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Meet seven people who make this community thrive.
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Publisher
fresh faces When we were brainstorming new ideas for our cover stories we came to the conclusion that this month should be about showcasing what the people of Fargo think about Fargo. Of course we have our own opinions of places to go and things to do, but what about the schoolteacher? Or the college student? Or the 88-year-old lifelong citizen? What do they think of this city and what do they like to do? So, with that in mind, enjoy reading opinions from some of Fargo’s own community members. We learned a lot in the process of interviewing everyone and soaked in their opinions and perceptions. Have you seen who we have been interviewing lately? This year alone we have interviewed the Goo Goo Dolls, The Fray, The Eli Young Band, Bonnie Raitt, Trampled By Turtles, Jake Owen, Atmosphere and many more. This is a huge milestone for myself as the publisher of this magazine. A couple years ago we struggled to get interviews from major celebrities, because we were not recognized as a quality publication. Now, things are changing, and opportunities to provide readers with exclusive resources and interviews are emerging.
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Look out for the new fargomonthly.com. We are working together as a team to expand our resources and content. We will have everything from bar and dining specials, shopping guides and event calendar, to photo galleries and video and exclusive online content. Check it out this fall.
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Swanson Health Products turns 45 this year. Take a look at its past, present and future with CEO Ken Harris.
People of Fargo
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On the Job with...
From the businessperson to the new American, we look at seven individuals who make up this great city.
Gene Fife, MATBUS shop supervisor, has dedicated 30 years to ensuring safe travels for the city’s buses.
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Eli Young Band, 311, Goo Goo Dolls, Noah Hawley and Miranda Sings
We talked with several notable artists about Fargo.
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Blurring the Lines
Fargo-Moorhead’s newest creative collective aims to change your idea of “theatre” as you know it.
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Event Calendar
Stay on top of what’s happening in the community with our event calendar.
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36 Carluster Crumplebee Orchestra Their music is as unique as their name. Learn the story behind this gypsy jazz inspired band.
The Ultimate Pet Guide From boarding to pet parks, learn everything you need to know about owning a pet in Fargo-Moorhead.
On The Cover
We brought seven amazing community members right to our studio for this month’s cover shoot with J. Alan Paul Photography. We had a wonderful time getting to know each and every one of them and their unique stories. We hope you feel the same. Special thanks to Usher’s House for lending us the chair.
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Editor
People Weather Ask somebody who has moved to Fargo what their favorite reason for live here is and the answer is usually the same: the people. We don’t live here for the beautiful scenery. We certainly don’t live here for the weather. It takes a special kind of person to live up here, and that’s who we celebrate this month. The genuine Midwestern cordiality has been well-documented. Whether it’s in books like “How Fargo of You” or the friendly conversation you strike up with a complete stranger at the gas station, we are known for our friendly personalities and civility. That is something we should take pride in. We should scream it from the top of the Bank of the West building that we have some of the nicest people in the United States. From the police officer to the new American to the businessperson, we look at some of the people who do the living and dying in this city. By no means is this a complete representation of the many groups of people who make up this city. This is a random sampling of the population and we look forward to featuring more people and telling you their stories in the future. Remember, we’ll choose people over weather, every time.
Andrew Jason, Editor
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Volume 4 / Issue 9
August 2014
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Business
A Homegrown COMPANY Swanson Health Products has grown from a side project to a powerhouse in the vitamin business For the last 45 years, Swanson Health Products has been the little company that could. Actually, that was once true. It is now the big company that has done and is out to do much more. Swanson has proven that Fargo-Moorhead is an ideal location for large corporations. By Andrew Jason | Photos by J. Alan Paul Photography
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Past Leland Swanson formed the company in 1969, but the genesis of the company began long before then. According to Ken Harris, CEO of Swanson Health Products, Leland began taking vitamins “to make his life better and help his golf game.” What started out as a lifestyle change for Leland quickly grew into something much more. Leland and his son Lee Jr., who is now the President of Swanson Health Products, began to operate the business as a small mail order supplement company. It became too big for their small storefront, so they opened up a warehouse in the Fargo Industrial Park. Over the next 20 years Swanson grew to be a powerhouse in the vitamin supplement business.
present In 2001, Swanson Health Products opened up its 200,000 square foot headquarters located at 4075 40th Ave. SW, Fargo. They recently underwent a 6,100 square foot expansion. Along with warehouses in Harrisburg, PA, and Sparks, NV, the company does north of $300 million in profit every year and is growing steadily at 10 percent a year. All of the numbers are impressive, but there is one aspect of the company that is more important to Harris. “I think the thing that we’re most proud of is the fact that we’re homegrown in this community,” Harris said. “We’re, I think, in the top 20 employers in Fargo … We’re very pleased to be here today.” The company shows its support for the community through a number of ways. Swanson Health Products is a major sponsor of the Fargo Marathon. It supports various charities like the United Way, American Red Cross, Hospice, Dakota Medical Foundation and many more.
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Business Swanson Health Products
by the Numbers
525 Fargo
jobs
113 employees with 10+ years of service
20,000 + 4-18 months
products
from concept
shelf
for new Swanson Health products
22 Countries represented by Swanson Health Product employees
$.35 cost of least expensive product new Swanson Health Products added monthly
200,000
Active Dry Yeast
$264.59 cost of most expensive product
Bio-Active Silver Hydrosol
Fargo sq ft ofheadquarters
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6,100
sq ft addition
471
289
5,400
customer emails
live chats
calls
answered per day
with customers per day
from customers per day
future The growth isn’t slowing down, either. Harris noted that people are becoming more and more interested in organic and healthy foods, and that is where part of the future of Swanson Health Products lies. “Looking forward to the future, we’re very excited,” Harris said. “We continue to see our vitamins and supplements grow, but now we’ve taken a broader view. We’re very enthused to see younger people become much more interested in healthy foods.” That interest in health doesn’t end with organic food. Swanson Health Products is seeing a rise in the sports and nutrition field. “In the past, you used to think of sports nutrition as big bodybuilders and all these guys that were probably on steroids,” Harris said. “The younger people are looking for products to help their workouts work better.” Another component Swanson Health Products is hoping to expand upon is international distribution. Swanson Health Products have major distributors in China, Japan, Poland and Bulgaria. However, one of the company’s strategic plans next year is to triple its international business. While the company has come from the little business that could, they are still going strong, and Harris has the right mentality to keep it growing. “We’re saying, ‘If Amazon is able to do it, we gotta be able to do it and we gotta be able to do it yesterday.’”
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Community
ON THE JOB WITH
GENE FIFE SOME OF GENE FIFE’S favorite books are service
manuals for buses. His office is littered with them. This showcases his dedication and passion for his job as Shop Supervisor at MATBUS.
For the last 30 years, Fife has been making sure the bus fleet runs on time and without any breakdowns. With a fleet of 57 buses, this isn’t always an easy job. Fife has many duties on a day-to-day basis. “I run fuel reports, preventive maintenance reports, farebox reports,” he said. “I schedule all maintenance into the shop, breakdowns – I assign technicians to go out on the street and pick those up. I help diagnose the fleet … The quick answer is, I’m what they call the quick button.” The list goes on and on. Needless to say, Fife knows his buses. Working in the same career for 30 years, one will see a lot of changes. That is no different for Fife. He came on as a technician when everything was mechanical, but in 1993 MATBUS received its first electronic engines and the technology progressed rapidly. MATBUS now has six hybrid buses and will be purchasing two more next year. These hybrid buses work just like a hybrid car. Each bus has a generator that, every time the bus decelerates and waits at a stoplight, the generator charges the batteries. When the bus goes from zero to 35 miles per hour, it uses battery power rather than fuel. These buses cost about $675,000, but over an eight-year period, the savings of these buses add up quickly. One of Fife’s most important
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goals as shop supervisor is to keep the buses running as long as possible. “If you take a bus and you do your preventive maintenance according to the books and then add your knowledge to that maintenance, that bus will run on the street daily with little or no breakdowns,” Fife said. Like most great supervisors, Fife has done everything that he expects his employees to do. He still enjoys getting his hands dirty. However, overseeing a bus fleet can be a 24hour job, which is fine by Fife.
“I always thought, ‘Well, I work for the city,’” he said. “I work for the front offices and if they have a question and they can’t get the answer, it’s a simple phone call away. I have no headaches with that.” You don’t have to spend much time with Fife to deduce that he genuinely enjoys his job, as is evident when asked about his favorite part of his work. “Showing up,” he responded with a cracked smile.
by the numbers 500,000
The average number of miles a MATBUS bus runs in its lifetime.
57
The number of buses in the fleet. There are roughly 48 buses out on an average day.
2,500
The number of miles a bus travels before it is inspected.
148
The number of miles a bus travels on an average day.
$675,000
The cost of one of the new hybrid buses.
123
The total number of MATBUS employees.
$7,946,426
The 2013 operating costs of MATBUS.
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Business
fyi
what is happening in the startup community?
CoCo Fargo CoCo is a coworking and collaborative space that will be opening in August on the second floor of the Merchants National Bank Building on Broadway downtown.
GREG TEHVEN’S
STARTUP COMMUNITY
cocomsp.com
Fargo Startup House This house, which will kick off in September, will bring entrepreneurs together under one roof to help bring their ideas off the ground.
SPOTLIGHT
fargostartuphouse.com
Prairie Roots Food Co-op This food co-op store will bring all natural, organic and local foods under one roof.
COLLABORATION
prairie-roots.coop
What does one plus one equal?
It’s one of the most basic mathematical equations. However, I believe many people don’t take the time to think through the potential answers. Many would say it equals two, focusing on mathematical or practical solutions rather than seeking creative possibilities. However, I’d argue that it can equal eleven. By simply moving the first one next to the second one, you add nine units of mathematical value. For me, this is how I think about problem solving. What ingredients could be added together to create a greater value by working with others? The answer is nearly always seeking new ways to solve problems, with a focus on collaboration. Our team at Emerging Prairie loves to stack events. We just held TEDxFargo the day before TEDxYouth@Fargo, drawing more interest and involvement from the community. We often host guest speakers for small groups before 1 Million Cups or schedule Startup Drinks during high impact weeks like the upcoming Build Conference. By integrating community events with industry events and special opportunities, our community leaders are able to collaborate and create greater outcomes for more people. One of the great treasures of our growing community of risk takers and collaborators is the commitment to sharing opportunities, resources and 22
ideas. We are watching the concept of collaborative consumption – an economic model focusing primarily on access versus ownership – thrive in our region. In 2014, we will watch the Prairie Roots Food Cooperative open its doors (although they’re online store is up and running at prairie-roots.coop), Great Rides Bike Share will launch after hundreds of hours of college students’ dedication, and CoCo will open its collaborative work space model outside of the Twin Cities for the first time. MELD provides folks the chance to learn about 3D printing by renting space and hours, the DIY Wood Studio continues to engage folks with a membership model to use power tools my Dad would never let me touch as a kid, and the Fargo Startup House will be the first residential home in North Dakota that will have fiber Internet to be shared among six world class entrepreneurs. Collaborative Consumption is not new. Most have checked out a book at a library or rented a movie through Netflix. However, our entrepreneurs and creatives are learning new ways to build organizations and companies creating sustainable models. It’s not just good for business, it’s good for our community, the environment and possibilities. One plus one really can equal 11 for all of us if we push ourselves to think with an abundant mindset, focus on possibilities and seek solutions with an open mind.
Great Rides Bike Share This bike share program will allow citizens to rent a pass on a daily, monthly or yearly basis. There will be docking stations located across town that will allow people to utilize any of the bikes.
facebook.com/GreatRidesBikeshare
TEDxFargo TED Talks are an international program that brings speakers to talk on a variety of topics. Fargo holds a regular TEDx and a TEDxYouth.
tedxfargo.com
MELD Workshop MELD is a workshop that allows creators, designers and inventors to bring life to their ideas with a variety of tools including 3D printers, laser engravers and much more.
facebook.com/meldworkshop 1 Million Cups
This is a weekly event that brings local entrepreneurs to present on their startups and receive advice from an audience of peers and mentors. emergingprairie.com/1-million-cups-fargo Startup Drinks
This networking event put on by Emerging Prairie brings entrepreneurs together for food and drinks to mingle and discuss the entrepreneurial community. emergingprairie.com/startup-drinks
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People
There are many great things about Fargo, but the people may very well be the best part. While it is impossible to represent the entire city in one issue of a magazine, we present to you seven individuals who contribute to our flourishing community. From the business owner to the teacher, each person is a piece of the Fargo puzzle. By Andrew Jason & Lisa Marchand Photos by J. Alan Paul Photography
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the college student
People
athan wyatt
leads a pretty good life here in Fargo. Aside from the winter wind, this city is a prime spot for college students like himself. Even though his parents wanted him to attend a private college, Wyatt saw his future at NDSU. When the Farmington, Minn. native toured the school initially, he instantly connected at the university. Now, he’s approaching his senior year as a biotechnology major. “Our Bison guide who was giving us the tour immediately said, ‘You’ll have opportunities for undergraduate research,’” Wyatt said. “It was just a whole wealth of opportunities that you don’t hear about at other schools … I get to be actually in a lab doing actual work here, which is amazing and nobody else gets that experience. That was hands down a selling point.”
What does Fargo mean to you? “Opportunity would be a good way to put it. Even if you’re not going to school or if you’re not looking to, even if you’re just looking to live here for a little while, you’d seriously have to work to not be employed.”
favorite fargo Hotspots NDSU Spicy Pie Jitters
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Rhombus Guys
When he’s not running through one of Fargo’s many parks, he’s involved in campus activities in a multitude of ways. Wyatt works for the USDA NDSU co-op and also has played a major role in the NDSU Development Foundation. The president of Bison Ambassadors already has his eyes set on graduate school, and he may stick around. “The city is extremely orientated towards college students,” Wyatt said, “and there’s always something to do, which is super nice.”
the teacher hil johnson
is closing in on his 15th year as a teacher with Fargo Public Schools. Between his time at Ben Franklin Middle School, North High and South High, this French teacher has seen a lot of faces and a lot of change – especially the last few years. Fargo’s population is becoming more diverse, and Johnson absolutely loves it. “They’re really adding a lot to our town through restaurants (and) at schools,” the South High teacher said. “Our school looks really different these days. I love it because when kids graduate they’re not just all going to stay in Fargo; they’re going to go see the big world, and it’s a colorful world.” Johnson shows a group of his students a piece of that colorful world every other year when they travel to France for three weeks. “I can’t get enough of it when I’m abroad,” he said. “The culture and the music and the language, I just love it all. It’s nice to escape.” With as much wanderlust as this man possesses, why Fargo? “After you’ve had kids it’s kind of hard to uproot kids,” Johnson said of his two teenagers. “But I really do like the system we teach in. I get a lot of autonomy teaching and don’t feel like someone’s always looking over my shoulder to see what I’m doing.” Now the only French teacher at South High, he is responsible for teaching 9th through 12th graders. Hundreds of kids have passed through his doors. “There are good days and bad, just like any other job,” Johnson said. “It’s great to see former students on the street who will come up and talk to you ... they’re in a profession now and they’re happy for having gone through my class, maybe.”
