The Big Event
Devon Abler, Arts & Community Editor
April 30, 2018
Filed under Arts&Comm, Devon Abler
UND hosted the annual Big Event on Saturday, April 28th. Students attending UND came together for a community service event that served the Greater Grand Forks community. Some places volunteers served were churches, non-profits, homes of the elderly and many more. “This is a great way for us studen...
Opera comes alive at the Masonic Temple
Devon Abler, Arts & Community Editor
April 30, 2018
Filed under Arts&Comm, Devon Abler, Showcase
Grand Forks was graced with the presence of the biannual operatic performance by the UND Vocal Department on Friday. In collaboration with the UND Chamber Orchestra and the Masonic Temple, this was a pleasant addition to Friday night festivities. The opera, ‘Dido and Aeneas,’ was written by English compose...
48th annual time out wacipi
Maddie Ardelean, A&C Writer
April 22, 2018
Filed under Arts&Comm
48 years ago, during a time when Native Americans were still facing large scale racial discrimination. Today, we now enjoy the annual Time Out Wacipi. It’s a five day event of speakers, forums, panels and the main event: a two day powwow. I attended the powwow with an experienced powwow dancer and a...
What the truck?
Devon Abler, A&C Editor
April 22, 2018
Filed under Arts&Comm, Showcase
There was a thunderous roar throughout the Alerus Center on Saturday night. The Toughest Monster Truck Tour made a pit stop in Grand Forks for their championship round. Children of all ages were present during this family friendly event and an epic show was put on. Before the show began, the master of ceremon...
Melinda Vail: The medium that makes a difference
Devon Abler, Arts & Community Editor
April 16, 2018
Filed under Arts&Comm, Devon Abler, Showcase
Here in North Dakota, if someone says they are receiving a message from a deceased loved one, there is a high chance that they would be ill for a mental evaluation. For Melinda Vail, an intuitive therapist, hypnotherapist and medium, communicating with those on the other side is just a part of everyday...
Holistic Healing Psychic Fair
Maddie Ardelean, Arts & Community Writer
April 16, 2018
Filed under Arts&Comm, Maddie Ardelean
Psychics: incense, hundreds of varieties of stones, dream interpretations, decks of cards and natural healing. Many may call these individuals “bogus” or “quacks,” but the practitioners strongly believe they are onto something with these alternative healing methods. The Canad Inn hosted a Ho...
Breweries: Not just for beer anymore
Devon Abler, A&C Editor
April 8, 2018
Filed under #dakotastudent, Arts & Community, Arts&Comm, Dakota Student, Devon Abler, ND, Showcase
It’s 8:30 on a Friday night and Half Brothers Brewing Company is alive with the sound of voices and laughter flirting with one another through the air. It may feel like the second arrival of winter in April, yet thanks to the warmth of community that one feels when walking through the front doors, one fo...
Root beer olympics
Maddie Ardelean, A&C Writer
April 8, 2018
Filed under #dakotastudent, Arts & Community, Arts&Comm, Dakota Student, Maddie Ardelean, ND, North Dakota
April is alcohol awareness month, and in celebration of that, UND public health nursing clinical students, with a grant from Altru, are working to affect change on campus. As part of their clinical, they put together the first ever Root Beer Olympics, an event focused on substance safety. This mo...
The Truth and Lies of Art, Politics, Justice and History
Aimee Coons, Arts & Community Writer
March 26, 2018
Filed under Aimee Coons, Arts&Comm
This years UND Writers Conference aimed to create discussion about the truth and lies within art, politics, justice and history. No matter what field a person is in they aim to bring light and truth into an area of darkness. Whether it is in researching a cure for cancer or researching what happened to...
UND Writers Conference
Aimee Coons, Arts & Community Writer
March 26, 2018
Filed under Aimee Coons, Arts&Comm, Showcase
As we trudge through a grey and temperamental spring, there is a bright ray of sunshine that the community of Grand Forks looks forward to every year: The UND Writers Conference. Amidst the snow and wind students, UND faculty and community members all flock to the three day conference to participate i...
Jamming in the bluegrass
Aimee Coons, Arts & Communities Writer
March 5, 2018
Filed under Aimee Coons, Arts & Community, Arts&Comm, Dakota Student, Showcase
Bluegrass music isn’t something one would think to hear in Grand Forks, North Dakota but the Flatt Mountain Bluegrass Boys brought an excellent musical experience to their audience at Half Brothers Brewing Company Friday. Having grown up with bluegrass and country music, I was excited to hear the F...
Embracing Neurodiversity
Bilal Suleiman, Columnist
March 5, 2018
Filed under Arts & Community, Arts&Comm, Dakota Student
For Ryan Majerus, finding out he had autism came as a surprise “I truly did not know I had a disability until like 5th or 6th grade,” Majerus said. “(My social worker) was the one that told me I had autism and that I was different. Despite this revelation, Majerus still had dreams of helping othe...
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