I’ve followed Bismarck, North Dakota-based writer Katey K. since we met at a conference last summer. She’s a riot on Twitter...

“What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn’t be an...

I was on Twitter a few weeks ago when a friend asked about what she should do in Minot. If you’re a regular person, you respond with...

Hey #PrairiePeople, there’s a new event in Fargo and I think it’s gonna be pretty fabulous. It’s called the Fargo Spring Wing Fling....

It’s spring and, although the weather in the Red River Valley doesn’t appear to have gotten the memo, warm weather adventures are on...

I have terrible passport envy. My natural tendency towards wanderlust has been made exponentially worse by reading books set in other...

If you’re spending summer in the city (even on a short trip) you don’t want to be weighed down with a ton of layers — or luggage! And you...

If you’ve read Prairie Style File since the beginning, you might remember that I used to write about local art, artists and the creative...

“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke “always it’s Spring)and everyone’s in...

Happy Sunday, Prairie People! Today I want to introduce you to Jack Dura, one of my favorite North Dakota writers. He has a great...

“We love films because they makes us feel something. They speak to our desires, which are never small. They allow us to escape and to...

One of my favorite things about being a Minnesota girl (other than the lakes and my bittersweet love affair with Twins baseball) is the...

“Who brings a suitcase full of black to the Caribbean?” That’d be me. It was our last night at the amazing Casa de Amistad on the island...

“If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in...

Since art imitates life, I’m actually posting this article as I finish packing for my trip to Puerto Rico in just a few hours. This is...

“Sticker art is important because it provides an accessibility to art that is more approachable than some other means of art sales,”...

Forget the roses — Prairie Style File readers want decadent desserts, local craft beer, a romantic getaway and a cooler full of aged...

I’m a planner. And I’ve basically been a travel writer since way before I was a travel writer, filling journals and photo albums with...

I had one of those weeks this week. Between computer problems, impossible to find sources, rescheduled meetings and odd editorial...

Here’s a confession I never thought I’d make on this website — I adore cottonwood trees. (I know this is random. Stay with me. There’s a...