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Volume 12 / Issue 2
February 2022
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ow the heck do they do it? When putting together this magazine, I constantly found myself asking that question. The makers that we've highlighted in this magazine are each extremely talented. When looking at their beautiful clothing, art, jewelry and food, I think back to my own creative endeavors of my childhood which consisted, mostly, of glorified stick figures.
ver since moving to Fargo-Moorhead, I have been so interested in all of the art and creatives the community has to offer. I’m sure it existed elsewhere, I probably just didn’t know where to look. But again, that's what’s so amazing about Fargo, the art finds you. Through various craft shows or local maker markets, like the Minn Dak Market or the Red River Farmer’s Market, you can find many talented artists. Whatever form of art you’re looking for (and yes, I do consider making delicious BBQ sauce and cutting a clean taper fade haircut an art), there’s someone in the community who’s got something up your alley. In addition, in this issue, you get to meet a handful of individuals and businesses making Fargo the wonderful, medley of trades and experience that it is.
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Thankfully, today, I get to work with an awesome graphic designer that helps turn my stick figures into the magazine you see today. However, these makers are doing it all on their own. Make sure to support them!
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Sometimes, I still feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface of Fargo-Moorhead, but lucky for you and me, I get to explore different communities like it's my job (I mean, I guess it kind of is) and share it with you. I hope you find your way through our new and improved Fargo Monthly well and find something you love inside. Happy reading!
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In this month's cover story, we take a look at the Belquists, restaurant entrepreneurs and true blue examples of the American Dream personified.
Farming influencers? In this month's magazine, learn about some of the Tik Tok accounts in agriculure. Coming Soon!
Coming soon is our championship issue highlighting NDSU's unprecedented postseason run.
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Kata's concrete jewelry is modern, lightweight and completely one-of-a-kind. kastadesigns.com
AJ&LILLY
AJ&LILLY offers handmade beanies, fur pom poms and baby products. ajlilly.com
Beautabode
If you're looking for a unique way to accessorize, these handmade polymer clay earrings are a solid choice. thebeautabode.com
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REFLET
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Each scarf made by REFLET is exclusively made. REFLET also offers customers the opportunity to pre-design scarves themselves! refletstore.com
Upcoming
Craftshow Schedule
Unglued Craft Fest Friday, March 11 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, March 12 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. West Acres Mall 3902 13th Ave S, Fargo Junkin Market Days Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 1805 Main Ave W, West Fargo Island Park Show Saturday, August 27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 302 7th St S, Fargo The Big One Art & Craft Fair Friday, October 21 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, October 22 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fargodome 1800 N University Dr N, Fargo
Clizzy's
Clizzy's sells one of a kind jewelry, artful pillows and more! clizzys.com
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Colorado Jack
You may have already seen this one around town. Colorado Jack Popcorn makes some of the best popcorn in the region! coloradojackpopcorn.com
About P ride of Dakota
Started in 1985, Pride of Dakota is a state-run department that exists to promote and enhance the marketing of North Dakota businesses, products and services. *Not all of the products featured in this article are Pride of Dakota Products For a full list of Pride of Dakota companies head to prideofdakota.nd.gov
Thunderbird Ranch/Dakota Seasonings Gourmet Foods
Serves a wide variety of delicious meals while also serving as a supports system fro Open Door Center, a nonprofit that works with children and adults with developmental disabilities, adults with mental illness and people with traumatic brain injury. store.dakotaseasonings.com
Pantry Elves
With gluten sensitivity becoming increasingly common, Pantry Elves is offering a mix of gluten free products that will leave customers satisfied. pantryelvesglutenfree.com
Sweet Dreams Confections
Located right here in Fargo, Sweet Dreams Confections offers up loads of fudge, candy, gourmet foods and gifts. sweetdreamsconfections.com
4e Winery
Quality wines from northern prairie ingredients. That's the 4e recipe. 4ewinery.com
Currently, Pride of Dakota has 557 participating businesses across different sectors, including: • Artisan & Gifts • Associate/Non-Profit • Authors & Publishers • Food & Beverage • Manufacturers • Personal Care Products • Services
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Success Stories
This creator and supplier of more than 350 products is located in Mandan, North Dakota and employs 450 workers. Some of their most popular products include summer sausage, franks and sausages, bacon and deli meats.
Sunbutter has become a national sensation by providing consumers with a delicious nut-free alternative to peanut butter.
If you founded a company and sold it for $1.2 billion would you consider that a success. Well, that's what Dot's, a company founded in Velva, ND did just this last year. And yes, we consider that success.
Kanji Naturals
Kanji Naturals sells herbal teas, flower essences, incense, aromatherapy and more, 90% of which is grown right in Dilworth, MN. kanjinaturals.com
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Bone Voyage Bone Broth
If you're going to try to utilize the many health benefits of bone broth, you might as well buy from a delicious and local company. bonevoyageboneroth.com
ProBiotein
ProBiotein offers delicious and healthy products designed to support the microbiome with a plend of prebiotic fiber in every product. probiotein.com
Freddy's Lefse
One of the largest lefse bakeries in the United States, Freddy's Lefse has been serving up this Scandinavian favorite since 1946. freddyslefse.com
Uncle Charlie's Gourmet
Uncle Charlie's Gourmet Snacks offers maybe the most unique sweet treat you'll ever find, gourmet puppy chow with flavors ranging from Orange Creamsicle to Brownie Truffle to Key Lime Pie. eatcharlieschow.com
Proof Artisan Distillers
Proof Artisan Distillers is one of the finest distillers in the area, offering an assortment of spirits that are a must try for everyone from the conisseur to the casual fan. proofdistillers.com
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Jenny Sue Ceramics
Jenny Sue Ceramics offers ceramics, regional magnets, ornaments and DIY kits. Pictured here is Sue's DIY Ceramic Ornament Kit. Provided by Jenny Sue Ceramics
Designed By Hannah
Hannah Stelter, has amassed nearly 700k followers on TikTok with her unique artistic videos. Hannah uses a glass pen to create all of her work and sells them in kits for customers so they can try her unique drawing tools as well. itsdesignedbyhannah.com
E.Moore Art Studio
At E.Moore Art Studio, all of the anime-inspired and beautifully vibrant pieces are digitally illustrated and produced by Owner Elizabeth Moore. Pictured are just a few of the fun things Moore makes. Visitors can also find clothing and other fun pieces of art in the online store.
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Prints and Pieces by Devyn
Devyn Shemon sells beautiful, vibrant and abstract paintings and prints. prints-and-pieces-by-devyn.square.site
Livin' The Dream Pottery Livin' the Dream Pottery makes functional pottery for daily use, as well as handmade dinnerware and promotional mugs for businesses in the area. haydenswanson.com
See Lang Design
See Lang Design Owner Christina Lang brings to market unique artistic pieces composed of individual strips of paper that are rolled up separately and glued together. You'd never know by looking at the beautiful finished products! etsy.com/shop/SeeLangDesign
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Badlands Shaving
Badlands Shaving Company offers the perfect gift for almost anyone, artfully designed razors and shaving products. badlandsshaving.com
The Plant Supply Co.
With a goal to help people grow happier through their house plants, The Plant Supply co. is providing customers with some of the most aesthetically pleasing concrete planters and plant accessories in the region. theplantsupply.com
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The Minn Dak Market
Located in the West Acres Mall, the Minn-Dak Market has one of the largest selections of products from the tri-state area (North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota). They're a great place to go if you're looking to try something local and they even carry many of the items included in this very magazine! Not sure what you want? The Minn-Dak Market carries a wide variety of gift basket options! 22 | FEBRUARY 2022 | FARGOMONTHLY.COM
Hello Lucy
Hello Lucy creates awesome coasters, pillows, wine mugs and more. hellolucys.etsy.com
Taea Made
"Whether it's a custom mural painting, or upcycled home decor, I want the pieces to be as meaning as possible for my clients." -Taea Made Owner Emily Brooks taeamade.com/etsy-shop
Do Good Adventures
Hometown Woodworking
Cutting boards, charcuterie boards, serving trays, turned bowls, platters, utensils, coasters, wine caddies, you name it! Hometown Woodworking does it all and also provides custom work. hometowndwkg.com Provided by Hometown Woodworking
Not only does Do Good Adventures produce wonderful locally-made fragrance products, but they also donate a percentage of profits to charities and organizations in need. dogood-adventures.com
BB's Bath Bakery
BB's Bath Bakery sells unique and fun hand soaps, loofahs, lotions, sugar scrubs, bubble powder and bath bombs! bbsbathbaker.com
Jade Crown
Jade Crown sells uniquely designed enamel pins, stickers, keychains, stationery and hand made pin displays. jadeandcrown.com
Reigndeer Homegoods
All of the tea towels sold by Reigndeer Homegoods are personally designed and hand printed using a silk screen and long lasting ink. Above are just a few of the options available through this fantastic maker. reigndeerhomegoods.com Provided by Reigndeer Homegoods
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On The Rise
Zach Willis and his father Tyson
Big Deck BBQ is a local product to watch out for!
This maker is someone we are very familiar with here at Spotlight Media. Zach Willis is a account executive with us that, like many now fulltime entrepreneurs, once juggled a full-time job with an entrepreneurial side-hustle. Now, he's taken the plunge and is fulltime pursuing his entrepreneurial efforts with his father and Big Deck Barbecue Co.
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How did you and your father get started with the company? My dad has actually been working out all of the recipes we use for probably about 12 years now. In May of 2020, when my time playing football at NDSU had kind of ceased, and I couldn't really work because we were in the middle of the pandemic, we kind of decided to start selling to family and friends. Eventually, it really just took on a life of its own. We started a Facebook page and a website and then it just blew up like the next day. We've kind of just been riding that wave ever since.
Really? So you didn't have any designs to start a business when you set out? Really, up until the last six or seven months, it had just been
a hobby. And then we just got too big.
How have you been scaling things then? I have to imagine you've had to change things up operationally in a pretty significant manner over a short period of time. Yeah, all of this started in my dad's kitchen. And fortunately, we live in a state where we're protected by something called The Cottage Act. Basically, if you start a small business, you have up until a year to get into a commercial property to produce it. So, we took advantage of that for the first few months. From there, we've moved on to Square One Kitchen. And basically, that's
where we've been ever since, kind of just figuring out how to make it the fastest possible processes we can. And we've kind of maxed that out. Now, the next step is finding our own spot and finding funding for stuff like that. Getting the equipment, all that fun stuff. So that's kind of the process we're in right now.
Where are some of the places you're looking for funding? We've basically been using the SBA, small banks, credit unions, stuff like that. We haven't reached out to private investors or anything yet. But, I think eventually we will get to that point.
What type of space are you looking for and how soon are you going to be in a different space? I think we're actually going to rent out a warehouse and use some funds to fit it into a food manufacturing facility. Hopefully, within the year, we're doing that, because anything we're producing at this level is getting sold. So, we need to expand our production and get the product in more people's hands.
What was the process like for becoming a Pride of Dakota product? Yeah, it's just an application process online, and then the $100 annual fee. A lot of good stuff comes with being Pride of Dakota certified so we think it was well worth the cost. It has been great to do the vendor shows that are exclusively for Pride of
Dakota members. Through that, we've reached parts of the state that we never would have before.
I imagine one of the most difficult things about your business is getting into those retail locations. Do you have any tips that you have learned along the way that could help others out there? It's honestly about getting in touch with the right people. That's something that I learned selling at Spotlight. You can waste your time reaching out to people if you don't know the right person, the person making the decisions.
Where can people find your products currently? They can find our products online at bigdeckbbq.com. We're also in SCHEELS Home & Hardware, the SCHEELS all sports on 45th street, Butcher Block Meats, Baker's Garden & Gifts and we should be in some large grocery locations soon.
How soon? We'll be in there soon. The larger grocery store locations need different barcodes and nutrition labels. Once we have those, we should be good. If people aren't aware, you can actually get nutritional information through NDSU Extension Service.
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It has never been easier to start a business as a maker, but it has also never been this competitive. It can be difficult to stand out in the noise, however, with over 44k followers on Instagram, Catie Miller has done just that.
A lot of makers out there are really passionate about their products and their process but they aren't so much focused on the business side of things. How did you end up linking the two sides of what you do so successfully? I graduated with two degrees. I had a degree in art education and a degree in ceramics. My Plan A was to teach, and I did for a while. My first goal wasn't to try to find a living with ceramics. However, after doing a lot of those jobs that didn't pay well, I
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started to think about going from selling my work on the side to selling full time. I wasn't making a lot of money doing what I was doing, so, I decided to try moving to full time and if it didn't work out and was a lost year, then it was a lost year. That first year was difficult, and actually, looking back I'm not sure how I lived on what I was making. But ever since then, the business has just continued to build. I actually really like the business side of making. I find business really interesting apart from accounting which sucks. Everybody hates accounting, but I like most everything else. I think that has been a big part in me building this.
From start to finish, all of Catie Miller hand makes all of her products.
But where did you learn that "business" information that you needed? I scoured the internet for a lot of free stuff, listened to podcasts, and also took classes. I still take classes now to figure things out, and I try to be pretty intentional about it. I think that sometimes things can seem really effortless, but when things seem effortless, it's because there's a lot of hidden effort that you don't see.
What are some of the most important things you've learned along the way? Just continuing to work and not being too inflexible in your learning. For the last year, I've been opposed to doing reels on Instagram. This sounds so stupid. But a majority of my business is promoting on social media, and after the new year, I realized that it seems like reels are how people are getting seen now. You have to
play the game that is set up.
How did you develop your artistic style? Everything has a really graphic feel to it. I've always really loved that cartoon quality. Over the years, I've figured out a way to create that quality in a more sophisticated way. I don't like to use black lines a lot because coloring books use black lines. I use a lot of green or blue lines instead. Really, it's about continuing to build on a collection of images. I have a library of images that I kind of pull from. And then, when I'm really stuck, I try to tweak some of those. Eventually, when you tweak those enough, it turns into something really new.
Do you ever come out of left field and just try something completely different?
I make these worms right now and it's because my two toddler boys love bugs and they love worms. After it rains, we go outside and pick up worms and collect them in buckets. And people either really hate them or love them. I like to weave those stories into my work. It keeps things fresh and fun for me.
How do you make your products? There are a lot of different processes for the making of the clay piece, from throwing on the wheel to hand-building to my most recent exploration in slip casting. Once the piece is formed, I decorate them with my illustrations while they're in the greenware stage using colored slips. Then, the designs get fired onto the pieces using a kiln to transform them into bisqueware. The final step is they get glazed and fired once again to make them food safe and functional.
Yes, there are lots of things I do that aren't well received.
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Are all of the dishes in your house handmade? All of our dishes are handmade, but they're not all made by me. We have a huge collection of ceramics from trading with other artists and buying from other artists. I've collected enough that all of our dishes are handmade which throws people off.
Where are you looking to take the business from here? I'm always looking to make things a bit more efficient. But, part of the reason people like the work that I make is because I make it myself. It has this handmade quality to it. At the same time, there are limits to how much one
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person can do. I'm also really interested in doing things that make Fargo Moorhead cooler. So, right now, I'm working with the city of Moorhead to sculpt a giant fiberglass beaver that is going to be painted one bring color and put in a park so kids can potentially climb on it. To find her products, visit etsy.com/shop/ catiemillerceramics
ARTS,& ENTERTAINMENT The arts are the lifeblood of our community, here are a couple of things that will keep our city's heart pumping.
Lace-Up, See You On the Ice One of the many exciting and unique events hosted in Broadway Square wraps up this month—Rink Reels. Enjoy a skate and a movie in the square for the last showing, but don’t worry, open skate and other events are still going on into March!
Get Ready to Rock Out Fargo will be kicking off Knotfest Roadshow 2022 in May of this year, hosting Slipknot at the Fargodome! Get your tickets to this event at the Fargodome and Ticketmaster locations.
Don’t TAP out on Local Art Last month, The Arts Partnership (TAP) celebrated 10 years of their Individual Artist Partnership grant program! Through this program, they support artists of any kind at any point in their careers. As lovers of the FM local art scene, kudos and thanks to you, TAP! 30 | FEBRUARY 2022 | FARGOMONTHLY.COM
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Open Mic Night – Sons of Norway When: April 7 (7:30 pm - 9:30 pm) Where: Kringen Lodge 25 Sons of Norway We're looking forward to a fun night filled with laughs, music and good times all around at the upcoming open mic night!
2022 Baccalaureate Reception When: April 12 (4:00 pm - 7:00 pm) Where: NDSU Memorial Union Gallery There's no better way to support our community than to show some love to the seniors at NDSU as they present their final projects in the gallery. With each person having a unique perspective and topic, we're in for a real treat this year from creative minds.
Military Theme – Motorcycle Show
Junkin’ Market Days
When: March 25-27 Where: The Hall at Fargo Brewing Company
When: April 8 (4:00 pm - 8:00 pm) and April 9 (9:00 am - 4:00 pm) Where: Red River Valley Fairgrounds
"It's great to see FBC host events that bring the community together. The "military theme" of this upcoming motorcycle show is one of their most creative yet."
"I love checking out both local and traveling vendors to see what they have to offer. I'm looking forward to seeing what hidden gems I can take home!"
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The Highwaymen Live When: March 25 (7:00 pm - 10:00 pm) Where: Sanctuary Events Center Take a trip back in time with tribute performances from Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash. There's no need to be worried if it's worth going, as each performer has devoted years to honoring their idol and putting on a wild show!
Easter Eggstravaganza When: April 14 (5:00 pm - 7:00 pm) Where: Fercho YMCA There's no better time to get in the Easter mood than the YMCA's Eggstravaganza! Between an egg hunt, face painting, swimming and bouncy houses, there's plenty of fun for the whole family.
Elton John: Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour When: March 19 (6:30 pm - 9:00 pm) Where: Fargodome We can't help but get excited about Elton John's farewell show in Fargo. After decades of performing, it's great to see him return to the Fargodome one for one last mesmerizing experience.
Jersey Boys When: April 12 Time: 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Where: Fargodome I've never seen Jersey Boys before, but I've heard plenty of great things about it. I'm thrilled to see a live rendition of it in one of my favorite venues!"
