THE LIST: Art exhibit ... 'Christmas Carol' ... etc.
Area arts and entertainment events.
Oprah ending her show after 25 years
UPDATED 2:40 P.M.
Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience today that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying prayer and careful thought led her to her decision. Winfrey told the audience that she loved “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” that it had been her life and that she knew when it was time to say goodbye. “Twenty-five years feels right in my bones and feels right in my spirit,” she said.
Singer Miley Cyrus wasn’t on tour bus that crashed, killing driver
The driver of a Miley Cyrus tour bus was killed Friday when the bus overturned, but the 16-year-old “Hannah Montana” star wasn’t on board, Virginia State Police said.
Wesley Snipes appeals three tax convictions in Georgia
Attorneys are appealing the three-year prison sentence for actor Wesley Snipes for tax evasion.
Info on Minnesota Crime Wave
Minnesota authors and mystery writers Carl Brookins, Ellen Hart and William Kent Krueger.
‘Crime Wave’ authors bring mystery writing to East Grand Forks library
Mystery writing may begin with a puzzle, but the genre is ripe for exploring the darkness of human nature and the issues of the day, if an author is willing to investigate his characters’ motives, three Minnesota mystery writers said Thursday night at East Grand Forks Campbell Library.
RELATED CONTENTLeo Kottke plays the Empire Saturday
Leo Kottke has become known for his virtuosity on six- and 12-string guitars, as well as his widely varying studio albums that have become classics among acoustic guitar recordings.
RELATED CONTENTStudabaker John and the Hawks plays Friday at the Empire
Another night of the Budweiser Blues Series will bring Chicago blues performers Studebaker John and the Hawks to the Empire Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
RELATED CONTENTGF Master Chorale presents concert
Grand Forks Master Chorale presents its fall concert “Gloria Patri: Sacred Music by Mendelssohn, Creek, and Sisask” at 8 p.m. Friday at St. Michael’s Catholic Church.
POPS: We’re talking festive!
Alerus Center hosts Holiday Pops concert this weekend
In 1963, Leo Haesle and the Grand Forks Symphony threw a party. It included a pops concert and choirs from all over the city and was the first of a tradition of holiday concerts that involved the whole community.
Tonic Sol-fa plays new music, old favorites
A cappella quartet performs Monday at Chester Fritz
The Minnesota-based a cappella quartet Tonic Sol-fa will return Monday to UND’s Chester Fritz Auditorium in Grand Forks with a 7:30 p.m. concert that’s different from the one they gave here a year ago. But it keeps the fan favorites from previous performances.
AT THE MOVIES: 'The Blind Side' ... 'New Moon' ... 'Planet 51' .... etc.
What's new and returning to Greater Grand Forks theaters this weekend.
REVIEW: Bella mopes through pretentious 'New Moon'
Where would Hollywood be without that old standby, the vampire-werewolf-schoolgirl love triangle?
RELATED CONTENT‘Simpsons’ character contest winner is the Bomba
A ladies man will be introduced Jan. 31 as the new character on "The Simpsons."
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