Community Calendar

Join us for a family-friendly holiday tradition! Fraser, Ltd.’s Festival of Trees highlights Christmas trees sponsored and/or decorated by community businesses, organizations, and families. This event brings the community together to provide Christmas trees for families in need and helps financially support Fraser, Ltd.

Don’t miss:

🎅 Santa’s Mailbox – Bring your kids to drop off their letters to Santa in the big red mailbox. All ages are welcome!
🧤 The Art of Humanity Glove Drive – This holiday season, donate new adult warm gloves to support homeless youth and young adults. Donations can be dropped off at The Art of Humanity Tree during our festival or at Fraser, Ltd. (2902 South University Drive, Fargo).

Hillsboro, ND – November 3rd, 2025

The Traill County Arts Coalition will exhibit the work of the late Hillsboro artist John Carroll Pederson (1928-2025) November 13th- December 13th at “The Arts House” in Hillsboro, ND. The exhibit will feature a selection of Pederson’s work that will be for sale through silent auction during the exhibit. Proceeds from the auction will go towards an arts scholarship in John’s name.

John Carroll Pederson (1928-2025), a self-taught artist from Hillsboro, North Dakota, was a man whose life revolved around his passions for drawing and painting. From a young age, he was deeply inspired by the "homespun American life" depicted on Norman Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post covers. This admiration led to a defining moment in his life: a pilgrimage to Rockwell's home in Massachusetts, where he was welcomed as a guest and learned from the famous artist. John considered this week a high point of his life.

John's career was a tapestry of artistic pursuits. After serving in the Army, where he did some illustration work, he spent 15 years at Dakota Photo Engraving Co. in Fargo. He also applied his artistic skills to commercial work, painting billboard signs along I-29 and creating logos and nameplates for local newspapers. Around 1971, he began making a living as a full-time painter and taught adult education classes in Hillsboro. His fine art subjects were diverse, ranging from Abraham Lincoln and old comedians to airplanes and local Red River Valley landscapes.

“An Art-Filled Legacy” Artworks by John C. Pederson
November 13th – December 13th, 2025

Showings by Appointment Only

Open Houses: November 15th 10:00am-5:00pm
December 13th 10:00am-5:00pm
Reception 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Bidding Closes at 5:00pm December 13th

For More information contact:
Eric A. Johnson
Phone: 701-799-6518
Email: tcac701@gmail.com
Website: www.TraillCountyArts.com

The Masonic Building is having their pancake breakfast from 7-11 am. Cost is $10 for all you can eat buttermilk and swedish pancakes, sausage, and eggs at the Moorhead Masonic Family Center, 1815 11th St N Moorhead.

Join us for a family-friendly holiday tradition! Fraser, Ltd.’s Festival of Trees highlights Christmas trees sponsored and/or decorated by community businesses, organizations, and families. This event brings the community together to provide Christmas trees for families in need and helps financially support Fraser, Ltd.

Don’t miss:

🎅 Santa’s Mailbox – Bring your kids to drop off their letters to Santa in the big red mailbox. All ages are welcome!
🧤 The Art of Humanity Glove Drive – This holiday season, donate new adult warm gloves to support homeless youth and young adults. Donations can be dropped off at The Art of Humanity Tree during our festival or at Fraser, Ltd. (2902 South University Drive, Fargo).

We’re teaming up with Kids in Motion for a special Fall Feelings Preschool Discovery Hour! This hands-on session invites our youngest scientists to explore emotions and gratitude through creative, movement-based activities.

Activities include:
- Emotions in Motion
- Melting Feelings
- Gratitude Garden
- Calm Down Lava Lamps
- and MORE!

👶 Recommended for ages 3–5 with caregiver participation.

📌 Special groups require prior booking.

PDH is proudly sponsored by Essentia Health!

Cashman Nursery and Landscaping in Bismarck, ND, will be hosting 'Spruce Top Make and Take' workshops during the month of November, 2025. We are offering classes on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays during November.

