The Tempest runs through July 16

The Shakespearean comedy The Tempest opens Tuesday, July 13 and continues through Friday, July 16 in the MSUM Roland Dille Center for the Arts Gaede Stage. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. A torrential storm, castaways on a remote island, plots and counter plots, romance, love, magic and a monster are the stuff of The Tempest. By turns funny, exciting, mysterious and sweet, The Tempest is a Shakespeare play for the whole family. For tickets, call the MSUM Box Office @ 218.477.2271.

Annual Family History Workshop Oct. 2 at MSUM

Decoding the Maze is the theme for the 35th Annual Family History Workshop to be held Saturday, October 2 Minnesota State University Moorhead. The 2010 Family History Workshop features Stephen Morse the creator of the One-Step Website for which he has received both the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Outstanding Contribution Award from the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, Award of Merit from the National Genealogical Society, first-ever Excellence Award from the Association of Professional Genealogists, and two awards that he cannot pronounce from Polish genealogical societies. Click headline to read more.