Iterations – A Musical Journey Through Self Change

The artwork, the poetry, the music, and the message all combine to create something worth watching and sharing. Enjoy!

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Minot High School’s Central Campus Puts on “Pinocchio”

Minot High’s Central Campus will be presenting Pinocchio starting today. Details and show times are available from KMOT News.

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Great Performance: Any ACDC Fans Out There?

This guy takes on Thunderstruck with a guitar. His name is Luca Stricagnoli and you can learn more about him here. But that link isn’t half as entertaining as the video below.  

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Wilderness as Therapist

Teddy Roosevelt proved it to be true when he escaped to North Dakota following the deaths of his wife and mother on the same day. Today, and especially for Veterans, a number of wilderness therapy programs are springing up, and they’re proving effective.

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MAFB Woman Cashing In Golden Ticket on American Idol

A Minot Air Force Base women is moving on to the Hollywood round of American Idol. Vanessa Andrea earned her golden ticket and will be one of 200 final contestants. Full story including sound and singing from KX News.

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Great Performance: Kanye’s Only One in the Style of Roy Orbison

Not only are they great musically, but their performances force us to look and listen through a different filter. Post Modern Jukebox will be featured in Great Performances regularly. Hear their latest, a cover of Kanye’s Only One, featuring Emily West. If you’re looking for some perspective, you can catch the original below as well.

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Introducing ‘A Day Away’: It Starts with a Journey to Journey

A Day Away is set to be a semi-regular column (more often if you choose to contribute) telling you about activities, events, and quick-trip getaways. The standard to which we’ll hold to on our suggested activities — can you get there reasonably in a day? Or can you get there and back again in a day

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On the Road Again with Willie Nelson at 81

For most artists anywhere near his age, the media starts using language like, “twilight of his career”, but Willie Nelson is still doing more than 100 shows a year. His career has spanned more than 50 years. Get more commentary from Chris Richards at The Washington Post.

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Minot Artist Discusses Work & Artspace Living

Janie Myers will be exhibiting her work at the Taube Museum right now, and she is one of the early residents at the recently completed Artspace in downtown Minot. KX News has her thoughts on painting and living in the artist focused building.

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Several Minot Bands Nominated for ND Music Awards

More than a few Minot acts made the cut for North Dakota’s best musical acts and performers in 2014. Check out the write-up on the awards event and nominees from the High Plains Reader here. Catch the full nominee list from the ND Music Awards website here. And here are the Minot bands and performers nominated

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Great Performance: David Wong Covers Maroon 5

One talented guy plays all the parts on a single instrument.

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Groundhog Day: A Meditation on Spiritual Practice

The under-appreciated spiritual significance of Ground Hog Day, the movie, is a laughing matter and a lesson on life wrapped in one.  The actual day seems like an excuse to have a midwinter party in Punxsutawney. Fortunately, for the rest of us there is a Super Bowl.

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‘Welcome to Leith’ Packing Theaters at Sundance

The story of Leith and the attempted takeover by a white supremacist has gone to the big screen, and the documentary movie, “Welcome to Leith, Know Your Neighbors,”, is drawing strong reviews and packing theaters at the Sundance Film Festival.

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Photography Tips from One of the World’s Best Photojournalists

Do you like to take pictures? Want to get better at it? Here’s your chance to learn from one of the best.

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Bakken On Display at Plains Art Museum

If you make it to Fargo in the near future and you have an interest in the oil boom, you should make a point to stop by the Plains Art Museum. Details from John Lamb of the Fargo Forum.

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Do Cable Companies Think You’re Too Lazy to Actually Cut the Cord?

Make no mistake, the cable television and content delivery markets are changing. Whether we see a revolution is a debatable point, but what isn’t debatable is that for the first time ever, cable programming providers have actual competition.

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