Porpoura
February events: Porpoura Coffee House Downtown has scheduled entertainers for February. Feb. 1: Twin Forks Sweet Adelines, 3 p.m. Feb. 7: Oncology on Canvas Opening Bash, noon. Feb. 8: Reconcile Goes Acoustic, 3 p.m. Feb. 14: A Night of Middle Eastern Dance. Feb. 15: An Afternoon with Fallcreek, 3 p.m. Feb. 21: Sarah Hysjulien & Britt Lazur, 5 p.m. Feb. 22: Bernie Thomas & Friends, 3 p.m. Feb. 27: True Colors Spring Fashion Show, 5 p.m. Info: (701) 757-0202.
SHSND Web site
More info available: The State Historical Society of North Dakota has launched its newly redesigned Web site at www.history.nd.gov with improved navigation and other features. Google maps and calendars improve access to historic sites and events, a news release said. It allows users to add the calendar to their own Google calendar. Other features: Podcasts, videocasts and the Dakota kidcasts. Subscriptions are free and provide up-to-date information. Info: Mike Frohlich, (701) 328-2033; mfrohlich@nd.gov .
Billy Joel, Elton John
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May 2 at the Fargodome: Billy Joel and Elton John will play the Fargodome May 2. Ticket prices will range from $54 to $179.50. Also at the 'Dome: Eagles, March 15; Kenny Chesney, June 20. Info: www.
fargodome.com/.
Bluegrass on 'Prairie Home'
Feb. 7 broadcast: The bluegrass duo Dailey & Vincent will be guests 5 p.m. Feb. 7 on "A Prairie Home Companion" at The Fitzgerald, in St. Paul.
Marilyn Monroe
Exhibit coming March 27: Marilyn Monroe is one the great icons of our time, celebrated for her beauty, vulnerability and tragically young death. "Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe," an exhibit coming March 27 to June 5 to The Winnipeg Art Gallery, will feature more than 175 works of art documenting her life and image. The highlight will be the award-winning one-woman play, "Marilyn: Forever Blonde," which will be presented in the WAG's Muriel Richardson Auditorium from March 27 to April 13. Tickets will include admission to the exhibit. About the exhibit: Organized by International Art & Artists, Washington, D.C.; curated by Artoma, Hamburg, Germany; produced by Lipstick Productions. Info: wag.mb.ca.
Beulah book ban
Author reacts: The author of the best-seller "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" said he never thought about North Dakota until he heard the Beulah (N.D.) School Board banned his book from the high school library. The book was banned in Beulah for four days until the School Board reversed itself. Berendt told The Bismarck Tribune that until he heard about the case, he "hadn't thought of North Dakota one way or another." Now, he said, "I think more of the state." He said he would send a signed copy of "Midnight" to the three Beulah High School girls who defended their right to read the book, The Associated Press reported.
