Green Blue: A new band among old friends
When asked to describe the sound of Green Blue, Minneapolis based musician Annie Sparrows formerly of the Soviettes and Awesome Snakes laughed and said,…
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El Supremo reigns supreme
by Sabrina Hornung | Jun 12, 2019
El Supremo started out as a one man band for Chad Heille, drummer of the iconic Fargo stoner rock band Egypt. Once the project…
Read NowMalcolm Strand’s ‘The Seven Acts’
by Brittney Goodman | Jun 12, 2019
“The Seven Acts” is a crime thriller and coming of age novel featuring a high school student.
Read NowTalbot and Fails Team Up in Convincing Feature Debut
by Greg Carlson | Jun 12, 2019
Joining several recent titles that consider, among other things, gentrification and race in the San Francisco Bay Area, Joe Talbot’s feature directorial debut is…
Read NowPhilippe Celebrates 40 Years of Facehugging and Chest-bursting with “Memory: The Origins of Alien”
by Greg Carlson | Jun 5, 2019
Forty years ago this week, the release of “Alien” added a seminal text to the American movie library. Mixed reviews would, with time, give…
Read NowStay connected to your own voice
by HPR Contributor | Jun 5, 2019
Ani DiFranco: singer, songwriter, activist, poet, and now author
Read NowKottonmouth Kings, Cannabis, and Concerts
by John Showalter | Jun 5, 2019
If one were to compile a list of hot button issues in American news, the legalization of marijuana would certainly find its way on…
Read NowHPR’s guide to the best summer ever
by Sabrina Hornung | May 29, 2019
Even though it might not feel like it–summer is upon us and festival season is on in full force! Our staff has poured their…
Read NowArt on the Red Showcases Prairie Talent
by John Showalter | May 29, 2019
With all the coverage of artists in the Fargo-Moorhead area in the High Plains Reader, it can unfortunately be easy to forget that the…
Read NowOlivia Wilde Makes Confident Directorial Debut with ‘Booksmart’
by Greg Carlson | May 29, 2019
“Booksmart,” Olivia Wilde’s great feature directorial debut, is — like several of the very best teen/teensploitation/coming-of-age comedies — about many things. But the one…
Read NowA Harmar is born
by Sabrina Hornung | May 29, 2019
The past, present, and future of Harmar Superstar
Read NowMore than gunfighter ballads
by Sabrina Hornung | May 22, 2019
With the Dakota Cowboy Gathering in Medora starting up in full swing next weekend we decided to reach out to Meg Glaser, the Artistic…
Read NowBill Lowman: Renaissance man of the badlands
by Sabrina Hornung | May 22, 2019
“My dad always sung cowboy ballads as we were out riding and pitching hay and we grew up with that sort of thing. I…
Read NowRusso-Young Adapts “The Sun Is Also a Star”
by Greg Carlson | May 22, 2019
Impossibly beautiful lead performers underline the YA fantasy aspects of Ry Russo-Young’s translation of “The Sun Is Also a Star,” based on Nicola Yoon’s…
Read NowLook Out Posers: DTFM Vinyl Distro is in Town
by John Showalter | May 15, 2019
There is a golden oldie by Peter Allen called “Everything Old is New Again”, and that is certainly true about vinyl records. It is…
Read NowTwo North Dakotans receive IBPA 2019 National Gold Medal
by Sarah Nour | May 15, 2019
Just last week, the Independent Book Publisher Association (IBPA) announced the winners of the 2019 National Gold Medal—and it turns out one of them…
Read NowBristol Makes Bright Brooklyn Debut with “See You Yesterday”
by Greg Carlson | May 15, 2019
Fargo-based filmmaker Matthew Myers recently remarked that director Stefon Bristol was, among other things, paying his bills by driving for Uber until production began…
Read NowA Reel of Tomorrow’s Filmmakers: MSUM’s Annual Senior Seminar Film Showcase
by Gabrielle Hersch | May 8, 2019
The spring semester is coming to a close for college students across the FM area. For MSUM film production students, the semester culminated in…
Read NowNeedToBreathe brings acoustic show to Fargo Theatre
by Ryan Janke | May 8, 2019
NeedToBreathe is bringing their Acoustic Live Tour to the Fargo Theatre May 15 and HPR was able to catch up to keyboardist and vocalist…
Read NowCrowdsourcing to completion on Jacob Wetterling documentary
by Gabrielle Hersch | May 8, 2019
If you’re from the Midwest, then you’ve probably heard about the tragic disappearance of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling in the fall of 1989. An unsolved…
Read NowJennifer Gage’s fan-fiction adaptation ‘After’
by Greg Carlson | May 8, 2019
Jennifer Gage’s sudsy “After” offers run-of-the-mill college romance targeted to the PG-13 demographic. The result, a far cry from the lustier stories upon which…
Read NowPlains Art Museum: 23rd Annual Spring Gala
by Ryan Janke | May 1, 2019
The Plains Art Museum is ready to take you back in time – or forward, if you prefer – for their 23rd annual Spring…
Read NowIn her feature directorial debut, Clermont-Tonnerre tames ‘The Mustang’
by Greg Carlson | May 1, 2019
A true-to-life setting sparks interest in “The Mustang,” a solid man-and-his-horse story from first-time feature director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. Anchored by a livewire performance…
Read NowPicturing Nam
by Ryan Janke | May 1, 2019
Traveling Vietnam War exhibition comes to MSUM
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