Flatlands Tomorrow Night

Stop by for the fine acoustic rock stylings of Flatlands tomorrow night, 9 p.m., no cover, 21+. Special guest for the evening: Alex Rydell of Fargo-favorite Celtic group Poitin.

Lunch specials for April 27 - May 2

(Lunch specials available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All-day menu also available)

Shrimp and Tofu Spring Roll with cucumbers, carrots, ginger and peppers accompanied by wasabi aioli, sriracha and unagi - $9

Turkey Club - Bacon, lettuce, avocado, mayo and havarti cheese on sourdough, served with sweet potato chips* - $9

Juicy Lucy - Beef burger stuffed with pepper jack cheese and topped with bacon, fried jalapenos, lettuce, tomato, onion and chipotle aioli, served with sweet potato chips - $9

Hot Roast Beef on sourdough with demi and vegetable, served with mashed potatoes - $9

(*sub fries, cup of soup, side salad or fruit + $1)

Opening at Theatre B - "Zara Spook and Other Lures"

Theatre B's new show, "Zara Spook and Other Lures," is a comedy by Joan Ackerman directed by Theatre B founding member Lori Horvik. Click here for details, show times and ticket prices.

American Herro - A Film and a Feast

The film "American Herro" details Herro Mustafa's journey from a refugee camp fleeing terror in Iraq to Minot, ND where she overcomes her frightening first years to eventually achieve the American dream.

Herro is now the Senior Advisor to Vice President Biden for the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Her work over the past two administrations has been instrumental in making progress towards peace.

The film will be shown this Sunday, April 26th, at 4 p.m in the Fargo Theatre. It is free and open to the public. Herro and filmmaker Kirk Roos will be available for a question and answer session following the screening of the documentary. A Kurdish dinner will follow at the HoDo Restaurant for a free will donation.

Celebrating National Poetry Month - Elizabeth Harris and Marco Candida

Join us this Friday, April 24th at 7 p.m. for part three of our National Poetry Month reading series featuring a dual reading from Elizabeth Harris and Marco Candida. Elizabeth will read a selection of translated work (including some of Marco's) and Marco will read his own work in Italian.

Marco Candida is from Tortona, Italy, and is considered a rising star in Italian fiction. In the last two years, he has published three novels and a story collection with such prestigious presses as Sironi Editore. Candida is currently a research/creative scholar at UND, where he is working with Elizabeth to translate his second novel, Il diario dei sogni (Dream Diary). He was also a featured writer at UND's 2009 Writers Conference.

Elizabeth Harris is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at UND. Some of her recent translations, stories by Giulio Mozzi, appear or are forthcoming in The Literary Review, The Missouri Review, and The Kenyon Review.

New Rivers Press Reading Tonight at Zandbroz

We've been celebrating National Poetry Month with a fantastic series of readings here at the HoDo, but we're not the only ones celebrating verse: the New Rivers Press (based out of Minnesota State University-Moorhead) will host a reading tonight at Zandbroz Variety in downtown Fargo. A handful of NRP writers will be on hand, so there will be a pleasant variety of readings to complement the surroundings.

The fun starts at 6 p.m. with a reception to follow.

Lunch specials, April 20 - 25

(Good from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday - Saturday)

Wedge salad with bleu cheese crumbles, bacon, apple vinaigrette and pink sea salt - $8

Spicy tuna melt with pepper jack cheese and tomato on sourdough, served with sweet potato chips* - $9

Sausage pizza on rosemary flatbread with caramelized onion, sun-dried tomato pesto and provolone cheese - $9

BLT-A - Bacon, lettuce, tomato and avocado with mayo on ciabatta served with sweet potato chips* - $9

(substitute fries, cup of soup, side salad or fruit, +$1)