Entertainment

2019 Spring Parade of Homes Features Over 70 Homes in F-M Area

The most expensive home in the tour is priced at $1.4 million

FARGO, N.D.– The Home Builders Association is letting you fantasize about your dream home with the 2019 Spring Parade of Homes. The parade includes over 70 homes across six communities. It is free for general admission but there’s a $5 tour fee for the three luxury homes included in the tour. The homes were built by a total of 43…

LIVE: Spring Gala: Time Machine at Plains Art Museum

It's time to get your party on.

You can’t spell “party” without “art,” and they’re putting the art in the party tonight at the Plains Art Museum. The theme for this year is “time machine,” so consider going in clothes that represent your favorite period in art history. Maybe it’s Renaissance attire, mod clothes from the Pop Art scene, or the Plains Art Development Director Sandy Thompson’s…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Ruby

Meet the perfect dog.

Ruby was scooped up off the street by the rescue workers at Diamond in the Ruff, and since then she’s been a busy girl. Now that she’s left her days as a stray behind, the springer spaniel/lab cross has donned a pretty collar, had her toenails painted pink, had her arthritis medicated, and in general, has spent her time “being…

St. Cloud, MN’s Halima Aden is 1st Woman to Wear Hijab & Burkini in SI Swimsuit Issue

St. Cloud, Minnesota’s Halima Aden is the first model to pose for Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit issue wearing a hijab and burkini. “Growing up in The States, I never really felt represented because I never could flip through a magazine and see a girl who was wearing a hijab,” Aden explained. Aden was born in a refugee in Kenya where she…

LIVE: Wish Fast

Unleash your inner superhero.

If you’re in superhero withdrawal after watching this weekend’s record-breaking “Avengers: Endgame,” we’ve got a way you can play superhero yourself, for a great cause. The Wish Fast 5k and 10k run this weekend raises money to help out sick kids in the Make-A-Wish North Dakota program. It features superheroes and super-villains along the race course, and draws people out…

Movie Theaters & Marvel Fans Celebrate Premiere of Avengers: Endgame

The two theaters have signs in place reminding movie-goers not to spoil the ending for people who have not seen it yet

FARGO, N.D.– Marvel fans, assemble! Local theaters are celebrating the opening that millions of Marvelites have been waiting for – Avengers: Endgame. West Acres and Century Cinema started showing the 22nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe at 6:00 Thursday night. The two theaters have signs in place reminding movie-goers not to spoil the ending for people who have not seen…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Peeps

You can't get much sweeter than Peeps.

Peeps is the kind of company that, unlike her namesake sugar-covered marshmallow treat, will never get stale. She came in around the Easter holiday as an owner surrender to the rescue workers at 4 Luv of Dog, and the ten-month-old shepherd mix already has the manners, self-possession and calm of a much, much older dog. She already knows commands like…

West Acres Partners with The Arts Partnership to Bring Art Studio to Mall

The Art Incubator will hold nineteen individual Art Studios

FARGO, N.D. — West Acres is making good use of the 6,000 remaining square feet of space of the former Sears building. The Mall has partnered with the Arts Partnership to create Aptitude, a brand new studio space for local artists. The space encourages a collaborative environment for artists and the opportunity for the community to support those artists. The Arts…

Prince memoir ‘The Beautiful Ones’ coming out in the fall

NEW YORK (AP) – The memoir Prince was working on at the time of his death is coming out Oct. 29. Random House confirmed Monday to The Associated Press that “The Beautiful Ones” will combine a Prince unfinished manuscript with rare photos, scrapbooks and lyrics. First announced just weeks before his 2016 death, the 288-page book will include an introduction…