What does Fargo mean to you? “Fargo is home. It’s where my family is. It’s where I work. It’s where I live. I would hope to make changes in people as a teacher and hope to open their eyes here. I love that it’s a center of learning because you have three major colleges plus tech schools here. It’s always vibrant and young.”
favorite fargo Hotspots Downtown Fargo HoDo Lindenwood Park
Gooseberry Park Frisbee golf courses
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the police officer
People
arah Wagner
didn’t always see herself as a police officer, but that’s the way life works sometimes. She originally wanted to be an athletic trainer and work in the NFL, but soon realized how long she would have to be in school. That’s when being a police officer caught her attention. “It looked like an interesting job,” Wagner said. “Something different everyday. I’m riding a motorcycle and outside all day long. It really doesn’t get much better than getting paid to ride a motorcycle. I really enjoy my job.” For the last 12 years, Wagner has been keeping the streets safe as a motor officer. Most of her days, at least in the summer, are spent on a motorcycle making sure that people are obeying the rules of the road. While most of the time everyone is friendly, there can be tough days to be a police officer. “A lot of times we’re meeting people on their worst day possible, so it’s hard,” Wagner said. “You can understand where somebody wouldn’t be as pleasant to you because they’re going through something that’s difficult or a once-in-a-lifetime thing.”
What does Fargo mean to you? “I love Fargo. It’s a safe community. We do have our issues, but, for the most part, it’s safe. It seems like everyone around here is friendly. It’s not that hard to go to a grocery store and just start talking to someone. You don’t always see that in bigger cities.”
favorite fargo Hotspots Fargo Marathon
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Lindenwood Park
While some may think that it may be tough to be a police officer, Wagner would disagree. That is mostly because of the way that the Fargo Police Department is run. “Fargo PD does a lot of training,” she said. “We have a really good training program. We do, like most jobs, continuing education. We train at different topics every month and it’s helpful whether it’s firearms or defensive tactics or even report writing.”
People
ayna Del Val
was born in Wahpeton, ND, but has spent most of her life in Fargo. She made the rounds of Fargo-Moorhead universities by receiving a theatre degree from MSUM, an English head licensure from Concordia College and a master’s in English composition from NDSU. Del Val wasn’t sure where life was taking her, but one thing was for certain: art was going to be at the center of it. She taught at the universities for a while, wrote for the magazine “From House to Home,” acted in various theatre groups and commercials and still does freelance jobs. About five years ago, she became the Executive Director of the Arts Partnership. “We’re like the United Way for the arts,” Del Val said. “We represent, right this minute, 132 artists, arts-related businesses and arts non-profits.”
What does Fargo mean to you? “Fargo means to me a place where the arts have a place at the table and provide tremendous value to the growing and changing community.”
favorite fargo Hotspots While she can’t pick just one, Del Val loves all the downtown restaurants and art galleries and supports any arts-related business across Fargo-Moorhead.
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According to Del Val, the Arts Partnership has four major tasks. They communicate about the arts community through their online publication “ARTSpulse.” Secondly, they advocate, both governmentally and community wide, for the arts. The Arts Partnership also creates networking opportunities with and for artists. Finally, they help raise money through city- and privatelyraised dollars. One of Del Val’s favorite parts of her job is the fact that she can expose people to art that they may not have appreciated or even noticed. For example, West Acres Mall has one of the largest privately-held art collections in the region. Oftentimes people don’t realize there’s art there, so the Arts Partnership held an art crawl through the mall. “I really like to create environments where people come in and are surprised that they fit,” Del Val said.
the new american nisa Abdirazin
has had a life that most can’t imagine. She was forced out of Somalia due to war and lived in Ethiopia in a region with many other refugees. Because of her circumstances, she grew up without a home and was always on the run. “I was even a refugee in my own country,” Abdirazin said in her thick accent. Eight years ago, her sister, who lives in St. Cloud, MN, sponsored Abdirazin to come to the United States. She moved to Fargo and currently lives here with her three kids. For the last two years, she has been pursuing her GED. “There’s a lot going on in my life so I don’t come (to school) all of the time, but I do my best,” Abdirazin said. “If I finish college and finish my GED, I want to be a person who helps people.” Abdirazin has received dual reactions in Fargo. She said that, for the most part, people are nice, but she will still hear people talking about her when she’s out in public. She wears a hijab, a veil that covers the head and chest that is worn by many Muslim women, and this can draw attention to her. She has a message for anybody who has given her a strange look, though. “They have to get over it because I’m here and I’m not going anywhere,” Abdirazin said. “There’s a lot of good people here, though.” When she arrived in Fargo, she was able to write in English but couldn’t speak the language. She is now able to speak English well. She can speak five languages, but she chooses to speak English at home with her children. She does worry that her children will lose their heritage and she would love to take them back to Ethiopia, but she still runs the risk of being arrested if she returns home. “I worry that thing all the time because they (her children) are American now and no matter how hard I try to fit them in, they will never fit,” Abdirazin said. “If I get the chance, I will have to take them home, but there is no home.”
What does Fargo mean to you? “I love it. The only thing that matters is if you have peace. That’s all.”
favorite fargo Hotspots Fargo Parks
Chuck E Cheese’s with her kids
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the business owner
People
eresa O’Day
has been around the world and back, but one place will always be home: Fargo. The North High grad owns Proper & Prim, the boutique that got the ball rolling on women’s clothing stores in downtown Fargo. “When I was younger ... the craziest store in Fargo was probably Old Navy,” O’Day said with a laugh. “I always wanted somewhere to shop where I could get things that I liked that I could afford, and there really wasn’t a place like that.” After spending time in South Korea teaching English, she returned to North Dakota and decided to take the plunge. She opened Proper & Prim next to her mom’s boutique, O’Day Caché. Together, the two stores have become a downtown shopping destination. Fargo’s economy is booming and has become a mecca for small business owners like O’Day.
What does Fargo mean to you? “Fargo’s home. I love Fargo. I’ve traveled all over. I’ve lived in London, I’ve lived in Seoul, (South Korea), I’ve lived in St. Paul for a few years. All my friends always are like, ‘Why do you want to move back to Fargo?’ They don’t get it, and people don’t get it until they come here and they see it ... Everyone’s so genuine, everyone’s so nice and it’s just a really great place.”
favorite fargo Hotspots Mezzaluna D’Vine Unglued Market 34
Fowler’s Pinch & Pour
“(In) Fargo, especially downtown, everybody’s so supportive,” O’Day said. “When I opened, there were so many business owners downtown that gave me advice and really helped me out and kind of gave me the lay of the land... Fargo really wants to see Fargo succeed, and I think that’s great.” Few places provide such a nurturing environment for entrepreneurs as Fargo, and she saw that firsthand at a wedding she recently attended in New York. As she visited with other women her age, they could not believe she was already such a successful business owner at the age of 29. Fargo, O’Day said, has allowed her to become that. “It’s a place where you can really excel if you put your mind to it.”
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the lifelong citizen
People
ngie brady
may be the busiest retired person you’ll ever meet. This former nurse has accomplished quite a lot since she retired 28 years ago. She’s written five books, honed her painting skills, penned a magazine column for 19 years and recently joined the Fargo Forum Readers Board. “I don’t feel retired,” Brady said. “I’m just changing what I’m doing.” She has lived in the Fargo-Moorhead area most of her life. Most importantly, this 88-year old knows how to live in the moment. Despite developing neuropathy of the fingers, her attitude appears unchanged and she hasn’t slowed down. “I guess I don’t waste time worrying about what’s done,” she said. “There’s things ahead I’d rather think about.” Brady began her nursing career as an OB at St. Luke’s Hospital, now Sanford. She then became the head nurse at St. Ansgar Hospital in Moorhead. Finally, she wrapped up her career as a nursing professor for 17 years. She has witnessed the evolution of FargoMoorhead from a quiet Midwestern town to a booming city that continues to grow.
What does Fargo mean to you? “It’s meant something different at different times of my life... I can’t tell you what it means to me. It’s home, of course. It was Sunland Village in Mesa, AZ I loved with all my heart, and I had a column there and I was singing. I was busy in everything you can think of. I loved it and all the people, but then when I came here back for the summers, went to Pelican Lake and then here, it’s home.”
favorite fargo Hotspots FM Opera
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“It isn’t sudden,” Brady said. “It’s just quietly changing, and it still remains Fargo-Moorhead.” What she said has changed the most, however, is the size and diversity of the population. “I like different types of people,” she said. “You’d be bored with a carbon copy of yourself.” She’s one of a kind, and her spunky attitude hasn’t faded. Just like this city, she has grown, but remains the same at the core of it all. “It’s been a surprise to me to get older because you feel, like my mother said, she felt the same way as she did when she was younger, except she needed more rest,” Brady said with a smile. “I think that’s it in a nutshell. You feel the same way you always felt. You don’t go from being one way to another.”
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Music
The
CARLUSTER CRUMPLEBEE Orchestra
With a name like that, how can they not be good? Gypsy jazz. A Minnesota Vikings player nobody remembers. Woody Allen movies. Ever changing band members. It’s just another day in the life of The Carluster Crumplebee Orchestra.
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Band Members from left to right: Andrew Long, Eric Martens, Tom Johnson, Lance Tessman and Dustin Ellingson
By Andrew Jason | Photo by J. Alan Paul Photography | Live photos by Holly D. Photography
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“I’ve said that jazz was invented in the brothels, and I’m trying to take it back there. It’s become so academicized… If it wants to stay alive it has to meet the audience at some sort of middle ground.”
e’ll get the obvious question out of the way. Here’s the origin of the band name. Carlester Crumpler was a tight end for the Minnesota Vikings in 1999 who is mostly remembered for his name. When Carluster Crumplebee Orchestra founder Tom Johnson was on the road with The Johnson Family Band, they would come up with fake band names. The Carluster Crumplebee Orchestra was one of those names that stuck in Johnson’s mind.
The idea of the band goes back even further than the name. Johnson had always been a fan of jazz music, especially the gypsy jazz artist Django Reinhardt. Woody Allen has also always been a major influence for Johnson. In fact, the soundtrack to “Sweet and Lowdown,” a Woody Allen movie about a fake rivalry between Django Reinhardt and another musician, was the first jazz CD Johnson ever owned. “This is fun music that people can drink cocktails to or feel like this is cool background (music),” Johnson said. “First and foremost, it’s extremely danceable.” Finally last summer, Johnson took the plunge and decided to start the band. However, the band format is a little different. Rather than have set members, the Carluster Crumplebee Orchestra is designed so that people can sit in on the band.
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We asked Johnson where he thought Fargo music is going. This is what he had to tell us. “People should go
out and support their
local music and people who are trying to do
something different and
“My idea the whole time, outside me and the clarinetist, which I write our part out very intricately, the other guitarists, bass, drums, I make charts out for them but everyone can be interchangeable,” Johnson said.
something that’s unique
This means that any talented Fargo-Moorhead artist can sit in so that the band is not as dependent on people’s schedules. While Django Reinhardt isn’t a household name, Johnson was surprised at the amount of positive feedback he received about creating the band.
where you have a really thriving
“One of the big things that actually got me to say, ‘Well, maybe this can work,’” Johnson said. “I had some tunes that are now arrangements of this band and we did a Django Reinhardt tune. Younger hippies were like, ‘That was cool. You played that
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own brand of it. We are on a cusp of really making this town a hip town.
This could be an Austinesque town. Obviously not as big as Austin, but art culture in North Dakota and
the tundra and you have this really cool scene. The more you do that
and the more you support the local
musicians who are doing something different, the more you are going to get bigger artists come in and do
concerts because they’re like, ‘Oh,
this is a town that appreciates music so I want to come and play there.’”
Django Reinhardt tune…’ I was like, ‘Oh, maybe people will like this.’” Sure enough, people enjoyed it and started to attend their shows. This is a dream come true for Johnson who hopes to bring jazz back to the masses. “I’ve said that jazz was invented in the brothels, and I’m trying to take it back there. It’s become so academicized… If it wants to stay alive it has to meet the audience at some sort of middle ground.” Judging from the audiences the band receives at Dempsey’s, Hotel Donaldson or the other venues where they play, there is a demand for the music. In fact, it’s not just their music that has become more
popular. Johnson, who is in several bands including D Mills and the Thrills, Diane Miller and the Silver Daggers and others, has noticed an increase in the Fargo music scene. “It has had its ups and downs, but I feel the opportunity is better for musicians than it’s ever been because of businesses and creative people are just poppinwg up left and right and that’s giving the opportunity to play more places.”
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Music By lisa marchand
GOO GOO DOLLS
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WITH robby takac: On seeing the music industry evolve & moving past “Iris” Sunday, August 31 at Bluestem
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“Magnetic” marks your 10th album. What do you think is setting this one apart from the rest of them?
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moving forward ... So yeah, it cast a long shadow, but I think at the same time it’s nice to be able to get out of the sun every once in awhile and sit in the shade of that shadow and be able to dodge in and out of it and still return to the safety of it occasionally. I think it’s a blessing and it really launched the second phase of our career, which was a pretty important time for us.”
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear ‘Fargo’?
“Yeah, it’s not necessarily a happy movie, but it’s a good movie.” (Laughs)
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“The band has had a chance to have a few more years into their journey. This record was recorded a little differently. In the past we used to write a bunch of songs and then pick 15 of them and go in and record 15 songs and try to finish them all at one time. This record we did a little differently, and we just kind of worked song by song, and had an idea, work on that idea, and finish that idea and then move on to the next one. A bit of a palate cleanser between songs, which was a good exercise, I think.”
“Iris” was named the No. 1 song on Billboard’s Top 100 between 1992-2012. What was your reaction when you found that out?
