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by HPR Staff | Best Bets | July 13th, 2017
…July 11-16, Tuesday through Sunday, 11am-9pm1805 W Main Ave, West FargoATMs in fairgrounds; Baby Care Center; tickets $5, $10, under 5 free; get your hand stamped to get back in; auto racing at 6pm, concerts at 8pm; Information Building, friendly knowledgeable staff; lost & found 701-282-2200; service dogs only; smoking…
by Dima Vitanova | Culture | July 12th, 2017
…In early June, some 10 miles south of Grand Forks, North Dakota, the air resounded with a high-pitched buzz. Several drones glided above the sprouting fields, each charting its own mission. One hovered along a power line, vetting its integrity. Another carried out the same task, but so high in…
by Sabrina Hornung | Music | July 12th, 2017
…Photo by Raul GomezLeonard Podolak is both a contributor and an innovator on the Canadian folk scene. Considered a clawhammer virtuoso, the Grammy and Juno award-winning artist has entertained audiences worldwide, with a wide range of styles and influences. HPR had the chance to chat with Podolak onsite at Winnipeg…
by Sabrina Hornung | Music | July 12th, 2017
…Peter Yarrow is an American singer and songwriter who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote one of the group’s greatest hits, Puff, the Magic Dragon.A veteran of Greenwich Village and a lifetime dedicated to his causes—at 79 Yarrow has no plans of…
by Jack Dura | Outdoors | July 12th, 2017
…Frost smoke rolled off the water and gathered in the middle of the lake, obscuring anything and everything beyond the battered dock.Somewhere in the mist, Canada geese called. The sunrise sparkled through the trees and a night light over a cabin window flicked off as the morning arrived.This is Lake…
by Jacinta Macheel Zens | Arts | July 12th, 2017
…At 94 years old, acclaimed regional printmaker Charles Beck continues to work on artworks every day. Although he has had to stop his daily printmaking practice and now lives in a nursing home, Beck has not been detoured from continuing to create art. Instead of printmaking, Beck now uses acrylic…
by Jack Stenerson | Music | July 12th, 2017
…Salt Creek is an indie/post-rock band based out of Lincoln, Nebraska. They just released their new EP, Where Strangers Go, to critical acclaim and the #5 spot on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. High Plains Reader: Congratulations on the new record hitting the billboard charts! How did you find out?Nathan Richardson,…
by Chuck Solly | Culture | July 12th, 2017
…They are pretty cool! I am sure you have friends or colleagues who don’t use Windows as their operating system. Trying to open files that have been created on another operating system used by your friend can be a huge hassle. PDF files make this possible. PDF stands for Portable…
by HPR Contributor | Best Bets | July 12th, 2017
…By Mrisha Sharmamrishamsharma@gmail.comPhotos: Mrisha Sharma“I really enjoy being a functional human being in the society, still living like this. This way of life is actually working out and I am actually happy with it.”Ida Frisch and her boyfriend, Martin Osvold, are temporarily crashing in an art studio in Hausmania, located…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | July 12th, 2017
…What are the best laid plans for our future?Israeli historian Tuval Noah Harari recently made a fascinating declaration in an article about the future: “People living in the 12th century knew pretty well what the 13th century would be like. Now we are in the first part of the 21st…