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by HPR Contributor | Music | August 21st, 2019
…By Rod Hadlandrodanthonyhadland@gmail.comWoodstock 50 died a slow death in the months leading up to August 2019. Maybe it was doomed from the start? Maybe it was just bad luck, but what worked in 1969 doesn’t work today. I was always set on attending the Bluestem 50th Anniversary tribute show in…
by John Strand | All About Food | August 21st, 2019
…By Kris Gruberperriex1@gmail.comThe High Plains Reader spoke to Ojata Records and the Dogmajal owner and operator Jeremy Swisher about the ever-growing Grand Forks record store and hotdog shop.HPR: We might as well get the elephant out of the room. What went into choosing the names for “Ojata Records” and the…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | August 21st, 2019
…In this issue David Crosby said, “You know, music is like a lifting force. It makes things better.” Truer words have never been spoken. This week we decided to change things up a bit and offer our readers an exclusive music issue. We chatted with Maria Cree in Minot to…
by Brittney Goodman | Music | August 21st, 2019
…Maria Cree has been active in the music scene in Minot for 10 years, but has loved music all of her life. A drummer, music promoter, and festival organizer, Cree does not let the grass grow under her feet. She has been a part of promoting Girls Rock in Pine Ridge,…
by HPR Contributor | Music | August 21st, 2019
…By Martin Beckmannbeckmanniscool@gmail.comAugust 24th at the Aquarium, Radio Free Fargo will be throwing the first of two four year-anniversary parties. This event will feature five of Fargo’s premier metal bands and two great Midwestern acts with Sunless and Tongue Party. Sunless is a monstrous technical death metal beast from Minneapolis…
by C.S. Hagen | News | August 20th, 2019
…WATFORD CITY – A reported 10-gallon spill of liquid gold at the Garden Creek I Gas Processing Plant in 2015 – just before the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy – could now be renamed as the largest land spill in human history. The plant, operated by Oklahoma company, ONEOK Partners, reported…
by C.S. Hagen | News | August 17th, 2019
…FARGO – First, Lady Liberty was kidnapped in July. Then on Friday, the statue of Rollo the Viking, or Rollon in French, was vandalized with what is apparently white supremacist graffiti. There are no connections between the two acts of vandalism, according to police, but investigators are taking the crimes…
by C.S. Hagen | News | August 14th, 2019
…FARGO – Farmers don’t talk politics at the elevator, it’s almost an unwritten rule. But when the trade war with China broke out, conversations changed.“Now every time I go to the elevator it’s fricking Trump this and fricking Trump that,” Todd Leake, a farmer, said. “When they’re listening to the…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | August 14th, 2019
…August 23-24 Barnesville, MNWith events such as mashed potato wrestling and Miss Tater Tot Pageant what’s not to love and what’s not to celebrate about the spud? There’s also a killer parade, delicious food and home-fried small town hospitality.
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | August 14th, 2019
…Tuesday, August 20, 7:00 pm - 10:00 p.mIsland Park Gazebo, FargoWho’s up for a little Swing Dance 101? In this two Week Series start with the basics! Learn the fundamentals of swing, refine your dancing, improve your comfort and make friends along the way. A little bird also told us…