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DAPL whistleblower in hiding after receiving threats

by C.S. Hagen | News | June 22nd, 2017

…cshagen@hpr1.comBISMARCK - Former DAPL security employee turned whistleblower, Kourtni Dockter, is in hiding. Threats from “concerned citizens” have been made against her; a black truck with no license plates is surveilling her parents’ house.“They have threatened me, claiming that I’m a junkie drug addict and they want to come beat…

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​VCSU goes without theatre

by Dima Vitanova | News | June 21st, 2017

…What Monika Browne calls a bubble of magic floated to a burst at Valley City State University.Readying for a dent in state funds, whacked by diminished oil revenues and commodity prices last summer, the university resolved to gradually shed its theater minor as part of a budget reduction of 10…

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​Altered futures, tied purses and measured hope

by Dima Vitanova | News | June 21st, 2017

…Some decked in black jerseys, others in green, more than a dozen women skated on the Ralph Engelstad Arena of the University of North Dakota. Clutching sticks and chasing a puck on May 29, they practiced for the next hockey season.Focused on the game, little did the student athletes know…

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​Blocking and tackling

by Chuck Solly | Culture | June 21st, 2017

…Well, blocking anyway…The new headline reads: “Google plans to clean up the web with Chrome ad blocker next year.” For those of you who have ever tried to read news stories on Google or many other news sources, you have run into multiple ads that vie for your attention. It…

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​Helping Kids rock out with Make a Riff

by John Showalter | Music | June 21st, 2017

…Pursuing a hobby, much less a career in music is more difficult than just picking up an instrument. Though the passion may be there, the cost of equipment and lessons can be prohibitive.Of course this is something that Fargo-Moorhead rock star Nathan ‘Natanic’ Pehler, of Brutalur among other projects, realized…

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​Serving up your bias at the Bias Bar

by HPR Contributor | Culture | June 21st, 2017

…By Mrisha SharmaAn unusual bar is serving up biases and its patrons are sending their own biases right back.The bar is the Bias Bar, an interactive exhibit at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway. It shares space on the first floor with Detours, an exhibition about people who find…

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Transgender healthcare panel

by Faye Seidler | Culture | June 21st, 2017

…The Community Uplift Program (CUP), a local nonprofit, is hosting a discussion about Transgender Healthcare at the Fargo-Moorhead Unitarian Universalist Church (121 9th St S Fargo), June 27th, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. This event is open to the public and will provide water, coffee, snacks to those who attend.I’ll be…

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Living in Prozac nation

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 21st, 2017

…From Homer’s Odyssey to Buddy Holly: The times they are a-changin’When Robert Zimmerman, born in Duluth and raised in Hibbing, better known as Bob Dylan, won the Nobel Prize for Literature (worth almost a cool $1 million), he said, “When I received this Nobel Prize for literature, I got to…

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​I may just be suffering from Lunacy!

by Logan Macrae | All About Food | June 21st, 2017

…On a sultry Thursday night, I sauntered into Luna. Situated on South University next to Bernie’s Beer and Wine, it isn’t exactly a hole in the wall, but it is certainly off the beaten path, and as described by their motto it is truly the neighborhood kitchen. The interior is…

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​Take a break from bitter with fruit beers

by Chris Larson | Beer Snob | June 21st, 2017

…Here in the upper midwest we love the summer season for so many different reasons but two of the big reasons I love summer are fresh produce and being outside with a beer in my hand. Sometimes, when I’m spending the day in the hot sun, bringing both together with…

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