Dan Bielinski News Today

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - Kathryn Rand and Steven Light have been named 2023 Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors at UND. Their area of expertise is Indian gaming law and policy. They’ll be honored at Saturday’s commencement. They join us to discuss the work that led to this recognition. ~~~ Sanctified, is the western produced by Dan Bielinski of Bismarck with the assistance of a host of local talent. It’s being shown Thursday at the Arts Center in Jamestown, so we thought it would be a ...

The move is based on the mob lynching of Charles Bannon in western North Dakota. Bannon was a serial murderer who once worked as a hired hand for the Haven family, whom he killed on their farm in 1931.

Daniel Bielinski is one of many actors who holds down a second job. His is as program chair of dramatic arts at the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D.

Features and interviews from our daily radio show, Main Street, hosted by Ashley Thornberg and Alicia Hegland-Thorpe.

"Sanctified” will premiere at the iconic Fargo Theatre with two showings on Friday, Oct. 14.

Tuesday, September 20, 2022 - Concordia's Faith, Reason, and World Affairs Symposium takes place this week. One of the events is a panel discussion on the topic of "Engaged Citizenship Through Political Participation." We visit with one of the panelists, Chicago native Rachel Stone, who moved to the area almost 18 years ago. ~~~ Sanctified is a western film set in the late 1800s. It tells the story of an outlaw who is rescued from death by a nun traveling through the North Dakota ...

Sanctified is a western film set in the late 1800s. It tells the story of an outlaw who is rescued from death by a nun traveling through the North Dakota Badlands. The film premieres in Bismarck on Friday, September 30th. We visit with filmmaker Dan Bielinski of Bismarck, who is also program chair of Dramatic Arts at the University of Mary.

Thursday, January 13, 2022 - A Heart like Water is a frontier survival story set in Dakota Territory in 1887, based on true stories. It was produced and shot in North Dakota. The film will be showing next week in Bismarck. Joining us is filmmaker Dan Bielinski. ~~~ Clyde Bellecourt is remembered in a report from Minnesota Native News. ~~~ Sue Balcom discusses food trends for 2022 in today’s Main Street Eats.

eogden@minotdailynews.com Submitted Photo Dennis Johnson, of Watford City, is helping with the script for a movie to be filmed in McKenzie County about the last lynching in North Dakota. Johnson first published a book in 2005 about the incident in McKenzie County occurring in the early 1930s. WATFORD CITY – Nearly 89 years ago during the early morning hours of Jan. 29, 1931, a group of vigilantes stormed the jail at Schafer, then the McKenzie County seat a few miles” east of Watford City, k...