Speculative Architecture Reception When: March 22 Time: 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Where: NDSU Memorial Union Gallery "I've always been interested in seeing new architecture exhibits. This speculative exhibition is no exception!" 33
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HERE'S WHAT'S COMING
FARGO FILM Can you dive into some of the history of the FFF for readers that may be unaware? "The first Fargo Film Festival was held in 2001. It was a three-day event that featured approximately 30 films. The FFF has seen remarkable growth since its inception. It is now the largest and most prominent media arts event in the Dakotas. Today, the FFF is a five-day event that typically features 90-100 films, special guests, educational opportunities, and social activities. My theatre colleagues and I work year-round with a team of approximately 70 volunteers to produce the Fargo Film Festival. Every year, local movie lovers and critics alike look forward to one of the most anticipated cinema events in Fargo: the annual Fargo Film Festival. Fargo's festival is one of the largest film events in North Dakota, taking place in March of every year since 2001. Over two decades, the festival has grown from 30 film submissions at its beginning, up to more than 300 submissions last year. These films not only come from across the nation, but also from around the globe. We spoke with Emily Beck, Executive Director of the Fargo Theatre, to learn more about this year's festivities, category winners and more. To purchase tickets, call the Fargo Theatre at 701-239-8385 or visit the box office in person. You won't want to miss out on this year's highlights. Get your tickets now before it's too late!
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The FFF strives to offer the very best in independent film programming and frequently includes award-winning movies (example: the FFF 2021 Documentary Short Honorable Mention COLETTE went on to win the Oscar in the same category that year). Higher profile past guests include Mike Flanagan, Kevin Smith, John Waters, Doug Jones, Jon Heder and Efren Ramirez (Napoleon Dynamite), and Special Effects icon Richard Edlund (the original Star Wars trilogy, Indiana Jones, etc). We have had guest filmmakers/actors visit from all over the world including Australia, China, the UK, Spain, and Mexico."
Fargo Film Festival’s 7 Category Winners Category: Best Animation
FLY A lonely bird, unable to migrate with the rest of its flock, finds purpose and joy when it begins to care for a new hatchling.
BY GRANT AYERS
UP IN THIS YEAR'S
M FESTIVAL KRIMES While incarcerated in federal prison, artist Jesse Krimes secretly creates an astonishing 40-foot mural made with bedsheets, hair gel, and newspaper. With the help of fellow artists, he smuggles out each panel piece-bypiece. As Jesse's work captures the attention of the art world, he struggles to adjust to life outside.
Category: Best Documentary Feature
WHEN WE WERE BULLIES A mind-boggling coincidence inspires documentary filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt to track down his 5th grade classmates. He asks them to share memories of a bullying incident that occurred 50 years ago while reflecting on his complicity and the bully in all of us.
Category: Best Documentary Short Film
Interviewed Emily Beck, Executive Director of Fargo Theatre
What are you most excited about in regards to the film festival? "While this year’s programming and guests are still to be determined, I always look forward to bringing film artists to Fargo to interact with our audiences."
Will this year's festival be virtual or in-person once again? "We are planning for a fully in-person event. We hope COVID-related conditions will not necessitate format changes, but the last few years have taught us to remain humble and flexible."
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Category: Best Experimental Film
THE LENGTH OF THE DAY Using archival documents, this collaged essay film shares the emotional history of socialism in the United States as an account of dreams, struggles, and the loss of revolutionaries.
Are there any big, recognizable names or famous people among the casts in this year's films? "I do not know all of our selections yet, but I do that our Narrative Short category winner is a film called THE LETTER ROOM. It was nominated for an Oscar last year and stars Oscar Isaac and Alia Shawkat. I am sure there will be other famous faces on screen too!"
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Category: Best Narrative Feature
WE BURN LIKE THIS When 22-year-old Rae, a descendant of Holocaust survivors, is targeted by NeoNazis in Billings, Montana, her ancestors’ trauma becomes real. As antisemitism continues to rise in the community, we follow Rae on her journey to forgive herself, her mother, and the broken world. Inspired by true events, this coming-ofage story shows the inherited effects of historical trauma and the strength of survival and healing.
THE LETTER ROOM When a kind-hearted prison officer is transferred to the letter room, he soon gets involved in an inmate’s personal affairs.
Category: Best Narrative Short Film
WINTER OF ‘79 During the Iranian Revolution, a PersianJewish woman struggles to keep her family safe as she attempts to get her wrongfully convicted husband out of jail.
Category: Best Student Film
Will any foreign films be included in this year's festival? "As a fully international event, the FFF receives submissions from all over the world. I would estimate that at least half of our programming will be international this year. We do not expect to have international visiting artists this year, but will be exploring virtual Q&A options."
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Artist Feature It may seem difficult to imagine that a thriving business creating original jewelry would have its roots in a childhood love of caring for horses on the edge of town, but Shelli Fenske credits growing up in Marion, ND, with the inspiration for the bulk of her unique and original designs. “I love working with wire,” Shelli laughs as she carefully untangles a new batch of wire-wrapped necklace and pendant sets. “I have always loved the outdoors and designing and arranging and organizing. My dad owned the gas station and I would clean up the tool bench and align all the sets of tools by size. All that organizational technique fits perfectly with jewelry, because you put all these little pieces together into a composition. And I was the kid in the family that would go out in the pasture and help my dad fix fences, learning how to tighten up the electric fence. When I work on wire wraps it brings me back to my childhood. They were such happy times. I have always loved the outdoors and the warm colors of the landscape. I loved working in the flowerbeds, rearranging the perennials and adding rock gardens to the parts of the yard where the grass wouldn’t grow. ”
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"I keep goin g back to what
I initiall y liked as a kid .I always feel like I am comin g full circle.” - S helli F enske
Shelli also credits her unique combinations and sensitivity to color to her childhood as well, the natural tones and warm feel of her pieces reflecting what she experienced as her family traveled around the western part of the state. “Visitors to the art shows I participated in appreciated the variety of pieces I had created. I enjoy creating different looks. But there is so much variety reflected in the outdoors. There isn’t an end to it,” she says.
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As a recently retired art teacher from the DilworthGlyndon-Felton high school, Shelli is trained and skilled in a variety of art mediums. However, while her heart is in her jewelry, her second favorite art venture is her original, mixed-media works. Shelli gestures to her piece “Manipulated Palpitations” on display at Gallery 4 in downtown Fargo where she shows her work. “This piece is all about the valves in your heart, and the stints they can put in now. My dad died of a heart attack when I was 12, and my siblings both have had blockage in the same part of their hearts. But now there is so much that can be done. This piece is all about the worn interiors of our bodies, the stints that can hold arteries open, the rhythm of the heartbeat keeping us alive. How interconnected we are with nature, and how we are all so fragile.”
While the source of Shelli’s inspiration remains constant, its expression continually changes. “I am constantly making different pieces. I recently came across a lead strap for our horses that my dad braided when I was a kid, he used the four-strand braiding technique. I loved it, so I learned to four-strand braid and incorporated it into my jewelry. My thing is always trying new things,” she says cheerily.
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Shelli’s amazing wirework, sense of color, and deeply symbolic mixed-media pieces provide continuously new expressions of a lifetime of memories and uplifting selfacceptance.
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Whether you are a local sports fanatic or an everyday joe looking for a little fun or fitness, here are a couple of the things happening in the community
Heiskanen Sweeps UND in Return to Home State Fargo Davies graduate and Cornell Captain Cody Haiskenen returned to his home state and swept the University of North Dakota's men's hockey team in a two-game weekend series. Fly Fitness Planning Second Studio in South Fargo The popular fitness studio will be expanding to a second location very soon. Fargo South's Adie Wagner Reaches 2,000 Point Milestone In doing so, Wagner becomes the very first Bruins girls basketball player to reach that milestone. NDSU's Basketball Coaches Receive Extentions Both Cach David Richman and Coach Jory Collins received fiveyear extensions.
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Bison Players Set To Play In Bowl Games Brayden Thomas (East-West Shrine Bowl), Cordell Volson (East-West Shrine Bowl) and Christian Watson (Reese's Senior Bowl) are all set to play in all-star games as part of their pursuit of professional careers.
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5 New Businesses Keeping Fargo Healthy By Geneva Nodland
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Swanson Hyperbarics Clinic Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is a wellestablished medical treatment for a wide variety of conditions like decompression sickness, arterial insufficiencies, severe anemia, air or gas embolism and much more. Through treatments using pressurized oxygen chambers, patients receive
100% oxygen to encourage the body’s natural healing process. After meeting for a consultation to find out what pressure is best for you, Swanson Hyperbarics has singleperson hyperbaric oxygen chambers where you’ll lay inside for typically about two hours, although
treatments will vary. During that time the chamber starts the compression process, once your prescribed pressure is reached you start breathing in 100% oxygen, and finally, the chamber will depressurize and you’re done! There’s more to this unique technology and treatment
that Swanson has to offer, check it out, it might just be the right fit for you! Learn more about the process and what it can help treat at swansonhyperbarics.com
Due to the history of hyperbaric technology and medicine, you’ll still sometimes hear diving-related terminology used in the clinic setting. During World War II, hyperbaric oxygen therapy was used to treat deep-sea divers who were part of the military, and eventually, it advanced to what it is today. And still, scuba divers with decompression sickness use hyperbaric oxygen therapy, among a wide variety of other individuals who benefit from it. 44 | FEBRUARY 2022 | FARGOMONTHLY.COM
Hope & Coffee shop inside the recovery center. The goal is to Hope & Coffee branded shops everywhere, so people in recovery know how to find safe socializing spaces in any city.
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Soul Solutions Recovery Center
Fargo has great physical and mental services, and one more has joined to support the community. Soul Solutions Recovery Center is an addiction treatment and recovery service. They not only offer treatment solutions, but a community to help “sustain recovery” through their Recovery Management Model of Care.
community center, and Hope & Coffee, Soul Solutions Recovery Center offers effective short and long term services and invites everyone to engage with the community to aid their efforts. Find out more and watch for news on their upcoming events at soulsolutions.org
Opening last fall, they provide treatments to fit each person, but it doesn’t stop there. They are committed to building community and lasting relationships through all of the stages of recovery, including after. They achieve this through their community center and withHope & Coffee, a coffee shop set to open in early February that will sit inside the treatment center, serving both those in recovery and the public. The public can rent meeting space at the center, they plan to hold art classes and invite speakers for different series. Through their treatment center, public events and
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juice box Hydrating is always important, but it’s a lot easier to remember to drink water when the temperature makes you sweat, not shiver. Why not enjoy something new? Try out a local favorite, Juice Box! While they are known to travel in a trailer to local events like Red River Farmer’s Market, they
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opened their own storefront in West Fargo in December 2021. Known for their coldpressed juice and smoothies, the team believes in the healing power of juicing and wants to share these raw fruits and veggie drinks! You can choose from a variety of
different kinds and sizes of bottled juice, and even purchase a set for a juice cleanse. In addition, they have fun seasonal drinks, wellness shots and nut milks.
See what they offer and place an order online at juiceboxfargo.com
Spice up your hydration and take care of your body, grab a “Juice Box!”
Bodyworks Physical Therapy You know the aches and pains, maybe from a recent injury or maybe the kind that sneaks up on you in the winter and lingers too long. This season, meet one of the therapists at Bodyworks Physical Therapy and find some relief! Due to an unfortunate fire last May, Bodyworks Physical Therapy had to relocate for a period of time, but in early December they reopened in their new space near 32nd Avenue in Fargo. They can work with you through a variety
of unique therapy types, some being dry needling, ergonomics assessments, massages and much more. Their new space features private and group rooms where you’ll work with your therapist one-on-one, other tools and even an aboveground aquatic therapy unit with an underwater treadmill. Do your body a favor this winter and visit Bodyworks Physical Therapy! Learn more about the services offered at bodyworksfargo.com
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Bodyworks’ above-ground aquatic therapy unit with the underwater treadmill is the only one of its kind in the state of North Dakota! Courtesy of Scott Thuen of Thuen Studios
Meet Tucker, a therapy dog at Birchwood Therapeutic Services!
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Birchwood Therapeutic Services & Addie’s Angels
Birchwood Therapeutic Services opened its new location in Fargo in September and is proud to offer a “holistic and relational approach” for their clients. Through group counseling, marriage, couples, and family counseling and individual counseling, the therapists work with their clients to develop plans and work towards goals. They believe in creating safe environments to build trusting relationships. They offer somatic psychotherapy as well as Animal Assisted Therapy with dogs and horses, finding and fitting solutions to their needs. Originally Solutions Counseling Services, the business opened in Breckenridge, MN in 2003 before they merged with another agency and, in 2019, became Birchwood Therapeutic Services. They still serve Breckenridge, as well as Fergus Falls and now Fargo too. In addition to their new Fargo location, another counseling service, Addie’s Angels, opened alongside Birchwood Therapeutic Services in a shared office. Ashley Thompson works at Birchwood Therapeutic Services and is the president and cofounder of Addie’s Angels.
Addie’s Angels of North Dakota is a nonprofit organization that offers mental health services to people and families who have experienced the loss of a pregnancy, infant or child, suffer from perinatal disorders like depression, anxiety, and postpartum psychosis, and even those who have children with terminal or chronic illnesses. The organization was created in 2020 after Ashley and her husband lost their daughter, Addie. While looking for counseling options for their family, they found that there was a need for perinatal services in the area. They created this nonprofit to help others who share similar experiences as their family and to keep Addie’s memory alive. There are multiple ways to give to this organization like volunteering for events and fundraisers, as well as funeral support volunteers who receive training. You can also give through sponsorships that impact families in support groups, holistic day retreats for families, counseling fees and more. You can even participate in their annual 5K/10K fundraiser!
A memorial inside the Birchwood and Addie’s Angels office. Each butterfly you see was placed by a family at their appointment to honor their child that has passed, as a way to remember them.
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ME H DESIGN & The Red River Valley is constantly blooming with new architecture, trend-setting designs and industry-leading artists to help bring your home and living spaces to life. From the hottest new design trends to the newest spaces in town, consider this your local beat for all things home and living.
The Lights Adding New 'Envy' Apartments in 2022
The Lights, a development in West Fargo filled with state-of-the-art living spaces, community amenities, and an event plaza, are adding a new west building to their development in 2022. The new "Envy" building will feature 28 condos and 40 apartments and will offer 30,000+ square feet of commercial space. Email EPIC Companies at info@ epiccompaniesnd.com to sign up for the condo waiting list!
Liberty Town Center Coming to South Fargo
EPIC Companies has been breaking ground on a lot of new projects in the FargoMoorhead area, and they're adding another project to their list in Spring 2022. Liberty Town Square, a six-building project in South Fargo across from West Fargo School District's Liberty Middle School, plans to begin construction this spring. Three of the buildings, called The Don, Lincoln and Falcon, will provide both housing and commercial space. The other three buildings are planned as being retail and commercial spaces.
The Haven Apartments Coming Spring 2022
Opening this spring are The Haven apartments on Veterans. It will not only feature new studio, 1, 2, and 3 bedroom floor plans but will also offer a variety of amenities including a yoga studio, a multilevel cardio and weight room, rentable office pods, game room, clubroom, and a rooftop patio! Get on the waitlist for these brand-new Fargo apartments by contacting Prairie Property Management at info@ppm1875.com.
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BY JOSIAH KOPP & MELANIE IVERSON
What was your biggest "thinking outside the box" design moment of 2021? I'm working on finishing up a "Barndominium" for a client on a horse ranch North of town. We wanted the space to feel warm, relaxing and inviting while also utilizing fond memories the couple has from the Caribbean. I specified hand-made, custom-colored tiles made in California to adorn each shower with character and style that literally reflect the colors from the ocean. The tile mimics the movement of the waves in each walk-in shower as well. Additionally, I also opted into installing a stunning Cambria wall cladding around as their spa surround to eliminate grout lines and showcase an interesting alternative way to utilize quartz, as opposed to only using it on our countertops. Looking back on 2021, what design trends did you enjoy the most? Green! All shades of green have been on trend for the last couple of years. We've seen the earthy sage tones, bright emerald green and even moody, almost black greens. I don't think this trend is going anywhere, anytime soon, especially because Architectural Digest just named green 2022's new neutral. I especially love it, as the winter months get long in the Midwest and
adding fig leaf plants or even small succulents give even just a tiny pop of color! What trends are you most excited about in 2022? A number of years ago, I was obsessed with Domino Magazine, which is now only online. What inspired me then and excites me about 2022, is that I think we're going to see a movement toward more whimsical design inspired by out-ofthe-box thinking in the home and even in commercial spaces. A minimalist version of maximalism, if you will. This type of design shouldn't be obnoxious, but it is also a movement away from crisp and cold singular tones and toward layering textures upon textures, taking risks with moody colors and adding bold art or wallpaper patterns. Color significantly impacts mental health and we shouldn't be shy about creating atmospheres that make us happy, peaceful and calm in the refuge that we call home. What are your favorite patterns and textures for 2022? I love mixing and matching textures, but my absolute favorite are basket weaves and linen textures that create warmth and bring an element of the outdoors inside.
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What was the most valuable thing you learned in 2021, and how will you implement that into future projects? I've recently discovered and am practicing the art of saying "no." It's a painful process. As a designer, I'm not necessarily a good fit for all projects or clients. I love helping clients push their creativity and imagine their spaces in different ways. Oftentimes, the niche I fill is for those who want something eclectic, or want something that hasn't been massproduced. Sometimes, that is a design risk that can feel scary. I love helping whom I can, but I have discovered I'm not a taco and I just can't
please everyone. The amazing thing about our design community is that there are multiple talented agencies and individuals who can serve those clients that I cannot well. Each year, Pantone announces their new color of the year. This year it's "very peri". Do you pull inspiration from Pantone's annual colors, or do you adopt the idea of focusing on one color for the year? Typically I do love Pantone's choices! I have to admit, historically, the only color I don't prefer to design with happens to be that particular shade. Not every trend is for every person though, and I think that's ok.
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It's the heart of winter. It's easy to get stuck in the winter blues. What are your favorite hacks to bring some life and joy back into the home? I love warming up my spaces with brightly colored art, warm textures and real or fake plants. Even though it's cold outside, it shouldn't feel like that indoors! Someone is planning a home remodel in 2022. What can they do right now to make the project a success? The first and most important thing someone should do is determine their budget. I have an architect friend that taught me his mantra: you can have whatever you want, you just have to pay for it. The reality is that budget will determine almost every decision and priority moving forward. Once you have firmed that up, locking in your designer and contractor are going to be the most challenging things at the moment. Most qualified companies up for a big home remodel are booking out well past the Fall of 2022 and even into 2023. What are some common mistakes you see when people begin a remodeling project? How can they avoid this? In the Midwest, we are a frugal bunch of folks, myself included. Sometimes, there's some sticker shock with the actual project cost, especially after the effects of COVID that hit the building industry. The reality is that if you're going to all the trouble to renovate or build, you really need to do it right the first time. Once folks start cutting corners, the quality of the work suffers and no one wins. You'll never regret good quality, but you will regret a half-completed job or shoddy work. You get what you pay for. What home features are growing in popularity that you think are a great investment? (e.g. home security systems like Nest) There are two fairly basic upgrades I would always recommend to a client. The first sounds so basic, but I swear by it: Recessed or WAC lighting. I like to select lights, such as pendants, dining or entry chandeliers for impact. I don't think every single hallway needs a flush mount light fixture that you have to dust and change the lights every couple of months. I love choosing thoughtful light fixtures that are functional and beautiful. Then, replace every other light with recessed or disc lights with LEDs. It looks clean and it's economical. The second is built-in speakers throughout the house. I love when the home buzzes with surround sound. It creates an atmosphere that can be warm and welcoming or awesome for family gatherings and other get-togethers.
