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by HPR Staff | Best Bets | December 17th, 2015
…Dec. 18-19 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 19-20 at 2 p.m.NDSU Festival Concert Hall and Beckwith Recital Hall, 12th Avenue North and Bolley Drive, FargoHoliday classic “The Nutcracker” will be performed by the Fargo-Moorhead Ballet as part of their annual tradition. The ballet will feature original choreography by Artistic Director…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | December 17th, 2015
…Dec. 17-18 and 21-23, 12 p.m.Fargo Theatre, 314 Broadway N.Your favorite holiday tunes will be played on the mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ on several days leading right up to Christmas. The shows are free and open to the public and will give audience members the chance to donate non-perishables to…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | December 17th, 2015
…Thursday, Dec. 17, 5-10 p.m. Drekker Brewing Company, 630 First Ave. N., Suite 6, Fargo The first ever Drekker Brewing Late Night Craft Market will allow you to get some Christmas shopping done all while enjoying a beer. Promising some of the coolest vendors selling crafty gifts in the tap room, the…
by Granville Wood | All About Food | December 17th, 2015
…When I was a kid one of our big things to do around this time of year was to go downtown to the grandiose department store and take in the window decorations and themed displays. They were amazing and probably still are to this day. The first time I saw…
by HPR Contributor | Music | December 17th, 2015
…By Jamie HutchinsonWith a love for their home state and plaid-and-lumberjack beards that would make Charlie Daniels proud, Twin Cities’ White Iron Band will bring their original bluesy country-rock songs across state lines. Just don’t expect them to play sappy, watered-down country. This blend is 80 proof.“Our live show isn’t…
by Brittney Goodman | Culture | December 17th, 2015
…How much do you know about North Dakota?If someone stopped you on the street and asked if you knew what county the state capital of North Dakota is in, would you know?Actually, the creators of the Connected Puzzles project did just that, and they discovered that most people did not…
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…