“In this business, and this is just my personal opinion, I think the jabs you receive and the accolades that you receive kind of go into the same bin for me. It’s nice that someone has said something nice about one of the songs, but if someone says something bad about it, that’s not going to change my mind either. I think you really have to sort of look at what you do and take people’s opinions for what they are. I think that was one publication’s opinion and it’s awesome, but time to move on, and there’s more cool stuff.”
Do you ever feel like you’re living in the shadow or have to live up to such an explosive single?
“In any successful musical group like this, you’re going to have that moment that makes you that successful band and you’re going to chase that moment and that’s what keeps things
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go on all these things people seem to be using for crowd funding and stuff. You’re going directly to the patrons of the arts and saying, ‘Hey man, I’m asking you to support what I do,’ and I think that there’s a relationship that develops there between the artist and the folks who support them. It’s a little stronger than that commodity of ‘Hey man, I laid $11 down for your record and I like it.’ (Instead,) ‘I laid down $50 for you to make a record because I want it.’ And that’s a special relationship, so I think there are benefits in it, but it’s definitely a different way of going about things. I feel pretty fortunate, quite honestly, to have lived through and experienced a few different plateaus of this thing at this point because I think in the future it’s going to be valuable to be able to look back and remember how things worked when the music industry was a dino.”
How has the music industry changed since the band first started out?
“When we started, we were seeing bands daily being signed for millions of dollars ... In the early 90s it wasn’t unusual to hear literally on a daily basis that people are getting these huge deals. Those deals really aren’t out there anymore. It’s a proving ground now with the Internet. I wouldn’t be surprised if somewhere down the line … record labels are just signing bands on the amount of likes they have on Facebook or followers they have on Twitter or whatever means of social media is popular down the line ... People aren’t going to stop listening to music. People aren’t going to stop making music. People aren’t going to stop having a desire to have more music in their life. It’s just the manner of that relationship is going to change and has been changing drastically, but it’s not done yet. There’s still some major changes to come; I have a feeling.”
Have you guys felt the effect of Internet downloads as far as record sales when people have the access right at their fingertips?
“The album isn’t quite such a hot commodity anymore; it’s more about singles. But for me I think it’s not necessarily how people are purchasing their music that’s the biggest change. To me, it’s currently how people are experiencing their music, which is largely on YouTube or Spotify or Pandora, where if you get a billion plays you barely have enough money to buy dinner. It takes money to tour, it takes money to make records, it takes money to have an apartment to live in while you’re trying to tour and make records. I think it’s become a sort of supporter of the arts system, if you will. Things like Kickstarter, you
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Are you still enjoying touring after all this time?
“Shows are great. The hour and a half that you play is amazing. There are 22 hours that I’m not getting ready and playing, and that’s filled with Hyatts and Marriotts and club sandwiches and trying to find breakfast. With the family being back at home … It’s like the life of a traveling salesman, if you will. And that’s kind of a drag and that gets old after decades of doing it, but shows are always awesome and that’s why we’re here, and you just have to keep your head around that and make it good.”
Anything you want to tell your fans up in Fargo?
“We’re just happy to be coming up again and the tour’s been going to a lot of places, and I think it’s been a long time since we’ve been there so I’m glad we’re making it back.”
To read the whole interview, go to fargomonthly.com To get your ticket to their show, go to jadepresents.com/ goo-goo-dolls-moorhead
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Music By Andrew Jason
ELI YOUNG BAND
IN TER VIEW
WITH mike eli: Touring, Small Towns and Early Mornings Wednesday, August 13 at The Venue At The Hub
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he Eli Young Band has three number one hits under their belt and is about to bring those hits to The Venue at The Hub on Wednesday, August 13. Mike Eli, the lead singer of the band that has hits such as “Drunk Last Night,” “Crazy Girl” and “Even If It Breaks Your Heart,” took time out of his busy schedule to talk about small towns, early mornings and how they might not be living the rockstar life. Photo by Brian Lazzaro
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We’re excited for you to be back in Fargo.
“We’re excited about being back. It’s nice to be there in the summer.”
That’s a much better time to come here than the winter.
“We’re from Texas so the winters y’all have, we’re not accustomed to those kinds of winters.”
A lot of bands mention that recording an album can get old and you can feel like you’re doing the same old. Is that true for you guys as well, or is each album different?
“We really try and expand with every album that we make. We try not to make a record the same way twice. We really want to make sure that we’re trying new things… Whether it’s the live show feel of ’10,000 Towns’ and kind of covering some territory we necessarily didn’t cover on the last couple records. Kind of learning from that keeps it fun.”
As you mentioned with the family and getting older, is it harder to tour or do you still have the same passion for traveling around?
“I’ve said this countless times, but being on stage – I would do that for free. That’s kind of the part that we’re still passionate about getting on stage and playing live. It’s all the other stuff that you get paid for… “What they don’t tell you about following this dream about being in a band and being on the road, they don’t tell you about the early mornings. We’ve been up doing interviews all morning. I
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was up at 6 a.m. this morning. Nobody tells you that, ‘Hey, you’re going to go and start this band and you’re going to have a lot of early mornings.’ You don’t realize that. That’s kind of the stuff you get paid for. The getting on stage stuff is still the passion.”
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Here I thought you’d be living the rockstar dream. “We live that too, but the hangovers just feel worse.”
From June to August, you’re doing close to 60 shows. How do you handle that many?
“It gets a little daunting. A lot of times, even the shows you see on the schedule, there’s more than that because we have days on the road where we’re doing press or doing other work... It gets a little daunting because there’s a lot of time spent away from home. At the end of the day, we have great jobs and we know that.”
Anything you want to say to your fans up here in Fargo?
“We can’t wait to see you. We’re excited about coming back to town and we’re going to put on a really fun show. I’m excited to see what everybody up there thinks of the new stuff and thinks of the live show.”
To read the whole interview, go to fargomonthly.com To get your ticket to their show, go to jadepresents.com/ eli-young-band-fargo
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Music By lisa marchand
311
IN TER VIEW
WITH nick hexum: A Rock n Roll Fantasy That Hasn’t Stopped Tuesday, August 12 at The Venue At The Hub
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our young guys from the heart of the Midwest started a band 24 years ago. They weren’t expecting much; they just wanted to make music. Eleven studio albums later, 311 has grown a rock solid fan base and has continued to evolve as a band. We caught up with singer and guitarist Nick Hexum in the midst of their 7-week tour before they hit Fargo.
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FM You started in Omaha, NE, but now you’re based out of Los Angeles. Is it nice coming back to the Midwest? “We lived in L.A. for a number of years but now our studio actually is still in north NH Hollywood, but everyone in the band is sort of scattered about in the area... When we hit the Midwest, you know that town, you know what I mean? You know the people, to a degree… We were used to growing up in Omaha, so coming back, when we’re on tour in the summer especially, I love it. I love the crowds in the Midwest. I just love being back here this time of year because it brings back a lot of memories.”
“Stereolithic” is your 11th album, but first independent album in a really long time. What made you decide to take that route with this one?
“There’s been so many changes in the music industry, and at this point in time, for 311 anyway, we’ve made our fan base... There really isn’t a whole lot that a label can offer us here, domestically, in the U.S. that we can’t really just do on our own. We’ve sort of gone back and forth for quite a number of years, discussing why don’t we just do it ourselves? So it was really just a matter of time before we sort of made that leap of faith. I think it’s the best thing that we could have done, and really these shows on this tour have been incredible. The support is
still there. Our fans, they’re incredible and they allow us to do what we do, so we’re so fortunate. Yeah, we benefitted from the old label system to a large extent. That was crucial for us, with the marketing and the radio and the video, all that we benefitted from, but in this climate where that really doesn’t exist anymore, very few songs are being broke on radio it seems anymore, especially in rock radio. That almost doesn’t happen at all. We have to navigate these waters differently now. I think we’ve made a history and we’ve got a deep catalog and obviously a con- FM nection with a core group of music lovers, and for us, that’s kind of just NH all we need at the moment.”
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You guys ventured into some new musical territory for this album. How do you think people are reacting to that?
“The record is varied, but the reaction from the audience has been fantastic as far as the new album. Really, it’s probably been the best reaction we’ve had in a long time, and a lot of our fans are lumping the record up at the top of their favorites… It will always come back to an individual thing for our fans, but overall they’ve responded incredibly to it, and it just has really given us a shot in the arm, so to speak. It’s rejuvenated us as well.”
How do you feel like this album has changed the course of your band? Do you think it has?
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“Every record will do that, to an extent. I think going forward, we’ll use NH this sort of as a benchmark. Can we beat this one? I think it’s set the bar as far as the band goes. I think because it’s so fresh, it’ll really have an impact going forward as far as expectations go. It really turned out to be a solid, solid record and a fan favorite, so that’s important.”
Is it ever a challenge to balance a family life and this kind of career? “Well it’s not the best, like the day before you have to leave for tour. That’s probably the worst because you’re trying to get everything together and spend time with your
family. It’s tough, but we knew that going in… The band was happening. It’s just something that you have to realize and you just make the space for it in your heart, but in your mind as well. You anticipate those curves coming down the road, but it’s a blessing, honestly. It requires some work, but not really. That’s not really work. People call it that. ‘Relationships take work.’ No they don’t. (Laughs) They take time, yeah, and they really just take patience and listening. Manual labor is work.”
What is the key to maintaining a successful band?
“That’s a good question. I think you have to have patience, and a lot of it I always attribute to being from Nebraska and the Midwest. There really aren’t expectations, you know what I mean? We didn’t expect to get to where we got, but we just love doing what we did. We really didn’t have any cliché rockstar attitude, I don’t think… but just from the inside perspective, I think we just took it day by day and I don’t think we were really too concerned about far future projections. I think we just wanted to maintain what we had sort of stumbled upon and then we kept going, and it started to snowball and there you have it. It’s what we do. This is what we know, so I think that has something to do with it, and we just enjoy it so much. Really, it’s like a rock n roll fantasy that hasn’t ever stopped.”
Is there anything else you want to add?
“If people haven’t seen us in Fargo and are curious, you should come on out. We have a great live show. That really has been what has kept us going all these years is the live show. We’ve put out records, sure, but it’s the shows that keep them coming back.”
To read the whole interview, go to fargomonthly.com To get your ticket to their show, go to jadepresents.com/311-fargo
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Music
By TANYA WEETS
MIRANDA SINGS IN TER VIEW
WITH COLLEEN BALLINGER The Makings of Miranda Sings Friday, August 29 at The Fargo Theatre
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n 2008, not even knowing what YouTube was or how it would take her musical theatre dreams to new heights, Colleen Ballinger’s crazy antics bore a new personality called Miranda Sings. Seven years later, we caught up with the singer/actress/comedian on the East Coast leg of her self-propelled comedy tour to chat about the original sensation that catapulted the rise of this pitchbending star to the top.
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How did you create the Miranda Sings character? “There were some girls in my music program in college that were kind of snobby and cocky, and I was imitating them. So in the beginning, Miranda was very much just based on a few girls.”
When did Miranda Sings start becoming a YouTube sensation?
“For the first couple years, nobody was really watching my stuff at all. The most views I would have would be maybe a hundred, and I wasn’t really trying to get views – or knew anything about YouTube.”
FM So the character of Miranda was made up for fun? CB “At the time, I worked at Disneyland and I was just trying to make my roommates and college friends laugh... I had no intentions of it going anywhere. I didn’t think anyone would see it except for my friends. So, I was really shocked that some of my videos were going viral.”
FM How did you take the comedy from YouTube to live shows? CB “The videos went viral five years ago
in the Broadway community, so I was really popular in New York City. I’ve only known live theatre, so it was kind of natural for me to go from making YouTube videos and transform it into a stage show. I was getting all these emails from people saying, ‘You should come perform at my theater’... so I just bought a plane ticket and went. And as a little musical theatre nerd, that was like a dream come true.”
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Miranda has a ‘speech impediment’ and wears gobs of lipstick. Let’s talk about that.
“A lot of the characteristics became exaggerated because it’s what people said they ‘hated’ and, in the beginning, I wanted to piss people off. I was trying to be obnoxious... I guess I’m still trying to be obnoxious. If people said they didn’t like something, I decided to do it more.”
And the clothes?
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“Inspiration was taken from my homeschooled years. Some of the kids I knew would make their own FM dresses and would wear men’s clothing... clothes that were too big, mismatched and weird combinations of clothes. A lot of the clothes I wear as Miranda, I wore when I was 13. Now they’re getting some good use.” CB
Do you think being homeschooled gave you a lot of freedom to create and play?
“It gave me a lot of time to observe. I went from public school to homeschool, so I had a general observation of the world... and then went into this ‘weird place’ of group homeschooling. It was very conservative and very much in a bubble. But I definitely participated in some of the ‘weird’…I mean we would get together and decorate vegetables and pretend they were dolls. As a 12 and 13-year old, I got a lot of inspiration and material I didn’t realize I was getting. I wasn’t planning on 10 years later creating a character from it... but it has stuck with me.”
How much of your YouTube videos and live comedy shows are improv and how much is planned?
“With the YouTube videos, I know what the concept is going to be... but I don’t script anything. Everything within the video is improv. And there are moments in the comedy shows that are improv… but over five years you kind of find out what people like and what they laugh at.”
Do you keep up with your YouTube videos while on tour?
“I post four videos a week: two videos as Miranda and two videos as myself so I’m constantly filming video and editing while I’m on the road and then performing at night. So it’s a little bit crazy, but really fun.”
You’re playing the Fargo Theatre August 29th – anything new and fresh attendees can look forward to?
“This year I’m doing a Self-Help Tour. Miranda is teaching her audience how to be better people in a world full of porn and disgusting things... So Miranda’s using music and dance and magic tricks to teach her audience how to live a wholesome life.”
For the full story on what makes Miranda tick, visit fargomonthly.com to read more. For tickets to Miranda Sings at the Fargo Theatre August 29, visit jadepresents.com/ miranda-sings-fargo.
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Entertainment
Up With By Joe Kerlin
FX’s “Fargo” was recently nominated for 18 Emmy awards, the second most nominations for any TV show this year. To talk about the success of the show and the possibility of a second season, we caught up with the writer and our old friend, Noah Hawley.
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WARNING: Aw jeez, don’t worry. This content contains NO spoilers. INTERVIEW NOTE: This conversation took place July 18, three days before the announcement of the show’s renewal for season two.
