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Seedy Sunday means it must be spring...

“Seed is the source of life and the first link in the food chain.  Control over seed means a control over our lives, our food and our freedom.” Physicist and activist Vandana Shiva It’s time to dust off the gardening equipment and start planning your crops for this year! Rossland REAL Food’s annual Seedy Sunday and Interact...

Juno award winning artist performing next week

As part of the Grand Forks 'Casa Que Canta' concerts, they are welcoming multiple Juno award-winning Blackie and the Rodeo Kings member Stephen Fearing as he launches his next solo album, the highly anticipated, Between Hurricanes. Born out of several life-changing events, Between Hurricanes is both the document and result ...

Calling all 70s buffs - new exhibit could include your keepsakes!

Gallery 2  is putting a call out to the public to assist them with their new exhibit, featuring the  “70s”. They  have some great ideas but need your help to make it all happen. They  have a want list and are asking that you check your closets and basements for items that you could possibly lend them from that era.  "It will...

Wriggly worms and seed library featured at annual Seedy Saturday event

Learn about how to do your own worm composting, how to contribute to local seed and food sustainability and hobnob with like-minded gardening enthusiasts at the annual Seedy Saturday Seed Share and Exchange in Grand Forks, Saturday, March 9. This year’s event, which is hosted by the Grand Forks and Boundary Regional Agricultural...

REVIEW: I laughed, I cheered, I nearly sang along to Annie Get Your Gun

Lucky for all of you who didn’t come out for the opening of the Boundary Musical Theatre’s production of Annie Get Your Gun last night– there’s still five more shows you can catch before it’s gone for good. The 1946 Broadway Musical was an ambitious production for the community theatre group to take on, but clearly it was not...

LIBRARY MUSINGS: New service for house-bound locals and an AGM

Hi Grand Folks!I’m so excited. And I just can’t hide it. Here’s why: the library is launching a brand-new service to deliver books and other items to homebound patrons!   The Homebound Delivery Service will be available to anyone who cannot come to the library to pick up materials – whether it’s a 14 -year-old boy who broke...

Second annual Masquerade Ball a mysterious good time

More than 75 masked revelers attended the second annual Masquerade Ball at Gallery 2 in Grand Forks, Saturday, Feb. 23. The art gallery fundraiser is one of two events the gallery hosts in-house every year. Despite conflicting community events, the costume ball was as well attended as last year, said Dawsha Hunt, Visitor’s ...

Toe-tapping music set to entertain in Annie Get Your Gun

Grand Forks audiences are in for a theatrical treat at the Boundary Musical Theatre’s spring production of the popular Broadway hit, Annie Get Your Gun, opening Friday, March 1. Annie Get Your Gun, you say? Never heard of it? Actually, you have! While you might not recognize the name of the lead character – Annie Oakley – and...

SPOTLIGHT FILMS: Amour

The multiple award nominated/winning film, Amour, will be presented on Tuesday, Feb. 26 by Spotlight Films. This not so subtle creation of writer/director Michael Haneke (The White Ribbon, Cache) wraps our emotions around, generally, the aging process accompanied by the various debilitating challenges and, specifically, the...

LIBRARY MUSINGS: Book club, knitting and the best of 2012

Hi Grand Folks! I’ve got a lot to say, so I’m going to get right to it:   Storytime is back!   Come on down to the library for our weekly storytimes – Fridays at 10:30 to 11:00 a.m. We’ve got rhymes, songs, stories, and more.   Fabulous Fridays   Fridays are inherently somewhat fabulous - come for the board games, the Xbox ...

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