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by HPR Contributor | Arts | February 13th, 2014
…By Jacinta MacheelAre you a musician, visual artist, writer, poet, dancer, designer, folk artist, theater performer, crafter or designer? Would you like funding for touring, events, publication or something else that could enable you to make a creative dream a reality? There is a way you can do this, my…
by Diane Miller | Music | February 6th, 2014
…Chazz, K(r)ISS, Deriq, AJ and CJ are back. Boy, if you thought Halloween was crazy, get ready for V-Day and expect all things to be badder, ballsier, bigger, better and bunchier.That’s right, the Fargo boys of KumNcyde are redefining love as we speak. Y’all better be ready at The Aquarium.High…
by Diane Miller | Music | February 6th, 2014
…Nearly 16 years ago, 2014 Fargo Winter Blues Fest headliner Shannon Curfman appeared on the cover of the High Plains Reader for the first time.“It pretty much made my life hell, to be honest,” said Curfman to HPR mid interview, when asked about the experience.Of course, that’s not what was…
by Diane Miller | Music | January 30th, 2014
…The two-decades-old hip-hop group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is hugely responsible for popularizing melodic, tongue-twisting rap. The five-member crew’s pitch-perfect singing, ultra-fast, ultra-precise word play and authentic urban lyricism will indeed have Bone Thugs forever remembered as one of the greatest hip-hop groups of all time.This Feb. 7, Bone Thugs will perform…
by Diane Miller | Editorial | January 30th, 2014
…*This editorial is targeted at no single person, band or place.Musicians, promoters, bar and restaurant owners and music fans: Please take your blinders off for a second. We need to get on the same page about live music.I recently saw a post, “HIRING A MUSICIAN?” on Facebook that has more…
by Diane Miller | Music | January 23rd, 2014
…The Edith Massey plays tag teamSharing is caring according to the Fargo rock band The Edith Massey. Guitarist/drummer/singer Dane Marcusen and Guitarist/drummer/singer Matthew Buettner share guitar, drum and singing duties. With a mix of longtime-friendship trust and a shared desire to “explore the stage,” Buettner and Marcusen, western North Dakota…
by Diane Miller | Music | January 23rd, 2014
…Local guitarist raising money for progressive metal projectJake Gillette is set to record what may be one of the greatest projects of his music career: an original progressive metal album made up of years’ worth of melodic ideas yet to be truly documented. The project is called “AfterThought.”Gillette, a local…
by Diane Miller | Arts | January 16th, 2014
…New Plains Art Museum curator Becky Dunham may have just moved to Fargo from Texas, but she sure hasn’t minded her new home’s extreme temperature drops.“The weather, I love,” she said while sipping on a warm beverage at Atomic Coffee downtown.“It’s really refreshing to be somewhere where there’s a real…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | January 9th, 2014
…“I’m not trying to cause a big s-s-sensation / I’m just talkin’ bout my g-g-eneration!” quoth Pete Townsend in The Who’s 1965 hit song “My Generation.”“My Generation” is also the namesake of the Plains Art Museum’s exciting new exhibition featuring some of Fargo-Moorhead’s best up-and-coming artists, including Kelly Cantrell, Judith…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | January 9th, 2014
…“Inside Llewyn Davis” echoes several pet concerns previously explored by Joel and Ethan Coen in their impressive body of work. Exquisite period detail evocative of a romanticized past, the struggle for some degree of personal integrity in a marketplace geared toward the lowest common denominator, and a trippy Homeric odyssey…