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by HPR Staff | Culture | May 12th, 2025
…From concerts and car shows to Japanese art and Juneteenth celebrations, there’s so much going on around the region this summer. This year’s High Plains Reader Summer Events Calendar is back and bigger than ever. It’s packed with everything you need to make this the best summer yet. Check out the May events below and mark your…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | May 19th, 2025
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comHow many cardinals in red look at Michelangelo’s sexy ceiling?Michelangelo finished painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in 1512. It is examined and admired by millions every year. The first conclave to elect a pope in the chapel took place in 1492, and since 1878, every conclave…
by Raul Gomez | Arts | May 19th, 2025
…By Raul Gomezraul@hpr1.com Minutes before Modern’s Celebration of Life opened its door at the Sons of Norway, I was fiddling with the bar computer, trying to pull up the playlists of Modern’s work I had set aside for the audience to see. Soon, the Sons of Norway would be packed…
by HPR Contributor | Culture | May 19th, 2025
…By Michael M. Millermichael.miller@ndsu.edu Prairie Public Broadcasting is hosting a documentary world premiere of the “Lawrence Welk: A North Dakota Farm Boy,” on Saturday, May 31, 2 p.m. at the North Dakota Heritage Center in Bismarck. The event is free and open to the public. Also, on May 31 at…
by Sabrina Hornung | Best Bets | May 19th, 2025
…May 24-25, 1-4 p.m.Yunker Farm & Dog Park, 1201 28th Avenue N., Fargo.Who’s ready for a fun filled family friendly day of enchantment and imagination ignition? Kids of all ages file in for kite flying, a fairy parade, scavenger hunt, crafts and more. Create sidewalk art, build a fairy garden,…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | May 19th, 2025
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com In a Sundance profile for feature debut “The Ugly Stepsister,” which opened the festival’s 2025 Midnight section, filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt described growing up “in a tiny village above the Arctic Circle on the rough coast of northern Norway” where her parents initially chose books over movies. By her…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | May 15th, 2025
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comPerhaps it was by IVF — the Know-Nothings are “concepting” notzeesIn the middle of the 19th century the Republican Party morphed to the Know-Nothing Party for a short time. Members quickly threw off STUPID and were “born-again” to the Republican Party. It remained so until the rise of…
by HPR Contributor | Wellness | May 15th, 2025
…By Ellie Liveranieli.liverani.ra@gmail.com There appear to be differences in the incidence of mental illnesses between men and women. For example, women are more likely to be diagnosed with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety disorders, while men are more likely to be diagnosed with autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | May 15th, 2025
…Saturday, May 24, 7 p.m.The Aquarium above Dempsey’s, 226 N. Broadway, FargoBe a part of a 20+ year tradition: ten bands enter The Aquarium and just one leaves with the ultimate prize — 300 cans of Hamm’s beer and the coveted championship belt. 2024 champs Rana Danta will ascend the…
by John Strand | Editorial | May 15th, 2025
…By John Strandjas@hpr1.com One description that perhaps aptly describes the mental state of many lately is that they feel they are attached to a string. Or several strings. Call it the notion that people are played like puppets, the sensation of a pulling on one’s own lifeline — and the…