the doctor to receive their well visits.

Now known as FirstLink, the founding members founded this nonprofit human service agency in 1967 to connect people with the necessary resources during a crisis or for volunteer opportunities.

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PUPPET SHOWS

In the 1960s, the Junior League ladies created puppets, wrote scripts and performed puppet shows for area schoolchildren. They continued this project for nearly a decade.

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Did you know that the Children’s Museum exists because of the FM Junior League? In the ‘80s, they partnered with the Fargo Parks District to fundraise and completely remodel the building.

Over the years, they funded projects like the Toddler Room, the mini golf course and the music room.

COURTS PLUS INDOOR PLAYGROUND

For over 50 years, this clothing drive was the Junior League’s primary fundraiser. Once other nonprofits began organizing similar events, the ladies decided to make their annual Jubilee the year’s largest event.

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The ladies managed to triple the fundraising budget to build a sevenstory indoor playground. For $2 a day, kids have unlimited access — perfect for those cooped-up winter months.

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By Mike Hahn

President/CEO of the Downtown Community Partnership

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hat’s what Fargo leaders learned from their Lincoln, Neb., counterparts during a tour of the West Haymarket District last summer. Downtown Lincoln wanted to extend their downtown west onto an underutilized rail yard used by both Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroads. Both rail companies agreed to relocate this yard using previously abandoned rail lines in Lincoln. When the railroads moved out, development started on Pinnacle Arena (home to the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers basketball programs) which opened in 2013. Lincoln leaders knew the rail yard would extend their downtown district “horizontally,” creating an opportunity for mixed-use projects on developable land.

Public amenities included the arena, parking facilities, a pedestrian bridge (connecting a neighborhood to downtown separated by a freeway) and a public gathering area used for ice skating in the winter and for performances (including movies on a Jumbotron). From there, these public amenities inspired privately developed shops, restaurants, pubs, offices, housing and a hotel. The area is completely transformed and nicely integrated in the historic downtown.

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flood protection is already underway with the building of a “lift station” along Second Street North. This station physically provides a future glimpse into how the riverfront will change downtown’s landscape.

The east wall (the present Second Street North) of the station is the “wet” side of the flood wall, while the west side is the “dry” side. It is envisioned that the wet side will have a new and expanded north/south recreational trail allowing pedestrians and bicyclists to get up close with the Red River.

The dry side will see a new and “calmer” Second Street North with three lanes. To accommodate this, the Sidestreet Grille & Pub will relocate along with the building often referred to as the “old Shakey’s Pizza” and the Fargo Schools Warehouse will be removed. Existing rail underpasses will be incorporated into the rebuilt Second Street North. West from Second Street North, the City of Fargo is planning to build a new threestory City Hall. This new structure will be built on what is now the Civic Center parking lot.

In addition, Centennial Hall will be removed to accommodate City Hall.

The riverfront will connect to downtown via a pedestrian bridge which will span over Second Street North. A final design for the bridge has not yet been decided, but some feel this bridge needs to be iconic as an identifiable symbol of the region. The bridge will align with Second Avenue North. In proceeding west from the bridge past city hall, a plaza area is being conceptualized.

This “civic plaza” may include amenities like a performance stage, farmers market pavilion, ice rink, etc. In addition, the City of Fargo is

studying the possibility of repurposing the current Civic Center into a performing arts center. The City Hall, along with the Civic Center, will be connected via the current skywalk. All of the above projects are in advanced planning.

So far, what has been described are public initiatives which should inspire private developments like what the West Haymarket District experienced in downtown Lincoln.

I’m confident that once permanent flood protection is in place, we will see such private investments like shops, restaurants, pubs, offices, housing, hotels, etc., being developed around or near the downtown riverfront.

Some people say this is all a pipe dream and that there is no way this can happen in Fargo. But wait, recently Livability.com ranked downtown Fargo as the seventh best downtown in America. Guess who was ranked eighth? Downtown Lincoln.

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Comes to Fargo ​Photos by Andrew Jason

​Fargo went green last month for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Thousands of people lined the streets of Fargo as dozens of floats paraded through the crowd. The holiday was also celebrated with a 5K and a pub crawl. We joined the festivities and we have the photos to prove it.

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HOSPICE OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY Facing the end of life is the hardest thing a loved one can go through. The Hospice of the Red River Valley has been serving the area for over 30 years. We decided to take a look at their numbers and showcase some of the work they do for the area.

$1.4 MILLION The non-profit has an ambitious fundraising goal for 2015

More than half of patients have a diagnosis other than cancer

299 served every day on average

1,609

More than half of patients live in a long-term care facility

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BY LISA MARCHAND AND ANDREW JASON | PHOTOS BY TIFFANY SWANSON ​ s Fargo-Moorhead grows, so does the A list of businesses. We set out to find some of the coolest new businesses in town.

Here's what we dug up...

Beans Coffee Bar

Veterans Boulevard has a new spot for people to get their coffee fix. This adorable coffee shop serves a mini donut with your coffee and offers a large drink menu. Plus, it has a kids area. What more can you ask for from a coffee shop?

5675 26th Ave. S. Ste 100, Fargo 701-540-9055 facebook.com/beanscoffeebarfargo

European Wax Center

Using a process uniquely their own, the European Wax Center will take you through the 4 Steps to Gorgeous™ for a flawless waxing experience. Customizable services from your face to your whole body are available for men and women, and the first wax is complimentary.

1650 45th St. S. Ste 102, Fargo 701-645-3004 waxcenter.com/nd-fargo

Elevate Human Potential

This isn't your average gym experience. Owner Karla Solum is also a chiropractor — "doctor" in Latin means "teacher," and she strives to teach patients how to treat themselves to prevent future pain or injury. Through body mechanical assessments and incorporating Crossfit workouts, Solum and her team give clients the tools to reach their highest human potential. This is all just the tip of the iceberg, so pay them a visit today.

3333 9th St. S, Moorhead 218-512-0515 ehpcrossfit.com

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Pounds

​ eefsteak Club may have closed its doors, B but what's filling its place this month will not disappoint. Pounds is a family-friendly restaurant that will feature American-style food like burgers, sandwiches, flatbread and more. The kicker? You'll be able to order things by the pound — fries, wings, beer, you name it. They're set to open April 19.

612 1st Ave. N, Fargo facebook.com/POUNDSfargo

Mehl's Gluten-Free Bakery

With the wave of gluten-free products flooding the market, sometimes it'd be nice to know exactly how and where they're getting made. The Mehls, a local "Celiac family," have expanded their gluten-free flour company into a full-fledged bakery complete with everything from cupcakes to hot dog buns and every delicious thing in between.

1404 33rd St. S, Fargo 701-541-4145 mehlsflour.com

Kilstone Brewing

​ e can't get enough of breweries in FargoW Moorhead. Set to open this month, Kilstone Brewing will serve a new area of town. Located by I-29 in the warehouse district of North Fargo, this family run business is the brain child of Brock, Randy, Grant and Jan Wigen. The brewery will be serving ales to begin with but hopes to expand their lineup quickly.

764 34th St. N, Fargo 701-237-5563 Search Facebook for "Kilstone Brewing"

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Greg Tehven is an entrepreneur advocate and one of the original founders of Emerging Prairie.

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These business card holders were created from C2Renew’s plastic. Created from a renewable product, these card holders help offset petroleum usage.

Corey Kratcha (left) and Chad Ulven (right) pose with the c2cup in the NDSU Incubator. Despite a common misconception, they are not brothers.

These toothbrushes created from C2Renew’s product lie on top of what they produce.

The c2cup, a coffee cup made from coffee, is one of C2Renew’s signature products.

The partially-formed cup to the left shows what the inside of the c2cup outer layer looks like.

The cup was made from 3D printing.

Photos and Words by Andrew Jason

Out of their office in the basement of the NDSU Incubator, Corey Kratcha and Chad Ulven with C2Renew, a company that takes agricultural residuals and turns them into forms of plastic, is changing the way we look at waste.

One of their signature projects, which they had on Kickstarter last month, was their c2cup. Dubbed "a coffee cup made from coffee," the cup is made from 30 percent recycled coffee grounds from an area coffee roaster. Kratcha and Ulven hope this cup can show off what their company can do.

“We’re not looking to revolutionize the way people are drinking their coffee,” said Kratcha. “It’s a way to give folks a broader understanding of what waste products are used and how waste products are used.”

Coffee cups made from coffee is just the tip of the iceberg for C2Renew. While working at NDSU, Ulven developed a way of taking agricultural byproducts and compounding them into plastic. These plastics can take a variety of shapes. The coffee cup is their signature product, but they have also created business card holders and toothbrushes.

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The real heart of their business lies in working with original equipment manufacturers. For example, C2Renew can work with John Deere in creating plastics that go into tractors. This is an especially lucrative idea for North Dakota.

“Now the big thing is oil, oil,” said Ulven. “Everybody’s talking about it, but ag is still our primary money generator in the state.

We can continue to bring value to that ag sector and diversify what we can do with ag.”

This eco-friendly plastic that they create is attractive to companies because of the cost-saving benefits, but it also promotes a different image for companies. By using plastic created by C2Renew, that company is showing they care for the environment.

“It’s the notion of there’s finite amount of space, finite amount of resources,” said Kratcha. “If you look at what we have in the U.S., and I think we sometimes have our blinders on, and if you look at what happens overseas, they don’t have a place to put their garbage. You have to do more with less. These are ways to help bridge some of those things.”

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WE’VE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME THAT FARGO-MOORHEAD IS PRETTY COOL. IT’S NICE TO SEE THAT OTHERS ARE STARTING TO RECOGNIZE IT, TOO. WE’VE COMPILED A LIST OF SOME OF THE NOTABLE AWARDS FARGO-MOORHEAD HAS GARNERED OVER THE LAST YEAR. IT’S ABOUT TIME THEY RECOGNIZE OUR AWESOMENESS. 98 | APRIL 2015 | FARGOMONTHLY.COM

By Andrew Jason

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TOP 20 COLLEGE TOWNS

With a low cost of housing and unemployment rate and high concentration of arts and entertainment and earning potential, Fargo climbed onto this list.

Source: The American Institute for Economic Research

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TOP 10 HEALTHIEST HOUSING MARKETS IN NORTH DAKOTA

BEST #10 CITIES FOR AGING

By examining healthy housing indicators like stability, risk, ease of sale and affordability, Fargo came in as the sixth healthiest housing market in North Dakota.

Jamestown, N.D., came in at the No. 1 spot.

