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Pioneer Previews: Benson to headline last Summer Concert Series today

Local singer-songwriter Lance Benson will perform today at the Lake Bemidji State Park Amphitheater for the final installment of the park’s Summer Concert Series. Concert admission is free. A vehicle...

entertainment Fri, Aug 24, 2012 - 9:07pm

Grand Rapids sisters Hadley, left, and Teijan Daigle frolic with “Sparky,” an installation by Ivan Smith for the 2012 Bemidji Sculpture Walk, as their mother, Katie Daigle, watches. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Young artist’s work attracts attention along Sculpture Walk

BEMIDJI – A young artist who graduated from TrekNorth High School this spring is one of the featured artists on the Bemidji Sculpture Walk for 2012. Ivan Smith, who was...

entertainment Thu, Aug 23, 2012 - 12:53am

This Feb. 26 photo shows actress Gwyneth Paltrow at the 84th Academy Awards in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Paltrow, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Samuel L. Jackson and Emma Stone are among the stars participating in the third Stand Up to Cancer telethon, the organization announced Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Paltrow, Roberts, Swift set for cancer telethon

LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — An A-list cast of celebrities is joining a telethon to raise money and awareness to fight cancer. Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts,...

entertainment Wed, Aug 22, 2012 - 9:17am

In this Oct. 9, 1985, file photo, Comedian Phyllis Diller gets a lift from emcee Buddy Hackett prior to the celebrity stag luncheon roast at the New York Friars Club in New York City. Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at age 95 in Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)

Humorist Phyllis Diller, whose artwork is featured in Bemidji, dies at 95 in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, punctuating her jokes with her trademark cackle, died Monday morning in...

entertainment Mon, Aug 20, 2012 - 4:40pm

Tim and Tammy Hagensen of TNT's Diner in West Fargo display the Fargo Jet Center T-shirt signed by Tom Hanks and his family after their early morning breakfast visit. David Samson / The Forum

West Fargo diner abuzz after actor Tom Hanks and family drops in for breakfast

WEST FARGO - The breakfast and lunch rush is done for the week at TNT's Diner in West Fargo, but owners Tim and Tammy Hagensen are still buzzing from a...

entertainment Sun, Aug 19, 2012 - 7:40am

Pioneer Previews: Bluebird to perform at state park today

BEMIDJI— The Lake Bemidji Summer Concert Series will showcase Bluebird with Kari Munson, Jesica Conrad and Anne Meredith-Will at 1:30 p.m. at the amphitheatre at the Lake Bemidji State Park...

entertainment Sun, Aug 19, 2012 - 12:49am

Smiles all around for the Paul Bunyan Playhouse crew and facilitator Rita Albrecht after the first focus group meeting last Tuesday at the historic Chief Theater: (bottom) board chair Becky Lueben and Albrecht with business manager Janet Brademan and artistic director Terry Lynn Carlson in the truck. Patt Rall | Bemidji Pioneer

Focus group explores Paul Bunyan Playhouse topics

BEMIDJI – Members of the Paul Bunyan Playhouse Board, business manager Janet Brademan and Artistic Director Terry Lynn Carlson met with invited guests in a focus group Tuesday night at...

entertainment Sat, Aug 18, 2012 - 12:40am

A drizzle of balsamic vinegar finishes the Baked Garden Vegetable Stack, which can be served as a main or side dish. Photo by Sue Doeden

This dish really stacks up

For Midwesterners who love to eat food fresh from the garden, this is the best time of year. Local gardens are teaming with bright heavy tomatoes, slender green beans, colossal...

entertainment Thu, Aug 16, 2012 - 12:49pm

“Mr. Hockey,” by sculptor Wanda Reise Odegard, is ready to challenge opposing players or just onlookers at his position on the lawn of the downtown Security BankUSA on Bemidji Avenue. Patt Rall | Bemidji Pioneer

Odegard’s hockey sculpture moves downtown

BEMIDJI – When the statue of the hockey player from the Bemidji State University John Glas Fieldhouse reappeared on the Bemidji Sculpture Walk this spring, it was spruced up and...

entertainment Wed, Aug 15, 2012 - 11:19pm

Roller derby bout set for Aug. 25

BEMIDJI – The city’s Babe City All-Stars will battle the North Star Roller Girls Super Novas Aug. 25 at the Sanford Center. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the bout...

entertainment Wed, Aug 15, 2012 - 5:51pm

Mr. Hockey statue moves from John Glas Fieldhouse to outdoor location downtown

BEMIDJI – When the statue of the hockey player from the Bemidji State University John Glas Fieldhouse reappeared on the Bemidji Sculpture Walk this spring, it was spruced up and...

entertainment Wed, Aug 15, 2012 - 11:13am

Aretha, Ricky Skaggs join Gospel Hall of Fame

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For one night, Aretha Franklin was the Queen of Gospel — not just Soul. Franklin has been inducted into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame...

entertainment Wed, Aug 15, 2012 - 9:28am

What would Julia Child do with a load of fresh vegetables?

I think Julia Child would love Bemidji, the community in northern Minnesota I’ve called home for 11 years. I never had the opportunity to meet the woman who brought French...

entertainment Wed, Aug 15, 2012 - 9:08am

In this Aug. 11, 1986 file photo, actor Sherman Hemsley poses for a photo in Los Angeles. Hemsley, the actor who made the irascible, bigoted George Jefferson of "The Jeffersons" one of television's most memorable characters and a symbol for urban upward mobility, was found dead Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at his El Paso, Texas home. He was 74. (AP photo/Nick Ut, File)

Television legend Sherman Hemsley Dead at 71

EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- George Jefferson was a bigot. A loudmouth. Rude. Obsessed with money. Arrogant.

news / entertainment Wed, Jul 25, 2012 - 10:11am

Maine filmmaker chats with younger version of self in viral video

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- A video created by a Maine filmmaker that shows him talking to a younger version of himself thanks to creative editing is making its way across...

news / nation / entertainment Mon, Jul 09, 2012 - 12:25pm

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