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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…
by Chris Hennen | News | January 9th, 2014
…After the events in Casselton, officials take a hard look at rail safetyRight before the end of the year, our region received what many consider to be an important wake-up call to the dangers of the oil boom in North Dakota. The state has been making national news constantly for…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | December 19th, 2013
…I’ll be the first to admit that I am one sentimental fool, especially during holidays, when everything is so steeped in nostalgia, tradition and folk art. My family has a very strong German background and one of the highlights of the holiday season is coming home to bake Springerle with…
by Chris Hennen | News | December 19th, 2013
…After years of waiting, relief is coming to Fargo cable customers. Midcontinent Communications, out of Sioux Falls, S.D., recently announced it will enter the Fargo market, supplanting Cable One as Fargo’s lone cable franchise. If, as is expected, the City of Fargo’s Cable Review Committee approves the franchise agreement crafted…
by Granville Wood | All About Food | December 19th, 2013
…When I first saw the plywood-covered construction site with the words “Vinyl Taco coming soon” emblazoned on it I was both confused and excited. Excited because I am always up for some good tacos (and I wouldn’t be disappointed), confused because my mind didn’t compute why you would use “vinyl”…