By examining 84 factors including health care, wellness, living arrangements and others, Fargo’s high employment growth, cultural and recreational activities and state funding for services aimed at the aging population, placed the city high on the list.

Source: smartasset.com

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TOP 10 SAFEST CITIES IN NORTH DAKOTA

While Fargo had 2,582 property crimes per 100,000 people, West Fargo had just 1,792 per 100,000 people, making it one of the safest cities in North Dakota.

Source: Movoto

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FASTEST GROWING METRO IN THE U.S.

With one of the lowest unemployment rates in the U.S., a booming downtown and burgeoning sectors, Fargo-Moorhead gained a top spot in this prestigious list.

BEST PERFORMING SMALL CITIES

Fargo has maintained job growth and income gains, making it the No. 1 best performing small city.

Fargo beat other cities like Columbus, Ind., Victoria, Texas and Bismarck, N.D. Source: The Milken Institute

COLLEGE TOWN TO FIND A JOB

Source: Bloomberg

TOP 10

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BEST SMALL CITIES FOR BUSINESS AND CAREERS

An annual job growth of 1.8 percent, unemployment rate below 3 percent and an economy of $14 billion garnered Fargo the No. 1 spot on Forbes coveted list of Best Small Cities for Business and Careers

MILLENNIAL MAGNET According to an article ran in the “USA Today” on Oct. 7, 2014, Fargo had a population of 106,005 with 210 people ages 20 to 29 for every 100 teens. This was high enough to get it on the list of top Millennial Magnet cities.

Source: USA Today

Source: The Milken Institute

#7 BEST

DOWNTOWNS

Competing with downtowns in Salt Lake City, Utah, Minneapolis, Minn. and Pittsburgh, Penn., Downtown Fargo was named the seventh best downtown. By looking at housing values, population, new construction and other factors, Livability was able to hand down this award to Fargo.

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ZipRecruiter answered the question on all college seniors minds by naming Fargo the best college town to find a job. By looking at job postings, calculating the ratio of job applicants to open positions and ranking college towns to the level of competition, Fargo came out the winner.

Source: ZipRecruiter

Source: Livability

Source: Forbes

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Fargo Resident Launches Homemade Beauty Line

By Erica Rapp | Photos by Tiffany Swanson

Alexandra Kollman, Owner of Powder & Pandemonium

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These are all-natural, vegan and free of any dyes, parabens or glutens. They dry in 90 seconds and are safe for the skin, eyes and lips. Special glitter formulas are also available. (Coming soon: pressed pigments)

These are highly pigmented and 100 percent matte. They are a multipurpose product and can be used as lipsticks, liners and more.

The lashes are hand made out of materials such as silk, horse hair, mink hair and human hair. They’re lightweight, custom-designed and cruelty-free.

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APRIL EVENT

CALENDAR STAY UP TO DATE WITH WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE AREA.

WALK THIS WAY

March 24th - May 19th Walk This Way is a community walking program with the goal to get citizens out walking and exposed to the various trails and places to walk throughout the FargoMoorhead area. There are 13 different scheduled walks. Registered participants receive a “passport” that will be stamped each walk, giving them an opportunity to be entered into a prize drawing. Individuals who attend five or more walks will be entered into grand prize drawings. Call 701-241-8195 for more information. fmwalkthisway.com

PARENTS’ NIGHT OUT WITH THE YMCA

3rd from 5:30 - 9 p.m.

Drop your children off at the Fercho YMCA and enjoy a night to yourself.

While away, your children will enjoy Easter games in the gym, have access to the kids’ gym and xerzone and be able to utilize the Playstation facility. Ages 6 weeks to 11 years. Snack included (not supper). ymcacassclay.org Fercho YMCA 400 1st Ave. S, Fargo

26TH ANNUAL EASTER EGGSTRAVAGANZA

3rd and 4th from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Join Yunker Farm for their Easter Eggstravaganza. Egg hunts at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Egg-dying and spring crafts will also be available. Don’t forget to meet the Easter Bunny. childrensmuseum-yunker.org The Children’s Museum at Yunker Farm 1201 28th Ave. N, Fargo

TUBBY THE TUBA & PAQUITA

4th at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Join the FM Ballet as they present their Children’s Spring performance. This family friendly show is a story about a little tuba who finds his melody with some help from his friends. Paquita Suite is a classical ballet that involves the grand wedding of Paquita, a gypsy girl who discovers she is a princess, who then marries her fair prince. Tickets $15 general admission or $10 for students. fmballet.org Fargo Theatre 314 Broadway N, Fargo

FM VENDOR AND TRADE SHOW 4th from 4 - 9 p.m.

Head to the FM Vendor and Trade Show

for an exciting evening showcasing FargoMoorhead’s local crafters, direct sellers, local bakers and much more. This is a perfect event to get a one-of-a-kind gift for Mother’s Day while supporting local businesses. Admission is free, plus there are lots of great free food and product samples to enjoy. Drinks will be available for purchase at the Hilton restaurant.

Hilton Garden Inn 4351 17th Ave. S, Fargo

MSUM SOFTBALL VS. AUGUSTANA 4th at noon and 2 p.m.

msumdragons.com MSUM - Alex Nemzek Softball Field 1104 7th Ave. S, Moorhead

MAKERS MARKET

4th from 5 - 9 p.m.

Come to the Makers Market every first Saturday of the month. All products are 100 percent hand crafted and locally made, featuring paintings, ceramics, crocheting, photography, baking, knitting, metal work, print work, magnets, jewelry, fiber arts, leather work and much more.

community in a meaningful way and forge paths of leadership. Hosted by Emerging Prairie, Fargo Brewing Company, The Boiler Room and The Toasted Frog.

Tickets are $5 and will go towards Junior Achievement. emergingprairie.com Fargo Brewing Company 610 University Dr. N, Fargo

EGGS & ISSUES

7th from 7:30 - 9 a.m.

Join Niles Hushka, CEO of KLJ Solutions, as he discusses energy development in the state and across the Bakken, as well as the impact changing oil prices has to our region. Hushka is recognized throughout the region for his innovative philosophies and creative solutions in the engineering industry and business community. His dedication to high ethical standards, quality work and entrepreneurial spirit has propelled him to lead KLJ, through record growth and revenue. fmwfchamber.com Radisson 201 5th St. N, Fargo

PINT SIZED EXPLORERS: TRAINING TO BE TREMENDOUS

7th from 3:15 - 4:45 p.m.

Bring your young explorer to the Red River Zoo where they will learn the reasons why zoo animals are trained and how the zoo keeps their animals healthy through training. Kids will be able to meet the zoo’s veterinarian and practice their skills using real blow darts. This class is designed for children 4-6 years old. Pre-registration required. $10/Members $15/Nonmembers. redriverzoo.org Red River Zoo 4255 23rd Ave. S, Fargo

facebook.com/mkrsmrkt Red Raven Espresso Parlor 916 Main Ave, Fargo

CONCORDIA BASEBALL VS. MACALESTER

FARGO FORCE VS. OMAHA LANCERS

gocobbers.com Concordia College - Jake Christiansen Stadium Baseball Field 901 8th St. S, Moorhead

4th at 7:05 p.m.

fargoforce.com Scheels Arena 5225 31st Ave. S, Fargo

MINN-KOTA FELINE CLUB “THE GREAT CATSBY”

5th and 6th from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Perfect for all cat lovers, this show features various breeds being judged in several categories, along with vendors selling products and accessories. Admission is $6 for adults, $4 for children 6-12 and free for ages 5 and younger. facebook.com/American-Cat-FanciersAssociation Red River Valley Fairgrounds 1805 West Main Ave, West Fargo

FORTY UNDER 40 CELEBRATION 6th from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Join Emerging Prairie as they celebrate Prairie Business Magazine’s Forty Under 40. These individuals strive toward the highest levels of personal and professional accomplishments, excel in their chosen field, devote time and energy to their

7th at 2:30 and 4:30 p.m.

NDSU BASEBALL VS. NORTHERN STATE 7th at 5 p.m.

gobison.com Newman Outdoor Field 1515 15th Ave, Fargo

FM BEER SCHOOL​: ​BEER 101

​​ at 6:30 p.m.​ 7th Join the area’s best and brightest beer gurus as they walk you through the basics of your favorite fermented beverage. Whether you’re new to craft beer or just want to hone up on your brew knowledge, sign up for this class to learn about the history of beer, its ingredients and some of its greatest myths. Attendees will also get to take home a Samuel Adams Perfect Pint glass. Tickets are $40 and pre-registration is required. ​weventplanning.com/beer-school ​Square One Kitchen & Event Center ​1407 1st Ave. N, Fargo

MSUM SOFTBALL VS. MARY 8th at 2 and 4 p.m.

msumdragons.com MSUM - Alex Nemzek Softball Field 1104 7th Ave. S, Moorhead

NDSU BASEBALL VS. DAKOTA STATE 8th at 5 p.m.

gobison.com Newman Outdoor Field 1515 15th Ave, Fargo

SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH ROAD TOUR

9th from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

The SBIR/STTR programs annually provide $2.5 billion in funding to small advanced technology firms to spur new technological discoveries and facilitate the commercialization of innovations.

Every SBIR Road Tour stop represents a coveted opportunity to meet directly with Federal and State Program Managers who seed a wide spectrum of innovative ideas, while learning about your state sponsored innovation support infrastructure. sbirroadtour.com NDSCS Skills & Technology Center 1305 19th Ave. N, Fargo

CONCORDIA SOFTBALL VS. VALLEY CITY STATE 9th at 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.

gocobbers.com Concordia College - Jake Christiansen Stadium Softball Field 901 8th St. S, Moorhead

CONCORDIA SOFTBALL VS. CARLETON 8th at 4 and 6 p.m.

gocobbers.com Concordia College - Jake Christiansen Stadium Softball Field 901 8th St. S, Moorhead

NORM STULZ

9th - 11th. Thursday at 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

Join comedian Norm Stulz with opening act Janna Raye Syverson for a night of laughs. courtneyscomedyclub.com Courtney’s Comedy Club 600 30th Ave. S, Moorhead

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10th from 5 - 7 p.m.

Since its inception, the Rourke has been dedicated to searching out young talent in our region and providing these emerging artists with a professional platform. Many of the most successful artists to come from Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota got their start at the Rourke. Join them for the opening of Raised on the Red: Five Decades of Emerging Talent, which celebrates this rich history. The reception is free and open to the public. This two-part show will be open from April 10 to May 31.

11TH ANNUAL HERO BASH

10th from 6 - 9:30 p.m.

