February 15th, 2024
Thursday, February 29
6 p.m.
North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum
612 East Boulevard Ave, Bismarck
Celebrate the arts in the Bismarck-Mandan community. There will be in-person painting demonstrations, a live auction, a cash bar, hors d’oeuvres, music and art activities for all attendees. Proceeds will benefit local arts non-profit organizations, including Arts for All, Bismarck Art and Galleries Association (BAGA), Bismarck-Mandan Civic Chorus, Central Dakota Children's Choir…
February 15th, 2024
Friday, February 23-Sunday, February 25
Alerus Center
1200 South 42nd Street, Grand Forks
Jurassic Quest is America's largest and most realistic dinosaur event. Attendees will walk through the Cretaceous period, the Jurassic period and the Triassic period and experience for themselves what it was like to walk among dinosaurs. Jurassic Quest features over 80 life-size dinosaurs in its events. In collaboration with leading paleontologists, each one was painstakingly replicated in every…
January 18th, 2024
Saturday, February 24
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m.
Odditorium Stage at Brewhalla
1702 First Ave. North, Fargo, ND 58102
Watch your favorite TV game shows come alive. Grab a numbered tear-away ticket and be a part of the raffle for an opportunity to participate in this classic interactive game show experience. If you hold the golden ticket, prepare to match wits with local celebrities, laugh with local comedians, and go for the gusto for a chance to win fabulous prizes.…
January 18th, 2024
February 10-11
Fargo Ramada by Wyndham
3333 13th Ave. South, Fargo, ND 58103
For aficionados of true crime, this event features a range of guests, from FBI and police investigators to journalists, podcasters, independent investigators, psychics and paranormal experts and film, television and literary personalities, as well as vendors. Representatives from the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women group and the Wetterling Foundation will be in attendance. Basic day passes start at…
January 18th, 2024
Saturday, February 3, 7-9 p.m.
Spirit Room, 111 Broadway North, Fargo, ND 58102
Come for an intimate evening of food, culture, and discussion with author, journalist, podcaster, and racial and mental health advocate Josette "Jo" Ciceron, host of the “Unapologetically Anxious Me Podcast.” She’s joined by her mentor and friend, Dr. Jason Sole, a renowned speaker and social justice advocate who has worked with the Institute of Inspiring Abolitionists.
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January 18th, 2024
Saturday, February 3, 7-9 p.m.
Spirit Room, 111 Broadway North, Fargo, ND 58102
Come for an intimate evening of food, culture, and discussion with author, journalist, podcaster, and racial and mental health advocate Josette "Jo" Ciceron, host of the “Unapologetically Anxious Me Podcast.” She’s joined by her mentor and friend, Dr. Jason Sole, a renowned speaker and social justice advocate who has worked with the Institute of Inspiring Abolitionists.
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January 18th, 2024
Sat Feb 3, 1-4 p.m.
The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum, 521 Main Ave., Moorhead, MN 56550
Enjoy a complimentary cocoa bar, explore the handmade mug market, shop for toasty mittens, hats, and scarves from local fiber artists and gather round the fire pits in the M. Dorian Clemedtson Memorial Sculpture Court. This is a winter weather accessory dropoff for a community hat and mitten drive. The event is free and open to the public.
