This Weekend: A Trailer Park Musical?

So, you're in downtown Fargo for the street fair. You had your cheese curds, your lemonade and you browsed all of the goods. What next?

Domres Productions, a local, independent theatre group, presents "The Great American Trailer Park Musical" at the Fargo Theatre, and it might prove to be what completes your street fair experience. A little tawdry and a lot of fun, "Trailer Park" offers a taste of life in - you guessed it - an American trailer park and promises both humor and dimension. The show has received raves around the world and the local production should be a natural accompaniment to the festivities of the weekend. Show times are 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $18 and the show is recommended for mature teens and older. Call (701) 235-4152 for advanced sale.

There was a nice John Lamb piece about the show in today's Forum. Read it here. (Photo via the Forum)

This Weekend - NDSU Newfangled Theatre presents When the Birds Take Flight

This is the final weekend for the Newfangled Theatre Company's production of "When the Birds Take Flight." Ticket and pricing information here.

"Written, produced, designed and directed by NDSU theatre students, "When the Bird Takes Flight" is a disturbing look at how young people forge a new existence when “the system” has left them only smuggled goods, contraband and death. Presented by the Newfangled Theatre Company, an organization of NDSU students that will present two fully staged productions during the academic year." (Via Culture Pulse.)

This Weekend: Art of the Guitar at the Plains Art Museum

The Plains Art Museum's "Art of the Guitar" exhibit should be seen by anyone who enjoys music. By rough calculation, this includes everyone. You'll see handcrafted instruments and learn about the art of luthiery. Pieces run from the 16th century to the present and showcase the intricacy, beauty of form and beauty of function that go into this most ubiquitous of musical instruments.

A noteworthy fact about the exhibit: many of the pieces were crafted right here in our backyard. The renaissance of luthiery has been driven by local and regional craftspeople, including Fargoans, making this exhibit particularly interesting.

This Weekend: FM Symphony Presents Haydn and Mahler

This weekend, take some time to enjoy a little orchestral music. The FM Symphony will feature Symphony No. 104 ("London") by Franz Joseph Haydn and Symphony No. 4 by Gustav Mahler, featuring soprano Lucy Thrasher.

"Haydn and Mahler both use folk songs to inspire and infuse their orchestra music with the joy, poetry, and richness of folk tradition, with some country fiddling and sleigh bells for added fun." - (Culture Pulse)

Tickets range from $10 to $38, depending on student status, adult/senior and seating. Click here for details.