Come out and enjoy this fun evening featuring motivational speakers, amazing appetizers and live and silent auctions with something for everyone. Plus, check out the interactive exhibits this year. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. herofargo.org Ramada Plaza & Suites 1635 42nd St. S, Fargo

BUCKCHERRY

10th at 8 p.m.

Join the California rock band on their latest tour as they make a stop in North Dakota. Tickets are $40-$50.

“MISSION IMPOSSIBLE” OPEN GYM

dakotamagic.yapsody.com Dakota Magic Casino 16849 102nd St. SE, Hankinson, N.D.

tntkidsfitness.org TNT Kid’s Fitness & Gymnastics 2800 Main Ave, Fargo

DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT

April 10th at 7:30 p.m. and April 12th at 2 p.m.

Join the FM Opera for this two-act French opera. fmopera.org NDSU - Festival Concert Hall 1511 12th Ave. N, Fargo

jadepresents.com Fargo Theatre 314 Broadway N, Fargo

DAY OF PERCUSSION

therourke.org Rourke Art Museum 521 Main Ave, Moorhead

10th from 7- 8:30 p.m.

Let TNT take care of your children for an evening while you relax. Children will enjoy gymnastics, floor games, climbing the rockwall, dancing, obstacle courses, trampoline time, play time in the foam pit and much more. Open to ages 5-14 years old. $10 per child, $5 each additional sibling.

of 1981, their triple platinum “Grave Dancers Union” album spawned the hits “Somebody to Shove,” “Black Gold” and 1994’s Grammy Award for Best Rock Song “Runaway Train.”

11th all day The 25th 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. Highlights include doorprizes, a performance from the Concordia Percussion Ensemble at 4 p.m. and clinics with Alex Acuña, Daniella Ganeva and Glen Velez. Call 218-2994515 for more information. concordiacollege.edu Concordia College - Memorial Auditorium 901 8th St. S, Moorhead

MANSON 1 MARILYN 10th at 8 p.m.

Join industrial metal legend Marilyn Manson on his “The Hell Not Hallelujah tour” national tour when he makes his stop in Fargo. jadepresents.com Fargo Civic Center 207 4th St. N, Fargo

SOUL ASYLUM

10th at 8 p.m.

Minnesota’s alternative rock band Soul Asylum heads the 2015 Fly Over Tour, with guests John Mark Nelson, American Scarecrows and host Carnage the Executioner. Formed in the summer

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SPRINGTIME STYLES

11th at 1 p.m.

Tired of winter? Soroptimist International of Moorhead presents this style show and silent auction. The emcee will be Robin Huebner of WDAY and featured fashions will be provided by Chico’s, Sanford Gift Shop, Downtown Diva and Maurice’s.

Dessert and beverages will be served, with music by The Clarion Quartet. All proceeds will benefit the lives of women and girls in the community. It’s a perfect get-together for mothers and daughters, sisters and friends.

For tickets contact Monica Douglas at 701-361-0974 or email monica.douglas@ lssmn.org Dilworth Lutheran Church 406 3rd St. NE Dilworth, Minn.

NDSU SOFTBALL VS. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

11th at noon and 2:30 p.m., 12th at 11 a.m. gobison.com NDSU - Ellig Sports Complex 1340 Administration Ave, Fargo

MSUM WOMEN’S TENNIS VS. WINONA STATE 11th at 3 p.m.

msumdragons.com Courts Plus 3491 University Dr, Fargo

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11th at 7:05 p.m.

fargoforce.com Scheels Arena 5225 31st Ave. S, Fargo

BUTTERFLY BALL

April 11th, 17th and 18th from 7 - 9:30 p.m.

Join the Fargo Park District as they host three nights of the Butterfly Ball this spring.

This is an opportunity for fathers, uncles and grandfathers to take their little girls to a semi-formal dance. Tickets must be purchased in advance online. This event sells out annually, so purchase early. Cost is $16 per person on April 11 and 18, which will feature a mini “grand march.” Cost is $25 per person April 17, which will include a sit-down dinner. fargoparks.com Hilton Garden Inn Fargo 4351 17th Ave. S, Fargo

MSUM WOMEN’S TENNIS VS. UPPER IOWA 12th at 9 a.m.

msumdragons.com Courts Plus 3491 University Dr. S, Fargo

CONCORDIA COLLEGE SENIOR ART EXHIBITION

April 13th - May 3rd. – Times Vary This exhibition celebrates those graduating Concordia College in May 2015 with an art, art education, graphic design or art history major. Students will exhibit selections of their strongest work created from their artistic careers at Concordia.

Public reception May 2nd from 5 - 6:30 p.m. Call 218-299-4623 for more information. concordiacollege.edu Concordia College - Cyrus M. Running Gallery 901 8th St. S, Moorhead

JAZZ ENSEMBLE CONCERT

13th at 7:30 p.m.

Join Concordia College for an evening of music from the Vocal Jazz and Jazz Ensembles. Call 218-299-4515 for more information. concordiacollege.edu/music Concordia College - Buxton/Hanson Hall 901 8th St. S, Moorhead

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April 14th - June 1st Each spring, work from arts educators, emerging artists and established artists fill the lower level gallery at Moorhead’s Hjemkomst Center. Statements from the artists describe their inspirations and techniques, and a reception offers the public an opportunity to meet and talk with the artists. Participants are members of FMVA and each submits one work for the show. fmva.org Heritage Hjemkomst Center 202 1st Ave. N, Moorhead

E-COMMERCE BREAKFAST

14th from 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

Join Emerging Prairie for April’s E-commerce breakfast. All that is needed to attend is a passion or interest in the many niches of the e-commerce industry. Event is hosted by, and will take place at, Eide Bailly (across from the Hilton Garden Inn.) Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at eventbrite.com. emergingprairie.com Eide Bailly, LLP 4310 17th Ave. S, Fargo

JEREMIAH F-M GENERATION BUILDERS LUNCHEON

14th from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Guests will enjoy networking, a silent auction, lunch and an opportunity to learn more about Jeremiah Program and Generation Builders purpose and membership. The program will feature 2012 Jeremiah Program Graduate Lisa Sasik. jeremiahprogram.org Courtyard by Marriot 1080 28th Ave. S, Moorhead

CLAY SAMPLER

14th from 6:30 - 9 p.m.

Come by yourself, or sign up with friends and have fun working with clay. You will learn introductory clay techniques in hand building, have a chance to try out the potter’s wheel and select a glaze for your finished product. $25 for museum members and non-members. For ages 16+ plainsart.org Plains Art Museum 704 1st Ave. N, Fargo

GOOSEBERRY PARK PLAYERS INFORMATION SESSION

14th and 15th at 6 p.m.

Middle and high school age students interested in being part of the cast or crew of this summer’s production of “Footloose” should attend this session to learn more

about Gooseberry Park Players and to sign up for an audition spot. Auditions will then take place May 5 and 6.

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gooseberryparkplayers.org MSUM - Fox Recital Hall, Roland Dille Center for the Arts 801 13th St. S, Moorhead

HARD-BOP JAZZ FROM CANNONBALL ADDERLEY

14th at 6:30 p.m.

The F/M Communiversity presents HardBop Jazz from Cannonball Adderley. The evening includes dinner, wine and jazz with Russ Peterson, Allen Carter, David Ferreira, Bill Law, Matt Patnode and Tom Strait. $50 per person. Call 218-299-3438 for more information. fmcommuniversity.org Seasons at Rose Creek 1500 Rose Creek Pkwy E, Fargo

CELEBRATION OF STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP

15th all day Join Concordia College for a day-long event honoring student research, scholarship and creative experiences. This year’s event will celebrate the variety and quality of scholarly work completed by students at Concordia. Events will include paper presentations, poster sessions, music and theatre performances, an alumni panel and an awards reception. concordiacollege.edu Concordia College - Various Campus Locations 901 8th St. S, Moorhead

THE [SCREAM]

15th - 18th at 7:30 p.m.

Join MSUM’s theatre department for this contemporary adaptation of Euripides’ The Bacchae. The ancient Greek tragedy will feature live music, video, dance and much more in this one-of-a-kind, visual and theatrical experience. mnstate.edu/theatre MSUM - Gaede Stage 1104 7th Ave. S, Moorhead

SWEET MIRACLES

16th from 6 - 9 p.m.

Support the Children’s Miracle Network and Sanford Children’s Hospital by attending Sweet Miracles! The evening will include live entertainment, beer and wine-tasting provided by Cash Wise Liquor, a silent auction featuring items donated by

local businesses, signature cocktails, light hors d’oeuvres and sweet desserts. Each guest will also receive a commemorative wine glass.

Department’s newest Mainstage production!

With twists, turns and floating vases, audiences will be laughing all the way to the grave and back.

Tickets are $40 and for sale at Courtyard

by Marriott or eventbrite.com Courtyard by Marriott 1080 28th Ave. S, Moorhead

concordiacollege.edu Concordia College - Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre 901 8th St. S, Moorhead

VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE

April 16th - May 9th at 7:30 p.m., April 26th at 2 p.m., ASL Interpreted Performance May 9th.

Closing out Theatre B’s current season is the outrageous comedy and 2013 Tony Award winner “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” by Christopher Durang. Based on Chekhov’s themes of loss and longing, the play is full of comic twists and is a farce for our modern hyperconnected world. Call 701-729-8880 for more information.

16th from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Business After Hours is a great place to showcase your business, promote your organization and network with other business leaders. It is a members-only event and participants must be 21 years of age or older to attend. Price includes appetizers and two drink tickets. fmchamber.com Ramada Plaza & Suites 1635 42nd St. S, Fargo

ND WOMEN’S STARTUP WEEKEND

theatreb.org Theatre B 716 Main Ave, Fargo

ROY HABER

16th - 18th. Thursday at 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

Join comedian Roy Haber with opening act Brad Ellis for a night of laughs. courtneyscomedyclub.com Courtney’s Comedy Club 600 30th Ave. S, Moorhead

BLITHE SPIRIT

16th - 18th at 8 p.m. and 19th at 2 p.m.

Enjoy the Concordia College Theatre

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17th - 19th Have you ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Take part in this three-day event, where women will have the incredible opportunity to learn and network with the best developers, designers and marketers in the area. At Women’s StartUp Weekend you will share ideas, form teams and start a company. Enjoy meals and meet the area’s best mentors and other gifted entrepreneurs. Tickets $50-$75. facebook.com/swndwomen Dakota Medical Foundation 4141 28th Ave. S, Fargo

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GO EVENTS NDSU BASEBALL VS. ORAL ROBERTS

17th at 5 p.m., 18th at 1 p.m. and 19th at 12 p.m. gobison.com Newman Outdoor Field 1515 15th Ave, Fargo

THE DIVINERS

April 17th, 18th, 23rd, 25th at 7:30 p.m. and April 19th & 26th at 2 p.m.