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We Remodeled Our House Backwards Q&A with DIY'er Jeff Kopp on the Challenges and Rewards of Home Remodeling
Jeff & Sandy Kopp's home remodeling project has been an ongoing process over the last few years, with the kitchen remodel set to be completed in Spring of 2022. Stay tuned for a feature story later this spring showcasing the remodel in beautiful detail.
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When planning your home remodel, what was the biggest thing you wanted to accomplish with this project? I wanted it to look professional. Like we carefully planned it out not just tried to make something work. What was all included in your remodel vision, and where did you begin? We actually did it backward; I was trying to keep our oak cabinets from 1993. We replaced all the flooring and then later realized we really did not want painted oak cabinets, which were really in need of new hardware. So then we had to find cabinets that looked good with the flooring. We knew we were replacing all the appliances. Initially, I had a budget that realistically was too small to do what was needed all at once. It turned out pretty nice and more remodeling is in the near future. How long has this remodel project taken, and what is left? 2 years; We still have the backsplash between the counter and cabinets to complete. We are still narrowing down our choices on tiling and new lighting above the island and dining table. What original elements did you want to preserve from the "before"? I want to keep some of the oak trim around the windows and doors but my wife Sandy and I are still considering other options. Besides that, nothing. We really wanted a whole new look.
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Jeff's must-have tools checklist for home remodeling • good quality oscillating tool • compound miter saw • table saw • a good sliding table wet tile saw (if it's a ceramic floor in your remodel) • Festool 5" or 6" oscillating sander with Festool vac • good quality cordless drill/driver • cordless brad air nailer for trim work • 2 ft, 4 ft, & 6 ft level
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The tong ue of this ho -in-cheek writin g on the use, we wall state sp referenc s, ing a form ent it all on our kitchen re "don't look for er ances $$ in the model," tor who w a hid mon ey in the n inside family jo alls walls of ke their hom e. If you could go back and do anything differently, what stands out to you the most? Lower the microwave at least 2" inches; it's at an awkward height for many people. I'd also make the island about 8 to 10" longer, just to have extra counter space, and to fit the four bar stools are little more comfortably. What tips do you have for staying on budget for a remodel project? Take your time planning. Pinterest was a huge help for ideas. Talk to the people whom you plan on dealing with. We spoke with cabinet makers, countertop installers and flooring retailers for ideas and prices. Do it in the right order and spread it out.
Six months is not a realistic timeframe unless you have the cash or are okay with financing. We paid cash and did it as we could afford. You did a lot of the manual labor yourself—what part was the most challenging, and what was the most rewarding? The most challenging part was removing glued-down linoleum flooring. I actually made a hand scraper from some hardened steel. The most rewarding part was to say we installed that new plank flooring ourselves.
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Where are some good places you found great deals on materials and hardware? The best deals were at Menards and Amazon. As for the big-ticket items like flooring, cabinets and countertops— be ready to spend big money for exceptional quality and personalized design/layout options. Reflecting back on the project as a whole, what was your biggest "I wish I would've known this" moment? That the kitchen cabinets had to go. Then we could have started with a clean slate and not had to try to make appliances and flooring work around old cabinets.
The most frustrating issue we had was with the appliances we bought. The dealer we purchased from was difficult to work with and we still never got everything resolved. Appliances came crushed in the crates and other issues too numerous to mention. My advice for other DIYer's is to make sure you're purchasing from a dealer you trust, and one who takes extra steps to deliver your appliances safely and efficiently.
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An Inside-Look at the New Swing Barrel Brewing in Moorhead
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About the Architect
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Turning a Historic Building into a State-of-the-Art Brewery When the building developer decided to keep the brick structure of the original building, it opened the door for creative direction to take place. "The goal with this building was to keep it as raw as possible," says Fiskness. "If it's cool and old, you want to keep it cool and old." One of Rhet's main goals for the building was to not try to reinvent the exterior; the brickwork was patched, the original window openings were preserved, and the overall character of the building was sought to be preserved in its organic form. 60 | FEBRUARY 2022 | FARGOMONTHLY.COM
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A Collaboration Between Creative Minds
The first step in renovating the interior was kicking out the old tenants: pigeons. The interior space was filled with not only pigeons but also damaged floorboards in certain areas. "It was a quick way to the basement in some areas, with lots of holes in the floors," said Fiskness. "It took a lot of effort just to make the building safe to walk in. Rhet's main role was to provide structural engineering by stabilizing the bones of the building, making decisions specific for the brewery in order to make it sturdy with columns without disrupting the flow of the space. The fermentation tanks were too large to fit in a fully-enclosed basement, so Rhet had an idea: "I felt like if it's going to be a brewery, you have to show it off—and not hide the production," said Fiskness. Thus the brewery features a sitting bar, wrapping around the brewhouse for a genuine brewery experience. The feedback from customers have been one of the most rewarding aspects of the new space—not just the exposed view of the brewhouse but also the original flooring, which was restored.
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Did You Know About These Registry Collections? McNeal & Friends' Dazzling New Spring Arrangements Are to Die For!
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DRINK (FIKA) In Sweden, the word fika translates to a coffee and cake break, but in Swedish culture, some consider it to be more of an essential concept: a time to take a break and share a little something with friends. So take a break with us friends, and read up on all of the latest food and drink buzz in the Fargo-Moorhead area. You might just find a new favorite fika spot.
FOOD AND DRINK EVENTS Scooter's Coffee Kiosk Set To Open On Veteran's Nautic Bowls Set to Open in West Fargo This Spring Soon, we can all enjoy these delicious looking superfood bowls!
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She Said Butcher Shop Opens in Moorhead Opened at the end of 2021, this is Moorhead's first butcher shop in many years. Thai Street Food Restaurant Opening in West Acres Mall This will be the first and only Thai food option for mall goers.
Don't Miss Out on The Coffee and Cocoa Crawl! This is one thing you won't want to miss! The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Downtown Fargo on February 26.
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BEAN THERE, DONE THAT! NAME OF CAFFEINE LOVER: FM
HAILING FROM: Fargo likes to stay caffeinated and with so many local coffee shops, it's not hard to do. From homeroasted coffee beans to locally sourced teas, there's something for everyone on the Caffeine Crawl.
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Visit the participating locations and get a stamp at each. After collecting 10 stamps, bring your card to the F-M Visitor Center at 2001 44th St S, Fargo, and get a free Caffeine Crawl Mug.
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PARENTS We know at Fargo Monthly that raising a family is no easy task. That's why we keep our eyes peeled for useful information and resources to help you in your day to day.
Bloom Again
Fargo Mom is hosting their second annual Bloom event on April 23! New and expecting moms will spend the morning learning, pampering, shopping and connecting with one another, keep an eye out for ticket details at fargomomco on Facebook!
Museum STEMs Closer to Goal
If you haven’t heard yet, the FargoMoorhead Science Museum is well on its way. They are working on finding funding, an executive director and a location for the STEM-focused museum, and recently received a $1 million dollar gift to aid that! Fing updates at fmsciencemuseum.org
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Outta This World
Inside of MSUM’s Bridges Hall, down a long dark hallway, sits one of Moorhead’s hidden gems—the planetarium! Full of fun events for all ages, this last month they kicked off their series, Solar System Explorers: Sun, Moon, and Stars. Check out this event and more at mnstatetickets. universitytickets.com
The Wedding Show 2022
Whether it's you or a loved one saying “I do” soon, we hope you made it to Fargo’s Wedding Show 2022. Delta Hotels by Marriott Fargo hosted the event at the end of January, see the vendors who attended at kfgo.com/ wedding-show to find the perfect places for your perfect day.
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What it Means to Be
By Geneva Nodland
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Family is a unique concept in that it can mean many different things to different people. Initially, some might think of their parents or siblings, and for some, family means their closest friends. Maybe it's a sports team or your regular cycling group that you consider family, whatever it may be, it’s that creative and individual influence that makes the concept of “family” so heartwarming. So what better way to kickstart our family section in the new Fargo Monthly than to introduce you to a dad who shows us what family means to him.
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Paul Hoefer, some might know him as the third baseman of his softball team, or maybe as the Vice President of Business Development here at Spotlight. But to a handful, he’s known as family and to some, Dad. Paul has worked hard to be active in his kids’ lives, have a relationship with them and support his family. The idea of being a dad has always held a special place in Paul’s heart, even if it wasn’t at the forefront of his mind until he found himself in the position of being one at the age of 23. He thinks his desire to be a good dad may come from the influence of his own. Paul and his younger sister, Stacy grew up with their parents. Around the time that he was in kindergarten, Paul met his dad.
The family grew more when Paul's parents had another daughter, Michelle. Some could say that Michelle was Paul and Stacy's half-sister, but there was no "half" meaning to the siblings. Today, Paul lives about an hour and a half away from his parents. He says he likes to be close with his family and they try to see each other when they can. The way that Tim stepped up and took on a role as Paul and his sister’s father may be what inspired Paul to do the same years later, when he met his daughter, Emma.
“My mom had gotten divorced from our biological dad. A few years later, she met who I call my dad now,” Paul said. Tim, Paul’s dad, legally adopted him and his sister after he married their mom. "I still remember Paul and Stacy answering the judge's questions during the hearing. The judge asked if they were okay with the adoption and they could hardly contain themselves about how happy they were," Tim said. "I was very fortunate to meet Peggy and be able to step into a father’s role when we were married."
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A&E / HEALTH & SPORTS / HOME & DESIGN / FOOD & DRINK / PARENTS + KIDS / BUSINESS / SHOPPING / CAREERS When Emma, who is now 17-years-old and a senior in high school, was just over a year old, Paul and her mom got married. Paul was 23-years-old, a college student, a rugby player and liked to go out with friends, and then, he was a dad.
“I JUST INSTANTLY BECAME A DAD AND, YOU KNOW, FELL IN LOVE WITH BEING A DAD,” HE SAID.
In time, Paul and Emma’s mom separated, but Paul has consistently had a hand in raising Emma, nurturing their fatherdaughter relationship. “She might not be my biological daughter, just like I’m not my dad's biological kid. My dad looks at Stacy and me as his kids the same way I look at Emma as mine,” he said. Emma feels the same: Paul is her dad, no question. She appreciates their relationship. With these two paralleled stories, it is hard to miss the constant—the role of a father. Paul found it was very easy for him to step into that role. “I don't know if it had something to do with knowing that I was Emma at one time in my life. I wasn't one year old, but I still was
a d emm n a l u pa [young],” he said. “I've always looked up to my dad, and he [stepped up] for me. I didn't necessarily just do that for Emma, I did it just as much for her as I did for me.” Paul and Emma’s story is just one of the unique relationships Paul has with family. In 2008, Paul and his ex-wife had triplets. Emma, found herself with three little sisters, and Paul, three more daughters to call himself a dad to. Years later, like Paul,
Paul and Emma at one of her basketball games. Although she didn’t play this year, she is gearing up for lacrosse season this spring!
Stacy and Michelle, another set of siblings bonded through their own meaning of family. Over the years, Paul has made sure that he is equally part of his four daughters' lives. On the days that they are with him, he makes sure to dedicate time to attend sporting games or make sure they have rides to practices and friends' houses.
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BRIELLE GRACIE ADDISON
The triplets, from left to right, Addison, Brielle and Gracie.
Although there were ups and downs, scary moments and joyous ones, Paul eventually found a job at Spotlight, met his now fiance, Wendy, and once more had the chance to build familial relationships. Wendy has three kids, Emma and Taylor who are older and now out of the house, and Braydon who is now 18. Because Wendy’s children were older when Paul and she met, they had built a different kind of relationship than Paul has with Emma or triplets; but they are family nonetheless.
Another throwback, Paul with the girls!
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In the summers, Braydon and Paul play softball together!
Wendy and Braydon
Braydon was 10-years-old when he met Paul. Today they are close and have developed their own relationship. “I don't try to pretend to be his dad or act like I’m his dad. I try moreso to be an influence or a support system for him. Braydon calls me Paul, and I call him Braydon, and that's our relationship and that's just fine with me,” Paul explained. “When you're with someone as long as I've been with Wendy, eight years now, you naturally look at their kids as your kids as well. But, I don't try to overstep my spot either.” Again, the role of a father and the meaning of family in Paul’s life stays constant. He says it makes everything he does worth it.
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THE FAMILY BREAKDOWN • Taylor, NDSU alum, lives in Fargo • Emma (big Emma), recent graduate of St. Cloud State University with a degree in teaching
An older photo of the family, from left to right, Emma, Braydon, Paul, Emma, Wendy, and Taylor in the back, and Addison, Brielle, Gracie in the front. Photo Credit Amy Roehrich.
Being a part of his daughters' lives is important to him now, but Paul thinks about the future as well. In the last two and a half years, Paul has lost 45 pounds since committing to better himself for the sake of his kids. He says he works hard so that he can be in great shape for future father-daughter dances and to be an active grandparent one day.
me joy. It gives you something to be proud of, to work hard for, and to know that you're doing something for more than just yourself. Everything I do, I do think about how it affects them. If it's not going to affect them in a positive way, that's probably not something I'm going to do.”
"I truly am excited to be a relatively young grandpa whenever that day comes," Paul said, and added, "which should be several years down the line!"
• Braydon, 18-years-old, freshman at NDSU • Emma (little Emma), 17-years-old, senior in high school at Moorhead High school, plays lacrosse • Addison, Brielle and Gracie are 13-years-old, 8th graders at Horizon Middle School, play basketball and volleyball, and trying out lacrosse for the first time this Spring
What does it mean to you to be a dad? “What does it mean, it should be an easy question, but it's a tough one. It means everything, I would rather be a dad to my girls than anything. It gives me a purpose. It gives
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2022 Kids Birthday Party Guide
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Birthday parties can be stressful to plan for any child, whether they're a toddler or teenager. Now, let us handle the stress, simply check out our 2022 Kids Party Planning Guide! While fun knows no age limits, each party location has been given age suggestions ranging from toddlers, young children to teenagers.
Courts Plus With a 7 level playground that is 38 feet tall, the kids are bound to enjoy their time on one of the biggest playgrounds in the area at Courts Plus.
TNT Kids Fitness and Gymnastics Photo Courtesy of TNT Kids Fitness and Gymnastics
The opportunities are endless at TNT Kids Fitness. With trampolines, a foam pit, ninja courses, party hosts and much more, TNT has no shortage of fun and activities.
Kingpinz Having recently opened up, Kingpinz offers all new "HyperBowling," laser tag, escape rooms and a cutting-edge arcade. It's perfect for anyone looking to have the birthday bowling experience of a lifetime.
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BY GRANT AYERS
Birthday Party Planning Checklist 1. Where's the party?: In addition to picking where you want it to be, it's important to plan in advance for inclement weather and have a backup plan just in case. 2. Invite friends and guests: Handing out birthday invites is so 2005. Create a Facebook event to keep everyone updated about any changes and information. 3. Book the location, food and dessert: TIP! Make sure you book everything weeks in advance. Some dessert caterers need weeks in advance for large orders, so it's important to prepare early. 4. Set up all the party necessities: TIP! Not every party venue will set up tables and decorations for your group. Ask beforehand if they handle it or if setup is required by the party guests beforehand.
Magic Meeple Photo Courtesy of Magic Meeple
Bring the party to Magic Meeple, a board game cafe! With over 500 different board games to choose from, the party can go all night long with something for everyone.
Skate City Take a trip back in time to the classic birthday party: roller skating! Skate City offers various package levels for birthday parties that are sure to get the kids excited.
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Replay Games Replay Games, a modern-day video game arcade, offers over 6,000 video games to choose from. Ranging from classic Atari to modern PS4 games, they have plenty of options for kids to challenge their friends in games that span decades.
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Escape Rooms Photo Courtesy of Puzzled Escape Rooms
South Fargo Escape Rooms offers multiple locations (Fargo Escape Room, Puzzled, and Clues and Keys), so there's something for every age group. Puzzled is perfect for all ages, and Clues and Keys offers a more child-focused escape room experience. For teenagers, Fargo Escape Room has extra "puzzling" rooms for those ready for the challenge!
Where to Get Dessert in Fargo 1. Birthday Cake: 457 Cake 2. Ice Cream: Silver Lining Creamery (Catering) 3. Cookies: Insomnia Cookies (Catering by # of cookies) 4. Donuts: Sandy's Donuts 5. Cupcakes: Gigi's Cupcakes 87
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Yunker Farm: Honoring the Legacy of the Iconic Children's Museum
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A Walk Down Memory Lane
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5 Great Alternative Experiences for the Kids & Family Space Observatory The Paul P. Feder Observatory houses a telescope that is powerful enough to see a candle flame from 100 miles away. The system uses sensitive electronic cameras to record images, which can then be shown on computer monitors or projected on a screen in the auditorium. Regional Science Center 663 164th St S, Glyndon, MN 56547 (218) 477-2904
Planetarium The MSUM planetarium offers a variety of multimedia presentations that awe, amaze, entertain and educate viewers of all ages. Tour the planets and known universe through a night sky simulation that delivers spectacular imagery through a dynamic and total immersion experience. The planetarium uses the premier Elumenati projector and Uniview scientific software used by the most prestigious planetariums in the country. MSUM Planetarium 1104 7th Ave S, Moorhead, MN 56563 (218) 477-2161 90 | FEBRUARY 2022 | FARGOMONTHLY.COM
Oceanarium The oceanarium at MSUM is filled with sea life of all shapes and sizes. Not only can you visit the oceanarium in person, but you can also view three live cams on their website! Visitors can also schedule tours on MSUM's website. MSUM Science Lab Building 600 11th St S, Moorhead, MN 56563 (218)477-2572
Fargo's very own paint-your-own-pottery store. With pieces for every budget, both you and your kids can channel your inner artist and create your own pottery masterpiece. The staff will then clear glaze and fire each piece after you are done, and if you won’t be in town when it’s ready, they’ll even ship it to you! Clay Your Way 4600 17th Ave S, Fargo, ND 58103 (701) 356-9229
Nature of the North Nature of the North is a company committed to breaking barriers that prevent people from getting outdoors. They are home to Fargo-Moorhead's newest bouldering facility! Climbing is open to the public with day passes and gear to rent for all ages, no membership is required. Our indoor rock climbing wall is 13 ft tall with over 1,000 sqft of bouldering and 50+ different routes to climb at a time. Nature of the North 814 Center Ave, Moorhead, MN 56560 (218) 227-9795 91
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NESS Business is always booming in our region. Here are just a few of the happening that you should know about.