Now that your flowering annuals are gone, replace them with fresh new winter color, sure to last all winter! Spruce up the entry of your home or business with Spruce Tops in your pots! We are offering over twenty 'Make and Take Spruce Top Pot' classes at Cashman Nursery! These classes fill each year, so call today to reserve your spot at 701.222.3333.

Each spruce top pot includes a 12″ pot, potting soil, spruce tops and red twigged dogwood branches. Price is $49/person/pot. We will have extra embellishments and bows available for purchase to add even more personality to your pot, if so desired! We recommend that each participant bring gardening gloves to wear while they work. We will be hosting the workshops in our heated greenhouse, so not outside, but still nice to wear clothing you can wear while you work comfortably.

For complete details about class, such as the dates, times, and details, visit our website at www.cashman-nursery.com or find us on Facebook.

Hillsboro, ND – November 3rd, 2025

The Traill County Arts Coalition will exhibit the work of the late Hillsboro artist John Carroll Pederson (1928-2025) November 13th- December 13th at “The Arts House” in Hillsboro, ND. The exhibit will feature a selection of Pederson’s work that will be for sale through silent auction during the exhibit. Proceeds from the auction will go towards an arts scholarship in John’s name.

John Carroll Pederson (1928-2025), a self-taught artist from Hillsboro, North Dakota, was a man whose life revolved around his passions for drawing and painting. From a young age, he was deeply inspired by the "homespun American life" depicted on Norman Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post covers. This admiration led to a defining moment in his life: a pilgrimage to Rockwell's home in Massachusetts, where he was welcomed as a guest and learned from the famous artist. John considered this week a high point of his life.

John's career was a tapestry of artistic pursuits. After serving in the Army, where he did some illustration work, he spent 15 years at Dakota Photo Engraving Co. in Fargo. He also applied his artistic skills to commercial work, painting billboard signs along I-29 and creating logos and nameplates for local newspapers. Around 1971, he began making a living as a full-time painter and taught adult education classes in Hillsboro. His fine art subjects were diverse, ranging from Abraham Lincoln and old comedians to airplanes and local Red River Valley landscapes.

“An Art-Filled Legacy” Artworks by John C. Pederson
November 13th – December 13th, 2025

Showings by Appointment Only

Open Houses: November 15th 10:00am-5:00pm
December 13th 10:00am-5:00pm
Reception 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Bidding Closes at 5:00pm December 13th

For More information contact:
Eric A. Johnson
Phone: 701-799-6518
Email: tcac701@gmail.com
Website: www.TraillCountyArts.com

Come to the vendor & craft show and support small businesses. The show will be from 11-3 and lunch will be served from 11-1. It all takes place at the Fargo Masonic Center, 1405 3rd St N Fargo. If you want to be a vendor, send an email to fargomasoniccenter@gmail.com

Cashman Nursery and Landscaping in Bismarck, ND, will be hosting 'Spruce Top Make and Take' workshops during the month of November, 2025. We are offering classes on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays during November.

Now that your flowering annuals are gone, replace them with fresh new winter color, sure to last all winter! Spruce up the entry of your home or business with Spruce Tops in your pots! We are offering over twenty 'Make and Take Spruce Top Pot' classes at Cashman Nursery! These classes fill each year, so call today to reserve your spot at 701.222.3333.

Each spruce top pot includes a 12″ pot, potting soil, spruce tops and red twigged dogwood branches. Price is $49/person/pot. We will have extra embellishments and bows available for purchase to add even more personality to your pot, if so desired! We recommend that each participant bring gardening gloves to wear while they work. We will be hosting the workshops in our heated greenhouse, so not outside, but still nice to wear clothing you can wear while you work comfortably.

For complete details about class, such as the dates, times, and details, visit our website at www.cashman-nursery.com or find us on Facebook.

O'Neil Family Band will provide rousing fiddle tunes for American folk dances including reels, simple squares, circle mixers and more. You do not need to know how to dance,
all dances are taught and easy to learn, all are welcome; singles, couples families! Join us!