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by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | June 17th, 2015
…Two 1973 westerns from late in John Wayne’s career came out on Blu-ray this month from Warner Home Video, “Cahill United States Marshal” and “The Train Robbers.” While neither ranks among the iconic actor’s best work, both are underrated, solid examples of the genre. Just three years before his final film,…
by Granville Wood | All About Food | June 17th, 2015
…Burgers, burgers, burgers. Gotta love a great burger grilled in the great outdoors, with charcoal, wood or gas. Regardless, you are outside in the summer grilling. Damn, I get hot just thinking about standing over a robust fire in a wet bathing suit, watching slow cooked briskets on the smoker…
by Deb Jenkins | All About Food | June 17th, 2015
…With the summer here and the vegetables growing and popping up out of our beautiful soil it makes me think that I should broaden my horizons and try some new veggies.I say new because, believe it or not, I just don’t have a hankering for one of them. People are totally surprised and…
by Rob Port | Say Anything | June 17th, 2015
…Over the past year one of North Dakota’s most prominent and highest paid public officials has presided over a revolt from his customers and employees, a costly bailout of a supposedly private foundation, and an ugly brawl with the former head of an affiliated organization that’s now headed to litigation.Yet, despite…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 17th, 2015
…Doctor Henry Jekyll Meets The Evil Health Insurance Agent Mr. Edward HydeRobert Louis Stevenson, author of many 19th Century action-packed thrillers such as Treasure Island and Kidnapped, wrote these suspense-filled stories from his sickbed, where he was plagued with “bloody lungs,” probably tuberculosis. While doing some research for a column about…
by Diane Miller | Editorial | June 17th, 2015
…Marguerite’s Music, a store that has served the community of Fargo-Moorhead since 1975, will close at the end of June.HPR would like to dedicate this music-related editorial to the wonderful store and its staff. Over the years, Marguerite’s assisted thousands of traveling professional musicians, local musicians, aspiring musicians and closet musicians…
by Diane Miller | Cinema | June 17th, 2015
…Local rapper turned moviemaker Charles Mauk will release his very first feature-length movie, “Aura,” this Saturday, June 27 at The Fargo Theatre.The locally made low-budget mob movie takes on the unthinkable task of depicting our small and friendly city of Fargo as a metropolitan-sized, crime-ridden city. Remarkably enough, Mauk found a…
by Chris Hennen | Editorial | June 12th, 2015
…By Chris HennenAs HPR was going to press, we learned that Colleen Sheehy, director and CEO of the Plains Art Museum since 2008, will be leaving her post later this year. While we will be sad to see her go, we are thankful for the time we’ve had her and…
by HPR Staff | Culture | June 10th, 2015
…Congrats to the 2015 Best of the Best award winners!The following awardees were selected by the people in the community. Votes were collected through a two-phase online survey curated by the High Plains Reader.**HPR’s online edition also includes second and third place!Best Local Celebrity: Josh Duhamel (Battle Creek/Transformers)Though he may not…
by Charlie Barber | Last Word | June 10th, 2015
…“The Old Songs, the old songs, the good old songs for me / I love to hear those min-or chords, and good close har-mo-ny.” - Theme Song of SPEBSQSA [Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America]“Most of us hadn’t realized the extent of the…