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Congrats on the 18 Emmy nominations! How did you find out?
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“I found out just like everyone else when they were announcing them on TV. And then they said there would be a list posted, so of course I spent a lot of time trolling the Inter- FM net looking for the list and there was no list. Then I saw a tweet that had listed the total number per show NH and I saw “Game of Thrones” with 19 and us with 18. And honestly, I thought it was a typo. I mean, I didn’t know one could get that many nominations. I’m certainly thrilled to have them, but just like I said to someone else, it seems a little excessive. But everyone who got nominated for their work on the show more than deserves it in my opinion. We got everyone’s best.”
Have you heard anything from the Coen Brothers regarding their reaction to the show and its success?
“I got a distinct note congratulating me. That was very nice of them, but I haven’t had any interactive conversations with them. I know they’re very busy prepping their next film, which I can’t wait to see.”
What kind of feedback have you received from people in the Midwest? “I try to keep my head down as far as the responses go and not trying to live and die by every tweet. I definitely got the sense that people were watching. I’m sure there were those responses of people saying I got it wrong or saying I got it right. I think I have a strange responsibility to present the region as it is in real life, but to also represent the region like the Coens’. It’s their very specific viewpoint of the region that I’m trying to steer into. It’s interesting. I certainly hope people were watching there than most. One of the best pieces I saw written about it was in “Time” Magazine. It was an article saying what was refreshing about the show was that its decency and the fact answer continued on next page
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“Joel and Ethan have referred to the region where they grew up and where they set the movie as Siberia with family restaurants. It’s this idea that civilization has taken a foothold in a place that is very much uncivilized and that’s the basis of the central conflict, which is about a civilized man on the surface in Lester Nygaard meets an uncivilized man in Lorne Malvo and what happens when those two meet and how it impacts Lester’s life. That was my takeaway, and there was a lot of fun in the writing.”
Did you want to emphasize FM the tangents between the show and the movie? “There was definitely a sense that we’re pretending it’s a true story, and true stories don’t unfold the way unscripted stories or ones in real life. This isn’t a Joseph Campbell’s hero story. There was a real effort on
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going to be watched over a period of 10 weeks, at the same time, I knew that some people were going to watch on iTunes, Netflix, Hulu or whatever the secondary platform is. They wouldn’t have the commercial breaks in between and they would watch three episodes at once, and that’s why I thought of the show as a 10-hour movie. I had to approach it in a different way, and I had to talk to the composer about this idea. Usually you have this dramatic swell to the “act break,” but if your act break is one second long, it’s worth thinking about. What works on broadcast might feel clunky and weird in a second life. You can’t take any of it for granted and there was certainly a “non-linearness” to the story. We wouldn’t pick up an episode right where the last episode left off. There was usually a detour to see how Lester bought the shotgun that Malvo ended up using on Vern, or we would go meet the Fargo Crime Syndicate at the beginning of an episode. There were sort of these cold opens or digressions. If you did watch three or four episodes in a row, you were never really going to be oriented about where you were in an episode.”
How much of an impact did Billy Bob Thornton have on the development of his character Lorne Malvo? “I did have a conversation with Billy after he read the last script and it was a slightly different version of the story. So we sat down and said, ‘Well, I feel like I have setup the end game a little bit differently,’ and he felt like it was the one time where it seemed like Malvo was a little obvious. And thinking about it, I had to agree with him. This is a man who won an Oscar for screenwriting after all. I think the story was better for it. My feeling at that point was that this is just as much his character as it is mine. That was really the only time. The reality is, if I hadn’t agreed with him, he would have said, ‘OK, I’m just saying.’”
Has the new age of Netflix and binge-watching changed what you do as a writer of these shows?
“Yeah, the difference between 2010, which was when I did my last show, and now, it is really a speed change. Even knowing that I was going to make a show that was
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Thanks for taking some time to speak with us today. The show was great and good luck with the Emmy’s. “Thank you. Take care.”
Go to fargomonthly.com to read the entire interview.
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Events
red river valley fair The Red River Valley Fair is a summer staple for Fargo, and there is always a little something for everyone. Headliners like Kellie Pickler, Billy Currington and Five Finger Death Punch rocked the grandstands throughout the week. From the rides and exhibits to the music and food, we hope you all had a blast. Photos by Tiffany Swanson
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BLURRING THE LINES OF THEATRE This creative collective of artists calls themselves blur. Before “The Great Gatsby,” they brought you last summer’s production of “Grease.” Their mission is simple. They wish to explore what theatre could be, not what theatre is. Together, they are redefining what theatre means by blurring the lines among art such as film, theatre, dance and music.
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REDEFINING THEATRE
Blur is not a theatre company. They are a group of talented people on a mission to push the envelope. These actors, musicians, filmmakers and all-around artists want to change the face of theatre as we know it. These days, the ability to interact with one’s entertainment is crucial. But theatre is known for its “fourth wall”: the barricade between audience and actor that is taboo to cross. However, this group of artists aims to do just that. Blur’s Artistic Director and Choreographer, Ryan Domres, wants to give the audience a new look into an old art form. “A lot of forms of art really translate to the current, present day,” Domres said, “but theatre’s been one that stays in its traditional
roots, and I think it’s time that people push beyond those boundaries.” Domres conceptualized F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” like it’s never been done before, but it was the entire cast and crew that collaborated to give the American classic a whole new life. “Some of the best ideas come from collaboration,” Domres said, “and theatre is the most collaborative art form of any.” Through a mix of classic and contemporary music, acrobatic choreography and an allaround immersive experience, Blur may just bring theatre back to the forefront. “We want everyone to be excited about theatre,” Assistant Director Jordan Krsnak said. “It should broaden the horizons of what people think of as ‘theatre’ in Fargo-Moorhead.”
FARGO
Theatre
THE COLLECTIVE
WHAT LIES AHEAD
These performers may be young, but they are talented and they know how to work. Their resumés are miles long, and many of them got their start here in town.
Its run in Fargo may be over, but blur’s “The Great Gatsby” isn’t done yet.
In fact, with the exception of one artist from Grand Forks and another from Boston, Mass., most of blur’s members are proud FargoMoorhead natives. From their colleges across the nation, from New York to Wisconsin, they have been drawn back home to the Red River Valley. Why? One reason is clear: Domres. “We know him, appreciate him, value him. We know what he can accomplish,” Krsnak said. “We know the visionary that he is and the exciting things that he can make happen, and so being a part of whatever he’s doing is something exciting and special.” Another reason is the arts oasis that the FM area has become. “Fargo’s an incredible place,” Domres said. “It provides such a safe and nurturing breeding ground for something like this. We couldn’t really do this anywhere else to get the support that we have here.” 64
They’re taking the show to the Fringe Festival, the world’s largest arts festival that takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland. For three weeks, the collective will perform Gatsby in hopes of gaining some professional development for their show and company. Domres said they’re even exploring the idea of becoming a professional touring entity based out of Fargo. But that’s not all. “Broadway’s not out of our outlook,” Domres said. “It’s just getting there and establishing a company that’s strong enough to produce something like that.” For now, Fargo-Moorhead can expect to see great things come of this group. Next summer’s show isn’t quite on their radar yet, but there’s no doubt it will once again redefine theatre as we once knew it. “People think of great theatre in the United States – Minneapolis, Chicago, New York,” Krsnak said. “Why not Fargo-Moorhead, too?”
RYAN DOMRES BIO • Graduated from Fargo South High School ‘03 • Disney’s High School Musical 2 (World Premiere) • Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 (First National Tour) • Cinderella (Broadway) • Grease (Fargo)
FARGO
Food
SUNNY SIDE UP
S
unny side up was my egg preparation preference as a child. I loved dipping my lightly buttered toast into the runny egg yolks. My fascination with eggs started at a young age and only grew stronger with age and culinary maturity. I can’t imagine another ingredient possessing the importance or versatility of this simplistic and often under-appreciated food.
So, what can a chef do with an egg? Well they can aerate, bind, clarify, coat, enrich, emulsify, glaze and thicken. Better yet, what can a chef do without an egg? Not much really. A life in the kitchen without eggs is certainly no life at all. I often enter the restaurant’s walk-in refrigerator and grab an egg or two from the giant multidozen stack and think nothing of its ultimate importance. We produce food products both savory and sweet all day long and yet fail to appreciate it. Believe it or not, JL Beers did not invent the burger served with a fried egg. As delicious as the Humpty Burger is, the idea of a poached or fried egg atop a savory food item is not new to the culinary world. Classic European cooking has suggested such a concept for many years. Considering the multitude of applications, sometimes the best preparation for an egg is to simply cook it as is – pan-fried, poached, shirred. You name it. The intense savoriness and appealing fatty feel of the egg yolk is hard to replicate with other foods.
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My wife and myself, along with our team of culinarians and service staff, are just days away from opening a new restaurant in Moorhead. A restaurant by the name of Rustica. The dish I’m most excited about on our new menu is one that may surprise you. Salisbury steak, with its American roots, is simplistic and unpretentious, possibly even boring to some. To me, however, it has great potential for a comeback. Fresh ground beef, cooked to medium rare and served with hand mashed parmesan potatoes, veal demi glace, roasted mushrooms, caramelized onions and, of course, topped with an over easy farm fresh egg. It’s a great combination of umami, comfort and elegance. So, if you join us soon at Rustica, consider giving the Salisbury steak a try. We will have many European dishes to choose from, but sometimes the traditional American plate is the way to go. Just remember: if you order this dish and ask for it without the egg, I will certainly accommodate, but I won’t be happy.
REACH OUT eric@mosaicfoodgroup.com
Eric Watson is the owner of Mezzaluna and Mosaic Foods in Fargo. He is also the founder and president of the Fargo branch of the American Culinary Federation.
SALISBURY STEAK WITH FRIED EGG Serves 4
Ingredients • 1/4 cup vegetable oil • 1 small onion, grated
• 1 teaspoon fresh chopped thyme leaves
• 2 pounds fresh ground sirloin
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• Salt and fresh ground black pepper
• 1 large egg (yolk only)
• 2 teaspoons flour
• 2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf
• 1 1/2 cups beef broth
parsley
• 4 farm fresh Eggs
Instructions Combine sirloin, garlic, egg yolk, parsley, thyme and Worcestershire sauce. Form meat mixture into patties and season top and bottom with salt and pepper. Bring a large frying pan to high heat and add vegetable oil. Place ground sirloin patties in frying pan and cook each side until well caramelized and cooked to 135 degrees internal temperature (medium.) Remove patties from pan and allow to rest on a plate or baking pan.
Add grated onions to hot pan and cook until tender and lightly caramelized. Add flour to pan and incorporate. Quickly add beef broth and stir. Bring mixture to a boil and reduce to a light simmer. Allow sauce to thicken and remove pan from heat. Serve patties over mashed potatoes and topped with pan sauce. Top the patties with an over easy fried egg. Garnish with roasted or caramelized onions and wild mushrooms and serve.
FARGO
Food
Sweeto Burrito Time to Hit the Streets very year more and more restaurants open their doors in the Fargo-Moorhead area. But lately we’ve noticed a particular trend: mobile food. Food stands, food trucks, food trailers, what have you – it’s all delicious and it’s all accessible. We compiled a list of the area’s options, whether you’ve got your heart (and stomach) set on tacos, pizza, hot dogs or popsicles. By Lisa Marchand // Photos by Tiffany Swanson
What is now a national chain began in North Dakota’s oil patch three short years ago. It made its way to the Red River Valley and now operates out of one brick and mortar location and one mobile truck. They feed the day and night time masses with classics like the Sweeto Burrito and the Buff Chick. Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Friday & Saturday 11 a.m. - Midnight
Taco Bros.
Blackbird After Hours
Between 4th and 5th Ave. N & Roberts St, Fargo facebook.com/TacoBros 657-200-8226
Alleyway Behind Blackbird Woodfire 206 Broadway, Fargo 701-478-1968
Without a doubt Taco Bros. has become a town favorite. Owner Octavio Gomez never fails to put a smile on his customers’ faces, and neither does the food. Whether you pick up a Mexican soda for the road or stay and order their “Trust You Bro Platter,” trust us – you will love it.
Get your late night pizza fix at Blackbird Woodfire’s mobile oven, located behind their Broadway restaurant. They can cook you up a personal size pizza in minutes that is nothing short of amazing. All natural ingredients and their homemade pizza dough is enough to make your tastebuds dance.
Monday-Saturday 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. & 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. Friday & Saturday 1 - 3 a.m.
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Valentino’s Parking Lot 1443 42nd St. S, Fargo sweetoburrito.com 701-478-7933 (Broadway location)
Friday & Saturday 11 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Luchadores Taqueria
Gigi’s Ice Lollies
124 8th St. N, Fargo facebook.com/Fargotaco 701-491-2437
Corner of Broadway & 3rd Ave. N, Fargo facebook.com/GigisIceLollies 218-422-6808
Located just outside of the High Plains Reader building, this Mexican food truck is an ideal spot for your lunch break or your post-bar indulgence. Nothing on the menu disappoints, the prices rock and there’s plenty of seating to go around. Don’t forget to order their chipotle mayo-smothered sweet corn topped with parmesan.
There’s nothing better on a hot summer day than indulging in a cool treat – Gigi’s Ice Lollies, to be exact. Hailing from Tennessee, owner Nicole Kolbe brings southern charm and a penchant for all-natural, homemade popsicles straight to Fargo. Take your pick from a long list of flavors ranging from Creamy Lemonade to Strawberry Basil.
Tuesday & Wednesday 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Thursday-Saturday 11 a.m. - 2 a.m.
Friday & Saturday 11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
The Hot Dog Peddler
Chef Mobile
The Windbreak | 3150 39th St. S, Fargo facebook.com/thehotdogpeddler 509-990-9921
Search “Chef Mobile” on Facebook 218-341-1332 | Jeff
You can find The Hot Dog Peddler all year round at the Windbreak serving up some of the best hot dogs in the tri-state area. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, you’ll catch him downtown. These aren’t your run-of-the-mill dogs. By that we mean hot dogs and brats topped with cream cheese, bacon and grilled onions. Need we say more? Fall-Spring Hours 11 p.m. - Close
Chef Mobile was one of the first mobile food trucks to hit the Fargo-Moorhead streets. Since 2009 they have been catering small and large events alike to bring crowds signature items like Wally’s Walleye Wrap, Philly cheesesteaks and cajun chicken wraps. (Just to name a few.) Hours Vary
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FARGO
Drinks
Mackenzie Martin has been bartending at Labby’s since February and will start school at NDSU this fall.