Two North Dakota businesses receive outstanding praise and awards from LIFT committee. CorVent Medical and TruWeather Solutions were awarded a total of $1.25 million. Corvent Medical is known for their strides in the medical ventilator field, while TruWeather Solutions is developing a weather platform for unmanned aircraft. Now Introducing: Summit Restaurant and Night Club Once formerly known as Africa Night Club, operations will be getting an overhaul as Summit Restaurant and Night Club brings in new owners and management, while keeping the same music and food.
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Western North Dakota to host new crypto mining data center Two cryptocurrency companies (FX Solutions and Atlas Power) will be developing a monumental crypto data center, estimated to be worth $1.9 billion. New Three Dog Bakery Will Leave the Pups Howling for More Recently opened Three Dog Bakery, a bakery for dogs, almost sounds too good to be true. The bakery offers everything from cakes and chocolate peanut butter cups to "Date Night with Your Dog" evenings!
Vella Kids Boutique is Expanding The popular child-focused specialty is getting a major expansion. Vella Kids Boutique has been putting the final touches on its new location at 210 Broadway, Suite 101 since the beginning of 2022. There's no better way to start the year than a major storefront opening! Startup Brew is Back! Mike Dragosavich and Laura Caroon are set to speak at this weekly event held on Wednesdays at Fargo Brewing Company.
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THINK GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL
By Alexandre Cyusa Photo By Josiah Kopp
A Bicontinental Life:
Finding belonging in people and purpose Bonne Année 2022! As we start this new year filled with hope and endless horizons of opportunities, I wanted to connect and reflect with a community builder who has called the FM area her home for over a decade. Ms. Amena Chaudhry is a globetrotter, DEIB Strategist and Equity Coach whose wisdom and ability to put acquired knowledge into practice to better the community is truly inspiring. I feel fortunate to have learned from her and collaborated with her in many community projects. Next time you run into her, ask her which community projects she is currently working on! Skol! - Cyusa 94 | FEBRUARY 2022 | FARGOMONTHLY.COM
Where do you feel at home? Where do you call home? I struggle with how exactly to answer this, even to myself. This is one of those deceptively simple questions. Home… is such a complex idea for me. I grew up kind of like a nomad—my family moved homes and cities quite a bit around the Toronto (Canada) area in addition to the several attempts my parents made to resettle back in Gujranwala, Pakistan, their “home.” When I fantasize about the idea of home, I think of it as a place where, over time, my individual self is weaved into a larger whole—the gift of being nested in a multigenerational family and community, a multitude of friends and community members, who are keepers of all of your yesterdays, todays, and tomorrows. People who know your joys and sorrows. A place and people that hold all your memories and you hold thiers. This is the kind of belonging that you’re born into, that you receive as a gift, without having to work for it. Outside of the fantasy world, life has felt for me more like being in exile. I’ve learned that home is not so much a place but an experience, or, as James Baldwin said, “an irrevocable condition.” Growing up in Canada, I saw my parents and other immigrant families around me working hard to recapture or recreate an experience of the kind of home and belonging they had to leave behind, the belonging that could not be packed in a suitcase and carried across the oceans. As for myself, I've had to work really hard to create a sense of belonging. Creating home from the inside out has been a learning process of trial and error. In an odd way, the nomadic life presented a fresh reset with each move, to start all over again. And while that was definitely difficult, and often still is, the life given to me has taught me a lot about how I related to myself and to others around me. On the one hand, I had few opportunities to develop lasting and deep connections with people…but on the flip side, I got to experience different environments. I was able to pay attention to how
people learn to belong to themselves, to their cultures, to their communities, and maybe most notability to belong to something greater than all of us. That something that often feels so out of reach yet connects people to their purpose and to each other. I learned from my observations as well as my own experiences. Life as a nomad, in exile from a geographical home, taught me to be deeply curious, to ask questions, to ask “why?”, and most importantly, to center story-telling as a way to discover and accelerate belonging for myself and others. I’ve learned that home can be a combination of geography, people, and purpose—true belonging for me happens in time-bound moments where I get to present my full and true authentic self to the world. Every now and then, I’ll get a taste of that, in a sound or a smell of a particular food, or a conversation that surfaces a childhood memory. Sometimes this happens in moments where, despite the vast distance between our lived experiences, I am honored to witness and hold space for someone to share a part of who they are, a part that they feel they must hide from society in order to belong. “We think sometimes we're only drawn to the good, but we're actually drawn to the authentic. We like people who are real more than those who hide their true selves under layers of artificial niceties.” ~ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross These I-am-yours-to-care-for moments might just be one of my most favorite experiences of belonging. They are so rich and so densely packed with belonging, that they last beyond an interaction or two, and ripple out into interaction with others. Still, I do have deep yearnings for a life that could have been. Had my parents not migrated. I think that those of us who grow up and live between worlds, we never lose the longing for that deeper kind of belonging, the privilege of being born with deep-set roots. “We often cause ourselves suffering by wanting only to live in a world of valleys,
a world without struggle and difficulty, a world that is flat, plain, consistent.” ~ Bell Hooks And while I find myself longing for that kind of belonging, I am very grateful for the very unique and rich lived experiences that the Universe lined up for me. What is something that has delighted you about the FMWF area? Is there a specific hobby or activity you’ve pursued during your time here? Yes! The FMWF area is the first place in my life that I’ve lived in one place, one house even, for longer than a year. My family and I moved to the FMWF area in the summer of 2007. So, yes, while we’re currently experiencing a relatively mild winter, I know the punch that the midwest winters can pack! FMWF is also the first town where owning a home became a possibility for us. We ended up buying a small home within a few weeks of moving here that just happened to have a decent property. Growing up, living in apartments and rentals, I remember hearing my parents yearning to farm and homestead. They missed their connection to their land and farm animals back home, and the ability to self-sustain most of their basic needs. With zero gardening experience and a terrible track record with indoor plants, one of the first things I did when we moved into our home was start uprooting our backyard grass and planning for a garden. I started experimenting with growing and preserving the food I grew. I got connected with a few of the local gardens, started volunteering with a really kind and gentle gardener up at the Probstfield Community gardens, and joined a few local home gardeners’ groups. One of the greatest joys of gardening has been to grow produce I grew up eating but couldn’t get in the local grocery stores here. This year, my biggest success was an extremely successful okra crop and 400 garlic bulbs. Next year’s garlic crop is already in the ground: 1300 cloves in all! 95
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Another cool advantage of the FMWF area is the size of the region—it’s big enough to contain a variety of opportunities, but small enough to get properly connected with people and experts in pretty much anything you want to learn about. Before the pandemic, I used to connect with local knitters and got pretty nifty with knitting gloves, socks, scarves, and hats. My next goal is to connect with some local potters and try my hand on a potter’s wheel! What has it been like living in the FM area? How do you find meaning in this culture/community? When I first moved to the FMWF area, I have to admit, it felt like I had stepped into a portal and time travelled back to the 1970s, to when I was still in elementary school in Toronto, Canada. So many of my own encounters and experiences in this region, and stories that I’ve been lucky and honored to receive from my extended melaninated family, felt like deja vu moments from my past. In a way, this is one of the more ineffable experiences of growing up in various contexts and between two very different continents: you experience pasts and presents that would be beyond reach had you lived a life deeply rooted in one geographical and cultural context. Living between worlds is an experience that can often feel like a rewind and fast forward—while students in Canada were using ball point pens and paper to learn their time tables, my classmates and I in Gujranwala were using a “takhti aur kalam”, a wooden plank and a pen fashioned from a reed stalk. In my formative years, I grew up watching and experiencing my local community going through similar demographic changes as FMWF has experienced this past decade. And now as an adult, I serendipitously have settled in a very similar environment where I can lend my support and life experience. Instead of being just 96 | FEBRUARY 2022 | FARGOMONTHLY.COM
impacted, I can actively contribute to the growth of my now-community. The opportunity to make this quality of contribution, my personal purpose, has perhaps been the reason I’ve set my roots here. Growing up, there were definitely times where life would feel random and chaotic. I didn’t know this growing up, but if we are patient and curious, our wait can often be rewarded by the Universe’s longer plan to connect us to where we are needed the most. I saw this very unique need and fit very early on after moving to this community. So I intentionally immersed myself in professional development opportunities, relationship building, and volunteering experiences that would support a career trajectory to where I could be of service to my new home. Recently that has led me to launch my own DEIAB consulting business—Zarafa Consulting LLC. How has your journey and life experiences thus far impacted the way you relate with the world around you? Journeying as a nomad, you learn to identify what possessions are carry-able and what are not. You learn to notice and name loss, grief, and practice non-attachment. Much like a skilled backpacker, I’ve learned to carry just the essentials! Don’t get me wrong. I am not perfect and certainly didn’t start where I am today. There have been lots of heartaches and failures. But I’ve learned to value and cherish those, too. I am the product of someone who’s lived all her life in between multiple worlds: whether that be between between Toronto, Canada and Gujranwala, Pakistan; between school life and home life; between Christian and Muslim contexts; between rich and poor neighborhoods; between male and female-segregated spaces; between Urdu/Punjabi and Urdu/English…and a few more in-between spaces that are harder to name.
I grew up in a rigid and disciplined home environment, learning two of the most beautifully poetic languages, Arabic and Urdu—oscillating between sermons steeped in very literal interpretations of my religion and the deeply nuanced, poetic, and metaphorical verses of the Qur’an. I can’t really think of any part of my life where I wasn’t moving through time at multiple intersections of living in-between. This living in-between has been like sitting at the center of a very busy intersection— lots of traffic visits an intersection, often pauses, but it all leaves. This exposure to a large volume of experiences has formed who I am today and how I relate to the human and non-human world around me. Living in-between informs my approach to life, to difference, and very much flavors the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Access, and Belonging (DEIAB) work that I do. I have learned to pay attention to and notice human behavior. And to question it. To challenge our assumptions and beliefs when reality contradicts them. And in understanding why we do what we do, I’ve learned that we can unlearn what isn’t useful and learn new ways of being. I have learned to challenge myself. I’ve learned that to do so successfully, I have to love and accept who I am. This has taught me to ensure that people who interact with me, who partner with me, feel held by compassion while being challenged to become better versions of themselves. I would attribute my disposition towards genuine curiosity, ability to foster deep connections in spite of differences, my honesty and no-nonsense approach to equity work, my unrelenting focus on centering the needs and experiences of those most disadvantaged by society, my moral compass, my humor and wit…I would attribute all of this to having lived life at the margins. There were a few autobiographies I was introduced to in my formative years and a few later that opened up my imaginings for a just and more equitable world.
In the stories I read of Helen Keller, Charles Darwin, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcom X, Victor Frankl, and in the stories my mother would share from her own childhood, I noticed the limitations of self-improvement and personal development. There is no “me” without a “we”.
What is a wish you have for the FM community? Ooooh, this is a delicious question! I have so many wishes. If I had a magic wand, I’d definitely add a few mountains and a lot more trees! I really would!
Watching my parents and so many other families around me work tirelessly, often holding 3 to 4 jobs, I learned that equal opportunity isn’t actualized at the individual level.
A few years before the pandemic, I had the opportunity to visit my hometown in Canada. And the place is nothing like I remembered it. I was in awe of how integrated and rich and vibrant life there is now. At least by measures of demographics and visible culture, I couldn’t identify a dominant culture.
My relationship with gardening the past decade has shed even more clarity for me. If a seed doesn’t grow, or a plant doesn’t perform to its full potential, I didn’t “fix” the seed or plant—I paid attention to the soil ingredients, the water, the lighting…I found ways to alter its environment, ways to adjust the system in which it was growing. Living at the margins, I’ve learned to see inequity and exclusion as the intended outcomes of systems (vs. individual people’s efforts), and to then design solutions at both the individual and systemic level. Right? Of course we need food pantries to reduce hunger for those facing hunger and starvation right now. But, we also need to name what system(s) food insecurity is an outcome of, and then what changes need to be made to those systems, so that we can eliminate the need for food pantries That is how I orient myself in all of my work—I bring awareness to healing our systemsIn my work as a DEI Strategist, I see my role as a building inspector. It is my job to help identify the structures that are out of code and hazardous, to recommend fixes so that the building is safe. As a homeowner, I know too well how annoying that is, right? It doesn’t feel the greatest when I have to pour in my money into fixing a building I didn’t build! But I also know that investing in a sound foundation and building structure are needed for my renovations to be worth the investment.
One wish. Let’s see.
When I think about it, this transformation took 40-some years to achieve and a lot of it was accidental. I guess, my wish and hope for the FMWF area is that it doesn’t take us 40 years to get to a place of deep, authentic belonging for everyone. We have access to so much more information, communication, innovation, and history today than what Toronto had back in the 60s and 70s. I hope that the dominant community and culture in our region finds ways to accelerate integrating itself with the changing demographics and leveraging its access to difference to achieve a culture of inclusion and belonging. What is one gift of knowledge or understanding you’ve gathered over your lifetime that would be willing to share with the readers of this article? We all hold basic assumptions about the nature of human beings and about difference. And they’re not just ideas— these assumptions show up in how we act, what we say, who we engage with, and how we impact human and nonhuman life. One of the understandings that I came to much later in my life, in the past two decades, that I wish was intentionally introduced to me as a child, is one of the seven core assumptions of The Circle Process (indigenous teachings and practice).
The assumption is: All human beings have a deep desire to be in good relationship with each other. Developing the skills to see the systems operating behind human behaviors in combination with this assumption has helped me give so much more grace and space for my relationships to evolve and grow. And to direct blame and frustration towards systems instead. I am one of my worst critics. This assumption has taught me to pay attention to what I have control over as well as where my accountability lies in not reproducing systemic harms. There’s also an Islamic practice that goes hand-in-hand with this assumption. I mentioned that I had to learn nonattachment earlier on. In my earlier years, a lot of that practice was related to loss of material things, people, and relationships. But as I’ve grown to align myself with my personal purpose, I have had to learn— and am frankly still learning—to practice this non-attachment from status and from social acceptance. “To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul”. ~Simone Weil Learning to not need or want social acceptance goes against the need to belong and to be accepted. But in the line of work that I do, this is a crucial, non-negotiable skill: to not be attached to what people say about me. Crucial not just for the integrity of the work, but for me to ensure that I respond and act from a place where I hold this core assumption to be true—that all humans have a deep desire to be in community. I can’t get so hurt that I’m not willing to give people space to grow. I can’t let myself be so impacted that I give up on people. I have to remind myself that the work I invite people into is the work of transformation and change. And this work is hard for people and systems. If I’m attached to being liked, I won’t have the courage and drive to invite people into transformative change.
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When you picture a barbershop, what do you see? Maybe it's the iconic red, white and blue barber pole, maybe you picture the shop where you’ve spent years trying new cuts and styles. While everyone’s experience may be different, there are a handful of individuals in the Fargo-Moorhead community who are hoping to recreate the industry for the better. Delson Saintal, Leane LaFrance and Brendan LaFrance are opening Fargo’s newest school, Dakota Barber Academy. Each individual brings something special to the team. Together they have built an academy to evolve the local barbering industry and build professionalism in barbers and their businesses.
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Dakota Barber Academy Owners, Delson Saintal, Leane LaFrance and Brendan LaFrance.
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Delson Saintal Though he was born in Haiti, Delson came to North Dakota when he was three and considers Fargo home. He stayed in town after high school to attend Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., and graduated in 2015. In his years since college, Delson has built up his resume, working in retail sales, inside sales, nonprofit work, law enforcement and corrections, and of course, finally, barbering. Through the different careers, Delson has consistently coached wrestling for seven years and has spent the last four at Fargo North High School. Before he began his career in barbering, all he knew was that he wanted to find something that would allow him the flexibility to continue coaching. It just so happened that his older brother, Daniel, worked at and part-owned local barbershop, Skill Cutz, so Delson thought he’d give it a try. Delson graduated and became a barber a year ago (almost to the date), and he is now just over four months 100 | FEBRUARY 2022 | FARGOMONTHLY.COM
into owning his own barber business, Xperience Barbers rented inside of Tailor Made Barber Studio, and is ready to take on the first class at Dakota Barber Academy. “I graduated back in January of last year, and thought it was gonna be easy,” Delson laughed. “I was only focusing on the cutting part, but there was way more to that. It comes down to a lot more areas, including customer service, being punctual, if your clients can rely on you, the marketing.”
Delson spent about 10 months working on the floor at Tailor Made and then decided to pursue his business, Xperience Barbers. He explained how the owners of Tailor Made, Brendan and Leane LaFrance, guided him along the way to opening and owning that business. “When I started on my own, which was October of last year, they actually gave me a checklist, [saying] you have to get this done, this done, and this done, and then we can talk about opening up a barbershop,” Delson said. While the initial workload was shocking and even intimidating at first, Delson is very grateful for the guidance. “For anybody starting up a business, it can look like it's a daunting task or pretty scary; but when you have a mentor that's there to help you and guide you, it's still a little scary at times, but you feel a little better,” Delson said. “That's what I admire about them, they guided me throughout this process.”
Since opening, Delson has shared a couple of “Client Spotlights” where he interviews the individuals in his barber chair while giving them a fresh cut! He’s been busy with the academy, but he told us he’d love to bring them back. Keep up with Delson on Facebook at XperienceBarbers! 101
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Brendan and Leanne LaFrance
This duo has been running businesses together for around 12 years. Leane is a licensed cosmetologist, has a degree in sociology and criminal justice, and is a licensed addiction counselor. To say she has some experience is an understatement. As far as barbering experience goes, Brendan has his own reputation as well. Being in Fargo for the last 15 years, like Delson, he views the area as his home. But when Brendan first became interested in cutting hair, his life looked different than what it does today. “In 2005, I was selling drugs and using drugs and it caught up with me. I said, ‘okay, I'm done, clocking out,’” Brendan explained. “About a year later, once I got everything done that I had to do, I decided I have to do something with myself. So I decided to go to barber school.” 102 | FEBRUARY 2022 | FARGOMONTHLY.COM
As he began his career in barbering, Brendan co-opened Skill Cutz, a local barbershop, in 2008. The barbershop made a name for itself, bringing something previously unseen to the F-M area. “There was nobody else doing any kind of [work] in the modern industry or ethnic industry of barbering, so we became very well rounded,” Brendan said.
Between owning and running barber businesses and instructing at barber school, Brendan has been involved in many different parts of the barbering trade through the years, and in 2017 he and Leane opened Tailor Made Barber Studio. Again, bringing something new into the Fargo-Moorhead barber fold. Brendan is passionate about professionalism in the business of barbering, to provide an entire experience for their clients. He described the Tailor Made Barber Studio as “business incubators for barbershops.” From bookkeeping to social media to insurance to even getting set up as an LLC, whether the barbers there choose to stay as a one-person shop or branch out and open
their own business, they have a prepared skillset. He and Leane implement that mindset into Tailor Made Barber Studio, into each of their barbers there, like Delson, and plan to as well for their future students of Dakota Barber Academy. Brendan respects and hopes to grow the barbering industry. “It's been good to me,” Brendan said. “It's been a journey but the whole career, the industry, has been really good to me and has provided a lot for me. This barber school is about giving back and to help build up that industry and to help build up that [passion] in other people.”