Set in 1930s Indiana, the play follows a young man who has a debilitating fear of water after a childhood event. The man strikes up an unlikely friendship with an ex-preacher and their struggles eventually come to a stunning climax. Winner of the American College Theatre Festival, the show is directed by Lori Koenig. fmct.org The Stage at Island Park 333 4th St. S, Fargo

21ST ANNUAL GIGANTIC RUMMAGE SALE

18th from 7 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Featuring 185 vendor booths, exhibitors will be selling rummage and garage sale items, clearance items, household items, crafts, antiques, collectibles, home-based business products and more. Free parking. $1/person (kids 17 & under free.) wfparks.org Veterans Memorial Arena 1201 7th Ave. E, West Fargo

MSUM SOFTBALL VS. UPPER IOWA 18th at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

msumdragons.com MSUM - Alex Nemzek Softball Field 1104 7th Ave. S, Moorhead

CONCORDIA BASEBALL VS. ST. THOMAS 18th at 1 p.m and 4 p.m.

gocobbers.com Concordia College - Jake Christiansen Stadium Baseball Field 901 8th St. S, Moorhead

CONCORDIA SOFTBALL VS. MACALESTER 18th at 1 p.m and 3 p.m.

gocobbers.com Concordia College - Jake Christiansen Stadium Softball Field 901 8th St. S, Moorhead

SPRING TO IT!

18th from 1 - 3 p.m.

Explore the Pollinator Garden and exhibitions for inspiration and then create your own garden-inspired sculpture from recycled objects. $25 for museum members, $30 for non-members. For ages 6+ plainsart.org Plains Art Museum 704 1st Ave. N, Fargo

CONCORDIA MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TENNIS VS. ST. CLOUD STATE 18th at 2:30 p.m.

gocobbers.com Courts Plus 3491 University Dr. S, Fargo

AMVETS KARAOKE CONTEST FOR MAKE-A-WISH

18th from 3 - 6 p.m.

Whether you sing a song or cheer on your friends, you will have a great time at the AMVETS Karaoke Contest for Make-AWish. Sing your favorite tune and help make wishes come true. For every person that sings, AMVETS will donate $25 to Make-A-Wish. northdakota.wish.org AMVETS Post #7 & Auxiliary 1001 1st Ave. S, Fargo

FARGO-MOORHEAD DERBY GIRLS VS. WINNIPEG ROLLER DERBY LEAGUE 18th at 6:30 p.m.

fmderbygirls.com Skateland 3302 Interstate Boulevard S, Fargo

DCF SPRING BRAWL

18th at 7:30 p.m.

Join the Dakota Fighting Championship at the Spring Brawl! Watch these world class fighters as they get in the cage and look to make their way up the ranks. All ages admitted. Tickets $9.95-$51.95 tickets300.com Scheels Arena 5225 31st Ave. S, Fargo

CONCORDIA MEN’S TENNIS VS. CARLETON 19th at 10 a.m.

gocobbers.com Courts Plus 3491 University Dr. S, Fargo

MSUM SOFTBALL VS. WINONA STATE 19th at noon and 2 p.m.

msumdragons.com MSUM - Alex Nemzek Softball Field 1104 7th Ave. S, Moorhead

ORATORIO CONCERT

19th at 7 p.m.

Join Concordia College for an evening of music from the Concordia Orchestra and Concordia’s five choirs - The Concordia Choir, The Concordia Chapel Choir, Bel Canto, Cantabile and Mannerchor. There will be performances of Alto Rhapsody and Schicksalslied by Johannes Brahms and Te Deum by Antonin Dvora. Call 218-2994515 for more information. concordiacollege.edu Concordia College - Memorial Auditorium 901 8th St. S, Moorhead

YWCA’S 42ND ANNUAL WOMEN OF THE YEAR

20th at 5:30 p.m.

Help the YWCA highlight the valuable role of women in shaping the Fargo-Moorhead community! This event is held each spring and honors women in our community in 13 categories of achievement. Join us in honoring their significant achievements at this widely celebrated event. Call 701-2322547 for more information.

YWCACassClay.com Holiday Inn 3803 13th Ave. S, Fargo

NDSU BASEBALL VS. WINNIPEG 20th at 5 p.m.

tickets300.com Scheels Arena 5225 31st Ave. S, Fargo

MSUM WOMEN’S TENNIS VS. GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 19th at 3:30 p.m.

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22nd at 2 and 4 p.m.

msumdragons.com MSUM - Alex Nemzek Softball Field 1104 7th Ave. S, Moorhead

CONCORDIA SOFTBALL VS. ST. CATHERINE 22nd at 4 and 6 p.m.

gocobbers.com Concordia College - Jake Christiansen Stadium Softball Field 901 8th St. S, Moorhead

HARLEM GLOBE TROTTERS

22nd at 7 p.m.

The iconic Harlem Globetrotters are returning to town to show off their incredible ball handling wizardry, amazing rim-rattling dunks, trick shots, on-court fan interaction and comedy. This event is guaranteed to entertain the whole family and create memories that will last a lifetime.

Before the show there is also a “Magic Pass” available where families have the opportunity to spend time on the court with the Globetrotters. Enjoy shooting, trying out ball tricks, getting autographs and taking photos! Customers must have a game ticket and Magic Pass for entry.

Tickets begin at $23.

gobison.com Newman Outdoor Field 1515 15th Ave, Fargo

tickets300.com Scheels Arena 5225 31st Ave. S, Fargo

NDSU BASEBALL VS. NORTH DAKOTA

AN EVENING OF DANCE

21st at 6:30 p.m.

gobison.com Newman Outdoor Field 1515 15th Ave, Fargo

ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL

22nd and 23rd at 7 p.m.

Concordia College presents the One Act Play Festival, a theatre production produced by the Advanced Directing class at Concordia. The Lab theatre include alternative theatre productions and senior thesis capstone projects. concordiacollege.edu Concordia College - Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre, Lab Theatre 901 8th St. S, Moorhead

22nd at 7:30 p.m.

Join MSUM for a dynamic dance concert featuring the work of student dancers and choreographers. You will be entertained with dances featuring ballet, hip-hop, modern, lyrical, musical theatre styles and tap. mnstate.edu/theatre MSUM - Hansen Theatre 1104 7th Ave. S, Moorhead

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Shows April 23rd - 25th and April 29th - May 2nd at 7:30 p.m.

NDSU​Performing Arts presents Lysistrata, a story of an anti-war sex strike that is brimming with innuendo and bawdy fun.

With a combination of relevant topics and over the top sexual buffoonery, Lysistrata features insights into the folly of war and the struggles between the sexes. ndsu.edu NDSU - Askanase Auditorium 12th Ave. N and Albrecht Blvd. Fargo

GOLD-N-MOTION

19th at 3 p.m.

American Gold Gymnastics is back for another year of Gold-N-Motion. Join them for this annual family entertainment show where local gymnasts will get to show off their talents. Tickets $9.95-$24.95

MSUM SOFTBALL VS. ST. CLOUD STATE

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23rd - 25th. Thursday at 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

Join comedian Nicholas Anthony with opening act Andrew Oullette for a night of laughs. courtneyscomedyclub.com Courtney’s Comedy Club 600 30th Ave. S, Moorhead

WINTER’S OVER MUSIC FESTIVAL

April 24th from 5 - 11 p.m., 25th from 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Celebrate the end of winter with the Winter’s Over Music Festival! Located in Abercrombie, ND, this 2-day music and art festival features 18 bands, 60+ vendors, family activities and up to 100 art submissions. Bands Include Tigirlily, Jessie Veeder, Holly Henry, Brian Laidlaw, John Mark Nelson, The 4onthefloor, Communist Daughter, Bear North, Maiden Dixie, Michael Shynes and many more. wintersovermusicfestival.com 17385 County Rd 4, Abercrombie, N.D.

NDSU BASEBALL VS. WESTERN ILLINOIS

24th at 6:30 p.m. 25th at 1 p.m. and 26th at 1 p.m. gobison.com Newman Outdoor Field 1515 15th Ave, Fargo

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#2 THE RESURRECTION SYMPHONY

25th at 7:30 p.m. and 26th at 2 p.m.

Join the FM Chamber Chorale and the FM Symphony as they join area college choirs to present a major work for chorus and orchestra. The show features a 150-voice chorus, soprano Adrienne Danrich and mezzo-soprano Janine Hawley. Call box office at 701-478-3676. fmsymphony.org NDSU - Festival Concert Hall 12th Ave. N and Bolley Dr, Fargo

CONCORDIA SOFTBALL VS. BEMIDJI STATE 27th at 3:30 p.m and 5:30 p.m.

gocobbers.com Concordia College - Jake Christiansen Stadium Softball Field 901 8th St. S, Moorhead

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

27th at 7 p.m.

Enjoy the Concordia College Theatre Department’s special one-night musical production of Songs for a New World. concordiacollege.edu Concordia College - Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre 901 8th St. S, Moorhead

THE ONE-ACT FESTIVAL “SPRING FEVER” OPEN GYM

24th from 7 - 9 p.m.

Let TNT take care of your kids for an evening while you relax. Children will enjoy gymnastics, floor games, climbing the rockwall, dancing, obstacle courses, trampoline time, play time in the foam pit and much more. Open to ages 5-14 years old. $10 per child, $5 each additional sibling. tntkidsfitness.org TNT Kid’s Fitness & Gymnastics 2800 Main Ave, Fargo

LOCAL FOOD MYSTERY TOUR

25th from 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Jump on the bus and set off on a day-trip adventure to visit local farms during this mystery tour. Where you will go is a surprise, but you will get in the barns and gardens of fascinating farmers and enjoy a delicious lunch. Sign up through Prairie Roots Food Co-op’s online market or Moorhead Community Education. prairie-roots.coop Prairie Roots Food Cooperative

GARDEN PARTY

25th from 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Get in the gardening mood at this presummer event. Kids and parents will enjoy creating take home garden arts and crafts and a plant petting zoo. There will also be a bug hunt, face painting, plant walk and more! Free admission. fargoparks.com Rheault Farm 2902 25th St. S, Fargo

27th - 28th at 7:30 p.m.

