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Ruby Slippers from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Are For Sale Nearly 2 Decades After They Were Stolen in Minnesota

FILE – Ruby slippers once worn by Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz” are displayed at a news conference on Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Terry Jon Martin, the aging reformed mobster who has admitted stealing the slippers, gave into the temptation of “one last score” after an old mob associate led…

Minneapolis Musician Tyka Nelson, Prince’s Sister and Only Full Sibling, Dies at 64

FILE – Tyka Nelson, sister of the late musician Prince, appears in front of his costumes at the “My Name is Prince” exhibition at the O2 Arena in London, on Oct. 26, 2017. Nelson, Prince’s only full sibling, died Monday. She was 64. Her son President Nelson says she died at a hospital in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. A cause of death…

Local musicians honor the legacy of John Prine

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Local musicians gathered at the Fargo Theatre Sunday to pay tribute to a music legend. Country-folk singer John Prine passed away in 2020, and now local acts are getting together to play his music that they grew up with. The show featured local artists Jesse Veeder, Gina Powers, The Radio Stars Band and many more. Many…

Tickets for 98th annual Concordia Christmas Concert On Sale Next Week

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — This is sure to get you in the Christmas spirit. Tickets for the very popular annual Concordia Christmas Concert go on sale next week. The concert series is set for December 6-8 at Memorial Auditorium on Concordia’s campus. In addition to music from around the world, this year’s concerts will feature some Scandinavian carols with new…

LIVE: A Hauntingly Beautiful Performance

FARGO — The time is coming t get a little silly, a little scary, and to get to hear the sounds of the Halloween season. The Fargo-Moorhead Symphony is back with it’s “fun-size” concert series this Friday. This one is themed “Spooktacular.” The First Avenue String Quartet is performing pieces from pop culture like the Ghostbusters theme, “Edward Scissorhands,” and…

LIVE: Folk/Punk Music Festival in Downtown Fargo

FARGO — It’s the return of a musical mashup that mixes punk with folk. Bindle Fest V is coming to downtown Fargo Saturday. The mix of genres features more acoustic settings than you might expect from a traditional punk music performance, and allows musicians to include instruments like banjo, mandolin, horns, and washboard. The bands performing this weekend come from…

LIVE: A Place to Find Fellow FM Halloweenies

FARGO — A local Facebook group for fans of the Halloween holiday to find decorated homes, good locations for trick or treating, and share tips on how to build their own home haunts is blowing up. The group “FM Area Halloween Trickers and Treaters” was originally started as the personal page of local Halloween enthusiast Abby Haake. She opened it…