Dakota Barber Academy With Delson as director of admissions, Brendan as full-time instructor and Leanne as operation manager, these three, with their own unique past experiences, are heading the first class of the new barber school in Fargo, Dakota Barber Academy. The first group began classes on January 31. The school has spots for up to 14 students, with 8 full-time chairs and 6 part-time chairs. Similar to what they’ve done with the business and team at Tailor Made Barber Studio, the goal is for the students to walk away with not only skills in barbering, but knowledge, confidence and assurance in what it means and takes to be a barber and own your own business. 103
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“It's something that a lot of people think is just simple, throw some chairs in somewhere and automatically people will come in, but it's a lot more than that,” Brendan explained. ”There's a lot of logistics involved in getting everything together and doing it properly. Traditionally, barbershops have not been the most well-put-together businesses, and usually, they're run kind of informally. That's one thing that we've tried to do, is to do things a little bit more formally and do things like a business.” At his shop, Tailor Made, a few of the things they have implemented that aren’t always found in barbershops are real paychecks with taxes taken out, a policy for paid time off and fun things with the team like a recent trip to Miami for a barber convention this past summer. Between the three owners, they will be preparing the academy students for all sides of the trade, like the different areas and specialties of barbering, the financial logistics, including things like why it’s important to take credit cards for payment, marketing, scheduling appointments versus walk-ins, and even things like the 104 | FEBRUARY 2022 | FARGOMONTHLY.COM
importance of punctuality. They plan to bring guest speakers to aid in explaining things like obtaining the right business and insurance paperwork. They are training them to not only be barbers but to be professional barbers. The academy offers not only these unique curriculums but an inclusive and unique financing option. “We will have different payment plans, but we are doing an income share agreement for students who want to go this route: they can put $1,000 down, just to have some skin in the game, pay for their toolkits, and the remaining amount of tuition can be paid off after they're done with school, working in one of our shops through a percentage,” Brendan explained. The barber academy students can pay the full tuition amount upfront or pay it over the course of 10 months while they are in school. If they choose the income share agreement, they can pay it back after school while they are making an income. In addition, both Tailor Made and Xperience Barbers can funnel professional barbers into their businesses. Tailor Made Barber
Studio can also offer work at their Grand Forks location, and as they branch out to more locations in North Dakota. “It helps out those who can't really afford school, it gives them a different route,” Delson said. “It helps out the community a lot. I know plenty of people out there who never went to school just because they couldn’t afford it or get financial aid for it. I believe having this income share agreement, it's a little different, and it's gonna open up doors for people that never thought about higher education.” Another goal of the academy is for the students to graduate with a sense of pride in their school. They want to create a solid reputation for the barbers who graduate from their academy and have the work to show for it. “Coming from Concordia, I love what they did over there. Everyone's so proud to be a Cobber alum. We’re trying to bring the exact same thing to our school,” Delson said. “Eventually I want everyone to be proud to be Dakota Barber Academy students.”
What advice do you have for someone who is interested? “Don't overthink it. Come and talk to us, and if it feels like it's right, then let's figure it out. You might be feeling like you can’t do it because you have to work or something else, sit down and talk with us and we can try to figure out a solution. We’re a small school and we can work with our students.” If you’re interested in learning more about Dakota Barber Academy, go to dakotabarberacademy.com, or email delson@ dakotabarberacademy.com
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Get Fancy! New Salon Offers Luxurious Services
Beloved Bath&Body’s Big Move
As Freya Salon’s door closes, Loft42 Luxury Salon Studios’ opens! The owner of both businesses plans for the new salon to offer a variety of high-end services. Get ready for some pampering, the salon hopes to open in May!
Bath&Body Works has made its big move across West Acres Mall, and joined by White Barn candle shop! If the sweet scent alone doesn’t bring you in, plan to make a stop at the new location, inside of the old GAP store!
For the Big Day... Fargo's own Affairs by Brittany, located downtown, is expanding and opening a second location in Grand Forks. The shop has all you and your bridal party need for the big day, and now, those just North of us can experience the fun!
Get Ready for Battle After having closed last fall without plans for a future reopening, the beloved store, Warhammer, announced on Facebook that they were officially reopened. They were greeted with open arms and lots of excitement from long-time fans of the store. Find collectibles, build and paint sci-if/fantasy miniatures, and find free classes and demonstrations at the store, keep up to date on Facebook at WarhammerFargo!
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Fargo’s Favorite Farmer… ’s Market for GHD It's back! To celebrate this year’s Giving Hearts Day, the Moorhead Center Mall will house a Fargo favorite, the Farmer’s Market! On Feb 5, get ready for all of the goodies from your favorite vendors, live music and fun activities from a few of the GHD nonprofits.
MEET THE
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e have been obsessing over ice dyed apparel and were so excited to meet Riel at a Drekker Craft Market and the dyed creations (including ice dyed!) made through Time to Dye Clothing! Check out Riel’s social media for all the new things created regularly and meet the maker below.
By Ashley Morken, Unglued Photo Provided By Time to Dye Clothing
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Tell us a bit about yourselves: Hello, my name is Riel and I've lived in Fargo for almost my whole life. I moved from the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation to Fargo when I was about 5 years old. In my free time you can find me at concerts, vendor events, listening to records, hanging out with my girlfriend and cats, thrifting or skateboarding around town. Describe what type of products you make? I make customized one of a kind hand dyed clothing. This includes reverse dye, ice dye, standard dye, bleached and other types of clothing. I sell shirts, hoodies, pants, shorts, socks, bandanas, face masks, tapestries and more. All hand dyed by myself in my apartment in Fargo. The clothing is available online and at vendor events around the Fargo Moorhead area. I also accept commissions.
Tell us how you got started dying apparel and beyond? I love creating art and I was so inspired seeing other hand dyed clothing online that I just had to try it for myself. What is your personal favorite item you have created? That's hard to choose but my favorite item that I dyed is probably a Mandalorian reverse dye shirt that someone from Norway bought off my etsy page. Either that or a shirt that was an experiment gone wrong but then turned out better than expected. Where does your name come from? I think of it kind of as a play on words. A play on words but with a bit of truth to it… it's always time to die. What is your favorite type of dying process to work with? I love how reverse dyes look and they are
Clothing what got me into tie dying. However, my favorite type of dying process is probably ice dying because I just love seeing how the colors mix together with the ice and create such unique organic colors. What is something people might find surprising about dying apparel or don't often know about it? Something surprising is the amount of supplies it takes. Especially when reverse dying. Clothing, rubber bands, gloves, bleach, hydrogen peroxide, soda ash, bins, grates, squeeze bottles, and more. There is a lot of supplies that go into reverse dying clothes. What is something you've enjoyed the most about doing this handcrafted business? It's so exciting to see how the clothing turns out once I rinse them out. Creating one of a kind items has also been artistically rewarding. Getting to know what does and doesn't work in creating a handcrafted business is great as well. Also
knowing that there are people out there wearing something that I made that can never be recreated is a cool feeling as well. What is the most challenging thing? One of the hardest things is when a piece of clothing doesn't turn out as good as expected. Also understanding how to start a successful small business has definitely been a learning process. What is a word that best describes you? Oh man, who am I to say? I guess I would say I'm perceptive. I try to see beauty in all things and understand that death is just as important as life. I'm also kinda tall so that describes me too.
I would also say that ten years goes by quick and that opportunities come and go. And finally I would say don't take life so seriously and to have fun while you can! Where can people find your work? You can find my work for sale at Timetodieclothing.etsy.com. I sell at many vendor events around the Fargo Moorhead area. You can see my new and past work at Instagram.com/timetodieclothing and at Facebook.com/timetodieclothing Website/social to stay in touch: Timetodieclothing.etsy.com Instagram.com/timetodieclothing Facebook.com/timetodieclothing
What advice would you have given yourself 10 years ago? Ten years ago I would have told myself to think less and do more. I would recommend to be less self conscious and keep expanding your perspective on life.
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in Town We <3 In a world of everchanging trends, styles, and looks, sometimes it's nice to take a step back in time and discover relicks from past generations. And there are so many rewarding aspects of antique shopping, including rare finds, a dive into past pop culture, and budgetfriendly deals. One of our favorite things here at Fargo Monthly is resourcefulness, and that doesn't end with shopping. Cascaded around Fargo-Moorhead are a wonderful selection of antique shops. Whether you're a vintage jewelry enthusiast, looking for antique furniture, or in the mood for some retro fits, we put together a little guide for your next antique shopping spree. 110 | FEBRUARY 2022 | FARGOMONTHLY.COM
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O’Day Cache 317 Broadway N, Fargo O'Day Cache features hand-selected antique imports from all around the world, brought right to you here in Fargo.
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Violet Vintage 1 1/2 8th St S, Fargo
Nestled in Downtown Fargo, Violet Vintage is a fun change of pace from the usual antiques, with clothing styles all the way from the 1920s to the 1970s. If you consider yourself an old soul, or you just love styles from decades past, then this is the perfect place for you.
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Fargo Antiques & Repurposed Market 5258 51st Ave S, Fargo 701.356.9199 Open Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm, Sun: 12pm6pm
FM Antiques and More 420 Center Ave #24, Moorhead 218.303.1742 Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm
Hi-Way 75 Collectibles 713 North Highway 75, Moorhead 218.287.0075 Thurs-Sat: 1pm-4pm
Moorhead Antique Mall 2811 Main Ave SE, Moorhead 218.287.1313 Wed-Sat: 10am-6pm, Sun: 12pm-5pm
Now & Then Shoppe 1333 7th ave N, Fargo 218.443.3755 Mon-Thurs: 10am-6pm, Fri: 3pm-6pm, Sat: 10am-6pm, Sun: 12pm-5pm
Reed & Taylor Antiques 806 Main Ave, Fargo 701.241.4520 Thurs-Fri: 11am-5pm, Sat: 10am-4pm
Vintage Rose Antiques 14 Center Ave E, Dilworth 218.329.2748 Thurs-Sat: 10am-5pm
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By Brady Drake
THE FMWF CHAMBER
IS PUTTING WORK INTO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT In last month's issue of this magazine, we introduced you to the Ignite FMWF Initiative, an initiative developed by the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce alongside education, publicsector, private-sector and non-profits in the region. At the forefront of this initiative is the Ignite Mobile App and Website which is complete with: • Over 1,300 Career Cards • A Live Job Board • Company Profiles • Business-Community Connections
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• Portfolio Building Tools • Online Training However, The Chamber's vision for workforce development going forward is much larger than the release of an app/ website, though Ignite will play an integral role in addressing these four key areas:
WORK-BASED LEARNING & INTERNSHIP EXPANSION "We know there is a strong desire for educators to get their students more connected with the business community," Mason Rademacher, Vice President
of Workforce and Talent at FMWF, said. "And there's a strong desire from the business community to get more engaged with future talent pipelines or students within middle schools or high schools. To expand the number of opportunities that exist, The Chamber will be equipping both students and employers with the tools needed to successfully deliver those experiences."
THE PLAN • K-12 Students | The Chamber will develop customized training that will prepare students for work-based learning (WBL) experiences. The training videos
This photo was taken after the initial Ignite FMWF press conference.
will be housed on Ignite FMWF and will badge to a student’s resume to show their teacher/career counselor they have completed the necessary training and are ready for a WBL experience. • Employers (K-12 Experiences) | The Chamber will develop customized trainings to help employers develop K-12 student experiences. The resources will help an employer understand (1) the process to create a successful experience (2) what to expect out of the student(s). • Parents/Guardians (K-12) | The Chamber, alongside partners, will
HOW TO JOIN THE CHAMBER If you're interested in joining The FMWF Chamber, head to fmwfchamber.com/ member/newmemberapp/
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Mason Rademacher, Vice President of Workforce and Talent at FMWF
develop guides to help parents understand the experiences and expectations of their students participating in WBL experiences. • Employers (Post-Secondary Resources) | The Chamber, alongside key partners, will develop customized trainings to help employers successfully develop and deploy a college internship program. • Post-Secondary Students | The Chamber, alongside key partners, will develop resources for post-secondary students to ensure they are best prepared for internship experiences.
HOW IS IGNITE FMWF LEVERAGED WITHIN THIS GOAL?
All training resources outlined above will be housed on Ignite FMWF. Ignite FMWF will be the vehicle in which employers and educators are connected with each other to fill the open experience opportunities. Employers and individuals looking to participate in WBL experiences will be directed to Ignite to create their profiles:
TALENT WELCOME & RETENTION
"The Chamber understands how critically important it is that the talent that's currently in our community, or recently relocated to our community, stays within our community. Through multiple programs and opportunities will work to help residents of our region create meaningful connections that are critically important," Rademacher said. To aid in these efforts, The Chamber is offering the following suite of programs: • Leadership FMWF | This program exposes 40 community leaders per class
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to the issues that face our region while challenging and engaging participants to strengthen the community through service and leadership. Learn more about Leadership FMWF by visiting fmwfchamber.com/leadership.
Learn more about POC by visiting fmwfchamber.com/poc.
• Individualized Community Welcome | This program will expose new community members to everything the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo metro has to offer. Through a detailed fact-finding process, The Chamber will provide the individual with a customized community tour and customized communityresource guide.
"The Chamber will serve as a bridge between education, business and industry partners to identify key skill gaps within our community, and then partner with those education institutions to deliver tailored skill development trainings," Rademacher said.
• Concierge+ | This program will be designed for C-Suite level individuals to ensure they, and their family, are successfully embedded into the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo community. With the help of community concierges, The Chamber will develop integrated experiences and customized approaches for each individual/family. • Young Professionals Network (YPN) | This program helps young professionals (21 to 39) meet people they would’ve otherwise never met, learn about businesses they would’ve otherwise never known about, and participate in events and professional development that otherwise would’ve never existed. Learn more about YPN by visiting fmwfchamber.com/ypn. • Professionals of Color Program (POC) | This program strives to create inclusive opportunities for professionals of color to develop personally and professionally through meaningful engagement and a sense of belonging. Opportunities are presented in the following areas: networking, professional development, education, and service.
EXISTING TALENT ENGAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT
The Chamber’s focuses in this area include: • Credentialing Attainment Pipeline | The Chamber will focus on being the connector between multiple talent pools and industry-recognized credentials that will ultimately lead to a ‘good job’. • Tailored Skill-Development Trainings | The Chamber will serve as a bridge between education, business and industry partners. Identifying key skill gaps in the community and developing and providing trainings that address those needs. • Live Local Job Board | The Chamber will provide to the community a live local job board to help best connect jobseekers to positions available within our region. • Virtual Career Fairs | The Chamber will serve as a convenor of job-seekers and businesses by hosting virtual career fairs.
As part of their workforce development Initiatives, The Chamber, alongside the Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) and the Economic Development Corporation (EDC), is targeting Minneapolis/St. Paul... and it's working! PERFORMANCE (DEC 6 TO JAN 6) • LiveinFargo.com: 7,603 pageviews / 351% increase • LiveinFargo.com: Unique visitors MSP - 3,874 | Washington, D.C. - 201 | Chicago - 124 • Google ads: 1.24 million impressions | 5,600 clicks • Social media: 37,008 people reached in MSP between ages 24-45
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Shannon Full, FMWF, President and CEO
BUSINESS & EDUCATION SYNERGIES "We're deeply committed to increasing the number of intentional collaborations that exist between the business and education sectors," Rademacher said. The Chamber helps to create partnerships through the following methods: • Industry-Focused Advisory Collaboratives | The collaboratives will strive to streamline conversations, connections, and synergies between the business and education communities. • Scalable Work-Based Learning Experiences | Through a closer partnership between educators and businesses, The Chamber will provide more opportunities for meaningful engagement. • Talent Symposium | Local, regional, and national leaders will come together to discuss current trends and best practices to recruit, retain, and develop talent. • Teacher Adventures | The Chamber will partner with local education leaders to place teachers into immersive experiences within industries. • Regional Workforce Advisory Council |The Council will align workforce and
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talent initiatives led by The Chamber and other community organizations/members and strive to promote a synergistic strategic plan to address the region’s challenges. • Career Exploration | Students and jobseekers are able to explore a vast number of career choices available to them.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION "We understand the importance of advancing diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across our region to help create a community where everyone feels they are included and belong," Rademacher said. • Professionals of Color Program | This program strives to create inclusive opportunities for professionals of color to develop personally and professionally through meaningful engagement and a sense of belonging. Opportunities are presented in the following areas: networking, professional development, education, and service. Learn more about POC by visiting fmwfchamber.com/poc. • Quarterly DE/I Business Trainings | Each quarter, as a part of The Chamber’s monthly Business Training series, a topic dedicated to Diversity, Equity and
Inclusion will be presented on. Providing employers with practical and actionable strategies they can engage in and implement within their organizations. • C-Suite DE/I Roundtables | To provide space for executive leaders from across the community together, The Chamber will host C-Suite DE/I roundtables where they can share best practices, ask questions, etc. • Regional DE/I Collaborative | This committee will strive to develop additional resources to best support employers in their efforts to: enhance their ability to recruit, retain and develop diverse talent, develop strategies on how to deliver concrete DE/I focused outcomes, and support employees at all levels of the organization throughout this journey. Whether you are in education, the workforce, private-sector, publicsector or a non-profit, be sure to take advantage and get involved at ignitefmwf.com
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46 North Pints & Provisions 635 2nd Ave N, Fargo
4-6pm: ½ off all appetizers, Tall Beer for a short price, $2 off Glass wine, & $1 off well drinks.
