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North Dakota

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Super Tuesday: Pressers, Primaries, and Political 'Forecasts' Galore

    This is considered a big day in American politics. Before we pick our president every four years every single state hosts candidates from each party and then holds a caucus or a primary vote. Those are a lot of primaries to keep up with, not to mention the countless debates, public events, fundraise ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Did You Know Seattle Police Have A Flying Surveillance Drone?

    Flying drones have become commonplace in the skies of Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Somalia, but now domesticated drones are starting to fill American skies. Seattle Police are among the first departments in the nation to use the high-tech surveillance tool only recently considered science fictio ... More >>

  • Arts

    February 15, 2012

    Spring Arts: Indoor Showers at the Frye

    Susie J. Lee renders duration and decay with video and diodes.

  • Music

    December 14, 2011

    Guns N' Roses Is Responsible for My Love of Rock 'n' Roll

    Appetite for Destruction remains the most seminal album in my musical development.

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Joseph M. Megna, Escaped Prisoner Found in Corn Field: I Fled Because I'm a Vegetarian!

    It took dozens of state and federal authorities, a handful of local farmers, six combine harvesters, and 18 grain-hauling semi-trucks to root out escaped sex-offender Joseph M. Megna from the corn field he fled into. Upon emerging, shackled, shirtless, and filthy, he had a simple, earth-conscious e ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Iraq 2007-2011

    It took dozens of state and federal authorities, a handful of local farmers, six combine harvesters, and 18 grain-hauling semi-trucks to root out escaped sex-offender Joseph M. Megna from the corn field he fled into. Upon emerging, shackled, shirtless, and filthy, he had a simple, earth-conscious e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Boeing Pilots Draw "747" in the Sky as They Zig-Zag Across the U.S.

    ​Testing planes can be pretty mundane. You fly a new tube of metal around for hours and hope nothing goes wrong. So it's pretty cool that the folks at Boeing are having such a fun time testing their snazzy new 747. Yesterday, Boeing pilots flew a new 747-8 freighter up, down and across the co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Report: Washington Has More Fat Asses Than Ever

    ​Washington has really let itself go. Sure, back in the '90s we were the fit, bike-riding, trail-hiking forest state that was chock-full of people who either exercised daily in mosh pits or did enough heroin to stay skinny. But according to a new report, we're all a bunch of Fatty McFattersons ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2011

    Daggers, floating balls and East African cuisine round out day one of the Folklife Festival

    Joe Williams​ Nothing screams culture like deep fried PB&J's, getting chased down by a man with a dagger and enough street performers to form a miniature Seattle circus. That, however, is exactly what the first day of the Northwest Folklife Festival turned out to be -- a melting pot of food, c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    U.S. Senate Control Could Come Down to King County Vote

    ​If the New York Times is right and "Washington is the new Florida" in terms of importance to U.S. Senate control, then King County may be the new Miami-Dade, says a new post on Publicola. Republicans are expected to pick up seats in North Dakota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Arkansas, I ... More >>

  • Music

    September 1, 2010

    In Defense of Courtney

    It's not her, Seattle, it's you.

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    GodheadSilo Meets Logan's Run

    GodheadSilo were a briefly lived, ton-of-bricks duo from Fargo, North Dakota that were highly influential on Northwest bands (they would later go on to work with Murder City Devil leader Spencer Moody, among other collaborators). Logan's Run is a dystopia-driven, sci-fi classic film from the '70s, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Dino Rossi Clearly Has An Achilles Heel, and Its Name Is Immigration. Canadian Immigration.

    This photo has nothing to do with this blog post. I just can't believe Gary Coleman, and not this 82-year-old man, was the first "Kid From Left Field" co-star to kick the bucket.​Think Dino Rossi's going to tack to the center in his race to unseat powerful Patty Murray? Think again--the Dad i ... More >>

  • Arts

    May 5, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

    This photo has nothing to do with this blog post. I just can't believe Gary Coleman, and not this 82-year-old man, was the first "Kid From Left Field" co-star to kick the bucket.​Think Dino Rossi's going to tack to the center in his race to unseat powerful Patty Murray? Think again--the Dad i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2010

    On the Nature of Dust

    This photo has nothing to do with this blog post. I just can't believe Gary Coleman, and not this 82-year-old man, was the first "Kid From Left Field" co-star to kick the bucket.​Think Dino Rossi's going to tack to the center in his race to unseat powerful Patty Murray? Think again--the Dad i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    HSUS Takes on Big Ag Over Animal Welfare

    This week's feature story, "Down on the Farm," chronicles an increasingly heated national battle over "factory-farmed" food. On one side: a phalanx of corporation- and family-owned farms across the country. On the other: the Washington, D.C.-based Humane Society of the United States.Caught in the mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    We're No. 36! Washington Narrowly Beats DC in National Happiness Ranking

    What's the matter, Washington? Still bummed about the election results?​Of course you are familiar with the Oswalt/Wu index of life satisfaction. The two scientists have published a paper in Science magazine (see abstract), based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    SIFF Review: Buick Riviera

    If the '90s signal to us today a kind of near nostalgia for grunge rock and the Clinton economic boom, that decade means something quite different for refugees from the Balkan wars. Black-and-white flashbacks to that conflict occasionally interrupt the frozen North Dakota reverie of Hasan (Slavko St ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    Today in Wikipedia Vandalism

    Wanted to double-check my hometown's population (it came up in conversation), and found this at the head of the entry: "Grand Forks is the third-gayest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Grand Forks County. People here love giant weiners, and taking it in the butt is a co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2008

    No, Not That Kind of Pickathon....

