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by Sabrina Hornung | Culture | December 26th, 2024
…Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.com The onion calendar is an old German folk tradition used to predict levels of moisture each month throughout the coming year using salt, a knife, an onion and a little bit of patience. Donna and Delbert Eszlinger of Ashley, North Dakota, honor this tradition each New Year’s Eve.…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | December 19th, 2024
…Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.com I’m really sick of the “Nobody wants to work anymore” narrative. Like, really sick. I can’t hide the eye rolls and I don’t even try to hide them anymore. In fact, I feel like they’ll get stuck in the back of my head if I stifle them. Instead,…
by Sabrina Hornung | Culture | December 18th, 2024
…Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.com Dr. Scott Bonn is a renowned criminologist and serial killer expert. He is a professor, a best-selling author and he also travels the country discussing America’s fascination with serial killers and true crime. In January, he’s bringing his 90-minute show to Fargo and Bismarck followed by a Q&A…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | November 23rd, 2024
…Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comIn 1974, the Jamestown Arts Center started as a small space above a downtown drugstore. It has grown to host multiple classrooms, a gallery, performance studio, ceramic studio and outdoor art park. “There were maybe four women who were artists, who just started to get together and paint. They…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | November 13th, 2024
…Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.com Ted Martin, retired educator and western North Dakota native, currently has his art on view at Mind Virus Counter-Culture Books and Media. The exhibition features Martin’s colorful ink drawings and will be on display from November 15 through December 1. The exhibit launches with a pre-show artist discussion on Friday, November…
by Sabrina Hornung | Music | October 17th, 2024
…Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comOn November 3, The Radio Stars are rounding up a number of North Dakota’s finest musicians from Watford City to the Red River Valley to pay tribute to the late great John Prine at the Fargo Theatre. They will share the stage with Jessie Veeder, Gina Powers, Chuck Suchy, Pat Lenertz, Darrin Wentz, Tom…
by John Strand | Editorial | September 19th, 2024
…Sabrina Hornung has been at the editorial helm for nine years now. She followed a procession of colorful and capable, definitely unique editors who established the tone and roadmap for High Plains Reader coverage. Alicia Underlee Nelson and JoRelle Grover are the advertising team keeping the newspaper alive financially. Ed Raymond, Greg…
by Sabrina Hornung | Culture | August 15th, 2024
…Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.com Indian relay races have often been referred to as America’s first extreme sport. On the weekend of September 7 and 8, the relays are coming to Chippewa Downs in Belcourt, North Dakota, one of the two remaining horse tracks in North Dakota. Though this is definitely not your standard…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | August 15th, 2024
…Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.com Yay Kamala! It is such a relief to see a candidate for POTUS who is actually capable of doing the job and preserving our representative democracy. And, of course, she’s female and endorsed by Hillary Clinton, the best-qualified presidential candidate of the century so far. But after cruising…
by Sabrina Hornung | Culture | July 18th, 2024
…Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comFor George Pineda, jockeying is a family tradition. But that legacy includes loss. “My uncles, Alvaro and Robert Pineda — one got killed in a starting gate, the other one in Pimlico,” says Pineda. “They were the catalyst for all this.” Originally from California, Pineda now hangs his hat…