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A rendering shows the new look on the exterior of the Mouse River Players building, including new signage with information on upcoming shows.
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Mouse River Players Community Theater launches a fund drive today for a lobby renovation project tentatively planned for completion by the fall of 2022.
“We’re doing this for our patrons. This is for them,” said MRP President Heather Speer.
Planned changes to the Arlene Theater at 115 1st Street SE in downtown Minot include expanding and renovating the current lobby and relocating bathrooms from the auditorium to the lobby area and giving them an updated look. This will create more space in both the lobby area and the women’s restroom and will help to reduce crowding and lines in a post-COVID world, according to MRP.
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Bruce Gjovig, CEO emeritus of the University of North Dakota Center for Innovation Foundation in Grand Forks, continues to look for stories about entrepreneurs in North Dakota and northwest Minnesota.
What do Clint Severson, president and CEO of Abaxis Global Diagnostics; the late Joe Whitty, founder of Happy Joe’s Pizza and Ice Cream Parlor; and more than 40 other native North Dakotans have in common?
Crosby native Bruce Gjovig, CEO emeritus of the University of North Dakota Center for Innovation Foundation in Grand Forks, is bringing Severson, originally from Minot, Whitty, originally from Des Lacs and Minot, and others to the forefront in his second book on North Dakota Innovative Entrepreneurs. The book is published by Smoky Water Press of Bismarck and available at regional bookstores or online at DakotaBookNet.com. It includes a forward by U.S. Sen. John Hoeven.