Another full house and a standing ovation for the final performance of Guys on Ice last night at the Fire Hall Theatre in Grand Forks, N.D. It was a great finish to a very fun run. In eleven performances and a half dozen or so rehearsals, I didn’t fall off the stage once. To me that’s success. Thanks to everyone …
For what it’s worth, Kerstin Kealy’s interview with President Obama today is not exactly a first for the station. Former WDAY-TV anchor Marv Bossart was one of several local television reporters to conduct a sit-down interview with President Reagan at the White House about a year before his presidency ended in 1989. Marv recalled later to many of us that …
Ginny and I were terribly saddened to learn of the passing of Earl Williams today, one of WDAY Radio’s best and brightest. Earl is probably best known as one-half of the Earl & Don Show on WDAY, Don being Don Dresser. Even as a snarky teenager, more into rock music rather than ‘DAY’s middle of the road format, Earl & Don …
Not everybody gets to spend an hour talking about himself in front of a roomful of strangers. But every year, I get to. Each week, second-year medical students at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks break into teams to study a different medical condition. The students themselves are responsible for much of …
So, we’re doing this thing. It’s called “Guys on Ice.” It’s a fairly new musical comedy about ice fishing in Wisconsin. It has some great scenes and songs in it. Not being an actor/singer/dancer-type, the nice people at the Fire Hall Theatre in Grand Forks created a role for me that doesn’t require any singing or dancing. It’s doesn’t require …
With the Lenten season almost upon us, I’m reminded again how terribly bad I’ve been lately at sacrificing or “giving up” things for Lent. (Never mind New Year’s resolutions, which are pretty much out of the question. Forget about it.) But about this time last year, I read some theologian say it’s perfectly consistent with Lenten spirituality to “add” something …
Opening night is coming up. The Fire Hall Theatre’s production of “Guys on Ice” opens Feb. 12 in Grand Forks. Foolishly enough perhaps, the theater people have asked me to be a part of it. Without giving away too much, I’ll be in the “Guys on Ice” “halftime show.” I hope you’ll call (701) 777-4090 and support the Fire Hall …
Ruttger’s offers beautiful boredom — and that’s a very good thing A letter arrived in our snail mail the other day. It was from Randy and Tina Ruttger, the third-generation owners and operators of Ruttger’s Birchmont Lodge on Lake Bemidji near Bemidji, Minn. It was not unexpected. We get one every year. So do hundreds, maybe thousands, of other of Ruttger’s visitors. …
One of the more interesting people I’ve been introduced to through my work in television is escape artist Dean Gunnarson. Also, one of the nicest. I met Dean in his hometown of Winnipeg on the Halloween anniversary of his first big escape. It was a Houdini-like stunt when he attempted to free himself from a box lowered into the muddy …