5922 results for the search:
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | May 6th, 2016
…Saturday, May 7Various locationsFor 15 years now independent comic book stores having been participating in Free Comic Book Day. Aside from picking up free comics, each shop in the area has their own sales going on. Paradox Comics-N-Cards (26 Roberts St. N.) will be offering 25 percent off storewide, plus…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | May 6th, 2016
…Saturday, May 7, 9 p.m.The Aquarium (Dempsey’s upstairs), 226 Broadway N.Fargo’s Rage Against the Machine tribute act is back as local acts o’fosho and D Mills join forces for a night full of classic ’90s rap metal. Minot hip-hop group Cold Sweat will open the show along with DJ DTF420…
by Jamie Hutchinson | Music | May 6th, 2016
…The blues guitar wizard has been a legend since opening for B.B. King and John Lee Hooker when he was just in junior high. At 38 years old, he has 12 solo albums under his belt, one Grammy nomination and he even performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall. His latest…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | May 6th, 2016
…Friday, May 6, 5-9 p.m.Parallel Galleries, 114 Broadway N.The area’s newest gallery is hosting a grand opening with their first exhibition, Purple Rain: A Space Oddity. The art show will feature works from local artists and is inspired by music legends Prince and David Bowie, who both died this year.…
by Raul Gomez | News | May 4th, 2016
…It’s a bit odd, how connected we feel with the rest of the world because of the internet, but once you step out of the U.S. and see the internet in China, you realize how completely different it is. Your standard Facebook, Twitter, Google, or any Google product are all…
by HPR Contributor | News | May 4th, 2016
…By Cindy Gomez-SchemppFour painful months have passed since December 25, the day when John Torres, a Mexican-American man was jumped by a group of white males in Crookston, Minn., outside Captain Crook’s Bar. John was there with family to celebrate Christmas, but he was later attacked outside the bar and…
by Särah Nour | Culture | May 4th, 2016
…Next Saturday, Diamond in the Ruff Pet Rescue will be holding a silent auction and raffle at the West Fargo Fairgrounds, in a family-friendly event complete with a bouncy castle for children to play in. The only price of admission is a free-will donation, with proceeds going toward the organization’s…
by HPR Contributor | Arts | May 2nd, 2016
…By Elle AndersonMichael Dunn, art teacher at Moorhead High School, will be retiring this year. After 40 years of teaching and 30 years of coaching, Dunn says, “I really do feel that becoming a teacher was my destiny.” The Underbrush Art Gallery will be hosting a reception for Dunn on…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | April 29th, 2016
…The first words I wrote for the High Plains Reader covered Prince’s December 8, 1997 Fargodome concert. Editor John Lamb knew I was a big fan, and asked me to say something about the show. John’s gesture meant a great deal to me, and my work for HPR has been…
by Diane Miller | Music | April 28th, 2016
…North Dakota roars for hip-hop. Some people here in rock/country-town just don’t seem to know it yet. Perhaps it comes from the influence of Minneapolis, with its strong presence of underground/alternative rappers. Or maybe hip-hop’s dominating presence nationwide plays an effect.Of course, the genre has influence over our local artists,…