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by HPR Staff | Best Bets | June 5th, 2019
…June 8-15Various LocationsThe North Dakota Brewers Guild invites craft beer enthusiasts to celebrate the brewers of North Dakota and bordering states June 8-15 to go back to school for “Craft Brew U.” With over 75 different styles of beer out there, knowing what to sample can be overwhelming. From American…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | June 5th, 2019
…Friday, June 7-8, 6:30-12 a.m.Lutheran Church of the Cross, Nisswa, MNBe sure to polish your dancing shoes because you won’t want to miss this. A grand sampler platter of 25+ Scandinavian folk musicians sharing the stage as Nisswa-stämman Scandinavian Folk Music Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary.
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | June 5th, 2019
…Cue the Alice Cooper because “School’s out for summer!” Last week we spotlighted a ridiculous number of music, art, food, and cultural festivals that were going on throughout the region throughout the summer. While pouring our blood sweat and tears into that dreaded list I couldn’t help but think man,…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 5th, 2019
…English writer C.S. Lewis was thinking of the start of war in 1939 when giving a sermon at Oxford University he expressed the following: “Human life has always lived on the edge of a precipice. If men had postponed the search for knowledge and beauty until they were secure the…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | June 5th, 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 way to admiration from scholars and critics articulating what early adopters recognized from the first: Ridley Scott’s elegant, observant masterwork combines pinpoint design, allusive writing, and…
by HPR Contributor | Music | June 5th, 2019
…By Abby Swegardenabbyjoswe@gmail.comAni DiFranco has always craved intimacy. This may come as a surprise to many fans of the folk icon, because we know her as a fiercely independent singer, songwriter, activist, poet, and now author. Ani has always defied any sort of categorization, though, and she forever reminds us…
by John Showalter | Music | June 5th, 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 there. Though there is a growing acceptance of its usage for both medicinal and recreational purposes among the general population and the list of states that…
by John Strand | Last Word | June 5th, 2019
…By Zach Nerpelzachnerpel@gmail.comSometimes there is no compromise to be made, especially when those who you presume to level with are those who would lock you up for even questioning their authority. There is no “middle ground” in what has been shown to be an inherently flawed system, completely derelict of…
by Sabrina Hornung | Beer Snob | June 5th, 2019
…If you’re from the region you may have sipped, sampled or caught word of a libation often referred to as “red eye” or “wedding whiskey” at some point. In fact some of our friends of German Russia descent swear by it. If you can get your hands on a bottle…
by C.S. Hagen | News | June 1st, 2019
…FARGO – The copper snake knife came with a warning in 1984: never touch the blade; it was poisoned. For decades the knife was kept in grandpa’s nightstand touched only under his watchful eye. After being inspected by PBS’s Antiques ROADSHOW, the mystery dissolved, but the heirloom became no less…