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by Deb Jenkins | All About Food | September 10th, 2015
…With the recent anniversary of Hurricane Katrina I was inspired to write about The Cajun Café.When I sat down with the owner Gary Gilbertson I found that I was meeting with a very happy, laid back, informative fun guy. He never stopped smiling while talking about his place, which I…
by Rob Port | Say Anything | September 10th, 2015
…“I don’t agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”That famous and wonderful quote is often attributed, erroneously, to the French Enlightenment writer Voltaire. It was actually written in 1904 by one of his biographers, Evelyn Beatrice Hall, as a summary…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | September 10th, 2015
…Veteran journalist and hip-hop historian Sacha Jenkins delivers his first feature-length documentary with “Fresh Dressed,” a chronological overview of urban fashion that closely parallels the music scene that rocketed from the New York underground to a global phenomenon packaged by mainstream media conglomerates. Blending a dizzying array of rappers, players…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | September 10th, 2015
…The fifth and final movie in Warner’s Blu-ray box set “The Golden Year: 1939” is arguably the most famous, even among those who have never seen it.For decades “Gone With the Wind” ranked as the all-time box office champion as well as the winner of the most Oscars, eight in…
by Sabrina Hornung | News | September 9th, 2015
…Sometimes referred to as “the castle on the hill,” the former Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Facility also known as the Kirkbride building has inspired shock, awe, inspiration and provided economic stability to a community for well over a century. It housed the mentally ill, developmentally disabled and those battling substance…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | September 9th, 2015
…The obituary of Dr. Oliver Sacks, 82, who died on August 30, appeared on the front pages of national newspapers, with a photo of him holding a three-pound human brain in one hand. That brain has over one trillion cells, with a 100 billion of them acting as neurons linking…
by Jack Dura | Theatre | September 9th, 2015
…For Tim Larson, the Theater Lab is all about uniqueness. The new theater company gets off the ground in the next two weeks with its first production, offering a show with different staging, a small cast and a stretch of the imagination. “The Zoo Story,” the Theater Lab’s premiere show,…
by John Strand | Editorial | September 9th, 2015
…The little newspaper that could turns 21 with this edition of HPR. We are proud as all get out and hope you bear with us as we reminisce and acknowledge.The High Plains Reader no doubt has had a storied past. Good and bad. It’s never been easy, but whoever said…
by Diane Miller | Best Bets | September 3rd, 2015
…Tewaukon Music FestivalSat, Sept. 5, 11 a.m.Coteau des Prairies Lodge, 9953 141st Ave SE, Havana, NDSpend the day outdoors with you family and camping under the stars, listening to music from up and coming regional artists such as Kat Perkins, Tigirlily, Jessie Veeder, 2 Mile Finale and Frost Fire. With…
by Stephen Anderson | Music | September 3rd, 2015
…A few years ago, in a now-famous appearance on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” comedian Louis C.K. went on a tangent that decried us as a society for griping about our #firstworldproblems. In the skit, he claimed that “everything is amazing, and nobody’s happy,” pointing out that we’re more irritated…