See theory put into practice as MSUM theatre arts students present the OneAct Festival. From direction and stage management, to acting and scene design, emerging theatre artists display their work in an eclectic and entertaining array of theatre. mnstate.edu/theatre MSUM - Gaede Stage 1104 7th Ave. S, Moorhead

CONCORDIA BASEBALL VS. SAINT MARY’S 28th at 2:30 p.m and 4:30 p.m.

gocobbers.com Concordia College - Jake Christiansen Stadium Baseball Field 901 8th St. S, Moorhead

57TH ANNUAL TOPPER’S CAR SHOW

​​​ 28th from 8 a.m - 8 p.m. and 29th from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Start your engines and get ready for this year’s annual rod and custom car show from Topper’s Car Club. Enjoy the display of entries and vote on your favorites, and look forward to guest appearances by Kevin Mack and Horny Mike from the show “Counting Cars” and Kelly and Rick Dale from “American Restoration.” topperscarclub.com West Fargo Veterans Memorial Arena 1201 7th Ave. E, West Fargo

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WOMEN, WEALTH & WISDOM

29th from 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Women, Wealth & Wisdom is a one-day financial and estate planning workshop with an emphasis on philanthropy. This educational event is for women of all ages and stages. The keynote speaker, Pamela Jones Davidson, J.D., is a consultant and charitable gift planner. Pamela is a nationally recognized public speaker with more than 16 years of experience in the planned giving field. Tickets $30 with breakfast and lunch included.

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FARGO POLICE COFFEE WITH A COP

29th at 9 - 9:30 a.m.

Every last Wednesday of the month in 2015, officers from the Fargo Police Department and community members will come together in an informal, neutral space to discuss community issues, build relationships and drink coffee. Coffee will be provided, courtesy of McDonalds. All community members are invited to attend. cityoffargo.com McDonald’s 905 Main Ave, Fargo

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NDSU BASEBALL VS. MAYVILLE STATE 29th at 5 p.m.

gobison.com Newman Outdoor Field 1515 15th Ave, Fargo

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WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE

30th at 8 p.m Welcome to Night Vale is a twice-monthly podcast in the style of community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale, featuring local weather, news, announcements from the Sheriff’s Secret Police, mysterious lights in the night sky, dark hooded figures with unknowable powers and cultural events. Turn on your radio and hide. jadepresents.com Fargo Theatre 314 Broadway N, Fargo

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FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD Louder Than Life Mobile DJ – The Aquarium Poitin – Dempsey’s Madd Hatter – Lucky’s 13 Von Nixon – Max Lounge Van Ruins – Pickled Parrot Under The Covers – Rick’s Bar Mick and Rich – Speck’s Bar Junk FM – Shotgun Sally’s Uptown Mix – Spirits Lounge at the Holiday Inn Some Sh*tty Cover Band – The Windbreak Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboys – VFW West Fargo Roadtrip Radio – VFW Downtown SATURDAY, APRIL 4TH Ultimate Painting – The Aquarium Further Adjustments – Dempsey’s Blind Joe – Hennessy’s Irish Pub Low Standards – Hooligans Madd Hatter – Lucky’s 13 Ciro & Topher – Max Lounge Balance & Composure, Infinite Me, & Go Murphy – The New Direction Van Ruins – Pickled Parrot Chaos in Question – Rick’s Bar Mick $ Rich – Speck’s Bar Heavy is the Head – Sidestreet Contention – Shotgun Sally’s The Roosters – Spirits Lounge at the Holiday Inn Some Sh*tty Cover Band – The Windbreak Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboys – VFW West Fargo Roadtrip Radio – VFW Downtown

APRIL 5TH - 9TH SUNDAY, APRIL 5TH Teenagers, Seeing Red, Rage/Spirit of Youth – The New Direction Training Wheels – The Windbreak TUESDAY, APRIL 7TH Twerps – The Aquarium Life in Vacuum, The Contraceptives & More TBA – The New Direction Open Mic Night – Sidestreet Open Mic Night with Mick Klein – Shotgun Sally’s WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8TH Gordy C – Bar Nine Confusion Rock – Dempsey’s He Whose Ox is Gored, Benefactor, Still, Heard in Passing & More TBA – The New Direction WINOS With Big 98 – Baymont Inn & Suites

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH Mike Holtz & Loy Larson – Bar Nine Wahzoo – Dempsey’s Ciro & Topher – Hennessy’s Irish Pub WeFest Karaoke Round-Up – The Windbreak THURSDAY, APRIL 16TH Useful Jenkins – The Aquarium The Front Fenders – The HoDo Fancy That – Max Lounge Boomtown – The Windbreak

Warren Christiansen – Hennessy’s Irish Pub WeFest Karaoke Round-Up – The Windbreak

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THURSDAY, APRIL 9TH Heavy is the Head – The HoDo Dueling Duo Piano Show – Shotgun Sally’s Jacked Up – The Windbreak

APRIL 10TH - 11TH FRIDAY, APRIL 10TH Soap perform Abbey Road – The Aquarium Evergreen Grass Band – Bar Nine Harwood Groove – Dempsey’s Sena Ehrhardt – Garage Bar Frost Fire – O’Kelly’s Generator – Lucky’s 13 Mike Holtz – Max Lounge The Brave – Rick’s Bar Christopher Michael Jensen, SOFTPORECORN, North Star Wisdom, FM Beatbox, Jem P, & FDR – The New Direction Tune in Tokyo – Pickled Parrot The Coolers – Speck’s Bar Someday Heroes – Spirits Lounge at the Holiday Inn 32 Below – Shotgun Sally’s Dakota Dirt – VFW Downtown Silverado – VFW West Fargo Sell Out Stereo – The Windbreak SATURDAY, APRIL 11TH Bad Weather Burlesque – The Aquarium Davis – Dempsey’s The Roosters – JC Chumley’s Poitin – Hennessy’s Irish Pub 8th Hour – Hooligans Blues Valley Band – Lucky’s 13 The Brave – Rick’s Bar Rosedale, Kyle Colby, Boxcutter Kids & Made Right – The New Direction Tune in Tokyo – Pickled Parrot The Coolers – Speck’s Bar Confusion – Sidestreet Someday Heroes – Spirits Lounge at the Holiday Inn Pop Rocks – Shotgun Sally’s Dakota Dirt – VFW Downtown Silverado – VFW West Fargo Tripwire – The Windbreak

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FRIDAY, APRIL 17TH The City on Film – The Aquarium Helena Handbasket – Dempsey’s T-Roy Anderson – Baymont Inn & Suites Cats & Dogs – Garage Bar Joyride – Lucky’s 12 Pitcher & Duster – Max Lounge The Animal in Me, Assassins, No Thumbs Up & Six Gun Freedom – The New Direction Mick $ Rich – O’Kelly’s Twice as Hard – Rick’s Bar Smoking Gun – Speck’s Bar Hometown Zero – Pickled Parrot October Road – Shotgun Sally’s Babylon – Spirits Lounge at the Holiday Inn C.O.D – VFW Downtown The Roosters – VFW West Fargo Good For Gary – The Windbreak SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH Super Happy Fun Time Burlesque – The Aquarium Black River Revue – Dempsey’s Jack McArthur – Baymont Inn & Suites Bucket O’ Fish – Garage Bar Mick & Cassandra Mae – Hooligans Neptune Men – Lucky’s 13 The Cropdusters – Max Lounge Darlington, Average Mammals, What Kingswood Needs, No Thumbs Up & As Above, So Below – The New Direction Kenny Rudd – Hennessy’s Irish Pub Twice as Hard – Rick’s Bar Smoking Gun – Speck’s Bar Hometown Zero – Pickled Parrot Mobster Lobster – Sidestreet Devon Worley Band – Shotgun Sally’s Babylon – Spirits Lounge at the Holiday Inn C.O.D – VFW Downtown The Roosters – VFW West Fargo Good For Gary – The Windbreak

APRIL 19TH - 23RD SUNDAY, APRIL 19TH 8th Hour – The Windbreak

SUNDAY, APRIL 12TH Disappears – The Aquarium Singer-Songwriter Night hosted by Darrin Wentz – The HoDo

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22ND Lars and Joe Pony Show – Bar Nine The Brave – Dempsey’s THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD D Mills & The Thrills – The HoDo Warren Christiansen – Max Lounge October Road – The Windbreak

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FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH Jon Wayne and the Pain (Old School Set) – The Aquarium Poitin – Dempsey’s 27/7 – Garage Bar The Deadbeats – Lucky’s 13 Mourning After – Pickled Parrot San Haven Chuckle – Rick’s Bar Confusion – Speck’s Bar Ink For Autism Benefit w/ The Kamikaze Snowmen, Bad Mojo and The Pat Lenertz Band – Sidestreet Brat Pack Radio – Shotgun Sally’s Mark Waldera (Blues Band) – Spirit’s Lounge at the Holiday Inn The Vistas – VFW Downtown Q-5 – VFW West Fargo 8th Hour – The Windbreak SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH Jon Wayne and the Pain (Old School Set) – The Aquarium Blue English – Dempsey’s 27/7 – Garage Bar Jack McArthur – Hennessy’s Irish Pub Contention – Hooligans The Groovetones – Lucky’s 13 KNDS Block Party, Suzie & Panda Bandit – The New Direction Mourning After – Pickled Parrot Go Steve Jones – Rick’s Bar Confusion – Speck’s Bar Boomtown – Shotgun Sally’s Mark Waldera (Blues Band) – Spirit’s Lounge at the Holiday Inn Pat Lenertz Band – VFW Downtown Q-5 – VFW West Fargo Sweet Siren – The Windbreak

APRIL 26TH - 30TH SUNDAY, APRIL 26TH Skyline – The Windbreak TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH Terror Pigeon – The Aquarium Expire, Homewrecker, Cross Me, Bergeron, Swing Low, Atrocities – The New Direction Open Jam Band Night – Sidestreet Lars and Joe Pony Show – Shotgun Sally’s WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29TH Peelander-Z – The Aquarium OB Juan and the Amigos – Dempsey’s The Vinegar Strokes – Bar Nine WeFest Karaoke Round-Up – The Windbreak

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RICK’S BAR

DEMPSEY’S

SHOTGUN SALLY’S

226 Broadway, Fargo (Above Dempsey’s) facebook.com/pages/The-Aquarium

505 3rd Ave N, Fargo thepickledparrotbar.com

1405 Prairie Pkwy #301, West Fargo barninefargo.com

2721 Main Ave, Fargo ricks-bar.com

226 Broadway, Fargo

dempseyspublichouse.com

1515 42nd St. S, Fargo shotgunsallys.com

BAYMONT INN & SUITES

SIDESTREET

301 3rd Ave. N, Fargo sidestreetpubfargo.com

3333 13th Ave S, Fargo

GARAGE BAR

3108 9th St. S, Moorhead Search The Garage Bar on Facebook

SPECK’S BAR

HENNESSY’S IRISH PUB

SPIRIT’S LOUNGE (HOLIDAY INN)