Alibi Lounge and Casino 1340 21st Ave S, Fargo
$2.50 wells/calls/ domestic bottles $3 22oz domestic and $3 Jack Fire. $3 22oz Select Craft Beers
$2.50 wells/calls/ domestic bottles $3 22oz domestic and $3 Jack Fire. $3 22oz Select Craft Beers
$2.50 wells/calls/ domestic bottles $3 22oz domestic and $3 Jack Fire. $3 22oz Select Craft Beers
$2.50 wells/calls/ domestic bottles $3 22oz domestic and $3 Jack Fire. $3 22oz Select Craft Beers
$2.50 wells/calls/ domestic bottles $3 22oz domestic and $3 Jack Fire. $3 22oz Select Craft Beers
$2.50 wells/calls/ domestic bottles $3 22oz domestic and $3 Jack Fire. $3 22oz Select Craft Beers
$2.50 wells/calls/domestic bottles $3 22oz domestic and $3 Jack Fire. $3 22oz Select Craft Beers
$3.75 Jack Daniel's, Happy Hour 4-8pm: 50¢ off everything
$3.25 import & craft bottles, Happy Hour 4-8pm: 50¢ off everything
Happy Hour 4-8pm: 50¢ off everything
$2.75 Windsor, Happy Hour 4-8pm: 50¢ off everything
$2.95 Captain Morgan, Happy Hour 4-8pm: 50¢ off everything
$3.50 Crown Royal/ Crown Apple, $2.95 Bloody Marys and Caesars until noon
$3.25 Stoli, Happy Hour 4-8pm: 50¢ off everything
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Any Monday of your birthday month: receive a free 40oz. bucket of booze, 8-11pm: $2 domestic bottles for everyone
8-11pm: $2 tall taps, wells & teas
50¢ taps, $1 Captain Morgan and teas 8pmmidnight
2-for-1 domestic bottles, Jack & Jack Honey 8pm-midnight
7-9pm: $7 all you can drink, 9-11pm: $2.50 tall taps, teas, Morgans & bomb shots
7-9pm: 79¢ teas, 9-11pm: $2.50 tall taps, teas, Morgans & bomb shots
$3 Captain Morgan, Bacardi, Chuck Norris & Ninja Turtle Shots, $3.50 Tito’s Vodka, $4 Jack Daniel's and Crown Royal
$3 Captain Morgan, Bacardi, Chuck Norris & Ninja Turtle Shots, $3.50 Tito’s Vodka, $4 Jack Daniel's and Crown Royal
$3 Captain Morgan, Bacardi, Chuck Norris & Ninja Turtle Shots, $3.50 Tito’s Vodka, $4 Jack Daniel's and Crown Royal
$3 Captain Morgan, Bacardi, Chuck Norris & Ninja Turtle Shots, $3.50 Tito’s Vodka, $4 Jack Daniel's and Crown Royal
$3 Captain Morgan, Bacardi, Chuck Norris & Ninja Turtle Shots, $3.50 Tito’s Vodka, $4 Jack Daniel's and Crown Royal
$3 Captain Morgan, Bacardi, Chuck Norris & Ninja Turtle Shots, $3.50 Tito’s Vodka, $4 Jack Daniel's and Crown Royal
$3 Captain Morgan, Bacardi, Chuck Norris & Ninja Turtle Shots, $3.50 Tito’s Vodka, $4 Jack Daniel's and Crown Royal
Pull Tab Happy Hour 4-7pm, Patron shots $3.50 all day
Happy Hour 4-7pm, $3.00 domestic pounders from 9 to 11pm. Ice Hole shots $3.50 all day
Happy Hour 4-7pm: drinks as low as 50¢, pull tab Happy Hour replay 9-11pm. Goldschlager shots $3.50 all day
Happy Hour 4-7pm, Captain Morgan at $3.00 from 9-11pm. Jagermeister shots $3.50 all day
Happy Hour 4-7pm, Windsor at $3.00 from 9-11pm. Romana Sambuca shots $3.50 all day
Happy Hour 4-7pm, Tito's Vodka $3.50 from 9-11pm. Jose Cuervo shots $3.50 all day
Happy Hour 4-7pm, $6.00 pitchers from 9-11pm. Rumpleminze shots $3.50 all day. Service Industry Sunday
Bulldog Tap 4265 45th St. S, Fargo
$3.50 tall domestic taps 6pm-close
$2.75 domestic bottles 8pm-midnight
$3.50 UV and Bacardi 8pm-midnight
$3.25 Captain Morgan, $3.75 Crown Royal 8pm-midnight
$3.75 Stoli and Jack Daniels 8pm-midnight
$3.50 Smirnoff and Windsor 8pm-midnight
$3.50 tall domestic taps and import bottles all day
Chili's 3902 13th Ave S Suite 4402, Fargo
Happy Hour 3 p.m.-7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Close: $3 Small Domestic Draft and Well drinks. $4 House wine, Classic Margarita, Small Premium Draft and Large Domestic Draft. $5 Presidente Margarita, Large Premium Draft and Long Island Tea
Happy Hour 3 p.m.-7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Close: $3 Small Domestic Draft and Well drinks. $4 House wine, Classic Margarita, Small Premium Draft and Large Domestic Draft. $5 Presidente Margarita, Large Premium Draft and Long Island Tea
Happy Hour 3 p.m.-7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Close: $3 Small Domestic Draft and Well drinks. $4 House wine, Classic Margarita, Small Premium Draft and Large Domestic Draft. $5 Presidente Margarita, Large Premium Draft and Long Island Tea
Happy Hour 3 p.m.-7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Close: $3 Small Domestic Draft and Well drinks. $4 House wine, Classic Margarita, Small Premium Draft and Large Domestic Draft. $5 Presidente Margarita, Large Premium Draft and Long Island Tea
Happy Hour 3 p.m.-7 p.m.: $3 Small Domestic Draft and Well drinks. $4 House wine, Classic Margarita, Small Premium Draft and Large Domestic Draft. $5 Presidente Margarita, Large Premium Draftand Long Island Tea
The Bismarck Tavern
522 Broadway N, Fargo Bomb Shelter 325 10th St. N, Fargo Borrowed Buck’s Roadhouse 1201 Westrac Drive, Fargo * This is not a full list of specials. Specials subject to change. For updated and entire list of specials, go fargomonthly.com.
The Bowler 2630 University Drive S, Fargo The Box 1025 38th St. SW, Fargo (Inside the Fargo Inn & Suites)
4-6pm: ½ off all appetizers, Tall Beer for a short price, $2 off Glass wine, & $1 off well drinks.
½ off all our bottles of wine and 25% off our reserve list all day.
Happy Hour All Day: $3 Small Domestic Draft and Well drinks. $4 House wine, Classic Margarita, Small Premium Draft and Large Domestic Draft. $5 Presidente Margarita, Large Premium Draft and Long Island Tea
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Ladies Night: 7-10 p.m., ½ Priced Mixed Drinks, Chub’s Mugs: $5.95 New Mug, $3.95 Refills 7 p.m.-Close
Game Night, $1.00 Off Taps & Wells (Including Craft Beers), Free Pool & Darts 8 p.m.-Close
Chub’s Mugs Wednesday: $5.95 New Mug, $3.95 Refills, $1 Off Shots 8 p.m.-Close
Busch Light Tap Night, $1 Off Ice Hole & Fireball 8 p.m.-Close
Beer & A Bump Night, Beer and an Ice Hole for $7.00, $3.95 Chub’s Long Island Teas, $3.95 Stumplifers 8 p.m.-Close
$1 off Bloody Mary’s & Caesars, 8 a.m.-Noon, $1 off Crown Royal, Tito’s & Craft Taps 8 p.m.-Close
Sunday Funday: $1.00 Off All Drinks In Your Chub’s Gear 12 p.m.-Close
Cork ‘N Cleaver 3301 S University Dr, Fargo
2-4-1 bottles of house wine; Happy hours 4-6pm, 9-11pm: $1 off Tap beers, well drinks, glasses of house wine
2-4-1 glasses of our featured wine; Happy hours 4-6pm, 9-11pm: $1 off Tap beers, well drinks, glasses of house wine
½ price long island teas; Happy hours 4-6pm, 9-11pm: $1 off Tap beers, well drinks, glasses of house wine
Wine Club - $15/year, every Wednesday at 5:30pm; Happy hours 4-6pm, 9-11pm: $1 off Tap beers, well drinks, glasses of house wine
Weekly Patio Specials; Happy hours 4-6pm, 9-11pm: $1 off Tap beers, well drinks, glasses of house wine
Happy hours 4-6pm, 9-11pm: $1 off Tap beers, well drinks, glasses of house wine
2-4-1 bottles of house wine; Happy hours 4-6pm, 9-11pm: $1 off Tap beers, well drinks, glasses of house wine
Cowboy Jack's 506 Broadway N, Fargo
$2 Taps, Bottles & Well Drinks from 3-6 p.m. & 10 p.m.-Midnight
$2 Taps, Bottles & Well Drinks from 3-6 p.m. & 10 p.m.-Midnight
$2 Taps, Bottles & Well Drinks from 3-6 p.m. & 10 p.m.-Midnight
$2 Taps, Bottles & Well Drinks from 3-6 p.m. & 10 p.m.-Midnight
$2 Taps, Bottles & Well Drinks from 3-6 p.m. $3 Grape Apes, Chuck Norris & Sprees 10 p.m.-Midnight
$2 Taps, Bottles & Well Drinks from 3-6 p.m. $3 Grape Apes, Chuck Norris & Sprees 10 p.m.Midnight
$2 Taps, Bottles & Well Drinks from 3-6 p.m. & 10 p.m.-Midnight
Dempsey’s 226 Broadway N, Fargo
$3.50 Bacardi, Malibu and Morgan starting at 9pm
$2.50 domestic taps and well drinks starting at 9pm
Old School Night starting at 9pm: $3 Old Style, High Life and Hamms
$4 specialty or import bottled/tap beer starting at 9pm
$3.50 Old Style and $5.25 Jameson starting at 9pm
$3.50 Old Style and $5.25 Jameson starting at 9pm
D’Woods Lounge 3333 13th Ave. S, Fargo
$2.75 domestic bottles, $3 Bacardi
$2.75 domestic bottles, $1 off Martinis
$3.50 Stoli and domestic taps
$3.50 Crown Royal and taps
$3.75 teas, $3 Windsor
$3 Smirnoff and Captain Morgan
Doolittles Woodfire Grill 2112 25th St. S, Fargo
½ off all bottles of wine 4-11pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm and 9pm-close: $1 off tap and bottled beer, cocktails and wine by the glass
$2 off Beer flights 3-9 pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm and 9pm-close: $1 off tap and bottled beer, cocktails and wine by the glass
$2 off Crafted cocktails 3-9pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm and 9pm-close: $1 off tap and bottled beer, cocktails and wine by the glass
$3 off wine flights 3-9pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm and 9pm-close: $1 off tap and bottled beer, cocktails and wine by the glass
Happy Hour 3-6pm and 9pm-close: $1 off all tap and bottled beer, cocktails and wine by the glass
$1 off Bloody Marys, Mimosas and Screwdrivers noon-5pm
$1 off Bloody Marys, Mimosas and Screwdrivers noon-5pm
Drumconrath Brewing 630 1st Ave N, Ste 6
$1 off pints 4-6 p.m.
$1 off pints 4-6 p.m
$1 off pints 4-6 p.m
$1 off pints 4-6 p.m
$1 off pints 4-6 p.m
Empire 424 Broadway N, Fargo
Crown Royal $3.75
Bacardi $3.25, Tito’s $3.50
Windsor $3.25
$3.75 Jameson
Stoli $3.75, Jack $4.25
Imports $3.75, Captain Morgan $3.50
$2.75 Rail vodka, $3.25 Windsor
Fort Noks Bar of Gold 52 Broadway N, Fargo
Happy Hour 4-7pm: $1 off all Taps, Wells & Domestic Bottles. Bucket of Beers $15 (Any 5 Beers). $4.50 Long Islands & Margaritas
Happy Hour 4-7pm: $1 off all Taps, Wells & Domestic Bottles. $3.50 Tap Beers all day (Pint glasses)
Happy Hour 4-7pm: $1 off all Taps, Wells & Domestic Bottles. $3 Select Whiskeys and $3 Import and Domestic Microbrew bottles all day. ½ price bottles of wine
Happy Hour All Day ($1 off all Taps, Wells, and Domestic Bottled Beer). 3 for 1’s from 7-10pm Domestic Taps and Well Drinks (made in plastic cups)
Happy Hour 4-7pm: $1 off all Taps, Wells & Domestic Bottles. $3.50 Stoli Flavors (adding some juices and energy drinks is an up charge). $3.50 Icehole Flavors and Fireball shots. $2 Well Drinks & Domestic Bottles (8-10pm)
$4 Bloody Mary’s and Caesar’s (2-6pm). $3.50 Chuck Norris & Jag Bomb Shots. $3.50 Select Rums (Morgan, Bacardi Flavors, Don Q, Sailor Jerry and Malibu). $2 Well Drinks & Domestic Bottles (8-10pm)
All Specials from the week apply (excludes $2 wells and Domestics)
Frank’s Lounge 2640 52nd Ave. S, Fargo
½ price burgers with purchase of a beverage. Service Industry Night: $1 off all drinks
½ price wine
$4.50 Tito Pours
$1 off bottle or can beer. $4 flavored teas
$4.50 Crown Royal and Grey Goose Pours
11am-4pm: Bloody Mary and mimosa bar
11am-4pm: Bloody Mary and mimosa bar. ½ price taps all day
Front Street Taproom
Happy Hour 4-6 p.m.: $1 off pints & snacks - 7-close Service Industry $1 off all Pints
Happy Hour 4-6 p.m.: $1 off pints & snacks 7-close $1 off all snacks
Happy Hour 4-6 p.m.: $1 off pints & snacks 7-close $2 Grain Belt Pounders
Happy Hour 4-6 p.m.: $1 off pints & snacks - 7-close $10 Select Pitchers
Happy Hour 2pm-6 p.m.: $1 off pints & snacks
Two-for-One’s on Taps and $1 Off Captain Morgan
$2.50 Domestic Bottles and $1 Off Tin Cup Whiskey
½ Off Wine and $3.50 Wells
$1 Off Tall Taps and $1 Off Titos
$8 Domestic Pitchers and $10 Premium Pitchers
Chub’s Pub & Package Place 421 University Drive N, Fargo
Golf Addiction 4474 23rd Ave. S, Fargo
2-4-1 Schell’s Beer
$1 Off Tall Taps
$12 Domestic Buckets and $4.50 Bloody Mary’s & Caesars
* This is not a full list of specials. Specials subject to change. For updated and entire list of specials, go fargomonthly.com.
614 Main Ave., Fargo
Happy Hour prices 4-7pm, employee prices for all 7pm-close
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Well Drinks and GC pints. $5 select wines and $5 select apps from 3-6pm
Well Drinks and GC pints. $5 select wines and $5 select apps from 3-6pm
Well Drinks and GC pints. $5 select wines and $5 select apps from 3-6pm
Well Drinks and GC pints. $5 select wines and $5 select apps from 3-6pm
Well Drinks and GC pints. $5 select wines and $5 select apps from 3-6pm
Herd and Horns 1414 12th Ave. N, Fargo
All Day Happy Hour $1 off Drinks & $2 off Appetizers
7-Close: $3 Bud & Bud Light Pints
7-Close: Mug Night. $5.75 first fill $3.75 domestic refills. First fill free on the week of your birthday
7-Close: $3.50 Long Island Teas & $3 Well Drinks
Holiday Inn 3803 13th Ave S, Fargo
Happy Hour all day $3 domestic talls, $1 off well drinks and wine by the glass. $4 crown all day, every day!
Happy Hour 4-7 p.m. $3 domestic talls, $1 off well drinks and wine by the glass. $4 crown all day, every day!
Happy Hour 4-7 p.m. $3 domestic talls, $1 off well drinks and wine by the glass. $1 off Prood Distillers & Far North spirits cocktails. $4 crown all day
Labby’s Grill & Bar 1100 19th Ave. N, Fargo
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m. $3.50 wells, $1 off all pints, $1 off craft taps, $1 off wine. $1 off Morgan and all tap beers.
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m. $3.50 wells, $1 off all pints, $1 off craft taps, $1 off wine.$3.50 teas and top-shelf all day. $1 off Tito's drinks and tequila 7 p.m.-Close.
Granite City 1636 42nd St. S, Fargo
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Happy Hour 3-5
$3 Mimosas, $4 Bison Bombs, $5.50 Green Tea Cocktails
$11 for 5 Pounders. Add $2 more for premium
Happy Hour 4-7 p.m. $3 domestic talls, $1 off well drinks and wine by the glass. $2 off Tall Taps, ½ priced bottles of wine. $4 crown all day
Happy Hour 4-7 p.m. $3 domestic talls, $1 off well drinks and wine by the glass. $1 off signature and classic cocktails, $4 bomb shots 9-11 p.m. $4 crown all day
Happy Hour 11-4 p.m. $3 domestic talls, $1 off well drinks and wine by the glass. $4 crown all day, every day!
Happy Hour all day $3 domestic talls, $1 off well drinks and wine by the glass. $4 bloody mary & mimosa bar 12–4 p.m. $4 crown all day, every day!
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m. $3.50 wells, $1 off all pints, $1 off craft taps, $1 off wine. $1 off all whiskey.
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m. $3.50 wells, $1 off all pints, $1 off craft taps, $1 off wine. $2.95/$3.95 pounders.
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m. $3.50 wells, $1 off all pints, $1 off craft taps, $1 off wine. $1 domestic bottles and wells 9 p.m.-close.
$3.95 Bloodys, Caesars, Screws and Mimosas 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $1 domestic bottles and wells 9 p.m.-close.
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m $1 off all drinks. $3.50 domestic pounders all day everyday.
$5 bloodys and caesars and $3.50 Mimosas.
Happy Hour all day. $1 off all drinks. $3.50 domestic pounders $5 bloodys and caesars and $3.50 Mimosas.
Happy Hour all day, $1.25 off all drinks and $3 Mimosas
* This is not a full list of specials. Specials subject to change. For updated and entire list of specials, go fargomonthly.com.
Legends Sports Bar & Grill at Rose Creek 1500 East Rose Creek Pkwy S, Fargo
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m $1 off all drinks. $3.50 domestic pounders all day everyday.
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m $1 off all drinks. $3.50 domestic pounders all day everyday.
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m $1 off all drinks. $3.50 domestic pounders all day everyday.
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m $1 off all drinks. $3.50 domestic pounders all day everyday. Free drink raffle for vikings and bison games and meat raffle on Thursdays.
Lucky’s 13 Pub 4301 17th Ave. S, Fargo
$2.50 short domestic beers. $2 off all Mules 3-close
3pm-close: ½ Price Margaritas & $3.00 Coronas & Dos Equis Amber
$3.50 tall domestic taps 3pm-close
½ bottles of wine, $2.50 PBR, Hamms and Busch Light Pounders 3 p.m.-close
Happy Hour 3-6pm, $1.25 off all drinks
9am-4pm $3 Mimosas and $6.75 BLT Bloody Marys
Luna Fargo 1545 University Drive S, Fargo
Happy Hour 5-6pm & 9-10pm: $2 off wine or beer by the glass & ½ price cheese plates
Happy Hour 5-6pm & 9-10pm: $2 off wine or beer by the glass & ½ price cheese plates
Happy Hour 5-6pm & 9-10pm: $2 off wine or beer by the glass & ½ price cheese plates
Happy Hour 5-6pm & 9-10pm: $2 off wine or beer by the glass & ½ price cheese plates
Happy Hour 5-6pm & 9-10pm: $2 off wine or beer by the glass & ½ price cheese plates
Happy Hour 5-6pm & 9-10pm: $2 off wine or beer by the glass & ½ price cheese plates
$3 Mexican Bottled Beer
1/2 price Jumbo Margaritas
$2 off Patron
Unlimited Taco refills with the purchase of a taco plate & $2 off Long Islands.
