MSU Moorhead is hosting a birthday party for Dragon mascot Scorch that is a fundraiser for the YWCA of Cass Clay and the Dorothy Day House. The event is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 6 in Nemzek Hall. It features inflatable games, face painting and other entertainment. Donations of food, toiletries, clothing and household items are being accepted.
Music Theatre Fargo-Moorhead (MTFM)* is proud to announce the regional premiere of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin. MTFM’s production of this Tony Award-winning musical will perform March 4, 5 & 6th at 7:30pm and March 7th at 2:00pm at the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre. Click headline for full story.
reg Abate, jazz saxophonist, flutist, and composer, will conduct a masterclass and clinics when he visits MSUM Thursday and Friday, March 4-5. He will present a music business clinic at 3 p.m. Thursday; a jazz and saxophone clinic at 9:30 a.m. Friday; and a convocation and master-class at 3 p.m. Friday, all in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Fox Recital Hall. These events are free and open to the public. At 8 p.m. Friday he will perform with The Simon Rowe Trio at Studio 222 at 222 Broadway, Fargo. Tickets for that performance are $5 students and $10 adults. For more information on Studio 222 and The Simon Rowe Trio, go to http://222fargo.com/ Click headline for more information.
MSUM Theatre presents Hamlet today, Feb. 24 through Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Gaede Stage. Get your tickets at the MSUM Box Office, 218.477.2271. Read more at http://news.mnstate.edu/?s=Hamlet
Award-winning filmmaker and festival programmer Skizz Cyzyk will be visiting the MSUM Film Studies department this week, Feb. 24-26. Since 1983, Cyzyk has made more than 50 films and videos, many having won awards and screened at festivals all over the world. Cyzyk is also a film festival programmer, serving as both advisory board and jury member for the Atlanta, Sidewalk Moving Picture, Maryland and Slamdance Film Festivals just to name a few. While at MSUM he will be visiting Film Studies classes and conducting workshops. Cyzyk will also be screening a variety of his work on Friday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. in King Hall 110. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.