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Straw Hat Players celebrate their 50th season

by Amber Morgan | Theatre | June 6th, 2013

…Straw Hat Players are wrapping up their morning rehearsal on Friday, May 31 and are about to break for lunch.Young adults dressed in loose t-shirts, baggy shorts and tennis shoes sit on the wooden floor and listen to a man dressed in similar clothing, sitting in a chair above them…

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​Mayville garden festival features art and activities for the whole family

by Diane Miller | Outdoors | June 6th, 2013

…By Lauren BeekThe Rainbow Garden and Sculpture Walk is a beautiful little spot in the North Dakota countryside and is a clear indicator of the strong community that built it.As soon as you enter the place, a sign proclaims, “The garden is supported and maintained by the people of Mayville-Portland…

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​‘Conventional’ gets a new platform

by Diane Miller | Arts | June 6th, 2013

…Jessica Wachter at the Plains Art MuseumArguably the most buzzed about young artist in town, North Dakota State University art and interior design graduate Jessica Wachter doesn’t necessarily create the most outwardly accessible artwork.But that may be another arguable statement. Yes, her work is abstract, simply meaning any viewer could…

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Wolftree: ​MSUM students and alumni create local publication

by Amber Morgan | Arts | May 23rd, 2013

…“Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.”—Francis Chan/Wolftree’s mottoA new quarterly magazine, Wolftree, will be publicly released at its launch party this weekend.Wolftree is a small publication based out of Fargo, which aims to support aspiring artists,…

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Minnesota becomes the 12th state to recognize same-sex marriage

by Bryce Haugen | News | May 16th, 2013

…ST. PAUL—Hours before one of the most important votes he will ever cast, Rep. Ben Lien pointed out a statue of former vice president Hubert H. Humphrey as he walked to his office through the light rain falling on the capital city Thursday morning.For Lien, DFL-Moorhead, and other…

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​MNDR to DJ at the Aquarium

by Diane Miller | Music | May 9th, 2013

…Amanda Warner grew up in near Hillsboro, N.D. and went to high school in Fargo. Today, she is a New York pop singer/DJ/songwriter and goes by the stage name MNDR.This Saturday, Warner will be performing a solo set at the Aquarium for the finish line of the Zombie Pub Crawl.…

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​My (fake) Facebook friends

by Diane Miller | Culture | May 9th, 2013

…By Diane MillerLast September, the world’s most popular social media website removed millions of fake “likes” and accounts from its network.According to a Facebook Security statement: “When a Page and fan connect on Facebook, we want to ensure that connection involves a real person interested in hearing from a specific…

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Q&A with comedian Maria Bamford

by Diane Miller | Theatre | April 11th, 2013

…Most people probably know Duluth-bred comedian Maria Bamford from Target’s Black Friday commercials.“Ah! Ah! It’s heeeeeere!” she yelped with the most intense facial expressions anyone has ever seen on a blonde “mother” clothed in a pleasant, red and white, button-up dress.There is a good reason Target hired Bamford. She’s from…

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20 reasons why we (ahem) love cold, sleet and snow in April

by Diane Miller | Editorial | April 11th, 2013

…Our Opinion/ Look on the bright side ...I’m sure by the time this gets published and read by viewers like you, it’ll be sunny, calm and disgustingly hot. It’s F-town for God’s sakes.But as of right now, many of us are having the violent chills because it feels like mid-January.So…

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Blame it on my A.D.D.

by Diane Miller | Music | April 4th, 2013

…Q&A with Aaron Bruno of AwolnationAWOLNATION is sexy, modern, edgy and tremendously heavy popular music. An active and respected musician since the early 2000s, singer-songwriter Aaron Bruno’s major breakthrough came in 2011 with the release of AWOLNATION’s “Sail,” which is now certified double platinum in the United States. Funny thing…

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