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by Greg Carlson | Cinema | October 25th, 2017
…Veteran “American Masters” producer and series creator Susan Lacy, whose access to subjects and breadth of knowledge is the envy of scores of documentarians, looks at Steven Spielberg in a nearly two-and-a-half-hour-long portrait for HBO.Simply titled “Spielberg,” the movie is surprisingly safe, conservative, and risk-free. Populated with an endless supply…
by Megan Bartholomay | Beer Snob | October 25th, 2017
…As a wine pro, I’ve been getting a LOT of questions about the effects of the fires in California wine country, so I wanted to lay out some facts and talk a little bit about what it actually means for the counties affected by the fires, and to us as…
by C.S. Hagen | News | October 20th, 2017
…MANDAN – Hundreds of trials for activists who stood against the Dakota Access Pipeline have seen the judge’s gavel, but only two, so far, received jail time.Mary Redway, 64, a retired environmental biologist from Rhode Island, and Alexander Simon, 27, a teacher living in New Mexico, both were found guilty and…
by Sabrina Hornung | Culture | October 19th, 2017
…When asked what sparked her interest in tattoo culture, Danielle Colby, star of the hit reality TV show ‘American Pickers,’ replied, “I think that came from my grandfather. He was in the Navy, so he was heavily tattooed. I remember he had this one tattoo of the Statue of Liberty…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | October 18th, 2017
…Our opinion: We’ve all been there, been followed, stalked, or worse…On Sunday night, Alyssa Milano tweeted: “Suggested by a friend: If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote “Me too” as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem.”“Me too”…
by Dima Vitanova | Culture | October 18th, 2017
…Like the many tiny towns that dot the vast expanse of North Dakota, Abercrombie, which rests some 40 minutes south of Fargo, appears quite ordinary. In the north-eastern edge of Richland County, its flat streets rove among homes and local businesses that huddle in the center of large parcels, comfortably…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | October 18th, 2017
…The High Plains Reader ran into Beau, master craftsman, who works with what the Minot Daily news called “junk repurposed into musical masterpieces.”High Plains Reader: How did you get into luthiery?Beau Theige: I came across a guy on YouTube playing a 3-string cigar box and I thought it would be…
by Chuck Solly | Culture | October 18th, 2017
…In an earlier column I mentioned how many thousands of files I have. Keeping everything organized can be quite a headache if I don’t keep up with the job. One of my favorite pastimes is procrastination, so it is doubly difficult for me. I do, however, use the resources provided…
by Seng Phengdouangdeth | Culture | October 18th, 2017
…Just down a dusty old road trailing west in North Dakota, on County Road 9, you’ll come upon the Tetrault Woods which you’ll have to travel through. It’s said that the road eventually becomes so narrow that you can hardly drive any further because your vehicle might be too big…
by Faye Seidler | Culture | October 18th, 2017
…In the area this last week there were two major events dedicated to addressing and eliminating hate within the Fargo/Moorhead community. Both cities also passed an inclusive resolution to send a strong message that hate is not welcomed in our community.Independent of their results, just knowing that events like these…