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by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | December 27th, 2017
…2017 has been quite a year. Like any year, we’ve had our own triumphs and tragedies.We survived a year of Trump in office and we said goodbye to Tom Petty. In local news we shared the shock and horror of the murder of Savanna Greywind and mourned together as a…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | December 27th, 2017
…High Plains Reader: How did the idea for Daily Trump Cartoon come to you—what was your call to action?Peter Yuenger: It wasn’t really a call to action, It was more of a New Year’s resolution to get back in the habit of drawing or doing some sort of…
by Hee Han | Culture | December 27th, 2017
…Ketel Wonder, Burlesque Performer and Pole Fitness Instructor, is the first polesque performer in North Dakota. Wonder’s journey began when she was 23.“I attended my very first burlesque show at the Aquarium. It was a Bad Weather Burlesque show, and afterward I approached the Alabaster Disaster about how I could…
by C.S. Hagen | News | December 27th, 2017
…PULLMAN, WASHINGTON – Rome lasted a thousand years, but fell to Germanic barbarians. China’s last dynasty capitulated in 1911 to Sun Yat-sen after constant civil unrest. Since the beginning of time, empires have risen and they’ve fallen, but never has a civilization been closer to collapse or widespread revolution than…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | December 27th, 2017
…The indomitable Laura Poitras adds to her fascinating filmography with “Risk,” a years-in-the-making (and unmaking) portrait of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, beginning prior to his retreat into the embassy of Ecuador in London under threat of eventual extradition to the United States.Less immediate and urgent than her Oscar-winner “Citizenfour,” “Risk”…
by Megan Bartholomay | Beer Snob | December 27th, 2017
…I don’t remember where I heard it, but someone once said, “You don’t save Champagne for a special occasion, Champagne IS the special occasion.” I could not agree more.Champagne is not only massively underrated as an everyday drinking wine (for good reason: it’s kinda pricey), but it’s way too misunderstood…
by Charlie Barber | Last Word | December 27th, 2017
…“Treason – the offense of attempting to overthrow the government of one’s country or of assisting its enemies in war.” – Webster’s Dictionary“(Thomas) Jefferson seems to have had none of (James) Madison’s fear for the tyranny of majority opinion. Let everything come out, and the judgment of the common people…
by C.S. Hagen | News | December 24th, 2017
…OSLO, NORWAY – American Indigenous leaders took insult this week during a Nobel Peace Prize forum, after a Morton County leader addressed issues pertaining to the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy.Morton County Commissioner Cody Schultz, an outspoken proponent of the Dakota Access Pipeline, was one of 500 “ticketed guests,” and was invited…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | December 20th, 2017
…Thursday, December 21, 6pmU.S. Bank Plaza, Broadway, DowntownLet’s march together and help the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless honor those who have lost their lives while homeless. Procession leaving U.S. Bank Plaza at 6pm; Memorial Service at 6:30pm at Elim Lutheran Church, 321 9th St N. 651-645-7332
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | December 20th, 2017
…Thursday, December 28, 8-11pmHoDo, 101 Broadway N, 701-478-1000The talented singer-songwriter and her rock band. Storytelling songs, sophisticated sound with broad appeal, the first event after the Christmas void and no cover. Where did her name come from? Reina del Cid, that was Ximena Díaz, who died 900 years ago.