THE HODO

VFW: DOWNTOWN

2611 Main Ave, Fargo 3803 13th Ave. S, Fargo fargohi.com

4323 45th St. S, Fargo hennessys-irishpub.com 101 Broadway, Fargo hoteldonaldson.com

202 Broadway, Fargo

HOOLIGANS

308 Sheyenne St, West Fargo westfargovfw.com

VFW: WEST FARGO

3330 Sheyenne St., West Fargo hooliganswestfargo.com

THE WINDBREAK

3150 39th St. S, Fargo thewindbreak.com

JC CHUMLEY’S

1608 Main Ave, Moorhead jcchumleys.com

LUCKY’S 13

4301 17th Ave. S, Fargo luckys13pub.com

MAX LOUNGE

1410 9th St.. E, West Fargo maxloungend.com

THE NEW DIRECTION

14 Roberts St. N, Fargo facebook.com/thenewdirection

O’KELLY’S

Kelly Inns, Ltd., 3800 Main Ave, Fargo okellys.net

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DRINK SPECIALS

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$.99 16 oz. Miller, Coors & Bud $1.99 Dos Equis Amber

$3 Margaritas (original, rocks or blended) All Day

$4.99 pitchers of Miller, Coors & Bud $5.99 Dos Equis

$1.50 domestic beer & regular margaritas

$5 Jumbo Margaritas

$2 Mexican beers

$2.50 Morgans& Bacardi Limon $3 Iced teas

2 for 1 everyday Noon - 7 p.m.

2 for 1 everyday Noon - 7 p.m.

2 for 1 everyday Noon - 7 p.m.

2 for 1 everyday Noon - 7 p.m.

2 for 1 everyday Noon - 7 p.m.

2 for 1 everyday Noon - 7 p.m.

2 for 1 everyday Noon - 7 p.m.

$2 off margaritas $3 Coronas/ Corona Lights

$2 UV vodkas

Ladies Night $3 Cosmos and Applebitinis, $5 Sangrias, $10 house wine bottles

$2 Long Island teas $3 Jeremiah Weed teas

$5 mucho drinks

$5 sangrias

$8 pitchers of Bud Light

Happy Hour drink specials All Day

Mini Mug Night

Mug Night

$3.75 Stoli’s $5.75 domestic pitchers

$3 Windsors, Morgans, Bacardis, Smirnoffs and Jim Beams

$3.75 Bloody Mary/ Caesars 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Mug Night

$4 32oz domestic draws $3.25 wells

$2 PBR Pounders 3 - 6 p.m.

$2 PBR Pounders 3 - 6 p.m.

$2 PBR Pounders 3 - 6 p.m.

2 for 1 appetizers Texas Hold ‘Em tourney 7:30 p.m.

College ID Night $5 Cover Free taps and wells 9 p.m. - Midnight

Ladies Night All you can drink wells for $5 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

3 for 1s 9 p.m.Midnight

$2.50 Morgans and Bacardis, $3 Tito’s, $3.25 Jack, Jack Honey, Jack Fire, Crown and Crown Apple all day

$2.50 Morgans and Bacardis, $3 Tito’s, $3.25 Jack, Jack Honey, Jack Fire, Crown and Crown Apple all day

$2.50 Morgans and Bacardis, $3 Tito’s, $3.25 Jack, Jack Honey, Jack Fire, Crown and Crown Apple all day

$2.50 Morgans and Bacardis, $3 Tito’s, $3.25 Jack, Jack Honey, Jack Fire, Crown and Crown Apple all day

$2.50 Morgans and Bacardis, $3 Tito’s, $3.25 Jack, Jack Honey, Jack Fire, Crown and Crown Apple all day

$2.50 Morgans and Bacardis, $3 Tito’s, $3.25 Jack, Jack Honey, Jack Fire, Crown and Crown Apple all day

Borrowed Buck’s Roadhouse 1201 Westrac Dr, Fargo

Birthday Buckets

Mug Night

$.50 taps $1 Morgans $1 Teas 8 p.m. - Midnight

$3 Coronas, Crown Royals, Stolis 9 p.m. - Midnight

$2 tall taps $2 Morgans $2 bomb shots 8 - 11 p.m.

$2 tall taps $2 Morgans $2 bomb shots 8 - 11 p.m.

Buffalo Wild Wings 3 area locations

Happy Hour All Day $1 off well drinks 9 p.m. - Midnight

$2 Jeremiah Weeds $3.50 energy blasters 9 p.m. - Midnight

$2.99 tall domestic taps All Day 2 for 1 well drinks 9 p.m. - Midnight

$3 teas All Day 2 for 1 Morgans 9 p.m. - Midnight

$3.50 Mexican bottles/pints $3.50 jumbo margaritas All Day

$3.75 Bloody Marys/Caesars 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

$2.50 You-call-its 9 p.m. - Midnight

Bulldog Tap 4265 45th St. S. Ste. 161, Fargo

$3.50 tall domestic taps 6 p.m. - Close

$2.75 domestic bottles $3.50 Ice Holes 8 p.m. - Midnight

$3.50 UVs and Bacardis 8 p.m. - Midnight

$3.25 Morgans $3.75 Crowns 8 p.m. - Midnight

$3.75 Stolis and Jack Daniels 8 p.m. - Midnight

$3.50 Smirnoffs and Windsors 8 p.m. - Midnight

$3.50 tall domestic taps & import bottles All Day

$3 tall domestic drafts, wine and margaritas 5 for $10 buckets of beer 3 - 6 p.m.

$3 tall domestic drafts, wine and margaritas 5 for $10 buckets of beer 3 - 6 p.m.

$3 tall domestic drafts, wine and margaritas 5 for $10 buckets of beer 3 - 6 p.m.

$3 tall domestic drafts, wine and margaritas 5 for $10 buckets of beer 3 - 6 p.m.

$3 tall domestic drafts, wine and margaritas 5 for $10 buckets of beer 3 - 6 p.m.

Big Mug Monday: $4.95 New Mug, $3.95 Refills

$2.50 You Call It, “Top Shelf Excluded”

Happy Hour 4 p.m. – close, $2.95 Domestic Taps, Bottles and Wells, $2.95 Iceholes

$1 Taps, $2.95 Icehole and Fireball

Domestic Beer & A Shot For $7, Old School Teas & Stumplifters $2.95

Acapulco 1150 36th St. S, Fargo, ND

Alibi Lounge & Casino 1340 21st Ave. S, Fargo Applebees 4 area locations

Bison Turf 1211 N University Dr, Fargo Blackbird Woodfire 206 Broadway, Fargo Bomb Shelter 325 10th St. N, Fargo The Bowler 2630 S University Dr, Fargo

Chili’s Grill and Bar 3902 13th Ave. S, Fargo Chub’s Pub & Package Place 421 N University Dr, Fargo

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$3 tall domestic drafts, wine and margaritas 5 for $10 buckets of beer All Day $2.95 Bloody Mary’s & Caesars 8 a.m. – Noon, $3.25 Jack Daniel’s, $2.95 PBR Tall Boy’s

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Dempsey’s 226 Broadway N, Fargo

Rum-Day: $3 Malibus, Bacardis & Morgans

$2 domestic taps or 2 for 1 wells

$3 premium wells

$3.25 specialty or import bottles or taps

$3 Old Styles and $4.25 Jamesons

$3 Old Styles and $4.25 Jamesons

Happy Hour drink specials 4 p.m. close

D’Woods Lounge 3333 13th Ave. S, Fargo

$2.75 domestic bottles $3 Bacardis

$2.75 domestic bottles $1 off martinis

$3.50 Stolis $3.50 domestic taps

$3.50 Crown Royals $3.50 taps

$3.75 teas $3 Windsors

$3 Smirnoffs $3 Morgans

Empire 424 Broadway N, Fargo

$3.25 Crown Royals

$2.75 Bacardis

$2.50 Windsors

$2.95 Morgans $3.75 Jack Daniels

$3.25 import bottles $2.95 Jim Beams

$3.25 import bottles $3.75 Jagermeisters

$2.50 rail vodkas $2.50 Windsors

$4 pints from 4 - 6 p.m.

$4 pints from 4 - 6 p.m.

$4 pints from 4 - 6 p.m.

$4 pints from 4 - 6 p.m. $3.50 Bloody Mary 2 - 6 p.m., $3.25 Bacardis, Morgans, Malibus, All Day $3.25 Chuck Norris shots

Any special throughout the week is honored all day long. $5 cocktails, martinis, wines, spirits & skinnies (low cal drinks) from noon to 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close

​Fargo Brewing Company 610 N University Dr, Fargo Fort Noks Bar of Gold 52 Broadway N, Fargo

Happy Hour 4-7 p.m. $4.25 Margarita’s, Long Island Ice Tea’s & $15 buckets of beer

Happy Hour 4-7 p.m. $2.25 taps

Happy Hour 4-7 p.m.,$2.75 select whiskeys $2.75 import bottles $2.75 Micro Domestic Beers

Happy Hour All Day

Happy Hour 4-7 p.m. $3.25 Stolis All Day $3.25 Goldschlager & Icehole 8 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Granite City 1636 42nd St. S, Fargo

$5 cocktails, martinis, wines, spirits & skinnies (low cal drinks) from 3 to 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close

$5 cocktails, martinis, wines, spirits & skinnies (low cal drinks) from 3 to 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close

$5 cocktails, martinis, wines, spirits & skinnies (low cal drinks) from 3 to 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close

$5 cocktails, martinis, wines, spirits & skinnies (low cal drinks) from 3 to 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close

$5 cocktails, martinis, wines, spirits & skinnies (low cal drinks) from 3 to 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close

$5 cocktails, martinis, wines, spirits & skinnies (low cal drinks) from noon to 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close

Labby’s Grill & Bar 1100 19th Ave. N, Fargo

$2.50 domestic/ $3.50 import bottles 8 p.m. - Close

Mug Night 5 - 9 p.m.

