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Arts and Entertainment

Minot High Playmakers present ‘Silent Sky’

Minot High School Playmakers will present the play “Silent Sky” Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Minot High School-Central Campus. Doors open at 7 p.m. each night. Admission will be $10 for adults, $9 for seniors and military members, and $8 for students. The production follows ...

Zoo News: What AZA Accreditation means

Prior to my arrival in Minot, the Roosevelt Park Zoo went through the accreditation process with the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA). This wasn’t the zoo’s first time through the process, nor do I expect it will be its last. Because AZA Accreditation is not renewed, each zoo must ...

Drama of Thanksgivings past

Final touches were underway in the kitchen a year ago as giant Superman and Snoopy balloons floated past Central Park on Thanksgiving. Soon family drifted in as a skillet sizzled with bacon destined to join the Brussels. Before long, the house was abuzz with nieces, nephews, friends, children, ...

Human rights film festival set for tonight at Oak Park Theater

Jim Heilmann of Minot has been a supporter of North Dakota Human Rights Film and Art Festival (NDHRFF) for the last seven presentations at Oak Park Theater in Minot. Heilmann said he rents the space at Oak Park Theater and invites presenters and guest speakers to visit the community and ...

Brass Band of Minot to present ‘Music of the Christmas Season’

The Brass Band of Minot is getting in the holiday mood and celebrating British-style brass band history with its concert, “Music of the Christmas Season,” on Sunday at 4 p.m. at Minot State University’s Ann Nicole Nelson Hall. North Dakota’s only British-style brass band, the band is ...

DAKOTA DATEBOOK: Nov. 14- 18

Uranium Ash By TESSA SANDSTROM Nov. 14 — In the old days, lignite was often gathered and burned in stoves in North Dakota, but the Manidon Mining Company found it was more profitable to burn it in the vein. This process preserved the uranium in the ash. The Bismarck Tribune reported ...