MIXOLOGIST This Devil Lakes, ND, native hasn’t been slinging drinks for long, but she’s learned quickly. Her knowledge and bubbly personality are both on display at Labby’s Grill and Bar. Photos & Story by Andrew Jason
M
artin came to Fargo after going to the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, ND, for awhile. She will start school this fall for veterinary medicine at NDSU, and freely admits that she likes Fargo more than Grand Forks. Although she’s only worked at the grill and bar since February, Martin is enjoying her time bartending and believes that working at Labby’s is different than her other jobs. “I worked at a couple different restaurants and they all seemed so corporate and everyone’s in it for themselves,” she said. “Here at Labby’s, we’re like a family… It’s a breath of fresh air.” While being a bartender is good for a college student, there’s more than the tips and schedule that Martin likes about working at Labby’s. 72
“People are easy to talk to,” Martin said. “When people sit down they sometimes want to talk and have a conversation. You get to know really interesting people.”
With summer still in bloom for another month or two, it’s important to get your summer drinks while you can. Martin recommends one of Labby’s signature drinks: Screwed Up Sangria. This sangria is made with Riesling, DeKuyper peach Schnapps, peach Stoli vodka, Sierra Mist and orange juice. You’ll feel like you’ve been transported to a lake. So while there may be construction outside its doors, Labby’s is always hopping and Martin asks that everyone comes in. Just make sure to tip well.
labbys.com 1100 19th Ave. N, Fargo 701-478-5227
DEEP EDDIE SCREW UP • • • •
2 oz. Deep Eddie Ruby Red Vodka Orange Juice Sierra Mist Orange Slice
Mix vodka, orange juice and Sierra Mist in a tall glass. Garnish with an orange slice.
FARGO
Music
MUSIC SPOTLIGHT THE MANY VENUES OF FARGO Fargo is a great place to be a musician. There are so many great local bands and artists in our area, as well as so much good
music passing through town. Fargoans love to go out, have a great time and see live music, so bands who play here, both local and touring, usually have great crowds. For musicians, fans and those who just like to go out to see live music, Fargo also has something else essential for a great music scene – venues, and plenty of them. Looking back, I feel that this wasn’t always the case. Don’t get me wrong, the FargoMoorhead area has had some great venues in the past. I’m sure many of you will never forget Ralph’s or Kirby’s in Moorhead. Man, I miss those days. The Great Northern (on several different time periods) and Fox’s were a couple of great venues, too. My first time performing in the Fargo-Moorhead area was back in 2005 with Living InTentCity at Fox’s, which is now Gio’s Pizza and the Eastgate Event Center in Moorhead. I’ll never forget showing up to do a two-night show and I walked into a venue with a light up dance floor. That thing was awesome. We had some great venues at one time, not to say we don’t now but I think that the variety and quantity of places to perform or experience live music has increased in our community over the past decade or so. As a musician, I have some favorites that I both love to perform at and see some of my favorite music. On Thursday nights you can catch some great music at the Hotel Donaldson. They have a great atmosphere and cater to local artists and touring musicians. I really enjoy playing the HoDo. Their management and staff are great to work with and they do a great job taking care of their musicians. Where they lack dancing and seating space, I believe they make up for by carefully choosing artists that match their atmosphere.
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Dempsey’s is a great place to play a show due to its built-in crowd. It is always packed and the people there are always having a great time. If, as a musician, you’re having a great time on the stage, the crowd is usually having an even better time. If you’re a band that doesn’t have a huge local following, it is a great place to build one. The best part? It’s free. Two other places in downtown Fargo that I love to catch some of my favorite artists are the Nestor and the Sidestreet. You can see some great bands at the Sidestreet as well as an open mic on Tuesday nights. The Nestor’s new stage and renovation is much more friendly to both artists and attendees. It’s also a great place to catch your favorite electronic dance music. Hands down, my favorite spot in Fargo to both perform and see a show is the Aquarium above Dempsey’s. Given that it is only open for shows, as an attendee everyone around you is there for the same reason. As an artist, if people come and pay to see you, which, if the room is full, is a great feeling. The room sounds great; they have a good sound system with qualified people running it. Getting a good spot or a drink is not difficult and it is about five blocks from my house. Can’t go wrong.
There are plenty of other venues downtown including the Pickled Parrot, the VFW, the Red Raven, Studio 222 and for larger profile shows, the historic Fargo Theatre that are excellent places to catch great bands. Most of these venues cater toward original artists, but there are plenty of nights that you can walk into several of these downtown venues and recognize every song, all night. For those of you who like to venture away from the downtown area, Fargo has many more great places to experience Fargo’s talent. Bar Nine in West Fargo, O’Leary’s and The Garage Bar in Moorhead, JT Cigarro’s, The Windbreak and Shotgun Sally’s all host some highly talented musicians both local and touring. There are plenty of options, so get out there, Fargo, and enjoy some live music!
REACH OUT seth.holden.722@gmail.com
Seth Holden is a local promoter and drummer for several local bands.
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FARGO
Pets
PET GUIDE
E T A M I T UL
BY LISA MARCHAND | PHOTOS BY TIFFANY SWANSON
Veterinary Clinics
Boarding/Sitting
Training
Retail
AIRPORT ANIMAL HOSPITAL
BARNESVILLE ANIMAL CARE CLINIC
DIAMOND Q ANIMAL HOSPITAL
2401 University Dr. N, Fargo 701-293-8888
bvillevet.com 1501 4th Ave. NE, Barnesville, MN 218-354-2366
diamondqanimalhospital. com 4265 45th St. S, Fargo 701-364-9228
CASSELTON VETERINARY SERVICE
F-M ANIMAL HOSPITAL
ANIMAL HEALTH CLINIC ahcfargo.com 1441 University Dr. S, Fargo 701-237-9310
cassvetservice.com 910 Governor’s Dr, Casselton, ND 701-347-5496
DID YOU KNOW The City of Fargo requires all dogs and cats to be licensed.
• $2.50 per year for spayed/neutered pets, $4.50 for those who are not. • Licenses can be purchased at Fargo City Hall, Fargo City Animal Pound or any area veterinary hospital. • If your pet is licensed and is taken to the pound, you will not have to pay a $60 fee.
3803 8th St. S, Moorhead 218-236-9059
NORTH DAKOTA VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY
For more information, visit cityoffargo.com/Residential/PetsandStrayAnimals/PetLicenses
Pet Parks
sgvet.com 1415 32nd Ave. S, Fargo 701-298-9455
STOCKMEN’S SUPPLY VETERINARY CLINIC stockmens.com 802 W Main Ave, West Fargo 701-282-3256
RED RIVER ANIMAL EMERGENCY CLINIC rraec.com 1401 Oak Manor Ave. S, Suite 2, Fargo
VALLEY VETERINARY HOSPITAL valleyveterinary.net 3210 Main Ave, Fargo 701-232-3391
WEST FARGO ANIMAL HOSPITAL westfargoanimalhospital. vetsuite.com 730 13th Ave. E, West Fargo 701-282-2898
ANIMAL ACRES PET BOARDING & GROOMING animalacrespetboarding. webs.com 4306 76th Ave. S, Fargo 701-282-8235
PRAIRIE WINDS VET CENTER prairiewindsvet.com 5370 51st Ave. S, Fargo 701-356-5600
Shelters & Adoption Agencies
SOUTHGATE VETERINARY HOSPITAL
vdl.ndsu.edu NDSU Van Es Hall 1523 Centennial Blvd, Fargo 701-231-7527 or 701-231-8307
701-478-9299
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grooming
AUNT GAIL’S PET SITTING TWO RIVERS VETERINARY HOSPITAL tworiversveterinary hospital.com 3306 Sheyenne St. Suite 200, West Fargo 701-356-5588
auntgailspetsitting.com 701-799-4711
BED AND BISCUIT thebednbiscuit.com 18133 145th Ave. S, Barnesville, MN 218-493-4645
HOMEBOUND PET SITTING facebook.com/ homeboundpetsitting 229 20th St. E, West Fargo 218-790-0471
BEL AIR KENNELS belairkennels.net 157 70th St. N, Glyndon, MN 218-287-2961
BUBBA & COMPANY Search “Bubba & Company” on Facebook 1402 13 1/2 St. S, Fargo 701-235-4959
DOGGY DEPOT doggydepot.com 3224 8th St. S, Moorhead 218-236-3647
EDDIE AND BARKUS eddieandbarkus.com 3060 Thunder Rd. S, Fargo 701-492-9364
FARGO BOARDING AND GROOMING SERVICES fargoboarding.com 4108 3rd Ave. N, Fargo 701-282-0197
HAPPY AT HOME PET SITTING happyathome-fm.com 701-793-2411
WAGGIN’ TAILS INN waggintailsinn.net 16893 29th St. SE, Harwood, ND 701-492-9244
PET NANNIES PLUS
BEL AIR KENNELS
petnanniesplus.com 3212 16th Ave. SW, Fargo 701-232-1055
belairkennels.net 157 70th St. N, Glyndon, MN 218-287-2961
PIONEER PET SERVICES pioneerpetservices.com 802 19th Ave. S, Fargo 701-541-1660
PRAIRIE DOG prairiedogfargo.com 5370 51st Ave. S. Suite B, Fargo 701-356-5353
FARGO-MOORHEAD KENNEL CLUB fmkennelclub.com 1401 5th Ave. N, Fargo 701-232-7693
FM DOG OBEDIENCE SCHOOL
ROVERS PLAYHOUSE PUPPY TRAINING PROGRAM roversplayhouse.com 3405 Main Ave. W, Fargo 701-232-7529
WEST FARGO PARK DISTRICT DOG OBEDIENCE 1201 7th Ave. E, West Fargo 701-433-5370
NATURAL PET CENTER naturalpetcenter-nd.com 3037 13th Ave. S, Fargo 702-239-0110
PETCO
fmdogobedience.com 1214 Main Ave, Moorhead 218-236-9935
petco.com 1126 43rd St. SW, Fargo 701-281-0010
PAWSITIVE VYBE
PETSMART
redriverboarding.com 8496 110th St. S, Sabin, MN 218-789-7510
fargo.pvybe.com 501 1st St. N, Fargo 701-866-5585
ROVERS PLAYHOUSE
PETCO
petsmart.com 1630 13th Ave. E, West Fargo 701-281-8531
roversplayhouse.com 3405 Main Ave, Fargo 701-232-7529
petco.com 1126 43rd St. SW, Fargo 701-281-0010
SHEYENNE RIVER KENNELS
PETSMART
RED RIVER BOARDING
sheyenneriverkennels.com 1149 Center St, West Fargo 701-356-0990
YUPPY PUPPY DOG HOTEL AND DAYCARE yuppypuppydoghotel.com 305 70th Ave. S, Moorhead 218-443-3185
petsmart.com 1630 13th Ave. E, West Fargo 701-281-8531
RED RIVER NORTH DOG OBEDIENCE CLUB rrndoc.org 2202 3rd Ave. N, Fargo 701-232-3597
PETS R INN petsrinn.net West Acres Mall, 3902 13th Ave. SW, Fargo 701-281-8531
ROVERS PLAYHOUSE roversplayhouse.com 3405 Main Ave, Fargo 701-232-7529
STOCKMEN’S SUPPLY stockmens.com 802 W Main Ave, West Fargo 701-282-3255
Q&A With Homeward Animal Shelter (Formerly Humane Society Fargo-Moorhead) How do the animals end up at the shelter? The local pounds get the animals because they’re picked up as strays off the streets or they’ve been abandoned by their owners ... The (three local) pounds each have their own holding days ... to try and relocate an owner. If that doesn’t happen, they rely on rescues to take them because they become the property of the city after the 3-5 day hold. If rescues aren’t taking them, they’re euthanized. Why is it important to adopt from a local shelter? For us, it literally is a life saving thing to be able to adopt the animals out to loving families so we can continue to rescue more from the local pounds. But in general, adoption is a great option because you’re not supporting puppy mills; you’re not supporting the backyard breeders. You’re giving animals who otherwise wouldn’t have a good chance at finding a home a second chance at finding a loving home.
For more information on adopting a rescue animal, visit homewardonline.org
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FARGO
Pets
BUBBA & COMPANY
THE MUTT HUTT
Search “Bubba & Company” on Facebook 1402 13 1/2 St S, Fargo 701-235-4959
Search “The Mutt Hutt” on Facebook 1214 Main Ave, Moorhead 218-236-9935
CARRIE’S GROOMING 1336 25th Ave. S, Fargo 701-232-0550
DOGS BY DESIGN fmdogsbydesign.com 2901 S Frontage Rd, Moorhead 218-233-3647
EDDIE AND BARKUS eddieandbarkus.com 3060 Thunder Rd. S, Fargo 701-492-9364
FARGO BOARDING AND GROOMING SERVICES fargoboarding.com 4108 3rd Ave. N, Fargo 701-282-0197
GENTLE GROOMERS Search “Gentle Groomers” on Facebook 1402 25th St. SW, Fargo 701-280-1964
HAIRY D/TAILS 2111 Main Ave .E, West Fargo 701-235-5599
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NATURAL PET CENTER naturalpetcenter-nd.com 3037 13th Ave. S, Fargo 702-239-0110
PETCO petco.com 1126 43rd St. SW, Fargo 701-281-0010
PETSMART petsmart.com 1630 13th Ave. E, West Fargo 701-281-8531
PET PALACE petpalacewf.com 219 Main Ave. E, West Fargo 701-478-8890
PRAIRIE DOG prairiedogfargo.com 5370 51st Ave. S. Suite B, Fargo 701-356-5353
PRECISION PET STYLING
4 LUV OF DOG RESCUE
facebook.com/ precisionpetstyling 1504 33rd Ave. S, Fargo 701-232-1511
4luvofdog.org 3037 13th Ave. S, Fargo 701-205-0190
ROVERS PLAYHOUSE roversplayhouse.com 3405 Main Ave, Fargo 701-232-7529
SHAGGY’S DOG WASH & GROOMING shaggysdogwash.com 2812 N Broadway, Fargo 701-356-4373
WAGS N WHISKERS wagsnwhiskers.qwestoffice. net 201 21st St. S, Moorhead 218-233-3149
ADOPT-A-PET OF FARGO-MOORHEAD adoptapetfm.org 701-232-5856
C.A.A.R.E. caare.net 2202 2nd Ave. E, West Fargo 701-293-3833
CATS CRADLE SHELTER
HOMEWARD ANIMAL SHELTER (formerly Humane Society Fargo Moorhead) homewardonline.org 1201 28th Ave. N, Fargo 701-239-0077
NATURAL PET CENTER naturalpetcenter-nd.com 3037 13th Ave. S, Fargo 702-239-0110
PRAIRIE PAWS RESCUE prairiepawsrescue.com Jamestown, ND 701-320-4553
catscradleshelter.org 9 9th St. S, Fargo 701-356-7877
BRANDT CROSSING 5009 33rd Ave. S, Fargo
DIKE EAST 100 2nd St. S, Fargo
MOORHEAD DOG PARK
DID YOU KNOW
2600 15th Ave. N, Moorhead
VILLAGE WEST PARK 4415 9th Ave. Circle S, Fargo
HOTDOG! PET SALON
YUNKER FARM PARK
hotdogpetsalon.com 623 1st Ave. N, Fargo 701-478-8009
1201 28th Ave. N, Fargo
• If you are off your property, your pet is required to be on a leash that is no longer than six feet. • Fargo residents may not have more than a combined total of six dogs and cats. • To report a stray animal, call the Fargo Police Department dispatch center at 701-235-4493. • If your pet is missing, call the Fargo City Animal Pound at 701-232-7312.
