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by HPR Staff | Best Bets | July 27th, 2016
…Monday, August 1, 7:15pmGlasrud Auditorium, Weld Hall, MSUM CampusWe’ll be there. We haven’t seen Laurel and Hardy in early silent films, each about as long as a TV episode. At American Theatre Organ Society’s Summer Cinema Series, an F-M tradition. Prologue on the Wurlitzer organ starts at 7:15, films at…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | July 27th, 2016
…Saturday, July 30, 11am-5pmRheault Farm, 2902 25th St SDance to traditional German music. German beer tasting west of white tent, open 12-5pm, 21+ allowed to drink, ID and wristband required. Kids’ crafts in the house, demonstrations in the barn, presentations in the east bunkhouse.Free admission, German foods available for purchase.
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | July 27th, 2016
…Friday, July 29, 1-3pmMaplewood Park, West FargoHave fun being crafty on a Friday afternoon. Create various take-home art projects. Day cares welcome. Please contact the West Fargo Park District ahead of time if you have a large group coming, by calling (701) 433-5360
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | July 27th, 2016
…July 29-31 and August 3-5, 7:30 pm Sheyenne High School Theatre, 800 40th Ave. E, Fargo In this musical we are introduced to a band of hippies who attempt to create a utopia to cope with a world of turmoil surrounding them. Inspired by the Hippie counterculture of the 60s, we see…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | July 22nd, 2016
…It’s been a good period for film noir on Blu-ray this year, as the genre (or subgenre or style, depending on who is defining it) seems to be enjoying a renaissance of popularity, with its flawed anti-heroic characters, fashionably dark cynicism, and stylish low-key cinematography. A nice variety of titles…
by Sabrina Hornung | Music | July 20th, 2016
…Blues-infused rock band Canned Heat formed in Los Angeles in 1965. They created a name for themselves by marrying country blues and rock and roll. They have shared the stage with the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin at the Monterey pop festival and headlined Woodstock. They’ve played venues…
by John Showalter | Culture | July 20th, 2016
…Many of us are familiar with TED conferences or ‘TED Talks’, the global conferences that bring together a wide variety of speakers from different disciplines to talk about subjects ranging from business to culture and society. Perhaps you have watched any number of their published talks online or your supervisor…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | July 20th, 2016
…As clichéd as it is to say that you learn something new everyday, it always seems to hold true, though some things have a lot more intellectual value than others. This week the High Plains Reader had the privilege of interviewing Mud Morganfield, bluesman and son of blues legend Muddy…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | July 20th, 2016
…In 1996, six years following the disappointment of “Graffiti Bridge,” Prince agreed to provide the soundtrack music for director Spike Lee’s “Girl 6.” The project would mark the artist’s final full-scale cinematic collaboration, even though filmmakers continued to use his material and seek him out. Functionally, the “Girl 6” record…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | July 20th, 2016
…Do not pass go, go directly to jail, and never earn any moneySince the light for the philosophy “Greed is Good” was turned to green by Ronald Reagan 35 years ago, local and state governments have increased spending on putting people in jail three times more than they spend on…