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by Chris Hennen | News | December 17th, 2015
…Q & A with Great Plains Food Bank. organization working to fight hunger in Fargo and MoorheadAs we approach the holiday season, we at the High Plains Reader wanted to learn more about efforts to end hunger in our region. The Great Plains Food Bank is the only food bank…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | December 12th, 2015
…American film actress Louise Brooks had a fairly minor career in Hollywood and is best remembered today for two films she made in Germany for noted director Georg Wilhelm Pabst, “Pandora’s Box” and “Diary of a Lost Girl,” both from 1929. Pabst also made “The White Hell of Pitz Palu”…
by Taylor Blumer | Culture | December 12th, 2015
…Local adventurer leads fundraising effort for children’s education in GuatemalaAfter graduating from NDSU in 2008, Luke Armstrong decided to turn a semester’s stay in Chile into a hitchhiking journey that would take him north all the way to Alaska. However, that plan was put on the back burner when Armstrong…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | December 12th, 2015
…Tuesday, Dec. 15, 6:30 p.m.Hjemkomst Center, 202 First Ave. N., MoorheadSara Pajunen is a Minneapolis-based Finnish American violinist, and is drawn to immigration stories. She knows the story all too well of leaving the familiar for the unknown. For her performance she will combine spoken word and new technology, with…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cocktail Showdown | December 12th, 2015
…Week eight of the cocktail showdown brought our fearless judges to Monte’s to sample Nate Eversman’s “Guavalada” and the “Spicy maple bacon”. We were then off to Rustica to experience Kyle Berglund’s “Brandied apple” and the “Savory Spaniard”. Our last stop of the night brought us to Hennessey’s where Eric…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | December 10th, 2015
…Ronan goes to “Brooklyn”John Crowley’s film of Colm Toibin’s popular novel “Brooklyn” features a tremendous Saoirse Ronan – whose thoughtful and inviting presence is more than enough to recommend the movie, despite some of its easy calculations. As Eilis Lacey, a young woman who leaves her home and family in…
by HPR Contributor | Culture | December 10th, 2015
…Designer Cari Ann Golden’s brand expands into fashionby Alicia Underlee Nelson“I’ve always made stuff, “ said Cari Ann Golden. “I didn’t realize until about three years ago that people would buy stuff.” The Fargo jewelry designer and seamstress began selling striking, handmade jewelry under the Wuve label in 2012. And…
by Sabrina Hornung | All About Food | December 10th, 2015
…We all talk insensately about the farm to table movement, GMOs and the obesity epidemic. Well, anyone who is of age has probably heard everything there is to say on the matter, and if they are going to do anything about it now is the time. Who we really need…
by HPR Contributor | Arts | December 10th, 2015
…by Ben RheaultAs part of its ongoing series of classes and lectures, The Rourke Art Museum is bringing local artist, activist, and educator Michael Strand to discuss the history of craft from its origins as functional objects to its use as a tool bringing awareness to current issues. I asked…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | December 10th, 2015
…Who Is in the Middle East Lineup Card?It came to me after reading Michael Gunter’s “Out of Nowhere: The Kurds of Syria in Peace and War,” his attempt at explaining what was happening in Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and two dozen other Arab and Muslim countries. Remember when we were trying…