Event Calendar
AUGUST EVENT
CALENDAR
Stay up to date with what’s going on in the area. FM REDHAWKS VS. WICHITA WINGNUTS 3rd - 6th Come watch the RedHawks take on Wichita in this 4-day series. Promotions include a card set giveaway, $1 Cloverdale Hot Dog Night and “Pop It Up” Night where the first 1,000 fans receive a free bag of popcorn from North Dakota Corn Growers.
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fmredhawks.com Newman Outdoor Field 1515 15th Ave. N, Fargo EXPLORER CAMP: AWESOME ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS 4th - 8th from 9 a.m. - Noon or 1 - 4 p.m. How can some birds fly, reptiles control their body temperature and mammals have teeth that are perfect to chew the food they eat? Join the Red River Zoo’s five day camp for grades 1-3 and find out. redriverzoo.org Red River Zoo 4255 23rd Ave. S, Fargo
Sanford S. University Office Building 1711 University Dr. S, Fargo CARING FOR YOUR NEWBORN 5th, 18th and 28th from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. This class will cover early parenting skills, safety, bathing, diapering and adapting to change. Things you will need to know to care for your newborn. To register for a class,
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Sanford Auditorium 801 Broadway N, Fargo CONCERT IN THE PARK 6th from 7-8:30 p.m. Local bands will entertain families with lively music from Penny and Pals. Get your face painted, jump in the bouncy castle and take home a craft project. This is a free event with limited concessions. fargoparks.com Elephant/Percy Goodwin Park 100 19th Ave. N, Fargo POP EVIL 6th at 8 p.m. Hard rock group Pop Evil just released their third album, “Onyx,” and have been piling up the number 1 singles like “Trenches,” “Deal With the Devil” and “Torn to Pieces.” jadepresents.com/pop-evil-fargo The Venue at The Hub 2525 9th Ave. SW, Fargo
CPR FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS 5th and 28th from 6 to 8 p.m. Participants will learn the ABCs of CPR, how to manage airway obstruction and receive an American Heart Association participation card. To register, call Sanford at 701-234-5570 or 877-234-4240.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
call Sanford at 701-234-5570 or 877-2344240 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
COMMUNITY PLAY DAY 7th from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Enjoy a free play day complete with yard games, crafts and climbing the playground. Daycares are welcome. fargoparks.com Rheault Farm 2902 25th St. S, Fargo JOES FOR G.I.S 7th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This is a lunch, held at two different locations, US Bank Plaza and US Bank Service Center. Lunch includes a sloppy joe,
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chips, cookie and soda for a $5 donation. All proceeds benefit military support groups. US Bank Plaza 505 2nd Ave. N, Fargo CRUISIN’ BROADWAY 7th from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Venture downtown for the third Cruisin’ Broadway of the summer to see classic cars from the region showcased on the streets. downtownfargo.com Downtown Fargo PERT NEAR SANDSTONE 7th at 7 p.m. This budding Minneapolis bluegrass band has appeared on Prairie Home Companion and at the International Bluegrass Music Conference and Music City Roots, just to name a few. This is a 21+ event.
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jadepresents.com/pert-near-sandstonemoorhead Rourke Museum Courtyard 521 Main Ave, Moorhead STROLL FOR EPILEPSY 7th at 5 p.m. This family-friendly event is the largest fundraising/awareness event in MN and ND to benefit people with seizures. Funds raised support programs and services for people with epilepsy.
FM REDHAWKS VS. GARY RAILCATS 7th - 10th The RedHawks will take on some of their oldest rivals. Promotions include Thrivent Financial Night, fireworks on Friday, a T-shirt giveaway and Potato Day. fmredhawks.com Newman Outdoor Field 1515 15th Ave. N, Fargo TARZAN: THE STAGE MUSICAL 7th-10th Spotlight On Youth presents its premiere Re|Act program musical. thestageatislandpark.org The Stage at Island Park 333 4th St S in Fargo FIBER ARTS FESTIVAL 9th & 10th from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Two full days of all things yarn, fiber and fabric. All skill levels are welcome for the various classes. fargoparks.com Rheault Farm 2902 25th St. S, Fargo KIDS KLUB: MEET HAWKEYE 11th at 6:30 p.m. Meet and get your picture taken with Hawkeye and take home a free baseball gift from Scheels.
epilepsyfoundationmn.org/stroll FargoDome 1800 N University Dr, Fargo
scheels.com Scheels 1551 45th St. S, Fargo
CHANGE, CHALLENGE & CHARLES (DARWIN) 7th from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Let The Chamber teach you how we can create change in ourselves, our companies and in society.
DISCOVERY CAMP: ZOORIFIC ZOOKEEPING 11th-15th from 9 a.m. - Noon or 1 - 4 p.m. Have you ever wondered what it takes to care for animals in a zoo? Join this 5-day camp for grades 4-6 and discover how animal keepers handle managing a zoo.
fmwfchamber.com Hilton Garden Inn 4351 17th Ave S, Fargo
redriverzoo.org Red River Zoo 4255 23rd Ave. S, Fargo
WE FEST 7th, 8th and 9th Headliners Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley and the Zac Brown Band are coming for the biggest party of the summer.
SEVENDUST WITH GEMINI SYNDROME & CRASH 11th at 7:30 p.m. Heavy metal band Sevendust just released their tenth studio album.
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jadepresents.com/sevendust-fargo The Venue at The Hub 2525 9th Ave. SW, Fargo
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Event Calendar SUMMER MOVIE NIGHT 11th at Dusk Visit Island Park for a family-friendly movie with free Pepsi and popcorn while supplies last. fargoparks.com Island Park 302 7th St. S, Fargo FURRY FRIENDS PET WALK 12th at 5:30 p.m. Join FM’s Adopt-a-Pet organization in their annual 3K fundraiser. Whether you bring your pet or not, all proceeds will benefit homeless pets in the area. A minimum donation of $10 is requested. fargoparks.com Rheault Farm 2902 25th St. S, Fargo BLACK CHERRY WITH KYNG & FIFTH FREEDOM 12th at 6 p.m. This hard rock quartet has toured with the likes of Nickelback and Motörhead. After taking a year off of touring, they are back with their third album. This is a 21+ event. jadepresents.com/black-stone-cherryfargo Sickies Garage 3431 Fiechtner Dr. S, Fargo 311 WITH THE SKA-SKANK REDEMPTION 12th at 8 p.m. 311 brought reggae rock to the forefront 20 years ago and they still have a loyal fan base. They recently released their 11th studio album, “Stereolithic.”
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jadepresents.com/311-fargo The Venue at The Hub 2525 9th Ave. SW, Fargo FURRY FRIENDS PET WALK 12th at 5:30 p.m. A 3K walk with or without your pet will benefit Adopt-A-Pet. A minimum donation of $10 is requested. fargoparks.com Rheault Farm 2902 25th Street South, Fargo CONCERT IN THE PARK 13th from 7 - 8:30 p.m. Local bands will entertain families with lively music. Get your face painted, jump
in the bouncy castle and take home a craft project. Free event with limited concessions. fargoparks.com Brunsdale Park 1702 27th Avenue S, Fargo
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FARGO BLUES FESTIVAL 15th at noon & 16th at 2 p.m. Fargo Blues Festival is back for its 19th year and there is no shortage of talented bands. Camping is available for one of the best blues festivals in the country.
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fargobluesfest.com Newman Outdoor Field 1515 15th Ave. N, Fargo ARRIVAL FROM SWEDEN: THE MUSIC OF ABBA 15th at 8 p.m. This Swedish ABBA tribute group has completed 33 American tours since 2007 and there is no sign of them slowing down. Join them for a night of classic hits like “Dancing Queen,” “Mamma Mia,” and “Gimme Gimme Gimme.”
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pridecollective.com/fmpride Fargo-Moorhead HEALTH PITCH FARGO 14th from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Health Pitch will feature 15 regional leaders who will have three minutes to “pitch” their idea for disruptive innovation in the field of healthcare and wellness. emergingprairie.com The Stage at Island Park 333 4th St. S, Fargo CORKS & CANVAS - ART AND WINE WALK 14th from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The second to last Corks & Canvas of the summer allows you to buy a wristband and explore downtown visiting shops, observing local arts and, of course, sampling wine. downtownfargo.com Downtown Fargo MUSIC MONTAGE 14th from 7 p.m to 9 p.m. This open mic night is perfect for rising local musicians. Join in on the fun to perform or just enjoy the music. fargoparks.com Great Northern Park 425 Broadway, Fargo
PIONEER DAYS 16th at 10 a.m. & 17th at noon The 56th annual event will include a Native American Powwow, a historic bridal fashion show, a petting zoo, antique snowmobile collection and much more.bonanzaville.org Bonanzaville 1351 W. Main Ave, West Fargo ALICE IN CHAINS WITH MONSTER TRUCK 16th at 7 p.m. Alice in Chains is consistently a multiplatinum-selling band. Their newest album has already produced two #1 singles on the rock charts. Business as usual.
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jadepresents.com/alice-in-chainsmoorhead Bluestem Amphitheater 801 50th Ave. SW, Moorhead
SOULJA BOY WITH TRIZ & STAN CASS 16th at 8 p.m. The American rapper will perform radio singles like “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” and “Kiss Me Thru The Phone.” He is currently working on his fourth studio album. jadepresents.com/soulja-boy-fargo The Venue at The Hub 2525 9th Ave. SW, Fargo
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jadepresents.com/hog-wild-for-wishesfargo Harley-Davidson of Fargo 600 Main Ave. W, West Fargo
Ramada Plaza Suites 1635 42nd St. S, Fargo
KATY PERRY: THE PRISMATIC WORLD TOUR 23rd at 7:30 p.m. One of the biggest names in pop music is making a pitstop here on her 46-city tour. Along with opening act Kacey Musgraves, the show is sure to be a memorable one.
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THE STATE OF TECHNOLOGY 20th at 8:30 a.m. to Noon The Chamber and Senator John Hoeven present about the latest technology revolutionizing commerce in the state. fmwfchamber.com The Fargo Theatre 314 Broadway North TANTRIC WITH EMPERORS AND ELEPHANTS 22nd at 6 p.m. Tantric is a hard rock group from Louisville, Kentucky. The band will perform alongside Emperors and Elephants as part of Sickies Garage’s Summer Series. jadepresents.com/tantric-fargo Sickies Garage 3431 Fiechtner Dr. S, Fargo
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will benefit Make-A-Wish North Dakota. Riders begin at Harley-Davidson of Fargo and finish at Sickies Garage where there will be a silent auction and live music.
