Fun Stuff For Your FIrst Weekend Of April in Bismarck And Mandan….

Fun Stuff For Your Weekend!!

••Bismarck Bobcats Hockey/Games at VFW Sports Center

Host Brookings next FRI & SAT

••MEN’S NCAA Basketball Tournament is on CBS.  We’re down to the final 4---Michigan, Wichita State, Louisville and Syracuse---Games Saturday night and the championship is on MONDAY night.

••MINNESOTA TWINS   At Baltimore FRI-SAT-SUN

EVENTS AROUND TOWN

••Dakota Digital Film Festival Is on SATURDAY at 1030am at Bismarck Community Church, 1617 Michigan Avenue.  Kids 5^th grade and younger are invited.  FREE!!

••”Gypsy”  hits the stage at Bismarck State College’s Sidney J. Lee Auditorium.  Performances are FRI & SAT at 730pm and SUN at 230pm.  This is a comedy about the antics of a show business mother determined to laugh her two young daughters into vaudeville---leads to unexpected results.   Tickets $10.  The auditorium is at 1500 Edwards Avenue.

••Fun Night is on FRIDAY Night at the Bismarck Eagles Club:    Supper at 6pm with baron of beef, followed by bingo, games and raffles.  Fun and games til 1130pm.  Bismarck Eagles is at 313 North 26^th.  $10 per person.

••LIVE STAND-UP COMEDY WITH JAY WENDLE WALKER from Spokane is on FRI & SAT at 8p at the Dakota Stage.   Jay has been on the Ed Sullivan Show, won the San Francisco Comedy Competition and has been doing stand-up comedy for more than 50 years.  This guy IS funny!    $15.  Dakota Stage is at 412 East Main downtown Bismarck.

••Big Antique Show is on SAT from 9am-5pm and from 9am-4pm SUN at the 4-H Building at the fairgrounds.

••Vintage Shop & Self Guided Tours are on SAT & SUN at Buckstop Junction on the East Bismarck Expressway. North Dakota memorabilia, kitchen items, glassware, pottery, baskets, mirrors, pictures, pitchers, vintage books, decorative items, games, toys, dolls, a Vintage Christmas collection, and dollhouses. Vintage jewelry, books, Swedish art, toys, hand-crafted gifts include bird houses, dinner bells, hand-loomed rag rugs and Bernie Blankets.  $5.

••Shrine Circus is in town with performances SAT at 10am, 2pm and 7pm at the Bismarck Civic Center.  $15/$12.

••Spring Fling Vendor Show is on SAT from 10am-3pm at the Country Suites in Bismarck.   Door prizes to the first 100 to attend.

••Annual Kiwanis Pancake & Sausage Breakfast is on SUNDAY from 9am-1pm a the Bismarck Municipal Country Club on North Griffin Street.  Proceeds benefit abused kids that are being treated at Sanford Health.   Adults $8, kids $4.

••The Rock’n Cloggers will perform their Grand Ol’ Opry Show at the Mandan Eagles Club SAT.  Dinner at 6pm and the show starts around 8pm.   $13.  Mandan Eagles is at 1400 Collins Avenue.

••Missouri Valley Chamber Orchestra presents “Jack & The Beanstalk” SUN at 3pm at the House of Prayer Lutheran Church, 1470 South Washington in Bismarck.  This is a family-friendly concert.   Tickets are $18 for adults, $10 for high school and college students and $5 for kids 15 & under.  Tickets can be purchased at the door.

••Nano Days are on SAT from 1-4 at the Gateway To Science.  This event celebrates the smallest science that makes the biggest impact.  Hands-on discovery stations will teach all ages about nano technology.  FREE!  Gateway to Science is at 1810 Schaefer Street in Bismarck.

••Come & See The Animals!  The Dakota Zoo is open on FRI-SAT and SUN from 1-5pm. 

•NEW MOVIES FOR THE WEEKEND: 

 ••“Evil Dead” (R)

The action centers on a group of friends who head out to an isolated cabin in order to clean up their drug-addicted friend (Jane Levy), who might or might not be possessed.  Jane Levy, and Shiloh Fernandez star.

••”Jurrassic Park 3D” (PG-13)

Steven Spielberg’s massive blockbuster comes back in 3-D.  Sam Neil, Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern and Richard Attenborough star.  Along with some pretty spectacular dinosaurs.

••”Trance” (R)

A thieving art auctioneer seeks the help of an alluring hypnotherapist in order to repair his damaged memory and recover the treasured Goya painting that he stashed following a brazen heist in this kinetic thriller.  James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassel star.