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by HPR Contributor | News | August 24th, 2016
…By C.S. HagenCANNON BALL, ND – The Bakken Pipeline began quietly, leaving few footprints along its legal trail straight into the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ lap. Shortly after the 1,172-mile project was green-lighted, protests erupted in western North Dakota. Arrests and lawsuits, calls for peace and threats of violence…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | August 24th, 2016
…August 26-27Barnesville, Minn.Rated one of the best festivals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.Two entire days of everything you could possibly do to a potato. Dozens of activities, street fair, horse-drawn carriage. Plus smorgasbord: lefse, potato dumplings, potato sausage, baked potatoes, and potato pancakes.
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | August 24th, 2016
…Thursday, September 1, gates at 5pm, show at 6Bluestem Amphitheatre, 801 50th Ave SW, MoorheadJam band from Upstate New York, bluegrass and beyond. Popular? Very. At the level of PHISH and The Grateful Dead. All ages. $19.50 on the grass, ten dollars more for a bench seat, and ten dollars…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | August 24th, 2016
…Wednesday, August 30, 12pmIsland Park GazeboAccording to the FED UP! facebook page, “The mission of the FED UP! Coalition is to create one voice calling for an end to the epidemic of drug addiction and overdose deaths attributed to opioids,” and create a federal response to the epidemic. The rally…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | August 24th, 2016
…Saturdays until October 29, 10am-2pmNortheast corner of Broadway and 4th Ave NSo popular that it’s changed Downtown, is the Saturday nucleus pulling everything toward it. Cheerful, always packed, impressive variety, not just food. Scrolling down: bags of topsoil, artists and crafters, adoptable pets, clothing, the occasional pop-up cafe. Actual farmers…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | August 24th, 2016
…Friday, August 26, 7:30pmRed Raven, 916 Main Ave, FargoA chance to see one of the founders of the modern indie movement. Restless, always evolving, a founding member of at least five bands. Genres: punk, lo-fi, rock and pop, and that doesn’t cover it. Now that New Direction is closing, we’re…
by HPR Contributor | Culture | August 24th, 2016
…By Tessa Torgesontessa.torgeson@gmail.com Fargo-Moorhead residents often flock to in Minnesota for weekend getaways to lake cabins, the North Shore of Lake Superior nestled in the Duluth area, or to Minneapolis St. Paul. Meanwhile the glistening gems of North Dakota often remain hidden. I desired to explore a quiet, yet affordable…
by HPR Contributor | Culture | August 24th, 2016
…By Chuck Sollyrcsolly@gmail.comSome new tech from http://www.extremetech.com. Not all new tech will reach the street or your computer room but this one evidently has:New Audis will tell you when the next traffic light will turn green. Audi’s new Traffic Light Information gives drivers a countdown until the light turns green.…
by HPR Contributor | All About Food | August 24th, 2016
…By Heather Schuerheather.schuer@gmail.com The first time you meet Jay “Hollywood” Halvorson, the owner of the Texas Q barbeque food truck, you would think he was born and raised in Texas. He has an accent that has stuck with him from the two years that he lived in Houston in his…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | August 24th, 2016
…“He’s got a good head on his shoulders” may have an entirely new meaningThey have done it to mice, rats, and dogs. Humans could be next. About 220 years ago Queen Marie Antoinette of France, famous for her sarcastic “Let them eat cake!” lost her head to the guillotine when…