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For more local arts events, see the Fargo-Moorhead Arts Menu and The Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series

September 2007

6-8, 13-15, 20-22, 27-29 Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire. Theatre B. Main Avenue Theatre. 716 Main Avenue, Fargo. 7:30 p.m. Call 729-8880 for reservations or visit www.theatreb.org

13 Poet Timothy Seibles, an English professor at Old Dominion University and author of six books of poetry, including Buffalo Head Solos, will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13 as a feature of the Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series. He’ll also give a talk on the writers’ craft at 4 p.m. that day. Both events will be held in MSUM’s Comstock Memorial Union 101 An NEA Fellow in 1990 and a recent recipient of an Open Voice Award from the National Writers Voice Project, he is also the author of the poetry collections Body Moves, Hurdy-Gurdy, Kerosene, Ten Miles an Hou, and Hammerlock. An NEA Fellow in 1990, he recently received the Open Voice Award from the National Writers Voice Project.

25 Jonathan Clark, "From Silence to Confession: Finding a Voice in the Persecution of Women as Witches" Faculty Colloquium. Birkeland Lounge. 4:30-5:30 p.m.

26-28 Visiting Writers Festival: Evelina Chao, Sheila O'Conner, and Mark Vinz. Concordia College.
attend the master classes Wednesday, Sept 26 at 7:15 p.m.:
Poetry with Mark Vinz in Grose 336
Fiction with Sheila O'Conner in Grose 332
Non-Fiction/ memoir Evelina Chao in Grose 333
attend the reading Thursday evening, Sept 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Frida Nilsen Lounge

and/or attend the student-moderated panel on writing during community time on Friday, Sept 28 at 9:20 in Frida Nilsen Lounge.

October 2006

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5-7 Little Heart by Irene O'Garden. A staged reading at the Spirit Room. FM Community Theatre 8:00 p.m. (Sundays at 2:00 p.m.) Call 701-235-6778 for tickets.

11 Poet Sun Yung Shin, Twin Cities author of "Skirt Full of Black" and currently a Bush Artists Fellow for Literature, will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11 as a feature of MSUM's Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series. She'll also give a talk on the writers' craft at 4 p.m. that day. Both events will be held in Comstock Memorial Union 101. Born in Seoul, South Korea, she grew up in a Chicago suburb and now teaches English at the Perpich Center for Arts Education. She's co-editor of Outsiders Within: Racial Crossings & Adoption Politics and author of Cooper's Lesson, a bilingual (Korean/English) illustrated book for children. For her work in poetry she has received a Minnesota State Arts Board grant and two Jerome Foundation grants. Shin also co-edits WinteRed Press with Rachel Moritz.

11-14
The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance
directed by David Wintersteen. Concordia College Theatre. 8 p.m. (Sundays at 2:30 p.m.) Box office: (218)299-3314.

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Native American fluteplayer and storyteller Keith Bear will perform on Saturday, October 13 at 7:00 p.m. The Spirit Room will host a CD release party for Keith’s new recording, "Morningstar Whispered." 111 Broadway, Fargo.

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CENNTENNIAL RESEARCH SCHOLAR LECTURE ON WHITE-WESTERN DEVOTION TO FEMALE THINNESS
Dr. Michelle Lelwica, associate professor of religion, will present a Centennial Classroom Research Scholar lecture at 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 18 in Birkeland Alumni Lounge. Lelwica will discuss “From California to Calcutta: Spreading the White-Western Devotion to Female Thinness – A Feminist Postcolonial Analysis.”

Lelwica and student co-inquirers Emma Hoglund ’08 and Jenna McNallie ’09 studied the neocolonial dynamics and effects of the spread of white-Western female body norms, for example those illustrated in Hollywood and the “Baywatch” culture, to those of women in the Two-Thirds World.

Using the works of postcolonial feminist theologians, and drawing on research about the growing influence of the Euro-American idealization of thinness on women in the global South, they analyzed and researched the missionary-colonizing dynamics of the globalization of U.S. culture’s devotion to “feminine” thinness, highlighting its commercial underpinnings, its implicitly racist subtext, and its deleterious effects on the mental, physical, and spiritual well-being of women in post-colonial contexts.

Ultimately, they propose that the globalization of the Hollywood ideal of female slenderness to women in the Southern Hemisphere illustrates the extent to which women’s bodies continue to function as a primary site of contact, conflict, and colonization in the process of Western expansion.

18-20, 25-27, November 1-3 The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Tin Roof Theatre Company. Main Avenue Theatre. 716 Main Avenue, Fargo. 7:30 p.m. http://www.tinrooftheatre.org/

November 2006

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The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan. Opera. Fargo-Moorhead Opera. 8 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Festival Concert Hall, NDSU. (701)-231-9442 or www.fmopera.org.

