Culture

Positive Vibrations: The Edge Interview with Jurema Silva

April 18th, 2018

Jurema Silva By Tim Miejan
t.miejan.25@gmail.com

As a young girl growing up in São Paulo in southern Brazil, Jurema Silva was exposed to an eclectic blend of spirituality that went beyond the borders of her family’s Catholic Church parish. Yes, on Sunday millions of Brazilians attended mass, but during the week, on Wednesday nights and Friday nights, centers focused on spiritualism and African religions helped the locals explore their gifts of intuition and mediumship.

The openness of her society to…

Supporting North Dakota’s Next Generation of Creativity

April 4th, 2018

Photograph by Jude Dill Whenever the topic of children’s education comes up, the subject of the arts usually follows. Despite the fact that artistic undertaking can have a positive effect on a young individual’s development, arts programs are often the first to see budget cuts for more “practical” fields. Many great artists got their start when they were young, and not giving young people the proper outlets to ply their craft means that we may be denying ourselves the artists and writers of tomorrow.…

Awesome Grant awarded to F-M’s only queer radio program

April 4th, 2018

The Awesome Foundation supports ideas and initiatives in our area through thousand-dollar grants every month. This month they awarded $1,000, split between the host of Fargo’s only queer radio program, Nemo Siqueiros, and the “Multi-Ethnic Recording Project” on KPPP-LP.

Last year I had the privilege of talking to Nemo about his program “Finding me” and what got him into radio. That article can be found here:

Japanese Hinamatsuri dolls

March 28th, 2018

The Hina dolls were exhibited at the Spirit Room beginning on March 3rd in honor of and in recognition of the Hinamatsuri Festival of Japan, which is celebrated on that date to honor young girls (Hina, girls; Matsuri, festival).

In Japan the young girl's family and friends share Japanese sweets (moji), exhibit their own Hina Doll collection and wish for a happy and prosperous life for the young girl(s). This always includes the hope for a successful marriage,” Said Vern Hunter,…

HPR by Southwest highlight reel

March 21st, 2018

Lukas Nelson on the pandora stage at the gatsby preview South by Southwest in Austin Texas, where does one even begin to say how it inspires, invigorates, and exhausts--but in the best way possible. We spent two weeks at SXSW this year working and playing. In that time we had a chance to watch as people filtered in and out of the city. Talk about a haven for creatives. Where else can one experience customized rapping robots, panel discussions with pop cultural icons, test products, games and apps, rub elbows with celebrities, take in thought…

What software should I use?

March 21st, 2018

I just bought a new Windows computer and now is the time to decide which software I am going to use. I generally don’t buy the real expensive software not because I can’t afford it but because I don’t need it. My needs for office-type software are fairly simple.

If you do decide to buy the greatest and the best, be aware that there will be a steeper learning curve. There may be more features in the high-end word processor, but you have to take the time to learn them.

One of the…

Getting back in touch with nature in Fargo-Moorhead

March 21st, 2018

Photograph by Sabrina Hornung The environment is a hot topic nowadays. Nature and people’s interaction with it are at the forefront of political and social discussions. But for all our fixation on it, hardly has there been a point in history where humans have been so far removed from the natural world.

This isn’t just the case in a huge metropolis like New York City, but even in smaller urban areas like Fargo. However, many people want to learn more about the natural world and revisit it in a way that ancestors…

Should you learn to code?

March 14th, 2018

Do things look bleak in your working life? Every job is a contract position. Nothing comes with health care. Many of us carry so much debt.

Not if you can code…

You probably already do code. You do it in Excel or Google Spreadsheets. You run little processes in a sequence or do a series of find-and-replace routines in a big document. How many Find and Replace routines have you done in your computer career?

Programming as a career can lead to a rewarding, solidly middle-class existence. If…

Horse regalia with James Star Comes Out

March 14th, 2018

Native horse regalia at Rosebud Fair Native horse regalia is more than pretty beads and tanned leather. The art form has existed for centuries among American tribes, intrinsic to Native culture and spirituality as war drums and language. Nearly lost to modernity, a local artist plans to help bring the traditions back with an event at NDSU.

“Horse Regalia were commonly utilized by Lakota/Dakota/Nakota people for a giveaway in honor or in remembrance of a relative, identification of a warrior society, in ceremonies such as…

The Wonder Women of North Dakota

March 14th, 2018

Harriet Zetterberg Margolies during the Nuremberg Trials We had a chance to visit with Allison Veselka about the North Dakota Women at War exhibit, at Barnes County Historical Society On Thursday March 22 Allison will lead a lecture on North Dakota Women at War.

High Plains Reader: Barnes County museum director Wes Anderson had a quote that resonated within me. "If you want to see Wonder Woman, this is it.”

Allison Veselka: I’ve been working on my ND Women at War research project/exhibit for little over a year now. With just women from and…