fargodome.com Fargodome 1800 N. University Dr, Fargo ISLAND PARK SHOW 23rd and 24th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is a two-day festival of original fine arts and unique crafts. Shop at the 160 juried arts and original craft booths for that special treasure. Admission is free to the event. fargoparks.com Island Park 302 7th St. S, Fargo
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FM REDHAWKS VS. SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS 22nd - 24th The RedHawks face Sioux City for the weekend. Promotions include Myron Noodleman, a baseball giveaway and MSUM day. fmredhawks.com Newman Outdoor Field 1515 15th Ave. N, Fargo GO FAR WOMAN 23rd at 7 a.m. Go Far Woman is a women’s only running event that includes a 5K, 10K and half marathon. The event will help raise money for the Essentia NICU and Newt Running. gofarwoman.com Scheels Arena 5225 31st Ave. S, Fargo
STREETSALIVE! 24th from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Three miles of city streets will be closed for you to enjoy space to walk, bike, dance and enjoy other human-powered movement. Special events, demonstrations and vendor booths will help bring the streets alive. fmstreetsalive.org Downtown Fargo-Moorhead FM REDHAWKS VS. KANSAS CITY T-BONES 26th - 28th The RedHawks will play a 3-day midweek series. Promotions include Breast Cancer Awareness Night, College Night and the Business Day game with a concert to follow. fmredhawks.com Newman Outdoor Field 1515 15th Ave. N, Fargo SHAREHOUSE JEANS &
HOG WILD FOR WISHES 23rd at 11 a.m. All proceeds from this motorcycle fun run
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MIRANDA SINGS 29th at 7 p.m. YouTube sensation Miranda Sings brings her zany personality to the Fargo Theatre. jadepresents.com/miranda-sings-fargo Fargo Theatre 314 Broadway N, Fargo FM REDHAWKS VS. SIOUX FALLS CANARIES 29th - 31st Promotions for their last series of the month include fireworks, Fan Appreciation Night, Back to School Night and a school kit giveaway. fmredhawks.com Newman Outdoor Field 1515 15th Ave. N, Fargo WESTERN MINNESOTA STEAM THRESHERS REUNION 29th - September 1st Every Labor Day weekend since 1954 people have come from miles and miles away to see one of the world’s largest collections of steam-operated equipment. rollag.com Western MN Steam Threshers Reunion 27488 102nd Ave S, Hawley, MN TEWAUKON MUSIC FESTIVAL 30th Enjoy upcoming regional acts like Tigirlily, Dan Brekke Band and The Benson Family. Located near Rutland, ND, festival-goers can camp on-site for $10 per vehicle. cdplodge.com Coteau des Prairies Lodge 9953 141st Ave SE, Havana, ND
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AUGUST LIVE MUSIC CALENDAR TUESDAY, AUGUST 5TH Open Mic Comedy – Red Raven Michael Shynes Patio Party -- Shotgun Sally’s
Kapeesh – HoDo Old Time Jam – Red Raven Great Outdoors – Windbreak
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6TH Against Me! – The Aquarium Singer/Songwriter Night with Darrin Wentz – Bar Nine Mike Holtz – JT Cigarro
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15TH FM Pride Dance Party – The Aquarium The Brave – Dempsey’s Mike Jenkins - D’Woods Lounge in the Doublewood The Blue Wailers – HoDo The Neptune Men – Lucky’s 13 Joy Ride – O’Kelly’s Blues Fest – Pickled Parrot Chaos in Question – Rick’s Redline – Shotgun Sally’s Ciro & Topher Show – VFW Downtown Frostfire – VFW West Fargo October Road – Windbreak
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7TH Isais Quintanilla – Cork N’ Cleaver Dedric Clark and the Social Animals – HoDo Outlet: Spoken Word Open Mic – Red Raven Slamabama - Windbreak FRIDAY, AUGUST 8TH Nato Coles & The Blue Diamond – The Aquarium Confusion – Dempsey’s Rolling Stoners – JT Cigarro Ciro and Topher – Lucky’s 13 Ploy Boyz Unplugged – O’Kelly’s Van Ruins – Pickled Parrot Sundogz – Rick’s Chris Hawkey Bank – Shotgun Sally’s Reina del Cid - Sidestreet Save Me CJ - Spirit’s Lounge (Holiday Inn) Groove Tones – VFW Downtown Thunder Ridge – VFW West Fargo Sweet Siren – Windbreak SATURDAY, AUGUST 9TH Tony the Butcher CD Release – The Aquarium GC & The Sideways – Dempsey’s Ciro and Topher – Lucky’s 13 Van Ruins – Pickled Parrot Sundogz – Rick’s Urban Myth – Shotgun Sally’s The Brave - Sidestreet Save Me CJ - Spirit’s Lounge (Holiday Inn) Groove Tones – VFW Downtown Thunder Ridge – VFW West Fargo Rhyme or Reason – Windbreak SUNDAY, AUGUST 10TH Found Footage Festival – The Aquarium 24-7 – Windbreak MONDAY, AUGUST 11TH Man Man – The Aquarium TUESDAY, AUGUST 12TH Animal Lover – The Aquarium Open Mic Comedy – Red Raven Vitamin C Patio Party – Shotgun Sally’s WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13TH Mike Holtz – Bar Nine Vitamin Z – JT Cigarro THURSDAY, AUGUST 14TH The 4onthefloor – The Aquarium Cheery Trudge – Cork’ N Cleaver
Boomtown – VFW West Fargo Tripwire – Windbreak
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16TH C.O.D – Dempsey’s Soulmates - D’Woods Lounge in the Doublewood ACIDIC w/ special guests VIA – Garage Bar Generator – JT Cigarro Blues Fest – Pickled Parrot The Brave – Rick’s Save Me CJ – Shotgun Sally’s Moody River Band - Sidestreet Ciro & Topher Show – VFW Downtown Frostfire – VFW West Fargo Dream League – Windbreak SUNDAY, AUGUST 17TH 8th Hour - Windbreak TUESDAY, AUGUST 19TH Open Mic Comedy – Red Raven Lars and Joe Pony Show Patio Party – Shotgun Sally’s WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20TH Lars and Joe Pony Show – Bar Nine Front Fenders – HoDo Cassie Mae & Mick Klein – JT Cigarro Saving Abel – Shotgun Sally’s THURSDAY, AUGUST 21ST Johnny Azari – Bar Nine Sarah Morrau & Tom Carvell – Cork’ N Cleaver Heavy is the Head – HoDo Boomtown – VFW West Fargo Silverado – Windbreak FRIDAY, AUGUST 22ND Secret Cities – The Aquarium Brew Grass Boys – Bar Nine Poitin – Dempsey’s The Prophets of Addiction – Garage Bar Post Traumatic Funk Syndrome - HoDo Xerxes Palomino – JT Cigarro Joyride – Lucky’s 13 Frostfire – O’Kelly’s Loy Ave – Pickled Parrot Phoenix Rising – Rick’s Pop Rocks – Shotgun Sally’s Anthony Chapute – VFW Downtown
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD Supersuckers – The Aquarium El Dub – Dempsey’s Screaming for Silence – Garage Bar Kenny Rude – Hennessey’s Irish Pub The Groovetones – Lucky’s 13 Loy Ave – Pickled Parrot Phoenix Rising – Rick’s The Arthurs – Shotgun Sally’s Davis? - Sidestreet Anthony Chapute – VFW Downtown Boomtown – VFW West Fargo Strange Daze – Windbreak SUNDAY, AUGUST 24TH Strange Daze - Windbreak TUESDAY, AUGUST 26TH Psychostick – The Aquarium Open Mic Comedy – Red Raven The Vinegar Strokes Patio Party – Shotgun Sally’s WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27TH The Vinegar Strokes – Bar Nine Izzy Marcil – Hennessy’s Irish Pub InFringe – JT Cigarro THURSDAY, AUGUST 28TH Mark Proulx – Cork N’ Cleaver Diane Miller & The Silver Daggers featuring Stephanie Goetz - HoDo Celtic Jam – Red Raven Hometown Zero – Tailgators Sports Cafe October Road – Windbreak FRIDAY, AUGUST 29TH The Ciro & Topher Show – Bar Nine Boots – Dempsey’s The Swamp Kings - D’Woods Lounge in the Doublewood Save Me CJ – Pickled Parrot Mourning After – Rick’s 32 Below – Shotgun Sally’s Flashback – VFW Downtown The Coolers – VFW West Fargo Brat Pack Radio – Windbreak SATURDAY, AUGUST 30TH Drag Show – The Aquarium Dan Miller - Hennessy’s Irish Pub Ska Skank Redemption – JT Cigarro Save Me CJ – Pickled Parrot Mourning After – Rick’s Whiskey Plates – Shotgun Sally’s D Mills and The Thrills - Sidestreet Flashback – VFW Downtown The Coolers – VFW West Fargo Back for More - Windbreak SUNDAY, AUGUST 31ST Quiet Drive - Windbreak
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Acapulco 1150 36th St S, Fargo, ND
Alibi Lounge & Casino 1340 21st Ave. S, Fargo Applebees 4 area locations
Bison Turf 1211 N University Dr, Fargo
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$.99 16 oz. Miller, Coors & Bud $1.99 Dos Equis Amber
$3 Margaritas (original, rocks or blended) All Day
$4.99 pitchers of Miller, Coors & Bud $5.99 Dos Equis
$1.50 domestic beer & regular margaritas
$5 Jumbo Margaritas
$2 Mexican beers
$2.50 Morgans& Bacardi Limon $3 Iced teas
2 for 1 everyday Noon - 7 p.m.
2 for 1 everyday Noon - 7 p.m.
2 for 1 everyday Noon - 7 p.m.
2 for 1 everyday Noon - 7 p.m.
2 for 1 everyday Noon - 7 p.m.
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2 for 1 everyday Noon - 7 p.m.
$2 off margaritas $3 Coronas/ Corona Lights
$2 UV vodkas
Ladies Night $3 Cosmos and Applebitinis $5 Sangrias $10 house wine bottles
$2 Long Island teas $3 Jeremiah Weed teas
$5 mucho drinks
$5 sangrias
$8 pitchers of Bud Light
Happy Hour drink specials All Day
Mini Mug Night
Mug Night
$3.75 Stoli’s $5.75 domestic pitchers
$3 Windsors, Morgans, Bacardis, Smirnoffs and Jim Beams
$3.75 Bloody Mary/ Caesars 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Mug Night
$4 32oz domestic draws $3.25 wells
$5 Housemade Sangria & $2 PBR Pounders 3 - 6 p.m.
$5 Housemade Sangria & $2 PBR Pounders 3 - 6 p.m.
$5 Housemade Sangria & $2 PBR Pounders 3 - 6 p.m.
Blackbird Woodfire 206 Broadway, Fargo Bomb Shelter 325 10th St. N, Fargo
2 for 1 appetizers Texas Hold ‘Em tourney 7:30 p.m.
College ID Night $5 Cover Free taps and wells 9 p.m. - Midnight
Ladies Night All you can drink wells for $5 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m.
3 for 1 9 p.m.Midnight
$6.50 fried chicken dinner
2 for 1 appetizers until 9 p.m.
The Bowler 2630 S University Dr, Fargo
$2.50 Morgans $3 Tito’s vodka $3.25 select spirits
$2.50 Morgans $3 Tito’s vodka $3.25 select spirits
$2.50 Morgans $3 Tito’s vodka $3.25 select spirits
$2.50 Morgans $3 Tito’s vodka $3.25 select spirits
$2.50 Morgans $3 Tito’s vodka $3.25 select spirits
$2.50 Morgans $3 Tito’s vodka $3.25 select spirits
$2.50 Morgans $3 Tito’s vodka $3.25 select spirits
Borrowed Buck’s Roadhouse 1201 Westrac Dr, Fargo
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Mug Night
$.50 taps $1 Morgans $1 Teas 8 p.m. - Midnight
$3 Coronas, Crown Royals, Stolis 9 p.m. - Midnight
$2 tall taps $2 Morgans $2 bomb shots 8 - 11 p.m.
$2 tall taps $2 Morgans $2 bomb shots 8 - 11 p.m.
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Buffalo Wild Wings 3 area locations
Happy Hour All Day $1 off well drinks 9 p.m. - Midnight
$2 Jeremiah Weeds $3.50 energy blasters 9 p.m. - Midnight
$2.99 tall domestic taps All Day 2 for 1 well drinks 9 p.m. - Midnight
$3 teas All Day 2 for 1 Morgans 9 p.m. - Midnight
$3.50 Mexican bottles/pints $3.50 jumbo margaritas All Day
$3.75 Bloody Marys/Caesars 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
$2.50 You-call-its 9 p.m. - Midnight
Bulldog Tap 4265 45th St. S. Ste. 161, Fargo
$3.50 tall domestic taps 6 p.m. - Close
$2.75 domestic bottles $3.50 Ice Holes 8 p.m. - Midnight
$3.50 UVs and Bacardis 8 p.m. - Midnight
$3.25 Morgans $3.75 Crowns 8 p.m. - Midnight
$3.75 Stolis and Jack Daniels 8 p.m. - Midnight
$3.50 Smirnoffs and Windsors 8 p.m. - Midnight
$3.50 tall domestic taps & import bottles All Day
Chili’s Grill and Bar 3902 13th Ave. S, Fargo
$3 tall domestic drafts, wine and margaritas 5 for $10 buckets of beer 3 - 6 p.m.
$3 tall domestic drafts, wine and margaritas 5 for $10 buckets of beer 3 - 6 p.m.
$3 tall domestic drafts, wine and margaritas 5 for $10 buckets of beer 3 - 6 p.m.
$3 tall domestic drafts, wine and margaritas 5 for $10 buckets of beer 3 - 6 p.m.
$3 tall domestic drafts, wine and margaritas 5 for $10 buckets of beer 3 - 6 p.m.
Chub’s Pub & Package Place 421 N University Dr, Fargo
Big Mug MonDay $4.95 beers $3.25 refills $2.95 10 oz wells
Happy TuesDay Happy Hour prices 4 p.m. -Close $2.95 Stumplifters
$2.75 old school beers $2.75 Morgans and Windsors
$.75 taps 8 p.m. - Close
$6 select domestic beers & a shot $2.95 teas & Stumplifters
$3 tall domestic drafts, wine and margaritas 5 for $10 buckets of beer All Day $2.95 Bloody Marys/Caesars 8 a.m. - Noon $3.25 Jack Daniels $2.95 UV vodkas
$1 off drinks when you wear your Chub’s sweatshirt
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Dempsey’s 226 Broadway N, Fargo
Rum-Day: $3 Malibus, Bacardis & Morgans
$2 domestic taps or 2 for 1 wells
$3 premium wells
$3.25 specialty or import bottles or taps
$3 Old Styles and $4.25 Jamesons
$3 Old Styles and $4.25 Jamesons
Happy Hour drink specials 4 p.m. close
D’Woods Lounge 3333 13th Ave. S, Fargo
$2.75 domestic bottles $3 Bacardis
$2.75 domestic bottles $1 off martinis
$3.50 Stolis $3.50 domestic taps
$3.50 Crown Royals $3.50 taps
$3.75 teas $3 Windsors
$3 Smirnoffs $3 Morgans
Empire 424 Broadway N, Fargo
$3.25 Crown Royals
$2.75 Bacardis
$2.50 Windsors
$2.95 Morgans $3.75 Jack Daniels
$3.25 import bottles $2.95 Jim Beams
$3.25 import bottles $3.75 Jagermeisters
$2.50 rail vodkas $2.50 Windsors
Happy Hour 4-7 p.m. $4.25 Margarita’s, Long Island Ice Tea’s & $15 buckets of beer
Happy Hour 4-7 p.m. $2.25 taps
Happy Hour 4-7 p.m. $2.75 select whiskeys $2.75 import bottles $2.75 Micro Domestic Beers
Happy Hour All Day
$3.50 Bloody Mary 2 - 6 p.m. $3.25 Bacardis, Morgans, Malibus All Day $3.25 Chuck Norris shots
Any special throughout the week is honored on Sunday’s all day long.
Labby’s Grill & Bar 1100 19th Ave. N, Fargo
$2.50 domestic/ $3.50 import bottles 8 p.m. - Close
Mug Night 5 - 9 p.m.
$3.50 teas 3 p.m. - Close
$2.95 selected pounders 8 p.m. - Close
$1 off bottled beers and drinks 9 p.m. - Close
$1 off Bloody Marys/Caesars 9 p.m. - Close
Lucky’s 13 Pub 4301 17th Ave. S, Fargo
$2.25 short domestic beers
$2.50 Coronas/ Corona Lights 1/2 price margaritas
$3 tall domestic taps 3 p.m. - Close
1/2 price bottles of wine $2 PBR bottles 3 p.m. - Close
Happy Hour 3 - 6 p.m.
