Eating Out!

Photos by Kensie Wallner :: Design By Raul Gomez

Patio touring is the simple art of spending a sunny evening bouncing around to various bars and restaurants and enjoying food and beverages on their patios.

Pelvic Pyromania

I suppose many people think that the old evolutionist Charles Darwin caused enough trouble with his “Origin of the Species” without getting involved so much with pleasurable, powerful, and restricted sex. We do need sex to survive–-and Charles came up with another irrefutable idea: “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” 

HotDish Makes Its Way to Fargo for “The House Boat”

This Friday, HotDish, the Minneapolis deejay crew made up of Nate Laurence and J Mathews, will join local deejays Jordash, Econ, and Dusty J to bring you “The House Boat.”

Burton and Depp Lurk in the Shadows

The eighth collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, “Dark Shadows” ranks much closer in corporatized sheen to “Alice in Wonderland” than the exuberant labor of love “Ed Wood.” With its massive budget and gorgeous production design directly at odds with the legendary thrift and grind of the 1,225 episodes of Dan Curtis’s 1966-1971 daytime soap opera, “Dark Shadows” operates more like a parody or burlesque than a reverent homage. Burton, who has been accused more than once in recent years of straying from the intensity and conviction of his most personal projects to deliver lukewarm adaptations of established properties, is running on Gothic autopilot. 

My Narrow, Constricted Greek Arteries

If you’ve never had saganaki cheese, let me give you a brief description: PAN FRIED CHEESE. Need I say more?  Greek cooking site http://www.kopiaste.org tells us that saganaki is not a reference to the cheese itself but instead the name of the double-handled pan used to prepare the cheese called a sagani.  The article continues to explain that there are other saganaki preparations such as shrimp saganaki or gavros saganaki (anchovies).

Bike revolutions

We may shape shift between bus, bike, car, or foot, but we share the road everyday and we need solidarity for each other. Whose streets? Our streets, let’s use them as much as possible!

Best Bets 5-24-12 to 5-31-12

RedHawks Home Opener, Spring Jam 15, Cowboy Stuff, A Tribute To Miss Peggy Lee, Fargo Funny People You’ve Probably Never Heard Of, Saint Dog, Bella Fiore Music Festival

An Artist Worth Knowing: Amanda Heidt

In effort to showcase the unbelievable artistic talent our region is so fortunate to have, HPR will start featuring lesser-known artists from the region. With three universities in the F-M region, all of which have stellar art programs, it only makes sense that we start seeing their work on a regular basis. So, consider this your High Plains art wake-up call.

An Un-Pleasant Experience

This week, the Cass County Board of Commissioners stifled the democratic rights of a group of people in rural North Dakota’s Pleasant Township. The group of 15 residents petitioned Cass County to de-annex their land from Cass County to Richland County. The group is unanimously dissatisfied with the Cass County leadership and asserts that their interests are not being heard concerning the flood diversion plan. The Cass County Commissioners swiftly squelched these residents’ opportunity to bring their issue to a public vote because they felt the residents represented a small group, when in reality, they represent a large amount of land mass in Cass County. The County stopped the petition request for de-annexation by relying on an obscure rule of government that allows the County Commission to be the gatekeepers on allowing this issue be on the ballot, so they denied the petition and prevented a public vote.

View the Meeting of the Cass County Board of Commissioners here: