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by HPR Staff | Best Bets | June 22nd, 2016
…Friday, June 24, 7-11pmThe New Direction, 14 Roberts St (lower level), Downtown FargoAll ages punk show. Commonwealth of American Natives plus Crab Legs, No Thumbs Up, Low Speed Chase, Out of Focus. Not that many people know about The New Direction yet. Check it out. Some part of the future…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | June 22nd, 2016
…Friday, June 24, 7:30pmHansen Theatre, MSUM, 1104 7th Ave S, MoorheadThe Broadway hit. Rock star wannabe Robbie Heart, New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer and the life of the party until his fiancee Linda leaves him at the altar. 1985: hair was big, collars were up, and the wedding singer was…
by HPR Contributor | HPR Abroad | June 16th, 2016
…By Amy VennOslo Pride 2016 marches on in the wake of the Orlando tragedy, with a message of solidarity and a determination to celebrate acceptance and equality.“It’s been a couple of very intense days,” Petter Ruud-Johansen, information officer for Oslo Pride 2016, said about the effect the shooting has had…
by HPR Contributor | HPR Abroad | June 16th, 2016
…By: Angie PerezReligious affiliation in Norway has been on a steady decline in recent decades. For the first time ever atheists slightly outnumber believers, demonstrating modern society’s move toward secularization. According to Norway’s Ipsos MMI 2016 social-cultural survey, 39 percent of Norwegians who were asked about their faith considered themselves atheist,…
by HPR Contributor | Music | June 15th, 2016
…By Ben RheaultI practically stumbled across Built to Spill by accident. I was returning a warped record I had purchased from what was then Vinyl Connection (now Orange Records.) They didn’t have another copy of the record I originally bought, but the clerk, who was a friend of mine and…
by Zac Echola | Last Word | June 15th, 2016
…By Zac EcholaFargo’s city commission voted, among other tax incentives, to loan about $6 million to three of the richest people in the state, at least one of whom is still referred to as a philanthropist by the local daily in stories having nothing to do with philanthropy.Meanwhile in Omaha,…
by Brittney Goodman | Culture | June 15th, 2016
…We need bees. They pollinate, enabling plants to reproduce. The Plains Art Museum is engaged in the fourth year of a project to educate our community on the importance of bees. The Defiant Gardens Pollinator Project began with a summit, hosted by the Plains Art Museum under the direction of…
by Särah Nour | Arts | June 15th, 2016
…On Tuesday the 21st, the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County (HCSCC) will be hosting a panel discussion and book signing at the Hjemkomst Museum, complete with refreshments. Photographer Jon Solinger will sign and sell copies of his book, “Working Land: New Rural Photographs,” a visual chronicle of the…
by John Strand | Editorial | June 15th, 2016
…Words will not do justice to what’s on my mind. This will not be a traditional editorial. Rather, it’s a personal communication to HPR’s readers and others in our community.I’ve had many titles over the years, here at HPR and elsewhere. There is nothing I’m more proud of than being…
by John Showalter | Culture | June 15th, 2016
…Anyone who has lived in the Fargo-Moorhead area for any amount of time is probably well aware of our infatuation with all things Scandinavian, especially the Vikings. It only makes sense, with so much of the population around here having ancestry that hails from the frozen north. Even as someone…