This weekend: Motorcycle ice racing, vintage snowmobile run; "My Antonia," more
Mostly sunny skies, with temperatures in the 30s, should bring big crowds for Saturday’s Man & Machine motorcycle ice racing event at the Holiday Inn. The national anthem will be sung at noon, with the flag drop for the three-hour endurance race set at 12:15 p.m. Awards will be presented at 5 p.m. Also on Saturday, the 22nd annual Old Timers Snowmobile Run gets underway at 10:30 a.m. in Lake Park.
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Sunday, Feb. 5 DANCE • Plus Square Dance: 2 p.m., Odd Fellows Hall, 118 W. Holmes St., Detroit Lakes. Roger McNeil will call the tips. Potluck finger foods for lunch.
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Minneapolis’ Mixed Blood Theatre’s production of “Daughters of Africa” will be performed at the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center this Thursday, Feb. 2 at 7:30pm. Adult admission to this play is $10, and students are admitted free of charge. You may call 218-385-3339 to reserve your ticket to “Daughter's of Africa.”
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Minneapolis theater company Illusion Theater is bringing its adaptation of Willa Cather’s “My Antonia” to the Holmes Theatre in Detroit Lakes this Saturday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. This show is underwritten by State Bank & Trust and funded in part by the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment vote of the people of Minnesota on Nov. 4, 2008.
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The Entertainment Calendar appears weekly in both the Detroit Lakes Tribune and Becker County Record. Submissions, questions and corrections (labeled “Entertainment Calendar”) may be sent by fax, 218-847-9409, by mail to Detroit Lakes Newspapers, 511 Washington Ave., P.O. Box 826, Detroit Lakes, MN 56502, or by e-mail to Vicki Gerdes at vgerdes@dlnewspapers.com.
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There’s still time to get your tickets to see “The Percussion Project,” featuring Joe Chvala & the Flying Foot Forum, tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Historic Holmes Theatre. Also this weekend, the Holiday Inn in Detroit Days is featuring two full days of snowmobile racing on a track laid out in front of the Holiday Inn, on the ice of Big Detroit Lake. The J & K Marine Beach Bar 200 concludes tomorrow.
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Sunday, Jan. 29 MUSIC • Jazz at the Red Raven: 7:30 p.m., Red Raven Espresso Parlor, 916 Main Ave., Fargo. Jam session, all experience levels welcome. Info: 701-478-7337. • “A Family Affair-Music of the Johann Sebastian Bach Family”: 2:30 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 210 7th St. S., Moorhead. Organ recital at 2:30 p.m., chamber music recital at 3:30, J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concert No. 4 and Cantata at 4:15 p.m. Free. Info: 218- 299-4868.
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Thursday, Jan. 26 MUSIC • Community Gospel Concert: 2 p.m., Beckwith Recital Hall, 12th Ave. N. and Bolley Dr., Fargo. Free admission; reception will follow. • Acoustic Night: 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., Hooligans, 3330 Sheyenne St., West Fargo. No cover charge. Info: 701-373-0770. • Trip Wire: 9 p.m., Windbreak Saloon, 3150 39th St. S., Fargo. Rock music. Info: 701-282-5507. • Keri Noble: 9 p.m., HoDo Lounge, 101 Broadway, Fargo. Singer-pianist performs. Admission $10. Info: 701-478-1000. • Jazz Night: 7 to 9 p.m., Basie’s at Ramada Plaza and Suites, 1635 42nd St. S., Fargo. Celebrate a decade of jazz with Kathie Brekke & the 42nd Street Jazz Band. Info: 701-281-7105.
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The Entertainment Calendar appears weekly in both the Detroit Lakes Tribune and Becker County Record. Submissions, questions and corrections (labeled “Entertainment Calendar”) may be sent by fax, 218-847-9409, by mail to Detroit Lakes Newspapers, 511 Washington Ave., P.O. Box 826, Detroit Lakes, MN 56502, or by e-mail to Vicki Gerdes at vgerdes@dlnewspapers.com.
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