    Wanted to double-check my hometown's population (it came up in conversation), and found this at the head of the entry: "Grand Forks is the third-gayest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Grand Forks County. People here love giant weiners, and taking it in the butt is a co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2008

    It's Time for Direct Election of Our President

    Wanted to double-check my hometown's population (it came up in conversation), and found this at the head of the entry: "Grand Forks is the third-gayest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Grand Forks County. People here love giant weiners, and taking it in the butt is a co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2007

    Ozzy Responds to Fargo Sting

    Wanted to double-check my hometown's population (it came up in conversation), and found this at the head of the entry: "Grand Forks is the third-gayest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Grand Forks County. People here love giant weiners, and taking it in the butt is a co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2007

    Photo: Killer Sunset in North Dakota

    Wanted to double-check my hometown's population (it came up in conversation), and found this at the head of the entry: "Grand Forks is the third-gayest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Grand Forks County. People here love giant weiners, and taking it in the butt is a co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2007

    A Seiche, in Seattle?

    Wanted to double-check my hometown's population (it came up in conversation), and found this at the head of the entry: "Grand Forks is the third-gayest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Grand Forks County. People here love giant weiners, and taking it in the butt is a co ... More >>

  • News

    July 19, 2006

    Are the Stars Out?

    Events of note for the week of July 19-25, 2006.

  • News

    January 4, 2006

    'Mandatory Lutefisk'

    And other ideas on how to stop growth in its tracks.

  • Film

    November 23, 2005

    The Future of Food

    Opens Wed., Nov. 23, at Varsity.

  • Arts

    November 16, 2005

    Stateless in Seattle

    Jonathan Raban has become the Northwest's premier man of letters. He's more at home inside his head than anywhere else, yet with an immigrant's fresh eyes he's able to shed light on his adopted home and country, as in his new book, My Holy War.

  • Music

    June 22, 2005

    Pretty in Pinko

    Smashing the state of punk rock with Minneapolis' Soviettes.

  • Music

    June 1, 2005

    June 1-7, 2005

    Smashing the state of punk rock with Minneapolis' Soviettes.

  • Music

    December 15, 2004

    Business Trips

    Big Business is more than just a new rock merger.

  • Diversions

    November 10, 2004

    One Nation, Under Me

    Big Business is more than just a new rock merger.

  • Diversions

    August 4, 2004

    Most Resistant to Makeovers

    PEOPLE, POLITICS, & MEDIA

  • Arts

    July 28, 2004

    Calendar Girls

    Enchanted April is a sunny escape at ACT.

  • News

    April 21, 2004

    Republican Showdown

    You'd think Sheriff Dave Reichert would be the big gun in the 8th Congressional District race, but he's headed for a shoot-out with some first-tier opponents.

  • Music

    March 31, 2004

    Ellington for Everyone

    You'd think Sheriff Dave Reichert would be the big gun in the 8th Congressional District race, but he's headed for a shoot-out with some first-tier opponents.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2007

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2007.

  • Arts

    October 22, 2003

    Visual Arts Calendar

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2007.

  • News

    July 16, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    "Mixing up Turks and Greeks generally goes over about as well as mixing up Hatfields and McCoys. . . . "

  • Arts

    February 26, 2003

    Quick Reads

    Robert Lanham, Louise Erdrich, and Elizabeth Crane.

  • News

    January 15, 2003

    Caught Napping

    Sleeping on the job in the home of Starbucks.

  • Music

    August 7, 2002

    Rhymes with Seltzer

    Sleeping on the job in the home of Starbucks.

  • News

    January 3, 2001

    Impolitics

    Sleeping on the job in the home of Starbucks.

  • News

    December 13, 2000

    Don't make them come in there

    Sleeping on the job in the home of Starbucks.

  • Arts

    December 13, 2000

    Whirling and curling

    Why head for the slopes when winter sports await so close to home?

  • News

    October 25, 2000

    Shopping with.com-fidence

    What to do when the shopping-cart click goes clunk.

  • News

    September 20, 2000

    Before your eyes

    What to do when the shopping-cart click goes clunk.

  • News

    June 7, 2000

    Big Apple Bezos

    What to do when the shopping-cart click goes clunk.

  • Diversions

    March 8, 2000

    The online slave trade

    Ballet-loving lackeys are available for rent, and only a click away!

  • News

    February 2, 2000

    Boycotts

    Burma, sanctions, and the attorney general.

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