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by Jim Fuglie | All About Food | August 3rd, 2024
…By Jim Fugliejimfuglie920@gmail.com I’m writing this on the day after the Fourth of July, so I’m thinking patriotic thoughts. But none of those thoughts envision Donald Trump serving a second term as president of the United States, or Douglas Burgum being the first North Dakotan to lose a race for…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | July 26th, 2024
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com Even though he is only fifty years old, Osgood “Oz” Perkins has been linked to the legacy of his father’s titanic portrayal of Norman Bates for more than four decades, when he appeared onscreen in 1983 as the younger version of Bates in “Psycho II.” As an adult, Perkins…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | July 18th, 2024
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comHow can anyone be lonely with eight billion homo sapiens on Earth?The world seems to be in the throes of a PTSD pandemic. Even the price of happiness is going way up. Back in 2010 two Nobel Prize laureates studied the complexities of happiness and determined that in…
by HPR Contributor | Last Word | July 18th, 2024
…By Madeline Lukemzlnd@yahoo.com About 100 years ago the state of agriculture in North Dakota was pretty dire. Minnesota banks, grain mills, and railroads treated ND as a colony; they extracted our labor and natural resources for their own profit. After years of being on the bad end of a poor…
by Sabrina Hornung | Culture | July 18th, 2024
…The life of a jockey straight from the horse’s mouthBy Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comFor George Pineda, jockeying is a family tradition. But that legacy includes loss. “My uncles, Alvaro and Robert Pineda — one got killed in a starting gate, the other one in Pimlico,” says Pineda. “They were the catalyst for…
by Sabrina Hornung | Music | July 18th, 2024
…HPR chats with Slug of the hip-hop duo AtmosphereBy Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comWhen Sean Daley, also known as Slug, the voice of Twin Cities-based hip hop duo Atmosphere and co-founder of rap label Rhymesayers was growing up, he said hip-hop was the “large tool in my toolbox of socializing.” Whether it was breakdancing, graffiti or…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | July 18th, 2024
…Thursday, August 8, gates 5 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m.Bluestem Amphitheater, 801 50th Avenue S., MoorheadFormed by guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer, upright bass player Lee Rocker and drummer Slim Jim Phantom, The Stray Cats kick-started the rockabilly revival in the 1980s with their leather jackets, slick pompadours and unique sound.…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | July 18th, 2024
…August 3, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.August 4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.North Dakota State Capitol Grounds600 E. Boulevard Avenue, BismarckOne of the region’s largest and most-loved outdoor art festivals celebrates 50 years in 2024. Come to the Capitol Grounds to try street food from over a dozen vendors, to hear live music, and…
by John Showalter | Music | July 18th, 2024
…By John ShowalterIn the several years since its owners purchased what was once Main Avenue Auto in Moorhead, Minnesota in 2019, Harold’s on Main has quickly transformed from the new kid on the block to a Moorhead fixture. Not even a pandemic that seemed to put the world on pause was…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | July 18th, 2024
…Friday, July 26, 4-8 p.m.Junkyard Brewery, 409 Sheyenne Street, West FargoFerguson Books brings some of their selection across the street to Junkyard’s new(ish) West Fargo location. Browse books, buy books and talk about books while eating sweet or savory crepes and drinking craft beer at this low-key event. What better way to…