Happy Hour 5-6pm and 9-11pm: $3 select beer and drinks
Happy Hour 5-6pm and 9-11pm: $3 select beer and drinks
Happy Hour 5-6pm and 9-11pm: $3 select beer and drinks
Happy Hour 5-6pm and 9-11pm: $3 select beer and drinks
Happy Hour 5-6pm and 9-11pm: $3 select beer and drinks
Mexican Village 3155 45th St South, Fargo Mezzaluna 309 Roberts St. N, Fargo The Northern 325 10th St. N, Fargo
Happy Hour 5-7 p.m., 2-4-1 appetizers
Happy Hour 5-7 p.m., 2-4-1 Burgers
Happy Hour 5-7 p.m., $9.75 8oz Steak Dinner
Happy Hour 5-7 p.m., $6.50 Fried Chicken Dinner
Homestyle Lunch Buffet from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Happy Hour 5-7 p.m.
Happy Hour 5-7 p.m.
NoBull Smokehouse 609 NP Ave, Fargo
$3 Any Bourbon 4 pm -Close
$2.50 Tap Beers 4 pm-Close
Swine and Wine, Buy a bottle/glass of wine, second one is one penny 4 pm-Close
Bucket Special 4-10pm: buy 3 bottles get two free. Bones, Beer, Bourbon-$12.99
2-4-$1s Single Shot Drinks, Taps and Teas 10 pm-Close
2-4-$1s Single Shot Drinks, Taps and Teas 10 pm-Close
O’Kelly’s 3800 Main Ave., Fargo
$6 Domestic Pitchers
$3 Long Island Teas and $3 Rum
$1 off Whiskeys
$3 Deep Eddy’s Vodka
BOGO domestic bottles
Happy Hour all day and $3 shot
Happy Hour all day
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Pay the Day taps 7-9 p.m.: Pay the Day taps- whatever the date is, that’s your tap price! (Ex: Nov. 2nd=2 cents!). 9-11 p.m.: $2.75 beers, booze and bombs- select drinks on special
9-11 p.m.: $2.75 beers, booze and bombsselect drinks on special.
Wine Night 4-10 p.m.: ½ priced wine by the glass and bottleexcludes reserve wine list
9-11pm: $2.75 OB Beers, Booze & Bombs
$2.95 drink special 11 a.m.-2 p.m: $2.95 Bloody Marys, Bloody Caesars & Mimosas
11am-2pm: $2.95 Bloody Mary’s & Mimosas
Old Broadway City Club 22 Broadway N, Fargo Old Broadway Grill 22 Broadway N, Fargo
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Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. and 9-close: $2 select drinks, select taps and select bottles, $4 glasses of wine, $5.95 pitchers. 6-10 p.m.: $5.95 select pitchers of beer
$2 select drinks, select taps and select bottles, $4 glasses of wine
$2 select drinks, select taps and select bottles, $4 glasses of wine *Extended Happy Hour 6-10 p.m. (same specials as 3-6pm)
$2 select drinks, select taps and select bottles, $4 glasses of wine
$2 select drinks, select taps and select bottles, $4 glasses of wine. 9-11 p.m.: $2.75 beers, booze and bombs- select drinks on special
9-11 p.m.: $2.75 beers, booze and bombsselect drinks on special
$11 Domestic Bucket 11 a.m.-close
Pickled Parrot 505 3rd Ave. N, Fargo
$3.50 Fireball & Ice Hole All Day
$3.50 Fireball & Ice Hole All Day
$3.50 Fireball & Ice Hole All Day
$3 Domestic Bottles, $3.50 Domestic Taps & Wells, $8 Well Jars
7 p.m.-12 a.m. $3.50 Domestic Bottles, $4 Crown Royal
7 p.m.-12 a.m. $3.50 Domestic Bottles, $4 Titos, $4 Chuck Norris
$3.50 Fireball & Ice Hole All Day
Porter Creek Hardwood Grill 1 555 44th St. S, Fargo
½ draft beer 3pmclose, Happy Hour 3-6pm and 9pm-close: $1 off cocktails, beer and wine
½ bottles of wine 3pmclose, Happy Hour 3-6pm and 9pm-close: $1 off cocktails, beer and wine
$2 off wine and liquor flights 3pm-close, Happy Hour 3-6pm and 9pm-close: $1 off cocktails, beer and wine
$2 off culinary cocktails 3pm-close, Happy Hour 3-6pm and 9pmclose: $1 off cocktails, beer and wine
Happy Hour 3-6pm and 9pm-close: $1 off cocktails, beer and wine
Happy Hour 3-6pm and 9pm-close: $1 off cocktails, beer and wine
Happy Hour 3-6pm and 9pm-close: $1 off cocktails, beer and wine
Pounds 6 12 1st Ave. N, Fargo
Happy Hour 4-6 p.m. 9-12 a.m. - $3 Summer Teas, $3 Lil Fruitopias, $3 Spiked Capri Suns
Happy Hour 4-6 p.m. 9-12 a.m. - $3 Summer Teas, $3 Lil Fruitopias, $3 Spiked Capri Suns
Happy Hour 4-6 p.m. 9-12 a.m. - $3 Summer Teas, $3 Lil Fruitopias, $3 Spiked Capri Suns
Happy Hour 4-6 p.m. 9-12 a.m. - $3 Summer Teas, $3 Lil Fruitopias, $3 Spiked Capri Suns
10 p.m.-12 a.m. - $2 LilFfruitopias, $2 White Claws, $2 vodka, rum, whiskey, gin, $2 berry lemon drop shots
10 p.m.-12 a.m. - $2 LilFfruitopias, $2 White Claws, $2 vodka, rum, whiskey, gin, $2 berry lemon drop shots
All day Happy Hour - $3 Summer Teas, $3 Lil Fruitopias, $3 Spiked Capri Suns
Radisson 201 5th St. N. Fargo
4 -6 pm, free chips & salsa, $1 off all drinks
4 -6 pm, free chips & salsa, $1 off all drinks
4 -6 pm, free chips & salsa, $1 off all drinks. All day: Wine Wednesday, ½ price bottles of wine
4 -6 pm, free chips & salsa, $1 off all drinks
Happy Hour 2-5 p.m.: $1 off draft & can beer, $1 House Wine by the Glass, $1 off single pour drinks. Pounder Special: $2 Hamms & High Life, $3 PBR & Busch Light. 12" Single Topping and either a pitcher of pop for $20, a pitcher of Iconic Blonde for $25, or a pitcher of Greenway for $30 9 p.m.-Midnight.
Pounder Special: $2 Hamms & High Life, $3 PBR & Busch Light. Specialty Bloody Marys and Build Your Own Mimosa Buckets 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 2-4-1 Well Drinks and $4 Draft Pints 9 p.m.-Close.
Pounder Special: $2 Hamms & High Life, $3 PBR & Busch Light. Specialty Bloody Marys and Build Your Own Mimosa Buckets 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $4 You-CallIts for Service Industry.
$3.95 Tall Taps All Day, $3.05 Well Drinks 4:30-Close
½ appetizers 4-6pm and 9-11pm; $1 off beer, well and wine drinks
Rhombus Guys 606 Main Ave., Fargo
Happy Hour 2-5 p.m.: $1 off draft & can beer, $1 House Wine by the Glass, $1 off single pour drinks. Pounder Special: $2 Hamms & High Life, $3 PBR & Busch Light
Happy Hour 2-5 p.m.: $1 off draft & can beer, $1 House Wine by the Glass, $1 off single pour drinks. Pounder Special: $2 Hamms & High Life, $3 PBR & Busch Light
Happy Hour 2-5 p.m.: $1 off draft & can beer, $1 House Wine by the Glass, $1 off single pour drinks. Pounder Special: $2 Hamms & High Life, $3 PBR & Busch Light. 2-4-1 House Wine by the Glass 5-10 p.m.
Happy Hour 2-5 p.m.: $1 off draft & can beer, $1 House Wine by the Glass, $1 off single pour drinks. Pounder Special: $2 Hamms & High Life, $3 PBR & Busch Light. $4 Rhombus Brewing Company Pints 8-10 p.m.
Rick’s Bar 2721 Main Ave., Fargo
4:30-Close $3.95 Tall Taps, $3.35 Morgan and Bacardi
4:30-Close $4.05 Crown Royal, $4.25 Crown Black
4:30-Close $3.75 Tito’s Vodka
4:30-Close $4.05 Jack Daniel’s, $4.25 Long Island Teas, $4.25 34oz Taps
4:30-Close $3.50 Import Beers, $3.50 UV Vodka
$3.50 Pounders All Day, $3.50 Ice Hole 4:30-Close
Rooter’s Bar 107 Broadway N, Fargo
$2 12-ounce domestic draws all day
$2.50 domestic bottles all day; 9pm – 12a.m.: Late Night Happy Hour 2-for-1 Drinks
$2.50 Captain Morgan and Windsor all day; 9 pm – 1 am $3 PBR Pounders
$3 Rooter’s Root beers and $7.50 Domestic Pitchers all day
9 pm—1 am $2.50 12 oz Domestic Draw Beers
11 am – 4 pm $2.50 Homemade Bloody Mary w/Beer Chaser; 9pm-1am $2.50 12 oz Domestic Draw Beers
* This is not a full list of specials. Specials subject to change. For updated and entire list of specials, go fargomonthly.com.
OB Sport Zone 22 Broadway N, Fargo
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The Round Up Saloon 4501 Urban Plains Drive, Fargo
Happy Hour all day
Local Night: $3.30 Proof’s 2 Docks Vodka and $1 off local brews from N.D., S.D., and Minn., Happy Hour open-7pm: $1 off all drinks
$3.30 Captain Morgan, $3.85 Crown Royal, Happy Hour open7pm: $1 off all drinks
$3.30 Deep Eddy Vodka, $3.85 Jack Daniels, Happy Hour open-7pm: $1 off all drinks
$3.25 domestic bottles; $3.85 Icehole, Fireball and Dr. McGillicuddy’s, Happy Hour open7pm: $1 off all drinks
$4.30 Bloody Marys and Caesars, $3.30 Mimosas
$4.30 Bloody Marys and Caesars, $3.30 Mimosas
Sickies Garage 3431 Fiechtner Drive S, Fargo
All day every day drink specials: $3 Sailor Jerry, Svedka Vodka, $4 Red Bull Vodkas, $4 Jack Daniel’s and $5 El Jimador Margaritas, plus 2 happy hours
All day every day drink specials: $3 Sailor Jerry, Svedka Vodka,$4 Red Bull Vodkas, $4 Jack Daniel’s and $5 El Jimador Margaritas, plus 2 happy hours
All day every day drink specials: $3 Sailor Jerry, Svedka Vodka, $4 Red Bull Vodkas, $4 Jack Daniel’s and $5 El Jimador Margaritas, plus 2 happy hours
All day every day drink specials: $3 Sailor Jerry, Svedka Vodka, $4 Red Bull Vodkas, $4 Jack Daniel’s and $5 El Jimador Margaritas, plus 2 happy hours.
All day every day drink specials: $3 Sailor Jerry, Svedka Vodka, $4 Red Bull Vodkas, $4 Jack Daniel’s and $5 El Jimador Margaritas, plus 2 happy hours.
All day every day drink specials: $3 Sailor Jerry, Svedka Vodka, $4 Red Bull Vodkas, $4 Jack Daniel’s and $5 El Jimador Margaritas
All day every day drink specials: $3 Sailor Jerry, Svedka Vodka, $4 Red Bull Vodkas, $4 Jack Daniel’s and $5 El Jimador Margaritas, plus 2 happy hours.
Sidestreet Grille & Pub 404 4th Ave. N, Fargo
$4 All Irish Whiskeys, $.75 off Craft & Import Beers, $6 Sidestreet Teas Happy Hour 2pm-7pm $.50 off all drinks and beers, $1 off all pitchers, $3.00 mystery shots
All Day Happy Hour 11am - Midnight: $.50 off all drinks and beers, $1 off all beer pitchers. Happy Hour 2-7pm: $.50 off all drinks and beers, $1 off all pitchers, $3.00 mystery shots
$4.00 Jameson Irish Whiskey. Happy Hour 2pm-7pm: $.50 off all drinks and beers, $1 off all pitchers, $3.00 mystery shots
Happy Hour 2pm-7pm: $.50 off all drinks and beers, $1 off all pitchers, $3.00 mystery shots
$4 Stoli, $4 Summit pints. Happy Hour 2pm.-7pm: $.50 off all drinks and beers, $1 off all pitchers, $3.00 mystery shots
$4 Jack Daniels and Jim Beam, $1 off ALL local beers and spirits
Service Industry Sunday Funday! (With valid server ID): $1 off “You Call Its” for all of our Service Industry Family, $2 off All Pitchers
Slammer’s Sports Bar & Grill 707 28th Ave. N, Fargo
$3.15 Miller High Life bottles $3.40 Bacardi Limon and Sailor Jerry’s
$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 Captain Morgan
$3.75 Bloody Marys and Caesars, all day well specials $2.75
$2.80 all wells, $5.25 Busch Light pitchers
All Day Happy Hour: $1 off all beer and liquor. 9 p.m. to close: $2.50 domestic taps, $3 Fireball and Icehole.
$4 Moscow Mules all day. Happy Hour 4-6 p.m.: $1 off all beer and liquor. 9 p.m. to close: $2.50 domestic taps, $3 Fireball and Icehole
Half-price wine all day. Happy Hour 4-6 p.m.: $1 off all beer and liquor. 9 p.m. to close: $2.50 domestic taps, $3 Fireball and Icehole
$4 jumbo teas all day. Happy Hour 4-6 p.m.: $1 off all beer and liquor. 9 p.m. to close: $2.50 domestic taps, $3 Fireball and Icehole
Midnight to close: $2.50 shots
Midnight to close: $2.50 shots. During Bison game: $1 off all beer and liquor
11 a.m.-noon: $2 you call its. Starting at noon: $3.50 Ceasera, bloodies and mimosas. $3.75 domestic taps
Speck’s Bar 2611 Main Ave., Fargo
$3.25 Beer pounders, free pool and darts
$3.25 Windsor and Black Velvet, free pool and darts
$3.25 Captain Morgan, $4 Jack Daniels
$3.25 domestic can beers, $3.25 Bacardi
$3.50 Import and craft beer
$3.50 UV Vodka and Dr Mc
$3.85 22oz taps, $3 well drinks, free pool and darts
Spirits Lounge 3803 13th Ave. S, Fargo
All Day Happy Hour: $1 off all single pour liquors and glasses of wine, $2 off all Jumbo Taps. $4 Crown all day every day.
Happy Hour 3-6 p.m.: $1 off all single pour liquors and glasses of wine, $2 off all Jumbo Taps. $4 Crown all day every day. $2 off any Tequila cocktail/drink
Happy Hour 3-6 p.m.: $1 off all single pour liquors and glasses of wine, $2 off all Jumbo Taps. $4 Crown all day every day. $2 off all Proof Distillers and Far North cocktails/drinks
Happy Hour 3-6 p.m.: $1 off all single pour liquors and glasses of wine, $2 off all Jumbo Taps. $4 Crown all day every day. ½ priced bottle wines and $2 off all Jumbo Taps
Happy Hour 3-6 p.m.: $1 off all single pour liquors and glasses of wine, $2 off all Jumbo Taps. $4 Crown all day every day. $2 off Signature and Classic Cocktails, $4 bomb shots 9-11 p.m.
Happy Hour 11-4 p.m.: $1 off all single pour liquors and glasses of wine, $2 off all Jumbo Taps. $4 Crown all day every day
All Day Happy Hour: $1 off all single pour liquors and glasses of wine, $2 off all Jumbo Taps. $4 Crown all day every day
Twist 220 Broadway N, Fargo
Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. & 9-12 a.m.: $2 Domestic Beers & Cheap Shots, $3 Tap Beers & Rail Cocktails, $4 Wine of the Moment, Shots, & Premium Liquor, $5 Classic Cocktails, $6 Cocktail of the Moment, $8 Patron Margaritas all day.
Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. & 9-12 a.m.: $2 Domestic Beers & Cheap Shots, $3 Tap Beers & Rail Cocktails, $4 Wine of the Moment, Shots, & Premium Liquor, $5 Classic Cocktails, $6 Cocktail of the Moment, $8 Patron Margaritas all day.
All whiskeys half-price from open to close. Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. & 9-12 a.m.: $2 Domestic Beers & Cheap Shots, $3 Tap Beers & Rail Cocktails, $4 Wine of the Moment, Shots, & Premium Liquor, $5 Classic Cocktails, $6 Cocktail of the Moment, $8 Patron Margaritas all day.
$10 bottles of select wines and half off all other bottles of wine. Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. & 9-12 a.m.: $2 Domestic Beers & Cheap Shots, $3 Tap Beers & Rail Cocktails, $4 Wine of the Moment, Shots, & Premium Liquor, $5 Classic Cocktails, $6 Cocktail of the Moment, $8 Patron Margaritas all day.
Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. & 9-12 a.m.: $2 Domestic Beers & Cheap Shots, $3 Tap Beers & Rail Cocktails, $4 Wine of the Moment, Shots, & Premium Liquor, $5 Classic Cocktails, $6 Cocktail of the Moment, $8 Patron Margaritas all day.
Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. & 9-12 a.m.: $2 Domestic Beers & Cheap Shots, $3 Tap Beers & Rail Cocktails, $4 Wine of the Moment, Shots, & Premium Liquor, $5 Classic Cocktails, $6 Cocktail of the Moment, $8 Patron Margaritas all day.
