High Plains Reader is the Fargo region's independent news, arts and entertainment newsweekly. HPR hits stands every Thursday and is available free of charge. In its 25th year, the Reader is the go-to source for news, in depth journalism reports, music, theatre, arts, food, beer, wine and culture in Fargo, West Fargo and Moorhead. HPR also has the region's most complete and accurate events calendar. Read more here at hpr1.com and follow us on Twitter at @hprfm.
Additional or back copies may be purchased at HPR’s office for $5. No one may have more than one current issue of the High Plains Reader without permission of HPR management. Theft of HPR publications will be prosecuted.
124 8th St. N. :: Fargo, ND 58102
Phone: (701) 235-1553
Proud member of AWN
Co-Owners: Raul Gomez & John Strand
Publisher: Raul Gomez | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Editor: Sabrina Hornung | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Sales Director: John Strand | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
News Editor: C.S. Hagen | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Film Editor: Greg Carlson | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Copy Editors: Tom Bixby | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Design: Raul Gomez | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Web Design & Development: Benjamin Lake Hamilton | Krondek | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Calendar: Events | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Best Bets | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Photographers: J Earl Miller, Raul Gomez
Advertising Team: J. Earl Miller | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), John Strand | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Gregory Brandt | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Delivery: George Mihlbauer, Annie Thorndal, C.S. Hagen, Fargo Vocational Training Center
Founders: Ian Swanson, Peter Ryan, Len Schmid & Jim Johnson
__293px-wide.jpg)
By Kris Gruberperriex1@gmail.comJust two days before Indigenous Peoples' Day earlier this month, and after three years of bureaucratic delays, President Trump signed Savanna's Act into law.Given the Dakota name "Where Thunder Finds…
by John Showalterjohn.d.showalter@gmail.comThe lives of countless people and the fortunes of numerous industries have been turned upside-down over the course of 2020 due to the full-blown global pandemic that is COVID-19. One of…
Thursday, March 19, 4:30- 8 pm1609 19th Ave N, FargoCass County Soil Conservation District is hosting their annual Ladies’ Ag Night supper event. This event has a goal of bringing together multiple generations of women involved…
By Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comWell, Fargo caught the eye of the national news media, and this time it’s not because of a movie that makes us look like blundering idiots. Our local leaders made sure to do that for us in…
PQ: “With this COVID-19 pandemic, we are already in another Great Depression. Soon we will have millions of citizens living in ‘Trumpvillas’ when they are evicted or foreclosed on.”by Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comWhere…
To say that this year’s Bartenders Battle was the best display of talent in the six years since its creation would be an understatement and a disservice to not only the bartenders who made it into the competition, but also the…
By Annie Prafckeannieprafcke@gmail.comFargo, ND – On Oct. 27th, King House Buffet, beloved Chinese restaurant, will permanently close its doors. Their Oct. 6th Facebook post states the reasons for their closure as “Covid…
By John Showalterjohn.d.showalter@gmail.comMusicians and concertgoers alike unexpectedly found their plans disrupted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Artists and venues have been facing a situation that is unprecedented for most…
By Greg CarlsonRachel Harrison Gordon’s “Broken Bird” may be only ten minutes long, but it is a powerful debut and one of the best films of 2020. An autobiographical story about a biracial girl in New Jersey preparing for her…
By Paul NootArtwork by Paul Nootbismarckartist@yahoo.comIt was in the middle of March when Bismarck teachers were notified that school would not be going back and within a week schools would need a plan to do distance learning. I…
By Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comWe’ve all taken a stroll through a haunted house this time of year but have you ever thought about taking a guided walk through a haunted park? Trollwood Park holds both a lot of history and a…
by Kris Gruberperriex1@gmail.comAdam Quesnell's last show at The Cellar beneath the Front Street Taproom in Fargo was in early September of 2018. He was embarking on a seminal move from Minneapolis to LA. As always, his comedy was…
by Jill Finkelsonjsfinkelson99@gmail.comFar North Spirits, located up in Hallock, MN, is the northernmost distillery in the lower 48. They may be young in the distillery world but the farm and the spirit reach far into the past.…
by Laurie J Bakeremsdatter@gmail.com Part of modern yoga is participating in the world around us. We live in a time of upheaval in society and nature, and of great suffering in humans of all ages. Most of us perceive this suffering…
By Ashlee Nordquisthpr@hpr1.comI've come to the conclusion that not everyone understands why my brother and I went on ventilators for covid and what that means. As I survived and my brother SO FAR is improving, I can make jokes and…
By Sabrina Hornung sabrina@hpr1.com It’s been a weird year…talk about the understatement of the decade. This week’s issue…