$3.50 teas 3 p.m. - Close

$2.95 selected pounders 8 p.m. - Close

$1 off bottled beers and drinks 9 p.m. - Close

$1 off Bloody Marys/Caesars 9 p.m. - Close

Lucky’s 13 Pub 4301 17th Ave. S, Fargo

$2.25 short domestic beers

Half off Margaritas and $2.50 Coronas

$3 tall domestic taps 3 p.m. - Close

1/2 price bottles of wine $2 PBR bottles 3 p.m. - Close

Happy Hour 3 - 6 p.m.

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. $2.50 Mimosas and Bloody Marys

Happy Hour 5 - 7 p.m.

Happy Hour 5 - 7 p.m.

Happy Hour 5 - 7 p.m.

Happy Hour 5 - 7 p.m.

Happy Hour 5 - 7 p.m.

Happy Hour 5 - 7 p.m.

Wine Club 4 - 9 p.m.

Pay The Day Taps 8 - 10 p.m.

College Night $2.50 select drinks 9 - 11 p.m.

$.99 teas and select bottle beer.

College Night $2.50 select drinks 9 - 11 p.m.

Northern Gentleman’s Club 325 10th St. N, Fargo Old Broadway City Club 22 Broadway N, Fargo Old Broadway Grill 22 Broadway N, Fargo OB Sport Zone 22 Broadway N, Fargo

Bourbon Sampling for $10 5 - 10 p.m.

$5.95 Pitchers ($8.95 Craft and Import) all day & 2-4-1’s drinks from 3-6 p.m.

Rhombus Guys Pizza 606 Main Ave, Fargo

$2.95 Bloody Marys/mimosas/ Skip-N-Go Naked 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

$2.95 Bloody Marys/mimosas/ Skip-N-Go Naked 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

$2.95 Bloody Marys/mimosas/ Skip-N-Go Naked 11 a.m.-2 p.m. College Night $2.50 select drinks 9-11 p.m.

$2.95 Bloody Marys/mimosas/ Skip-N-Go Naked 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.

2-4-1’s drinks from 3-6 p.m.

$2.95 Domestic Pints 6-close & 2-4-1’s drinks from 3-6 p.m.

2-4-1’s drinks from 3-6 p.m.

College Night $2.50 select drinks 9 - 11 p.m.

2-4-1 drinks from 3 - 6 p.m.

Happy Hour from 4 to 9 p.m. $2.50 Domestic Bottles, $4 Domestic Tap Jars, $3 Fireball (9p-close), $3.50 Jameson

Happy Hour from 4 to 9 p.m. $3 Ice Hole, $3 Morgans, $4 Domestic Tap Jars, $4.50 Chuck Norris

Happy Hour from 4 to 9 p.m. $7 Craft Tap Jars, $8 Well Jars, $4 Water Moccasins

Happy Hour from 4 to 9 p.m. $3 Ice Hole, $4 Crown Royal, $5 Patron

Happy Hour from 4 to 9 p.m. $3 Malibu, $3 Windsor, $5 Chuck Norris

$2 off martinis $1 off beer Wells & wine by the glass

$2 off top shelf liquor & $1 off beer Wells & wine by the glass

$2 off all glasses of wine & $1 off beer Wells & wine by the glass

$2.50 16 oz. taps $2 domestic $3 premium $5 long island teas

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m.

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m.

1/2 off wine 6 p.m. - Midnight

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. $2 off original cocktails from 6 to close

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. $5 domestic pitchers 9 p.m. to close

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. $2 off all canned/ bottled beers and 2 for 1 rail drinks from 9 to close

2 for 1 rail drinks $4 craft pints 9 p.m. - Close

Pickled Parrot 505 3rd Ave. N, Fargo

Radisson 201 5th St. N. Fargo

Wine Club Night from 4 - 10 p.m.

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Happy Hour all day – $1.25 off all drinks & $2.50 mimosas 12 - 4 p.m.

$4 Build Your Own Bloody Mary Bar from 12 to 5, $3 You Call It’s for service industry all day

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$3.05 Morgans $3.45 tall domestic taps 4:30 p.m. - close

$3.75 Crown Royals $3.95 Crown Blacks

$2.95 Bacardis/ domestic bottles 4:30 p.m. - close

Mug Club Night $3.75 Jack Daniels/ teas

$3.25 UV vodkas

$3.25 import and specialty bottles $3.25 Ice Hole shots

$3.35 tall domestic taps All Day $2.75 well drinks 4:30 p.m. - Close

Rooter’s Bar 107 Broadway N, Fargo

$2 12oz domestic draws All Day

$2.50 domestic bottles All Day

$2.50 Morgans & Windsors All Day

$2.50 teas $7.50 domestic pitchers

Happy Hour from 4:30-6:30 p.m. (2for-1 drinks)

$2.50 Homemade Bloody Marys w/ beer chaser 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Shotgun Sally’s Rock and Roll Saloon 1515 42nd St. S, Fargo

$1 off drinks 9 p.m.

- Midnight

$1 off drinks 9 p.m.

- Midnight

$1 off drinks 9 p.m.

- Midnight ½ price bottles of wine

$1 off drinks 9 p.m.

- Midnight

$3.75 Jamesons $.75 off craft bottles

College night with ID All Day Happy Hour

$3 Windsors $2.50 domestic pints $3 Leinenkugels and Nordeast pints

$3 rums $.75 off domestic bottles and micro craft pints $5 perfect storms

$3.50 Stolis $3.75 Summit pints

$3.75 Jack Daniels, Jack Honeys & Jim Beams $3.75 New Belgium bottles

$2 off All pitchers $3 rail vodkas $1 off u-call-its Service Industry Night

$3.15 Miller High Life bottles $3.40 Bacardi Limon and Sailor Jerrys

$3.15 Bud and Bud Light Bottles

$3.15 Bud and Bud Light bottles $3 white zin and merlot wines

$3.15 Coors Light and Mich Golden Light bottles

$3.15 Bud and Bud Light bottles. $3.40 Morgans

$3.75 Bloody Marys and Caesars All Day well specials $2.75

$2.80 All wells $5.25 Busch Light pitchers

$2.95 pounders

$3 Bacardis & Jim Beams

$2.95 Morgans $3.95 Jack Daniels

$2.95 whiskeys & Barefoot wines

$3.25 import and craft beers $3.25 Smirnoffs

$3.25 UV drinks

$2.75 wells $3.35 20oz taps

Spirits Lounge 3803 13th Ave. S, Fargo

Buckets of beer- 4 for $12. Bottled beer is priced at $4 every day.

All drinks are doubles for price of singles on Tuesdays from 7-11 p.m.

Tea Night- $3 teas from 7-11 p.m.

Ultimate Margarita Night-$12 21 ounce ultimate jumbo margarita

Sports Bar 619 NP Ave. N, Fargo

$2.50 tap beer pints $3.50 talls

$2.50 Stolis & $3.50 Stolis with energy drink

College night 1/2 price any beer

$2.95 Jack Daniels, Morgans, Bombay Sapphires & Grey Gooses

1/2 off pitchers 7 10 p.m.

1/2 off pitchers 7 10 p.m.

$3 pounders $3.50 Bloody Marys

Tailgators Sports Cafe 1322 Main Ave, Fargo

$3.50 Crown Royals $3 UVs

$3 domestic bottles and $3 Morgans

$7.25 domestic pitchers $2.50 Schnapps $2.75 well drinks

$3.50 import bottles $3.50 gator teas $2.50 Schnapps

$3 Bacardis $3 Chucks/Jag Bombs $2.75 Windsors

$3.75 Bloody Marys $1 off whiskeys $2.90 domestic pints and bottles

$3.75 Bloody Marys $1 off whiskeys $3 domestic pints and bottles

$5 select Jack Daniels

$3 martinis 1/2 off bottles of wine

$3 select appetizers and drinks

Happy Hour during Bison game

$5 select drinks & Happy Hour during Vikings game

$6 domestic pitchers

$3 bar pours

$2.75 domestic pounders

$3 domestic bottles $3 long island teas

Happy Hour 11 a.m.

- 5 p.m. $3 Long Island teas

Happy Hour All Day

$1 off Mexico Mule

$1 off Bourbons

$1 off Moonshine and $2 margaritas from 9 p.m. to close

$1 off Sangria, $3 Mimosas from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. and $2 margaritas from 9 p.m. to close

$1 u-call-its 9 - 10 p.m. $2 u-call-its 10 - 11 p.m. $2 bomb shots from 9 - 11 p.m.

$1 u-call-its 9 - 10 p.m. $2 u-call-its 10 - 11 p.m. $2 bomb shots from 9 - 11 p.m.

2-4-1s from 9 p.m. to midnight

$3.30 Smirnoffs $3.85 Malibus

$5.95 domestic pitchers and $3.30 Bloody Marys and Caesars until 5 p.m.

$5.95 domestic pitchers and $3.30 Bloody Marys and Caesars until 5 p.m.

Rick’s Bar 2721 Main Ave, Fargo

Sidestreet Grille & Pub 301 3rd Ave. N, Fargo Slammer’s Sports Bar & Grill 707 28th Ave. N, Fargo Speck’s Bar 2611 Main Ave, Fargo

TGI Fridays 4100 13th Ave. S, Fargo VFW: Downtown 202 Broadway N, Fargo Vinyl Taco 520 1st Ave, Fargo

The Windbreak 3150 39th St. S, Fargo

Woody’s Bar 1550 32nd Ave. S, Fargo

$2.75 Morgans

$1 off Margaritas

$2 PBR Pounders 8 p.m. to close

$1 off drinks from 3 - 6 p.m. and 9 11 p.m.

$1 off drinks from 3 - 6 p.m. and 9 11 p.m.

$1 off drinks from 3 - 6 p.m. and 9 11 p.m.

Country Thursdays and Ladies night: $2 drinks and bomb shots from 9 - 11 p.m. Ladies get free Miller lite, taps and wells from 9 p.m. to midnight

Happy Hour All Day. $1 off drinks

Domestic bottles & Morgans for $2.95

$2.75 Windsors $2.85 Jack Daniels

$3.50 Long Island teas $3.95 Crown Royals

$3 Bloody Marys $7 bottomless mimosas

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$1 off beer, wine, & cocktails 3-6 p.m. $3.25 tall domestic taps 7 p.m. - close

$1 off beer, wine, & cocktails 3-6 p.m. $2.50 domestic bottles 9 p.m. close

$1 off beer, wine, & cocktails 3-6 p.m. $3 Captain Morgan and Chuck Norris 8 p.m. - close

$1 off beer, wine, & cocktails 3-6 p.m. $5 pitchers of PBR 8 p.m. - close

$1 off beer, wine, & cocktails 3-6 p.m. $3.25 Stolis and Bacardis 8 p.m. close

$3.50 Crown Royals & Long Island Teas 8 p.m. - close

$3.25 tall domestic taps & import bottles All day

Service Industry Night: $2.50 youcall-its with server ID and Morgans from 8 p.m. to close

$2 domestics and wells from 5 p.m. to midnight

​$ 2.75 domestic pints, $3.50 import pints and $.50 off whiskey drinks from 8 p.m. to close

$​ 3.50 import taps and bottles, $2.75 Smirnoffs and $4 Chucks and Wonder Womans from 8 p.m. to close

$3.50 Fireballs from 5 p.m. to midnight and $2.50 domestic bottles and Morgans from 8 to 10 p.m.