11 a.m.-3 p.m. bottomless bloodies and mimosas
SouthTown Pourhouse 4281 45th St. S, Fargo
* 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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Happy Hour 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Captain Morgan $3.25 & Miller High Life $2.50
Happy Hour 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4 p.m.-7 p.m. E&J Brandy $3.25 & PBR $2.50
Happy Hour 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Windsor $3.25 & Truly $4.00
Happy Hour 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Jim Beam/ Jack D. $3.75 & Heineken $4.25
Happy Hour 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Long Island Teas $3.25 & Angry Orchard $4.00
Happy Hour 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Jose Cuervo $4.00 & Corona $4.00
Happy Hour Beer Buckets (6) for $18
$2 off jumbo 32oz. Margaritas
$2 off PBR pounders, $1 off Mojitos
$1 off Proud Mary Pina Colada
$2 off all tequila shots
$1 off Cadillac Margaritas, $2 Margaritas 9pm-close
$1 Let’s Get It On Lemonades, $1 Sangria, $2 off Margaritas 9pm-close
Wild Terra Cider and Brewing 6 12th St N, Fargo
Happy Hour 4-6pm: $1 off Ciders and starters, two glasses of wine $7
Happy Hour 4-6pm: $1 off Ciders and starters, two glasses of wine $7
Happy Hour 4-6pm: $1 off Ciders and starters, two glasses of wine $7
Happy Hour 4-6pm: $1 off Ciders and starters, two glasses of wine $7
Happy Hour: 2-6pm: $1 off Ciders and starters, two glasses of wine $7
The Windbreak 3150 39th St. S, Fargo
4-7pm and 9-11pm: $1 off all drinks
4-7pm and 9-11pm: $1 off all drinks
4-7pm and 9-11pm: $1 off all drinks
Ladies Night: Ladies drink free (select taps and wells) 9pmmidnight, 9-11pm: guys get $2 drinks, $2 bomb shots
9-10pm: $1 drinks, 10-11pm: $2 drinks
9-11pm: $2 drinks and bomb shots
9pm-midnight: $3 drinks and 2-for-1 shots
Woody’s Bar 1550 32nd Ave. S, Fargo
Happy Hour All Day ($1 off all drinks)
$3.30 Captain Morgan, $3.30 Bacardi and Flavors
$3.30 Deep Eddy Vodka, $3.30 glasses of bota box wine
$3.85 Crown Royal, $3.85 Jack Daniel’s
$3.30 Captain Morgan, $3.50 Long Island Iced Tea
$3.30 Bloody Mary and Caesars, $3.30 import bottles
$3.30 Bloody Mary and Caesars, $6 domestic pitchers, $8 import pitchers
Sports Bar 619 NP Ave. N, Fargo
$2.50 tap beer pints, $3.50 talls
$2.50 Stoli and $3.50 Stoli with energy drink
College Night: Half price domestic pitchers
$2.95 Jack Daniel's, Captain Morgan, Bombay Sapphire and Grey Goose
½ off pitchers 7-10 pm
½ off pitchers 7-10 pm
$3 pounders, $3.50 Bloody Marys
Tailgators Sports Cafe 1322 Main Ave, Fargo
6-10pm: $3.50 tall Crown Royal, $3 UV Vodka
6-10pm: $3.25 Happy Hour bottles, $3 Captain Morgan
6-10pm: $8.50 domestic pitchers, $3 wells and Ice Hole shots
6-10pm: $2.75 Schnapps shots, $3.75 Gator Teas and import bottles
6-10pm: $3 Bacardi and Windsor, $3.50 Chuck Norris or Jag Bombs
Noon-10pm: $3.25 Happy Hour pints and bottles, $1 off whiskeys, $4.25 Bloody Marys
Noon-10pm: $3.25 Happy Hour pints and bottles, $1 off whiskeys, $4.25 Bloody Marys
Best Brews and BBQ: Two free tap pints and free apps from 5:30-7pm
Buy one mug, get one half off tap beer
VFW: Downtown
202 Broadway N, Fargo Vinyl Taco 520 1st Ave. N, Fargo
Barcode 835 23rd Ave. E, West Fargo
Bar Nine 1405 Prairie Pkwy., West Fargo
Server industry night (one free half pint of beer with proof of server training card.)
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Happy Hour 3pm6pm: $1 off all taps, bottles, pounders, wells and wines; $3 Captain Morgan, $1 off all domestic taps, Shot of the Day: $3 Rumpleminze
Happy Hour 3pm6pm: $1 off all taps, bottles, pounders, wells and wines; $3 Bacardi, $1 off all craft pounders, Shot of the Day: $3 Doctor McGuillicuddy's
Happy Hour 3pm-6pm: $1 off all taps, bottles, pounders, wells and wines; $1 off Crown, $1 off domestic bottles, Shot of the Day: $3 Fireball
Happy Hour 3pm6pm: $1 off all taps, bottles, pounders, wells and wines; $3 Tito's, $1 off craft taps, Shot of the Day: $3 Icehole
Happy Hour 3pm-6pm: $1 off all taps, bottles, pounders, wells and wines; $3 Deep Eddy's, $1 off craft/import bottles, Shot of the Day: $3 Jagermeister
$4 Mules, $1 off domestic pounders, Shot of the Day: $3 UV Bombs
$3.75 Bloody Mary's and Caesar's, $3 Mimosas, $1 off all taps, Shot of the Day: $5 Patron
Happy Hour from open to 8 p.m. - $1 off apps, taps, bottles, wells and wine. 8 p.m. to close - $3.00 Domestic Pounders & Wells
Happy Hour from open to 8 p.m. - $1 off apps, taps, bottles, wells and wine. 8 p.m. to close - $1.00 off All Taps, Bottles & Pounders
Happy Hour from open to 8 p.m. - $1 off apps, taps, bottles, wells and wine. 8 p.m. to close $4.00 Domestic Beer Mugs
Happy Hour from open to 8 p.m. - $1 off apps, taps, bottles, wells and wine. 8 p.m. to close $1.00 off Domestic Taps & $3.00 Wells
Happy Hour from open to 8 p.m. - $1 off apps, taps, bottles, wells and wine. 8 p.m. to close $3.50 Captain Morgan & Bacardi
Happy Hour from open to 8 p.m. - $1 off apps, taps, bottles, wells and wine. 8 p.m. to close - $4.00 Titos & $3.00 Well Vodka
All day- $8.00 Domestic Pitchers, $3.00 Fireball, Icehole, Wells & Domestic Pints
* This is not a full list of specials. Specials subject to change. For updated and entire list of specials, go fargomonthly.com.
True North Bistro 5064 23rd Ave. S, Fargo
Brunch 11AM-3PM, Bottomless Mimosas
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Blarney Stone 1910 9th St. E, West Fargo
Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. and 9 p.m.-Close: $1 off Draft Beers, $ 1 off House Wine, 2 for 1 Dublin Pours (Bar Pours)
Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. and 9 p.m.-Close: $1 off Draft Beers, $ 1 off House Wine, 2 for 1 Dublin Pours (Bar Pours)
Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. and 9 p.m.-Close: $1 off Draft Beers, $ 1 off House Wine, 2 for 1 Dublin Pours (Bar Pours). $4.50 Trash Cans 5 p.m.-close
Hooligans 509 32nd Ave W. West Fargo, ND 58078
Happy Hour 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. $4 Mules & $4 Domestic Talls, 2-for-1s 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Happy Hour 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., $4 Teas & Titos
MacKenzie River Pizza 819 24th Ave W E, West Fargo
3pm- 6pm: $3 wells, $3.50 craft pints, $2.50 domestic pints, $1 off wine glasses, 75 cent wings
The Piggy BBQ 816 24th Ave E, West Fargo
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Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. and 9 p.m.-Close: $1 off Draft Beers, $ 1 off House Wine, 2 for 1 Dublin Pours (Bar Pours)
5 p.m.-Close: $5 Clawritas
Happy Hour 9 p.m.Close: $1 off Draft Beers, $ 1 off House Wine, 2 for 1 Dublin Pours (Bar Pours). Free trip through Bloody Mary or Mimosa Bar with a Breakfast Entree Purchase. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Happy Hour 11 a.m.-Close: $1 off Draft Beers, $ 1 off House Wine, 2 for 1 Dublin Pours (Bar Pours). Free trip through Bloody Mary or Mimosa Bar with a Breakfast Entree Purchase. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Happy Hour 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., $4 Whiskeys, Bottomless Wine
Happy Hour 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., $4 Malibu, Captain Morgans & Bacardi
Happy Hour 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., $3 Wells, $3 Icehole shots
Happy Hour 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., $4 Bloody Marys, Caesars & Mimosas, $5 Vodka Redbulls
Happy Hour 9 p.m. to Close., $4 Bloodys, Caesars & Mimosas
3pm- 6pm: $3 wells, $3.50 craft pints, $2.50 domestic pints, $1 off wine glasses, 75 cent wings
3pm- 6pm: $3 wells, $3.50 craft pints, $2.50 domestic pints, $1 off wine glasses, 75 cent wings
3pm- 6pm: $3 wells, $3.50 craft pints, $2.50 domestic pints, $1 off wine glasses, 75 cent wings
3pm- 6pm: $3 wells, $3.50 craft pints, $2.50 domestic pints, $1 off wine glasses, 75 cent wings
3pm- 6pm: $3 wells, $3.50 craft pints, $2.50 domestic pints, $1 off wine glasses, 75 cent wings
3pm- 6pm: $3 wells, $3.50 craft pints, $2.50 domestic pints, $1 off wine glasses, 75 cent wings
Happy Hour All Day: $2 off glasses of wine and 1/2 off bottles of wine, $5 mixed drinks, $3 off all signature Piggy cocktails, $4 beers.
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m.: $2 off glasses of wine and 1/2 off bottles of wine, $5 mixed drinks, $3 off all signature Piggy cocktails, $4 beers.
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m.: $2 off glasses of wine and 1/2 off bottles of wine, $5 mixed drinks, $3 off all signature Piggy cocktails, $4
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m.: $2 off glasses of wine and 1/2 off bottles of wine, $5 mixed drinks, $3 off all signature Piggy cocktails, $4 beers.
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m.: $2 off glasses of wine and 1/2 off bottles of wine, $5 mixed drinks, $3 off all signature Piggy cocktails, $4 beers.
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m.: $2 off glasses of wine and 1/2 off bottles of wine, $5 mixed drinks, $3 off all signature Piggy cocktails, $4 beers.
Happy Hour All Day: $2 off glasses of wine and 1/2 off bottles of wine, $5 mixed drinks, $3 off all signature Piggy cocktails, $4 beers.
$3.50 tall domestic beer, $4.50 tall craft beer
$3.50 Captain Morgan and Bacardi
$3.50 Jack Daniel's, Jim Beam and Jameson, $4.50 Crown Royal
$3.50 UV, Wave and Tito's Vodka
$3.50 Windsor, $3 solo cups: Bud Light, Coors Light, Miller Lite
$3 solo cups: Bud Light,Coors Light, Miller Lite
Happy Hour all day, Service Industry Night: $3.50 you-call-its
Rookies 715 13th Ave. E, West Fargo
Happy Hour 3-6:30pm, 8pm-midnight: $7.50 Coors Light pitchers and $3.75 Crown Royal
Happy Hour 3-6:30pm, 8pm-midnight: $7.50 Miller Lite pitchers, $3 Jack Daniels and Jag, $3.75 Long Island Teas
Happy Hour 3-6:30pm, 8pm-midnight: $7.50 Bud Light pitchers, $3.50 Windsor and Smirnoff
Happy Hour 3-6:30pm, 8pm-midnight: $3 domestic pitchers and Shiner Bock bottles, $3.50 Deep Eddys, $4 Angry Balls shot
8pm-midnight: $3 Fireball, $3.50 Tito's Vodka, $5 Vodka Red Bulls, $3.50 Chuck Norris, Ninja Turtles and Jag Bombs
Happy Hour noon6:30pm, 8pm-midnight: $3 import bottles and Tarantula Tequila, $3.50 Captain Morgan, Bacardi and Jameson
Happy Hour all day, Service Industry Night 10pm-close: $3 well drinks
Three Lyons Pub 675 13th Ave. E, West Fargo
Mug Night! 7pm to close $2 buys the 32oz mug. Fills for pint price.
All day: $4 classic long islands and $5 specialty teas. $3 Icehole and Fireball shots
All day: $1 off pounders and $5 bomb shots
All day: $6 martinis, $3 glasses of wine, $3 McGillicuddy shots
8pm-close: $3.50 Jameson. All day: $1 off all canned and bottled beers
11am - 6pm: $3.50 Bloodys and Mimosas. All day: $3 Captain Morgan and Titos
New Happy Hour specials all day long
Town Hall Bar 103 Main Ave. W, West Fargo
$3 Captain Morgan, $3.50 Crown Royal & Washington Apples 7-11pm
$3 32oz. domestic Mongo Mugs, Ladies night $1 off drinks, $3 shots 7-11pm
Happy Hour 3-7pm, $3 Windsor and Wu Tang shots 7-11pm
$3 Cristal & Limon, domestic pitchers $6 7-11pm
Fireball Friday $3, Extended happy hour 3-8pm and 7-11pm
Sex with Strangers $3, 10am-1pm $4 Bloody Marys & Caesars 7-11pm
$2.75 pounders all day, Service Industry Special: $2 well drinks & domestic beer 7-11pm
JoJo's 915 19th Ave. E, West Fargo
All day Happy Hour
$5 Sangria ~ Red, White or Rose
$9.50 Wine Flight
$6 Aperol Spritzer
VFW: West Fargo 308 Sheyenne St., West Fargo
$2.50 regular domestic beers and Windsor
12 inch pizza and a pitcher of beer for $11
$3 Bacardi, Morgan, Mike’s Hard Lemonade or Wine Coolers
$3 domestic 25oz taps, $3.50 25oz Shock Top, $5 25oz Stone's Throw, $3 import bottles
Work Zone 701 Main Ave. E, West Fargo
$3 Jag shots, $3 Tuaca, Mug Special $6.50 with $3.50 refills
$3 Bacardi and Ice Hole
$3 Dr. Mac shots, Mug Special: $6.50 with $3.50 refills
$3 Captain Morgan, Malibu and Jag
Pub West 3140 Bluestem Drive, 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.
$9 Pizza Bloody Mary & $5 Bellini ~ Peach, Strawberry or Watermelon
$3 Jack and Jims
$3 Bloody Marys and Caesars, $3 craft and imports
$5.50 domestic pitchers, $3.50 Buccas, $3 Bloody Marys and Caesars
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JC Chumley’s 1608 Main Ave., Moorhead
Happy Hour: 4-6:30pm- $2.50 Domestic Bottles & Wells, 50 Cents off all other drinks "Margarita-Monday" 6-10pm, $3 well or $5 premium
Happy Hour: 4-6:30pm- $2.50 Domestic Bottles & Wells, 50 Cents off all other drinks. "Happy Hour All Day", 11am-Midnight: $2.50 Domestic Bottles & Wells
Happy Hour: 4pm-6:30pm- $2.50 Domestic Bottles & Wells. 8pm-Midnight: $4 Busch Light Mug Fills, $5 Domestic Mug Fills, $5 Kettle One Long Island Teas
Happy Hour: 4pm-6:30pm- $2.50 Domestic Bottles & Wells, 50 Cents off all other drinks. 8pm-Midnight: $1 OFF Import Pints
Happy Hour: 4pm6:30pm- $2.50 Domestic Bottles & Wells, 50 Cents off all other drinks. 5pm-12am: $3.50 Fireball; 8pm-10pm: $3 Domestic Bottles, $3 Captain Morgan
11am-4pm: $2 Mimosas, $5 Bloody Mary's & Bloody Caesars
$5 Bloody Mary's & Bloody Caesars All Day
Legends Bar and Grill 803 Belsly Blvd, Moorhead
$3.50 Domestic Pounders. 3pm-7pm: $1 off drinks. 8pm-10pm: $1 off drafts.
$3.50 Domestic Pounders. 3pm-7pm: $1 off drinks. 8pm-10pm: $1 off drafts
$3.50 Domestic Pounders. 3pm-7pm: $1 off drinks. 8pm-10pm: $1 off drafts. $3 wine night from 3 p.m.-12 a.m.
$3.50 Domestic Pounders. 3pm-7pm: $1 off drinks. 8pm-10pm: $1 off drafts
$3.50 Domestic Pounders. 3pm-7pm: $1 off drinks. 8pm-10pm: $1 off drafts
$3.50 Domestic Pounders. $5 Bloody Mary's/Bloody Caesar’s, $3.50 Mimosas, $1 off Legendary Drinks
Service Industry Night: 10 percent off all beverages
Mick’s Office 10 8th St. S, Moorhead
$2.50 Captain Morgan, $4 domestic mug fills, $4 bomb shots 8pmmidnight
$3 domestic pints, $3.50 select import pints 8pm-midnight
Ladies Night 8pmmidnight: $2.50 pounders and youcall-its
$2.75 wells, $4 domestic mugs, $3 Busch Light and Old Style mugs, jell-o shot raffle 10pmclose
$2.75 pounders, $3 Ice Hole 8pm-midnight
$5 endless Mimosas 11am-4pm, $8 pitchers 11am-4pm
Happy Hour all day: 50¢ off all drinks, $4 Bloody Marys and Caesars
Happy Hour 5-6pm and 9-11pm, $3 select beer and drinks
Happy Hour 5-6pm and 9-11pm, $3 select beer and drinks
Happy Hour 5-6pm and 9-11pm, $3 select beer and drinks
Happy Hour 5-6pm and 9-11pm, $3 select beer and drinks
Happy Hour 5-6pm and 9-11pm, $3 select beer and drinks
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m $1 off all drinks. $3.50 domestic pounders all day everyday.
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m $1 off all drinks. $3.50 domestic pounders all day everyday.
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m $1 off all drinks. $3.50 domestic pounders all day everyday.
Happy Hour 3-7 p.m $1 off all drinks. $3.50 domestic pounders all day everyday.
$5 bloodys and caesars and $3.50 Mimosas.
Happy Hour all day. $1 off all drinks. $3.50 domestic pounders $5 bloodys and caesars and $3.50 Mimosas.
$2.75 22oz grande beers, $4 Sam Adams, Red’s Apple and Bell's specials 4-6pm
$6 pitchers of Bud Light, Shock Top, Miller Light, Coors Light and Nordeast, drink specials 4-6pm
$6 pitchers of Bud Light, Shock Top, Miller Lite, Coors Light and Nordeast 9pm-close
Grand beers $2.75 (all day)
Happy hour all day till 7/ ladies night 9-midnight
Late night Happy Hour 9pm-midnight
$8.50 pitchers all day
Bloody Mary special
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Rustica Tavern 315 Main Ave., Moorhead Happy Hour 3-7 p.m $1 off all drinks. $3.50 domestic pounders all day everyday. Free drink raffle for vikings and bison games.
Speak Easy 1001 30th Ave., S, Moorhead
2-for-1 drink specials from 4-6 pm and $2 domestic bottles 7pmmidnight
2-for-1s 4-6pm
$5.25 pitchers of Budweiser, Mich, Amber Boch, Bud Light, Miller Light and Foster, drink specials 4-6pm
Vic’s Bar & Grill 427 Center Ave, Moorhead
$3.25 Morgan
2 for 1's 9-midnight
$1.00 off All Whiskey
* This is not a full list of specials. Specials subject to change. For updated and entire list of specials, go fargomonthly.com.
Murphy's Pub 808 30th Ave. S, Moorhead
Hooligan's Bar & Grill Eateries 509 32nd Ave W, West Fargo
Asia Nelson Toasted Sunrise
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