Author: Emily Welker

Ghoul Morning: Going Dark With MSUM’s Planetarium

Yes, they get quite a few questions about aliens.

MSUM’S Planetarium is taking a walk on the dark side in honor of Halloween, and celebrating it’s 50th anniversary. This month is a culmination of the celebration that started back in July, and they’re partying hard all month long. There are spooky events for the public each weekend in October, including “The Skies Over Hogwarts” for the Harry Potter fans…

Ghoul Morning: Moorhead Parks Trunk or Treat

Calling all candy lovers -- but you better be prepared for long lines.

If you’re an adult and you love Halloween, you probably love everything about Halloween. The costumes, the parties, the decorating, the seasonal recipes, the scary movies and haunted houses. If you’re a kid and you love Halloween, it’s much simpler: You’re in it to haul away as much candy as you can possibly carry. So for those of you who…

LIVE: Five Scary Questions with the Plains Art Museum

The Plains Art Museum is sounding off about Halloween and the spooky season, and you’re invited to sit in on it. They’re working on their special Halloween episode of the Plains’ national podcast, “Five Plain Questions.” The podcast focuses of Native artists and creators, and their experiences. The Halloween podcast is called “Five Scary Questions.” It includes guests from the…

LIVE: Boo At The Zoo on Ghoul Morning

See our anchor bond with a giant cockroach.

If you’re looking for some help getting into the Halloween spirit, we have some little friends who would love to volunteer. Sure, they’re a little creepy and a little crawly. But in the interests of journalistic research, we checked them out ahead of time for you. And it turns out they’re some of the friendliest and most fascinating critters at…

Ghoul Morning: Planting The Mood

We can hardly contain ourselves. Spooky season is starting.

FARGO —  It’s getting darker, it’s getting colder, and it’s getting to be time to set the mood for all the Halloween parties you’re sure to be hosting. Fear not: there are flowers and plants that will withstand the chill. And we don’t mean to scare you, but if you don’t get them planted in your outdoor containers now, you…

Ghoul Morning: “Tinker”ing with Local Artist Ashley Rieck

Creepy, cool and bejeweled works of art, just in time for spooky season.

NORTH FARGO — For anyone who loves the scary season, there’s a real art to bringing it to life. Local artist Ashley Rieck knows just how to do it. Bring it to life after death, that is. Rieck creates her pieces under the name “Tinker,” inspired by the Peter Pan fairy Tinkerbell, who makes things from found objects. In Rieck’s…

LIVE: Anime Fargo

You've got two days to whip up a costume, so get on it!

FARGO —  It can be tough to find an event that the whole family, from babies to teens to young adults to grandparents, can all get in on. But that’s the promise at Anime Fargo: Magical Transformations, happening this weekend here at the Ramada by Wyndham. The event centers around the wildly popular cultural phenomenon of anime, or animated entertainment….

LIVE: Take A Seat With FMCT

Own a piece of performing arts history.

Take a seat. No, really. That’s what a longtime performing arts center in the region is hoping you’ll do to help them out with their theater demolition. After all these years, the Stage at Island Park is coming down. And now, FMCT is asking people to come by and pick up theater seats before the building is leveled. The stage…

Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Talks About Discovery of Ancestral Remains at UND

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A tribe in our community is speaking out about the discovery last month of two hundred boxes of tribal ancestral remains somewhere on the UND campus. The boxes also include tribal artifacts. A U.S. law passed in 1990 requires anyone who receives federal funding to repatriate, or send home, ancestral remains to the people with whom…

LIVE: Scarecrows in the Garden

We don't mean to scare you, but fall is almost here.

If you’re not really enthusiastic about the start of colder weather and an end to summer recreation, that’s okay. Bid goodbye to the garden with a bang and get into the fall spirit at this weekend’s Scarecrows in the Garden. It’s an annual fundraiser for the Northern Plains Botanic Garden in North Fargo. You can buy pumpkins, fall decor, and…