Grand Forks artist to exhibit kitchenware pottery at Muddy Waters Clay Center
Oct. 12—GRAND FORKS — An artist reception for the opening of Karla Nelson's pottery exhibit will be hosted from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13 at Muddy Waters Clay Center, 2014 13th Ave. N.
The Grand Forks artist, who is being highlighted as the center's "Mudder of the Month," will be showing kitchenware pieces in the show titled "Kitchyware ... and pottery for the kitchen." All the pottery — including platters, mugs and ovenware — can be used for either drinking, cooking, storing, mixing or serving. In creating her pottery, she uses "traditional pottery techniques, with added texture and alterations," she said.
A founding member of Muddy Waters Clay Center, Nelson has been making pottery for 24 years. She has donated equipment to and taught students at the center, in addition to "creating pottery that's inspiring to hold and a joy to use," according to the website. The pottery is described as beautiful and functional by her fellow ceramic artists.
The exhibit will be on display in the clay center's front gallery through October.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Saturdays. The gallery is also open by appointment; call (701) 775-1168 or email
muddywatersclaycenter.gfnd@gmail.com
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The Grand Forks County Historical Society is launching its "Entertaining History" series with a presentation about President Theodore Roosevelt at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, at the Myra Museum, 2405 Belmont Road.
The talk, by Doug Ellison, former mayor of Medora, North Dakota, is titled "Theodore Roosevelt in Dakota: Fact, Fiction, Fallacy." There is no admission charge.
Ellison has been a guest on several television programs, speaking about Roosevelt and the Badlands, according to Leah Byzewski, director of the historical society.
The "Entertaining History" series has been expanded this year and is starting in October, rather than January, Byzewski said. The series, which covers a wide range of topics, will feature one presentation each month.
Tickets are on sale for "The Midtown Men," a high-octane musical coming Nov. 6 to the Chester Fritz Auditorium.
The show, which begins at 7:30 p.m., features the original cast of Broadway's "Jersey Boys." The vocal ensemble is the first group ever formed by the principal cast of a high-profile Broadway show.
A few years ago, after sharing the stage for more than 1,000 performances, Tony Award winner Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard and Tony Award nominee J. Robert Spencer set off to create a musical experience that would celebrate the greatest rock-and-roll groups of the 1960s.
The singers' signature style is reminiscent of "the Rat Pack, Motown and a nightclub act rolled into one," according to The New York Times.
Tickets, starting at $40, are available at the Fritz box office and
, or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000. For more information, visit
or call the box office at (701) 777-4090 or 800-375-4068.
"Normal People Party," a character cabaret, opens at 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14 at the Empire Arts Center's Studio E.
The adult-oriented, nightclub-style entertainment will feature local talent performing sketch and improvisational comedy, said Roberto Kerezsi, event organizer and the creative force behind Going Nowhere Productions.
The audience can expect "monologues and fun improvisational stuff," in the style of the TV show Saturday Night Live, and "some music and silly songs."
"Local people know what's funny to local people," Kerezsi said. "If it takes off, and people like it, we'll do it once a month."
The show will bring new faces to the theater scene, he said. "It will be refreshing."
Admission is $10, plus a $2 convenience fee. A percentage of the sales will go to the performers, "so it directly supports local comedians," Kerezsi said. For tickets, go to
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Under the umbrella "Late Night @ The Empire!" programming, Kerezsi is planning similar adult entertainment — such as burlesque, magic and puppet shows in a nightclub style — at the Empire Arts Center. Anyone who's interested in performing in an upcoming event should send an email to
or call (701) 746-5500.
The film "Sanctified: A North Dakota Western" premieres at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Empire Arts Center, 415 DeMers.
The Canticle Productions film, directed by Nickolaus Swedlund, is the story of an outlaw rescued from death by a nun who is traveling through 1890s North Dakota. She nurses him back to health in exchange for him guiding her to a church deep in the Badlands.
Tickets, $20 per person, are available in advance online at
and at the door.
The film will also be premiering Sunday, Oct. 16, at the Walla Theater in Walhalla, North Dakota; at several other locations around the state; and Oct. 28 at the Twin Cities Film Festival.
