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by Sabrina Hornung | Music | February 17th, 2016
…Since its inception in 2011, The New Direction has played an important role in the FM music scene. It’s a community-minded, all-ages venue with a strong DIY aesthetic. New Direction Fest started as a way to stay open during a slow month in their inaugural year. Since then the three-day…
by Taylor Blumer | Writer's Block | February 17th, 2016
…In 1971, over 40 years before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to legalize same-sex marriage throughout the U.S., Minnesotans Michael McConnell and Jack Baker became the first gay couple to officially marry in the U.S.On Friday, Feb. 19, 6:30 p.m., at Zandbroz Variety in downtown Fargo, McConnell and Baker will…
by John Strand | Editorial | February 17th, 2016
…Countering America’s Imminent DemiseOrdinary Americans cannot continue to be blind to the unsettling reality that our elected congressional leaders are too often self-serving, pitifully inept, condescending con-artists, and not in the slightest focused on any of us or the greater public good.Granted, this sentiment is bubbling up at the present…
by Chris Hennen | News | February 17th, 2016
…The city of Fargo was rocked to its core last week when a police standoff following a domestic violence call resulted in the death of police officer Jason Moszer. While the shock hasn’t subsided, the community has sought various ways in the days following to heal and help. Support has…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | February 17th, 2016
…Thursday, Feb. 18, 5‐7 p.m.Junkyard Brewing Company, 1416 First Ave. N., MoorheadThe ShakesBeer Fest Happy Hour features music from Shakespeare’s time and a specially‐concocted drink, as well. Men in Tights and Two Wenches will perform old‐timey music on crumhorns, recorders and tubas. The drink is called Wild Bill’s Braggot. Based off the…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cocktail Showdown | February 17th, 2016
…As the sun sets on the Cocktail Showdown we soon find ourselves in the eve of the third annual Bartender’s Battle. Eight of Fargo Moorhead’s finest mixologists will be presented with a fully stocked bar with the finest and freshest ingredients. Here they mix, head to head—tournament style…
by Sabrina Hornung | Culture | February 16th, 2016
…It’s no secret that Fargo-Moorhead is home to a plethora of talented tattoo artists and Aaron and Ellie Maher are no strangers to the scene. Ellie was co-owner of Dead Rockstar in Fargo, along with her brother, sister, and mother. In 2008 Ellie and her husband Aaron relocated to Bismarck…
by Jamie Hutchinson | Music | February 16th, 2016
…Since their first recording in 2009, drone band Wrekmeister Harmonies has offered an ever-growing collaboration between musicians from numerous bands. Their latest release, “Night of Your Ascension,” has a cast of over 30 musicians with members coming from bands such as Indian, Cave and The Body.The Chicago collective will play…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | February 11th, 2016
…Saturday, Feb. 13, 9 a.m.The Barn at Dunvilla, 48203 Highway 59, Pelican Rapids, Minn.Members of the Midwest Harness Club and Red River Harness Club invite the public to take a step back in time to when sleighs were a popular form of transportation. The 2nd annual Sleigh & Cutter Festival…
by Chris Hennen | Best Bets | February 11th, 2016
…Friday, Feb. 12, 7:30-10 p.m.Fargo Theatre, 314 Broadway N.The Fargo Theatre presents another screening of the 1978 docu-drama “Northern Lights” with special guests, director John Hanson and former North Dakota Agricultural Commissioner Sarah Vogel. The film depicts the struggle farmers faced in western North Dakota during the bitter winter of…