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by Chris Hennen | Culture | November 24th, 2015
…Expansion will include new stage area downstairsAs they approached their 10th anniversary in March, Dempsey’s Public House owner Bert Myers wanted to do something with that bar to keep things fresh and deal with rising competition in downtown Fargo. About the time those thoughts were arising, they were approached by…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | November 24th, 2015
…You’ve come a long way, BabyHaji Hagopian and his wife Nouritza fled what was once Constantinople (now Istanbul) in 1923 at the tail end of the Armenian genocide, Nouritza was three people away from being gunned down by a Turkish firing squad. My Grandfather was merely three months old at…
by Brittney Goodman | Culture | November 24th, 2015
…Six years of fun and philanthropy supporting the Gladys Ray ShelterAs one of the founders of Fargo’s version of SantaCon, the jolly pub crawl with holiday costumes and a giving spirit, I found myself surprised that we are coming up on our sixth year, and wanted to talk to some…
by HPR Staff | News | November 24th, 2015
…For this week’s cover story, we asked High Plains Reader staff members and volunteers as well as cover story subjects from 2015 and friends of the paper what they are grateful for this year. Below are the responses. Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at HPR!“I am thankful for all the amazing…
by HPR Contributor | Culture | November 24th, 2015
…By David McCoyOn April 25, 2015, Nepal suffered a devastating earthquake. The U.S. Geological Survey deemed it a 7.8 magnitude quake that hit surrounding areas including the cities Bharatpur, Kirtipur and Kathmandu. Around 9,000 lives were lost, and even today, seven months later, thousands of refugees are still displaced and…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | November 24th, 2015
…Film noir fans can be thankful this weekend that more and more noir titles have been showing up on Blu-ray over the past few months. Independent films (past and present) can be strong personal cinematic visions or slick packages designed to sell tickets and fill a particular bill. On November…
by Diane Miller | All About Food | November 24th, 2015
…By Eric MckenzieThe holidays, a time to gather loved ones to ingest a gloriously gluttonous and gluten-ous feast.According to the 2015 American Society for Nutrition Conference, simple sugar used to constitute about 2% of the average diet. Now it’s upwards of 25%. Nearly everything in the Standard American Holiday Meal…
by HPR Contributor | News | November 24th, 2015
…#loveoverfear What are you so afraid of? By Whitney RetzerThe Economist reports that 750,000 refugees have resettled in America since 9/11, and not one of these refugees have been arrested on domestic terrorism charges. The world has always been a fragile ecosystem living and breathing between the balance of nature…
by HPR Contributor | Last Word | November 20th, 2015
…By Josh BoscheeThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is new to most of us. It is a federal agency founded in response to the predatory lending practices that led to the 2007-2009 recession, with a mission to consolidate consumer financial protections authority in one place. The responsibility of the CFPB…
by HPR Contributor | Last Word | November 20th, 2015
…By Rilie Ray MorganAs Chairperson of the North Dakota Medical Marijuana Committee, I feel compelled to respond to my old college professor, Lloyd Omdahl and his column on Medical Cannabis. Omdahl’s comments have some fatal flaws.In fairness he does have a couple of things right, the first being that the…