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by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | February 10th, 2016
…Something Fishy is Going on By the time this is published a renovation will have taken place—and we are not talking about the renovation occurring at the High Plains Reader office that has left your editor squatting at John Strand’s desk for the past week.According to the North Dakota…
by Chris Hennen | News | February 10th, 2016
…As Fargo continues to experience major growth and redevelopment in its downtown region, some are concerned that it has a ripple effect resulting in gentrification. It is an issue being discussed more and more across the country as cities experience continued years of rapid growth.Major cities like Austin and San…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | February 4th, 2016
…Thursday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m.The Aquarium (Dempsey’s upstairs), 226 Broadway, Fargo Grindflicks presents the second film of their Movie Night at the Aquarium series, with “Lady Terminator.” The Indonesian exploitation film does its own take on the 1984 classic but with a female playing the villain. Steering clear of copyright…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | February 4th, 2016
…Thursday, Feb. 11, 6 p.m.The Guild, 311 DeMers Ave., Grand ForksFor the first time, The Guild will be hosting a film festival made up of 15-second films submitted by community members. The festival features a variety of categories, including funny bone, jeepers creepers and documentary. The entrance fee is $3…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | February 4th, 2016
…Thursday, Feb. 11, 5-9 p.m.Downtown FargoThe second annual Wine About Winter welcomes community members to celebrate Valentine’s Day early. Wine About Winter will be an evening filled with shopping, wine sampling and sweet treats from local bakeries, restaurants and cafes. Wristbands are available for $15 each and participants must be…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | February 4th, 2016
…Saturday, Feb. 6, 9 p.m.Hawks NestChicago punk trio Meat Wave will swing by Hawks Nest to play a show before making their way to the West Coast. The band has received praise following their debut album “Delusion Moon,” released last year, including a five-star review in The Guardian. The show…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | February 4th, 2016
…Saturday, Feb. 6, 9:30 p.m.The Aquarium (Dempsey’s upstairs)Support the local hip hop scene as Fargo group Blitz & Butch perform tracks from their upcoming mixtape and others from their release “The Cousin of Sleep.” DJ Bucknastee from 33 1/3 Revolutionaries will play new and old hip hop tracks and also…
by HPR Contributor | Best Bets | February 4th, 2016
…Friday, Feb. 5, 7:30 p.m.716 Main Ave., FargoWilliam Shakespeare is hired to write the true history of the Gunpowder Plot, the terrorist plot to blow up Parliament on Nov. 5, 1605. As the King’s Men investigate, they discover not everything is as it seems. A company of six brings over…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | February 4th, 2016
…WARNING: Do not read until after you have seen “Anomalisa”Like so many of the curious, distinctive places imagined and created for his films, the universe of Charlie Kaufman’s “Anomalisa” is simultaneously familiar and strange, recognizable and alien, inviting and terrifying. Based on Kaufman’s 2005 play, the film adaptation is co-directed…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | February 4th, 2016
…How 62 people gathered as much wealth as the poorer half of the world’s populationPerhaps it all started when the U.S. Supreme Court decided that money is speech, corporations are people, and declared in the Citizens United case six years ago that politicians could not be corrupted by money. Have…