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by Chris Hennen | News | July 17th, 2014
…The Fargo Police Department, which started monitoring downtown crime with cameras in 2012 with three stationary cameras after a rash of vandalism and thefts, also has three moveable portable cameras used for real-time monitoring of large events such as the Fargo Marathon, ESPN Game Day, large events at the Fargodome…
by Diane Miller | Music | July 10th, 2014
…The band that battled pink robots, surfed crowds with a giant bubble, glitter-punk-rocked the snot out of stadiums and tripped fans’ badonks off all over the world for the past three decades will entertain, to say the least, Fargo-Moorhead for the first time ever on July 16.Currently, The Flaming Lips…
by Diane Miller | Music | July 10th, 2014
…“I am a vampire, I don’t know if you knew that,” Sharon Van Etten semi joked and revealed to the High Plains Reader this past week.Truly, the Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter makes it sound like she is a vampire in her crazy infectious tune “Every Time The Sun Comes Up (I’m in…
by Chris Hennen | News | July 3rd, 2014
…North Dakota is at the forefront of a movement to use drones or unmanned aircraft for agricultural purposes. It’s natural that the state and this industry would combine forces early on. Agriculture is the largest industry in North Dakota and the state is positioning itself with changed missions at the…
by Diane Miller | Editorial | July 3rd, 2014
…A few months ago, we informed you about Joan Baez, Ben Harper, Paul McCartney, The Flaming Lips (an interview with Wayne Coyne will in our paper next week) and other superb, heavy-hitter musicians coming to Fargo-Moorhead to perform.Before I get to my “editor picks,” I’d like to leave y’all with…
by Diane Miller | Cinema | July 3rd, 2014
…Last April, HPR film editor and Concordia film professor Greg Carlson traveled to Toronto to watch his latest movie in front of a sold out crowd at largest documentary film festival in North America, Hot Docs.Carlson’s “The Hammer and the Axe” was selected as a top 12 finalist in the…
by Diane Miller | Outdoors | June 26th, 2014
…Interested in catching fish this summer? Staying out of trouble with the DNR? Preventing the spread of zebra mussels and Eurasian watermilfoil? Catching and releasing a monster fish? Catching and keeping a monster fish? Helping a caught fish survive? Securing the future wealth of lakes country? Earning the respect of…
by Austin Sanchez | Culture | June 26th, 2014
…Thirty seconds into our ninth World Cup appearance “Captain America” Clint Dempsey slid past his Ghanaian defender and put the ball through the net, off the right post.The twitter-sphere blew up and American fans across the nation were celebrating. They were in disbelief that they finally believed. But what should…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | June 19th, 2014
…Setting aside the inevitable comparisons to “Love Story” and the less inevitable comparisons to “Dying Young,” Josh Boone’s adaptation of “The Fault in Our Stars” is the most mordant and acerbic kids-with-cancer story to achieve such widespread appeal. Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, who played siblings in “Divergent,” are now…
by Sabrina Hornung | Culture | June 19th, 2014
…The Fort Seward Wagon Train has fascinated me ever since it passed by my grandparents place just outside of Jamestown, N.D. when I was but a wee one-year-old. Covered wagons pulled by mules or draft horses, saddle horses with women in sun bonnets—what about this equation wouldn’t capture…