December 2nd, 2023
Sunday, December 10, 12-4:30pm
The Commissary at Fort Lincoln State Park, Bismarck
Experience what the sights, sounds, and smells of Christmas were in the frontier Army with historic presentations on Victorian era holiday traditions, firearm demonstrations, period parlor games, a decoration making station, tree trimming caroling and calling on the neighbors. Party like it’s 1899! Snacks from the era such as Coriander and sugar cookies, mincemeat pies, plum pudding, eggnog, hot…
December 1st, 2023
Saturday, December 2, 2023
1st seating: 3:30pm, 2nd seating: 6pm
Sons of Norway, 722 2nd Ave N, Fargo
Celebrate the holidays with a four-course plated sit-down dinner and hosted by the one and only Frode Tilden. “If you love Norwegian culture, Christmas or just enjoy getting together for celebration, come make memories with us.” Purchase tickets online: https://www.sofnfgo.org/ or tickets are also available at STABO Scandinavian Imports at 406 Broadway, Downtown Fargo. Call for tickets…
December 1st, 2023
Saturday, December 2, 2023
1st seating: 3:30pm, 2nd seating: 6pm
Sons of Norway, 722 2nd Ave N, Fargo
Celebrate the holidays with a four-course plated sit-down dinner and hosted by the one and only Frode Tilden. “If you love Norwegian culture, Christmas or just enjoy getting together for celebration, come make memories with us.” Purchase tickets online: https://www.sofnfgo.org/ or tickets are also available at STABO Scandinavian Imports at 406 Broadway, Downtown Fargo. Call for tickets…
Alicia Underlee Nelsonalicia@hpr1.com A midnight wedding ceremony at the Clay County Courthouse in Moorhead on August 1, 2013 was more than a romantic gesture. Eighteen couples made history on that day by exchanging vows in the…
By Michael M. Millermichael.miller@ndsu.edu On March 11, 2024, we celebrated the 121st birthday of bandleader Lawrence Welk. He was born March 11, 1903 in a sod house near Strasburg, North Dakota, and died on May 17,1992. The…
Saturday, May 117 p.m., gates at 5 p.m.Outdoors at Fargo Brewing Company610 University Dr. N, FargoWisconsin’s finest export, The Violent Femmes, started out in Milwaukee in 1981 as an acoustic punk band, and they’ve been…
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by Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comAccording to my great-grandfather many years ago, my French ancestors migrated from Normandy to Quebec to Manitoba to Wisconsin to Minnesota over the spread of more than two centuries, finally…
By Rick Gionrickgion@gmail.com Holiday wine shopping shouldn’t have to be complicated. But unfortunately it can cause unneeded anxiety due to an overabundance of choices. Don’t fret my friends, we once again have you covered…
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By John Showalterjohn.d.showalter@gmail.com It is not unheard of for bands to go on hiatus. However, as the old saying goes, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” That is why when a local group like STILL comes back to…
Now playing at the Fargo Theatre.By Greg Carlson gregcarlson1@gmail.comPalme d’Or recipient “Anatomy of a Fall” is now enjoying an award-season victory tour, recently picking up Golden Globe wins for both screenplay and…
By Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.com There’s no exaggeration when we say that this year’s Plains Art Gala is going to be out of this world, with a sci-fi theme inspired by a painting housed in the Plains Art Museum’s permanent…
By John Showalterjohn.d.showalter@gmail.comHigh Plains Reader had the opportunity to interview two mysterious new game show hosts named Milt and Bradley Barker about an upcoming event they will be putting on at Brewhalla. What…
By Annie Prafckeannieprafcke@gmail.com AUSTIN, Texas – As a Chinese-American, connecting to my culture through food is essential, and no dish brings me back to my mother’s kitchen quite like hotdish. Yes, you heard me right –…
By Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comNew Jamestown Brewery Serves up Local FlavorThere’s something delicious brewing out here on the prairie and it just so happens to be the newest brewery west of the Red River and east of the…
By John Showalter john.d.showalter@gmail.comThey sell fentanyl test strips and kits to harm-reduction organizations and…
JANUARY 19, 1967– MARCH 8, 2023 Brittney Leigh Goodman, 56, of Fargo, N.D., passed away unexpectedly at her home on March 8, 2023. Brittney was born January 19, 1967, to Ruth Wilson Pollock and Donald Ray Goodman, in Hardinsburg,…
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Dismissing the value of small towns for the future of our nation is a mistakeBy Bill Oberlanderarcandburn@gmail.comAccording to U.S. Census projections, by the middle of this century, roughly 90% of the total population will live…