​$ 6.75 domestic pitchers and $2.50 mimosas from open to 4 p.m.

2 for 1 wells 9 p.m.

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$3 imports

$5 cover for ladies night, guys get in free from 9 p.m. midnight

$3.50 32 oz. Mug night and refills on domestics

Free Jello shots with drink order 9 p.m. - close

$4 32 oz. Mug day refills all day

$4 Bloodies, Caesars and Margaritas all day

Speak Easy 1001 30th Ave. S, Moorhead

$1.75 bottles $4 martinis

2 for 1 drinks

$4.25 pitchers

$1.95 22oz beers $3.25 Sam Adams & Shock Tops

$4.25 pitchers

Bloody Mary specials $4.95 pitchers

$1.95 grande beers All Day

O’Leary’s Pub 808 30th Ave. S, Moorhead

Happy Hour 1 p.m.

- 7 p.m.

Happy Hour 1 p.m.

- 7 p.m.

Happy Hour 1 p.m.

- 7 p.m.

Happy Hour 1 p.m.

- 7 p.m.

Happy Hour 1 p.m.

- 7 p.m.

Bloody Marys special

Sunday Funday $5 domestic pitchers All Day

$2.75 Morgans

2 for 1 8 - 11 p.m.

$2.75 whiskeys

Ladies night 8 - 10 p.m. $5 pitchers

Late night Happy Hour 9 p.m. Midnight

$5 pitchers All Day

Bloody Mary special

$3 tall domestics, $3 Stolis & $3 Jack Daniels 8 p.m.

$2 domestic pints & wells 8 p.m. -

Mug night 8 p.m. $5 mugs

$2.50 domestic bottles, $3 well specials 8 p.m.

$2.50 Morgans and Bacardis 8 p.m.

$3 teas & bomb shots 8 p.m.

$6 domestic pitchers & $2.50 Icehole All Day

$2.50 domestic bottles All Day

$3 domestic talls All Day

$3.50 well margaritas, $3 Corona & Dos Equis

$2.50 Morgans & Bacardis All Day

$3 well drinks 7 p.m. - close

$3 bomb shots 8 p.m. - Midnight

Max Lounge 1490 9th St. E, West Fargo

Happy Hour 4 - 6 p.m. & 9​ - 11 p.m. & Service industry night- $2 off drinks from 4 p.m. - Close

All bottles of wine 1/2 price​ all night. ​ Happy Hour 4 - 6 p.m. & ​9 - 11 p.m.

Martinis will be $9 all night. Happy Hour 4 - 6 p.m. & ​ 9 - 11 p.m.

Happy Hour 4 - 6 p.m. & ​9 - 11 p.m.

Happy Hour 4 - 6 p.m. & ​9 - 11 p.m.

Happy Hour 4 - 6 p.m. & ​9 - 11 p.m.

Pub West 3140 Bluestem Dr, West Fargo

$3.50 tall Domestic Beer/$4.50 Tall Craft beer

$3.50 Morgan and Bacardi

$3.50 Jack Daniels, Jim Beam And Jameson/$4.50 Crown Royal

$3.50 UV, Wave and Titos

$3.50 Windsor/$3.00 Solo Cups: Bud Light Coors Light Miller Lite

$3.00 Solo Cups: Bud Light Coors Light Miller Lite

Happy Hour All Day/Service Industry Night:$3.50 you-call-its

Rookies 715 13th Ave. E, West Fargo

$5 AngryBalls, $14 Bucket of Beers, $3.50 Crown Royal

$2.50 house Wines, $5 house Martinis

$14 Buck of Beers, $3 Malibu Drinks

$3 Windsor/Jameson/Canadian Club, $3 domestic Bottles

$3.50 Bomb Shots, Vodka Drinks and $5 Vodka Redbulls

$3.50 Morgan & Bacardi, $3 Fireball shots

$3 Sunday Funday Shot, $3.50 tall domestic taps, $2.50 domestic bottles

Silver Dollar Flying Pig 221 Sheyenne St., West Fargo

Happy Hour 8 p.m.

- 12 a.m.

Happy Hour 8 p.m.

- 12 a.m.

Happy Hour 8 p.m.

- 12 a.m.

Spicy Pie 745 31st Ave. E. Ste. 110, West Fargo

$1 off 20oz taps or $.75 off 16oz taps

$3 you-call-its

$6 domestic & $7 import pitchers

$2 whiskey drinks

$2 rum drinks

$2 vodka drinks

$3 Bloody Mary’s and/or Caesars

Mug night

Mug night

Tall beers for the price of short 7 p.m. - close

$1 off Long Island teas & $5 martinis 7 p.m. - close

$2.75 Windsors $1 off bottled beer 8 p.m. - close

$3.50 Bloody Marys, Caesars & domestic pints until 6 p.m.

Happy Hour All Day

$3 Captain Morgan, $3.50 Crown Royal, $3.50 Washington Apples from 7 to 11 p.m.

$3 32oz domestic Mongo Mugs, Ladies night $1 off drinks, $3 shots Rumple Minze, Goldschlager & Romana Sambuca from 7 to 11 p.m.

Hump Day Happy Hour 3-7 p.m., Windsor $3, Wu Tang Shots $3 from 7 to 11 p.m.

Rum Night $3 Cristal & Limon, Domestic Pitchers $6 from 7 to 11 p.m.

Fireball Friday $3, Extended happy hour 3-8 p.m. from 7 to 11 p.m.

Ron Diaz Night $2.75, Sex with Strangers $3, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. $4 Bloody Marys & Caesars from 7 to 11 p.m.

$2.75 pounders all day, Service Industry Special: well drinks & domestic beer (12oz cans and bottles) $2 from 7 to 11 p.m.

$2.50 regular domestic beers and Windsor

12 inch pizza and a pitcher of beer for $11

$3 Barcardi, Morgan, Mike’s Hard Lemonade or Wine Coolers

$3.50 25 oz. tap beers, $3 25 oz. amber tap beers and import/ premium bottles

$3 Jag $6.50 mug $2.50 Ice Hole

$3 Bacardis $2.75 Dr. Mcgillicuddy’s

$3 Jeremiah Weed $3 UV vodkas

$3 Morgans $2 Jags

$3 Jack Daniels

$3 Jim Beams $3 Bloody Marys/ Caesars

$3 Bloody Caesars $3.50 Sambuca

MOORHEAD Dave’s Southside Tap 803 Belsly Blvd, Moorhead JC Chumley’s 1608 Main Ave, Moorhead

Mick’s Office 10 8th St. S, Moorhead

Vic’s Bar & Grill 427 Center Ave, Moorhead

WEST FARGO Bar Nine 1405 Prairie Pkwy, West Fargo Hooligans 3330 Sheyenne St, West Fargo

Three Lyons Pub 675 13th Ave. E, West Fargo

Town Hall Bar 103 Main Ave. W, West Fargo

​V FW: West Fargo 308 Sheyenne St, West Fargo Work Zone 701 Main Ave. E, West Fargo

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* This is not a full list of specials. Specials subject to change. For updated and entire list of specials, go fargomonthly.com.

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KITCHEN & DINING

We hit up Downtown Fargo to find some products for the busiest room in the house: the kitchen.

Photos and Words by Erica Rapp

GLASS TEA POT

This Viva Scandinavia teapot allows you to enjoy each up of tea to the fullest. The detachable stainless steel filter prevents the tea leaves from entering your cup, but you still get maximum flavor.

Not to mention it has a dripfree spout.

Zandbroz Variety 420 Broadway N, Fargo zandbroz.com $46

BOTTLE HOLDER

MOOSE SHAKERS

Classy, yet casual. Bring a touch of wildlife to the table with these moose salt and pepper shakers.

McNeal & Friends 506 Broadway N, Fargo mcnealandfriends.com $55

STATE BOTTLE OPENERS

Take your bottle-opening standards a step up with these wooden wall mounts.

There’s nothing like showing a little love for your great state, right?

Buyer At Large 18 8th St. S, Fargo buyeratlarge.com $29.95

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Your wine doesn’t have to sit on the counter in a corner. Display your bottles in style and if you’re entertaining, use the chalk boards to fill your guests in on the wine’s details.

Buyer At Large 18 8th St. S, Fargo buyeratlarge.com $29.95

AIRTIGHT FOOD STORAGE

Food preserving at its finest. Not only can you store anything from coffee beans to herbs in a clean and elegant way, it’s incredibly easy and hassle-free. All you have to do is push down on the lid and your goods are safe and sound.

Buyer At Large 18 8th St. S, Fargo buyeratlarge.com $24.99

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SEASONING SHAKERS

Cooking just got cooler. Put any type of seasoning or spice in the shakers and start your cooking journey with the four seasons or a silly parade of animals.

O’Day Caché 317 Broadway N, Fargo odaycache.bigcartel.com $14

BREW DISH TOWEL

JULISKA DISH SET

Here’s the perfect opportunity to spice up your kitchen accessories, and a fun way to remind yourself to relax and have yourself a nice brew after a long day.

Zandbroz Variety 420 Broadway N, Fargo zandbroz.com $8.50

From the noted Italian brand, this dining set will add a brilliant touch of elegance to your dining room. The detailed designs are sure to impress all of your dinner guests.

McNeal & Friends 506 Broadway N, Fargo mcnealandfriends.com Plate $44, Soup Bowl $38, Scallop Berry Bowl $33

GRILLING SPICES

FORKED APART

For a fun way to flaunt your salt and pepper, this fork man is perfect for you.

Buyer At Large 18 8th St. S, Fargo buyeratlarge.com Fork Man $34.95, Spoon Bowl $69.95

With warm weather making its entrance, it’s time to whip out the grill for some good old outdoor cooking. These spices will give a nice kick to your grilled-food creations.

Pinch & Pour 210 Broadway N, Fargo pinchandpour.com $5 to $5.49

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