Marya Hornbacher, author of the classic "Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia," the critically acclaimed novel "The Center of Winter" and the forthcoming memoir "Madness: A Life," will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8 in MSUM's Comstock Memorial Union 101. She'll also talk on the writer's craft at 4 p.m. that day in the same room. "Wasted" was released when she was just 23 years old and became a classic, published in 14 languages and is taught in universities and writing programs across the world. "Madness: A Life," about the difficulties and promise of living with mental illness, is already being called "the most visceral, important book on mental illness to be published in years." It's scheduled for release in 2008. A Pulitzer Prize nominee, she lives in Minneapolis with her husband Jeff. (free)

8-11, 15-18

Two Gentlemen of Verona (the rock musical)
by John Guare, Mel Shapiro & Galt MacDermot

Directed by Jim Cermak. Concordia College Theatre. 8 p.m. (Sundays at 2:30 p.m.) Box office: (218)299-3314.

Deepavali (a.k.a. Divali, Diwali, Dewali): Indian Festival of Lights. Indian food, dance, and henna. King Intercultural Center 6-9 p.m.

Pangea--Cultivate Our Cultures. Hjemkomst Center, Moorhead. 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Food, Bazaar, performances by

10:30 a.m. White Earth Veterans Association Color Guard

11:00 a.m. New Horizons—Adult Seniors Multicultural Band

11:30 a.m. McDonald School of Irish Dance

12 Noon Shimmy Sisters

1:30 p.m. Vietnamese Singers

2:00 p.m. Bosnian Dancers

2:30 p.m. Roots of Mexico

3:00 p.m. 2 Indian Dance Groups

3:30 p.m. Black Pinto Horse/Monte Yellowbird Sr.

12:30 p.m.— 1:30 p.m.—No Performances—Enjoy the bazaar and food vendors!

Featured Performance

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Achikadidi Southern Sudanese & Northern Ugandan Music

Laura Fragodt '08 will give a lecture as part of the 2007-08 Student Lecture Series. Fragodt will discuss “Humanity and Inhumanity: Postcolonial Perspectives of Pablo Neruda and Joseph Conrad” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13 in Birkeland Lounge.

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Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center

Multi-Cultural Workshops

November 2007

The Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center is proud to celebrate the Red River Valley’s diversity through learning about cultures new and those long standing in the area. We are doing this through workshops that are a part of the Pangea programming made possible through the National Endowment for the Arts.

Workshops may include a brief history of the culture/country, traditions, contemporary issues and more! Both workshops are at the Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center.

Bosnia

Presenter: Azem Elezovic

Date: November 17, 2007

Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Native American

Presenter: Mary John

Date: November 18, 2007

Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Registration is required.

Please register through Moorhead Community Education:

(218) 284 – 3400, or online at https://communityed.moorhead.k12.mn.us

22-Dec 22

A Tuna Christmas by Jaston Williams. Theatre B. Main Avenue Theatre. 716 Main Avenue, Fargo. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Call 729-8880 for reservations or visit www.theatreb.org

December 2006

1	Amahl and the Night Visitors. Fargo-Moorhead Opera. 8 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Festival Concert Hall, NDSU. (701)-231-9442 or www.fmopera.org.
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January 2007

February 2007

14-16, 21-23, 28-March 1	*Fat Pig* by Neil LaBute. Theatre B. Main Avenue Theatre. 716 Main Avenue, Fargo. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Call 729-8880 for reservations or visit www.theatreb.org
14-17	Quilters by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek directed by Helen Cermak. Concordia College Theatre. 8 p.m. (Sundays at 2:30 p.m.) Box office: (218)299-3314.

March 2007

April 2007





24-25, May 1-3, 8-10, 15-17	*The Dead Guy* by Eric Coble. Theatre B. Main Avenue Theatre. 716 Main Avenue, Fargo. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Call 729-8880 for reservations or visit www.theatreb.org

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6-8, 13-15, 20-22, 27-29	*Rabbit Hole* by David Lindsay-Abaire. Theatre B. Main Avenue Theatre. 716 Main Avenue, Fargo. 7:30 p.m. Call 729-8880 for reservations or visit www.theatreb.org
13	Poet Timothy Seibles, an English professor at Old Dominion University and author of six books of poetry, including Buffalo Head Solos, will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13 as a feature of the Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series. He’ll also give a talk on the writers’ craft at 4 p.m. that day. Both events will be held in MSUM’s Comstock Memorial Union 101 An NEA Fellow in 1990 and a recent recipient of an Open Voice Award from the National Writers Voice Project, he is also the author of the poetry collections Body Moves, Hurdy-Gurdy, Kerosene, Ten Miles an Hou, and Hammerlock. An NEA Fellow in 1990, he recently received the Open Voice Award from the National Writers Voice Project.
25	Jonathan Clark, "From Silence to Confession: Finding a Voice in the Persecution of Women as Witches" Faculty Colloquium. Birkeland Lounge. 4:30-5:30 p.m.
26-28	Visiting Writers Festival: Evelina Chao, Sheila O'Conner, and Mark Vinz. Concordia College. attend the master classes Wednesday, Sept 26 at 7:15 p.m.: Poetry with Mark Vinz in Grose 336 Fiction with Sheila O'Conner in Grose 332 Non-Fiction/ memoir Evelina Chao in Grose 333 attend the reading Thursday evening, Sept 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Frida Nilsen Lounge and/or attend the student-moderated panel on writing during community time on Friday, Sept 28 at 9:20 in Frida Nilsen Lounge.