$2.50 mimosas $6.75 BLT Bloody Marys
Northern Gentleman’s Club 325 10th St. N, Fargo
Happy Hour 5 - 7 p.m.
Happy Hour 5 - 7 p.m.
Happy Hour 5 - 7 p.m.
Happy Hour 5 - 7 p.m.
Happy Hour 5 - 7 p.m.
Happy Hour 5 - 7 p.m.
Old Broadway City Club 22 Broadway N, Fargo
$5.95 pitchers
$2.95 domestic pints 6 p.m. - Close
$2.50 selected shots/drinks 9 p.m. - Close Wine Club Night
U-Pay-The-Day Tap beers are the price of the date 8 - 10 p.m.
$2.95 Bloody Marys/mimosas Skip-N-Go Naked 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
$2.95 Domestic Pints 6 p.m. - Close
Wine Club Night
Fort Noks Bar of Gold 52 Broadway N, Fargo
Old Broadway Grill 22 Broadway N, Fargo
JT Cigarro 4554 7th Ave. S, Fargo
1/2 Price Bottles of Wine 5 - 10 p.m.
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$5 domestic taps and wells
Happy Hour 4-7 p.m. $3.25 Stolis All Day $3.25 Goldschlager & Icehole 8 p.m. - 1 a.m.
$2.50 mimosas $6.75 BLT Bloody Marys 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
$2.95 Bloody Marys/mimosas/ Skip-N-Go Naked 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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$3.50 Seagrams $4 Jag Bombs $2.30 domestic pitchers
$3 Morgans $3.50 Jamesons $6 domestic pitchers
$3 wells $4 Stolis $3.50 Goldschlagers $3.50 craft taps
$4 Crown Royals $3 Ice Hole shots $2 domestic taps 7 - 9:30 p.m.
$2 off martinis $1 off beer Wells & wine by the glass
$2 off top shelf liquor & $1 off beer Wells & wine by the glass
$2 off all glasses of wine & $1 off beer Wells & wine by the glass
$2.50 16 oz. taps $2 domestic $3 premium $5 long island teas
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Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. 1/2 off wine 6 p.m. - Midnight
Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. $2 off original cocktails from 6 to close
Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. $5 domestic pitchers 9 p.m. to close
Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. $2 off all canned/ bottled beers and 2 for 1 rail drinks from 9 to close
2 for 1 rail drinks $4 craft pints 9 p.m. - Close
$4 Build Your Own Bloody Mary Bar from 12 to 5, $3 You Call It’s for service industry all day
$3.05 Morgans $3.45 tall domestic taps 4:30 p.m. - close
$3.75 Crown Royals $3.95 Crown Blacks
$2.95 Bacardis/ domestic bottles 4:30 p.m. - close
Mug Club Night $3.75 Jack Daniels/ teas
$3.25 UV vodkas
$3.25 import and specialty bottles $3.25 Ice Hole shots
$3.35 tall domestic taps All Day $2.75 well drinks 4:30 p.m. - Close
Rooter’s Bar 107 Broadway N, Fargo
$2 12oz domestic draws All Day
$2.50 domestic bottles All Day
$2.50 Morgans & Windsors All Day
$2.50 teas $7.50 domestic pitchers
Happy Hour from 4:30-6:30 p.m. (2for-1 drinks)
$2.50 Homemade Bloody Marys w/ beer chaser 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Closed
Shotgun Sally’s Rock and Roll Saloon 1515 42nd St. S, Fargo
$1 off drinks 9 p.m. - Midnight
$1 off drinks 9 p.m. - Midnight $5 burger baskets
$1 off drinks 9 p.m. - Midnight ½ price bottles of wine
$1 off drinks 9 p.m. - Midnight
$14.99 prime rib from 5 p.m. - supplies last
$3.75 Jamesons $.75 off craft bottles
College night with ID All Day Happy Hour
$3 Windsors $2.50 domestic pints $3 Leinenkugels and Nordeast pints
$3 rums $.75 off domestic bottles and micro craft pints $5 perfect storms
$3.50 Stolis $3.75 Summit pints
$3.75 Jack Daniels, Jack Honeys & Jim Beams $3.75 New Belgium bottles
$2 off All pitchers $3 rail vodkas $1 off u-call-its Service Industry Night
$3.15 Miller High Life bottles $3.40 Bacardi Limon and Sailor Jerrys
$3.15 Bud and Bud Light Bottles
$3.15 Bud and Bud Light bottles $3 white zin and merlot wines
$3.15 Coors Light and Mich Golden Light bottles
$3.15 Bud and Bud Light bottles. $3.40 Morgans
$3.75 Bloody Marys and Caesars All Day well specials $2.75
$2.80 All wells $5.25 Busch Light pitchers
$2.95 pounders
$3 Bacardis & Jim Beams
$2.95 Morgans $3.95 Jack Daniels
$2.95 whiskeys & Barefoot wines
$3.25 import and craft beers $3.25 Smirnoffs
$3.25 UV drinks
$2.75 wells $3.35 20oz taps
$1 off bar pours & jumbo beers 4 - 7 p.m.
$1 off bar pours & jumbo beers 4 - 7 p.m.
$1 off bar pours & jumbo beers 4 - 7 p.m.
$1 off bar pours & jumbo beers 4 - 7 p.m.
$1 off bar pours & jumbo beers 4 - 7 p.m.
Sports Bar 619 NP Ave. N, Fargo
$2.50 tap beer pints $3.50 talls
$2.50 Stolis & $3.50 Stolis with energy drink
College night 1/2 price any beer
$2.95 Jack Daniels, Morgans, Bombay Sapphires & Grey Gooses
1/2 off pitchers 7 10 p.m.
1/2 off pitchers 7 10 p.m.
$3 pounders $3.50 Bloody Marys
Tailgators Sports Cafe 1322 Main Ave, Fargo
$3.50 Crown Royals $3 UVs
$2 domestic bottles and $3 Morgans
$7.25 domestic pitchers $2.50 Schnapps $2.50 well drinks
$3.50 import bottles $3.50 gator teas $2.50 Schnapps
$3 Bacardis $3 Chucks/Jag Bombs $2.75 Windsors
$3.75 Bloody Marys $1 off whiskeys $2.90 domestic pints and bottles
$3.75 Bloody Marys $1 off whiskeys $2.90 domestic pints and bottles
$5 select Jack Daniels
$3 martinis 1/2 off bottles of wine
$3 select appetizers and drinks
Pickled Parrot 505 3rd Ave. N, Fargo
Radisson 201 5th St N Fargo Rhombus Guys Pizza 606 Main Ave, Fargo
Rick’s Bar 2721 Main Ave, Fargo
Sidestreet Grille & Pub 301 3rd Ave. N, Fargo Slammer’s Sports Bar & Grill 707 28th Ave. N, Fargo Speck’s Bar 2611 Main Ave, Fargo Spirits Lounge 3803 13th Ave. S, Fargo
TGI Fridays 4100 13th Ave. S, Fargo
$3 Bloody Marys $7 bottomless mimosas
$5 select drinks
* This is not a full list of specials. Specials subject to change. For updated and entire list of specials, go fargomonthly.com.
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VFW 202 Broadway N, Fargo
$2.75 Morgans
$6 domestic pitchers
$3 bar pours
$2.75 domestic pounders
$3 domestic bottles $3 long island teas
Happy Hour 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. $3 Long Island teas
Happy Hour All Day
Vinyl Taco 520 1st Ave, Fargo
$1 off Margaritas
$1 off Vinyl Sunrise
$1 off Mexico Mule
$1 off Bourbons
$1 off Moonshine
$1 off Sangria
Ladies night: Free Miller Light taps and wells 9 p.m. Midnight
$1 u-call-its 9 - 10 p.m. $2 u-call-its 10 - 11 p.m.
$1 u-call-its 9 - 10 p.m. $2 u-call-its 10 - 11 p.m.
Service industry night $2 u-call-its 9 p.m. - close
Windbreak Saloon & Casino 3150 39th St. S, Fargo Happy Hour All Day. $1 off drinks
Domestic bottles & Morgans for $2.95
$2.75 Windsors $2.85 Jack Daniels
$3.50 Long Island teas $3.95 Crown Royals
$3.30 Smirnoffs $3.85 Malibus
$5.95 domestic pitchers and $3.30 Bloody Marys and Caesars until 5 p.m.
$5.95 domestic pitchers and $3.30 Bloody Marys and Caesars until 5 p.m.
$1 off beer, wine, & cocktails 3-6 p.m. $3.25 tall domestic taps 7 p.m. - close
$1 off beer, wine, & cocktails 3-6 p.m. $2.50 domestic bottles 9 p.m. close
$1 off beer, wine, & cocktails 3-6 p.m. $3 Captain Morgan and Chuck Norris 8 p.m. - close
$1 off beer, wine, & cocktails 3-6 p.m. $5 pitchers of PBR 8 p.m. - close
$1 off beer, wine, & cocktails 3-6 p.m. $3.25 Stolis and Bacardis 8 p.m. close
$3.50 crown royals & Long Island Teas 8 p.m. - close
$3.25 tall domestic taps & import bottles All day
Service Industry Night - $2.50 u-call-its 9 p.m. Midnight $2.50 Morgans
College Night $.50 domestic taps 7 - 9 p.m. & 2-4-1 domestic bottles & wells 9:30 - 11 p.m.
$2.25 domestic pints & $3.50 premium pints 8 p.m. - Midnight
$6.50 domestic pitchers & 2.50 u-call-its 9 p.m. Midnight
$2 domestic bottles & Morgans 8 p.m. Midnight
$12.50 domestic beer buckets & $17.50 premium buckets 8 p.m. Midnight
Closed
$1 wells 9 p.m. close
$3 import bottles 9 p.m. - close
Ladies Night 9 p.m. - Midnight, no charge
$2.50 wells 9 p.m. - close Mug night $5 mug,
$2 domestic taps 9 p.m.- close
$3 mug refills $2.50 Long Island teas
$2 taps, wells and Ice Holes
Speak Easy 1001 30th Ave. S, Moorhead
$1.75 bottles $4 martinis
2 for 1 drinks
$4.25 pitchers
$1.95 22oz beers $3.25 Sam Adams & Shock Tops
$4.25 pitchers
Bloody Mary specials $4.95 pitchers
$1.95 grande beers All Day
O’Leary’s Pub 808 30th Ave. S, Moorhead
Happy Hour 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Happy Hour 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Happy Hour 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Happy Hour 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Happy Hour 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Bloody Marys special
Sunday Funday $5 domestic pitchers All Day
$2.75 Morgans
2 for 1 8 - 11 p.m.
$2.75 whiskeys
Ladies night 8 - 10 p.m. $5 pitchers
Late night Happy Hour 9 p.m. Midnight
$5 pitchers All Day
Bloody Mary special
$3 tall domestics, $3 Stolis & $3 Jack Daniels 8 p.m.
$2 domestic pints & wells 8 p.m. -
Mug night 8 p.m. $5 mugs
$2.50 domestic bottles, $3 well specials 8 p.m.
$2.50 Morgans and Bacardis 8 p.m.
$3 teas & bomb shots 8 p.m.
$6 domestic pitchers & $2.50 Icehole All Day
Hooligans 3330 Sheyenne St, West Fargo
$2.50 domestic bottles All Day
$3 domestic talls All Day
$3.50 well margaritas, $3 Corona & Dos Equis
$2.50 Morgans & Bacardis All Day
$3 well drinks 7 p.m. - close
$3 bomb shots 8 p.m. - Midnight
O’Leary’s Pub 715 13th Ave. E, West Fargo
Happy Hour 1 - 7 p.m.
Happy Hour 1 - 7 p.m.
Happy Hour 1 - 7 p.m.
Happy Hour 1 - 7 p.m.
Happy Hour 1 - 7 p.m.
Silver Dollar Flying Pig 221 Sheyenne St, West Fargo
Happy Hour 8 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Happy Hour 8 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Happy Hour 8 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Spicy Pie 745 31st Ave. E. Ste 110, West Fargo
$1 off 20oz taps or $.75 off 16oz taps
$3 you-call-its
$6 domestic & $7 import pitchers
$2 whiskey drinks
$2 rum drinks
$2 vodka drinks
$3 Bloody Mary’s and/or Caesars
Three Lyons Pub 675 13th Ave. E, West Fargo
Mug night
Mug night
Tall beers for the price of short 7 p.m. - close
$1 off Long Island teas & $5 martinis 7 p.m. - close
$2.75 Windsors $1 off bottled beer 8 p.m. - close
$3.50 Bloody Marys, Caesars & domestic pints until 6 p.m.
Happy Hour All Day
$2.75 Captain Morgan, $3 Crown Royal & $3 Washington Apples from 7 - 11 p.m.
$3 32 oz. Mongo Mugs, $1 off drinks for ladies & $3 shots from 7 - 11 p.m.
$2.50 Windsors, $3 Jeremiah Weed, $3 Chuck Norris from 7 - 11 p.m
$5 pitchers, $2.75 Bacardi & $3 Bazooka Joes from 7 - 11 p.m.
Happy Hour from 4 - 8 p.m. and $3 Ice Hole shots from 7 - 11 p.m.
$3.50 Bloody Marys/Caesars from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., $2.50 Ron Diaz & $3 Jag Blasters from 7 - 11 p.m.
$2.75 Pounders, $3 Seagram’s & $3 Charlie Sheens
$3 Jag $6.50 mug $2.50 Ice Hole
$3 Bacardis $2.75 Dr. Mcgillicuddy’s
$3 Jeremiah Weed $3 UV vodkas
$3 Morgans $2 Jags
$3 Jack Daniels
$3 Jim Beams $3 Bloody Marys/ Caesars
$3 Bloody Caesars $3.50 Sambuca
Woody’s Bar 1550 32nd Ave. S, Fargo
MOORHEAD Dave’s Southside Tap 803 Belsly Blvd, Moorhead JC Chumley’s 1608 Main Ave, Moorhead Mick’s Office 10 8th St. S, Moorhead
Vic’s Bar & Grill 427 Center Ave, Moorhead
WEST FARGO Bar Nine 1405 Prairie Pkwy, West Fargo
Town Hall Bar 103 Main Ave. W, West Fargo
Work Zone 701 Main Ave. E, West Fargo
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* This is not a full list of specials. Specials subject to change. For updated and entire list of specials, go fargomonthly.com.