A huge thank you to all of our fabulous volunteers who helped make the 2010 season of Urban Harvest a success!

The Urban Harvest Board of Directors and committee members - you know who you are!

Travis Rau with Police Youth Bureau

Luke Graner

Tim Reed

Tony Fladeland

The Wanek Family – Dan, Tracy, Christian, and Aria

Jamieson Ridenhour

Kris Kitko

Nolyn Falcon

Kevin Kyes

Rich Neigum

Children’s Hour leaders – Gateway to Science, Sara Hilden and New Discovery Montessori, Julie Hart and Suzuki School of Music, Luke Graner, Northern Plains Dance, and Veteran’s Memorial Library

Our Wellness Hour leaders – Capital Racquet and Fitness, Becky Schnabel, Tamie Hauglie, Caressa Barth, Karen and Duane Ehrens, and Bonnie Torrence

The Veteran’s Memorial Library held the audience captive with great stories and puppet show. We always love to see the large groups of children holding hands in the buddy system as they make their way to Children’s Hour each week. The kids are always respectful, engaged, courteous. Thank you to all the groups that brought children down to participate!

Kris Kitko joined us for the noon performace. Thank you Kris for your dedication to music, educating kids, and volunteering your time. We so appreciate it!

The finale of Urban Idol was exciting with tough competition and talented kids. Check out the pictures of the seven finalists of the 2010 season!

And the winners are:

11 yrs old and under: Brittan Grub

12yrs old to 17yrs old: Summer

Trifecta and The Dedbeats rounded out the evening.

Join us for the LAST URBAN HARVEST OF THE 2010 SEASON!

10am – Children’s Hour with Bismarck Veterans Memorial Library
Noon – Kris Kitko
2pm – Open Mic
3pm – Urban Idol Finale
5pm – Wellness Hour Tai Chi with Bonnie Torrence
6pm – Trifecta
7pm – The Dedbeats

Another fantastic market occurred today with Northern Plains Dance performing for children’s hour and Grady Jackson at noon. Open mic hour was jam packed with talented young ones willing to put aside their fear and show their talents on the Urban Harvest stage. The last Urban Idol before the finale showcased more local talent – two of which will advance to the final performance on August 12th. The crowd really enjoyed Karen and Duane Ehrens’ fresh cooking demo which featured produce from our local farmer’s market. The McMahon Brothers (sans Phil avec Pat Phillips) and Human Capital finished up the evening. Thanks to everyone who volunteered, performed, participated, and visited Urban Harvest today!! 

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10 am – Children’s Hour – Northern Plains Dance

Noon – Grady Jackson

2 pm – Open Mic Hour

3 pm – Urban Idol

5 pm – Fresh Cooking Demo with Karen Ehrens

6 pm- The McMahon Brothers

7 pm – Human Capital

We had another beautiful market day on July 29th. Suzuki School of Music entertained for Children’s Hour, Mike Swenson joined us for lunch hour. Shade Tree Players did some improv and open mic hour saw a great crowd! Thanks to Carissa Barth for leading a session on hula hooping for our wellness hour entertainment. The evening was capped off with Black Cat Rumble and The Levee. Fun times, for sure!

Children’s Hour: Suzuki School of Music
Noon Hour: Mike Swenson
2pm: Open Mic Hour
3pm: Urban Idol
5pm: Hula Hoops with Carissa Barth for Wellness Hour
6pm: Black Cat Rumble
7pm: The Levee

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Thanks Ms. Sara!!

We also have books to give away and hula hoops and jump ropes to play with while at the market. Feel free to take a book or two!

Our lunch hour performance was Sarah McMahon and Laura Knudsen. Beautiful girls singing beautiful tunes.

How nice would it be to have a beautiful green space in downtown Bismarck? Thought we’d give it a try!

Urban Idol is back with Host Kris Kitko! Thanks to all our participants!

Becky Schnabel gave a fantastic lecture on composting for this week’s Wellness Hour. Thank you, Becky!

The day was capped off with performances by The John Krueger Quartet and The Vexed.

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Join us on July 15 for a day of fun!

Children’s Hour: Montesorri inspired activites and a used-book giveaway

Noon: Sarah McMahon and Laura Knudsen

2 pm: Open Mic Hour

3 pm: Urban Idol competition – come show off your talent – stop at the UH booth to sign up.

6 pm: John Krueger Quartet

7 pm: The Vexed

Numerous student and daycare groups joined us for Gateway to Science Children’s hour. The children were so well behaved and we look forward to their return for future children’s hour. In future weeks, we will be having lego building, used book give aways, music with Luke Graner, and Montesorri inspired activities. Please visit our entertainment page to view a complete schedule.

Thanks to the Wanek family for supplying us with fun activities for the kids including hula hoops, bubbles, and jump ropes. We also always have sidewalk chalk to inspire the young artisan.

Lunch options usually include The Walrus Restaurant, Dakota Deli, Indian Tacos, Steep me a Cup, and Camly Cuisine. This week, we happily hosted Ben Suchy on the noon stage.

 Sleepy Hollow will open their production of Annie later in July. Their performance at Urban Harvest is an added benefit to our afternoon lineup.  

A huge thank you to Blind Mice and The Midnight Noise Orchestra for starting off the 2010 Season of Urban Harvest!

Join us Thursday, July 8th on the corner of 4th and Broadway in Bismarck!!

Entertainment for the day:
10 am Children’s Hour with Gateway to Science
Noon with Ben Suchy
1 pm Sleepy Hollow Performance
2 pm Open Mic Hour
3 pm URBAN IDOL!
5 pm Wellness Hour with a Tennis Pro and Prairie Rose State Games!
6 pm Blind Mice
7:30 pm The Midnight Noise Orchestra