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by Chris Hennen | Cocktail Showdown | December 10th, 2014
…After weeks of the grueling task of sampling the finest drinks and shots from the best bartenders at bars and restaurants of all types throughout Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo, the 6th Annual HPR Cocktail Showdown has come to an end. While the judges had varying opinions and tastes on…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | December 10th, 2014
…To Congress: How Do You Control 21,415 Miles Of Our International Border?At our Pelican Lake home we have about 30 wild turkeys show up occasionally to spend a half-hour or so cleaning up under our bird feeders. Blue jays and marauding squirrels have terrible table manners, spilling sunflower seeds, millet,…
by HPR Contributor | Music | December 10th, 2014
…By Rod HadlandIn a house in Moorhead sit some amp stacks, a PA and a drum kit. The basement is the base camp where S0und, a band featuring Ben Hill on guitar/vocals, Michael Beatrez on bass/vocals, Alex Johnson on guitar and Frankie Maxwell on drums, came together. Breaking off from…
by Krissy Ness | Beer Snob | December 10th, 2014
…Summit - Harvest Fresh IPA (ABV 7% IBU 70, Minnesota) This transparent copper-colored beer possesses a fluffy white head that rises to the sky. The evident aroma of cascade, centennial and chinook hops rises from the glass while this beer finishes crisp and clean.JL Beers - Hoppin’ Wet (ABV 6.7%…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | December 10th, 2014
…Last week I reviewed still-active Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci’s breakthrough film “The Conformist,” but that’s not the only Italian classic new to Blu-ray. The legendary Federico Fellini (1920-1993) is probably the best-known director of Italian cinema around the world, by name at least, even among people who have seen few,…
by HPR Contributor | Culture | December 10th, 2014
…By Brittney GoodmanIf you are in downtown Fargo on Saturday, Dec. 13, do not be alarmed if you see a horde of Santas on Broadway or a Santa lifting his beard to drink a pint at your favorite bar. SantaCon is once again coming to Fargo (and to approximately 130…
by Jack Dura | Theatre | December 10th, 2014
…F-M Opera brings back Christmas-themed ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’It’s an old, familiar favorite this time around with the Fargo-Moorhead Opera’s latest offering. Arriving just in time for the Christmas season is “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” the operatic telling of the three wise men stopping over at the home…
by Deb Jenkins | All About Food | December 10th, 2014
…So let’s talk about nuts and the holidays. I do mean the nuts you eat of course. “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” definitely comes to mind as I write this, and now it is continually looping and stuck in my head! I think it’s really interesting…
by Troy Jackson | Theatre | December 6th, 2014
…*Adult language advisory*With the holiday season resonating swiftly day by day, we took a shot (no chaser) at interviewing the trio of Trailer Park pioneers. These Canadian musketeers of sub-high-class living quarters return to Fargo on December 8 for their “Dear Santa Claus, Go F#ck Yourself Tour.”High Plains Reader: How’d…
by Chris Hennen | News | December 5th, 2014
…Moorhead has been selected as one of four distribution sites for medical marijuana by Minnesota Medical Solutions or MinnMed. The company was one of two organizations chosen by Minnesota’s Department of Health to grow and sell the state’s supply of medical marijuana under a new state law just passed in…