Menswear and haberdashery

April 11, 2012
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Want to improve your look? Just ask. Story by Elliot Mann Photography by Lonnie Bertsch Jim Lobeck paused in front of a triple-mirror vanity at a local clothing store. Wearing a sharp black blazer paired with slate gray pants, the father of two looked confident and more importantly, well-dressed. A guy who often wears...
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Metal Man, Chris Thomas

April 11, 2012
MICHELLE FARNSWORTH/For the Tribune - Metal artist Chris Thomas used kitchen mixer parts to frame this mirror.

“The more unique it is, the more difficult it is to duplicate.” Story by Michelle Farnsworth It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s METAL MAN. Although this super hero of metal magic does not wear a cape, he does don a little cotton cap...
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Opportunity knocks

April 11, 2012
MAXINE HERR/For the Tribune - Give your walls a fresh coat of neutral colored paint and statistics show it will sell more quickly.

Staging boosts home sales Story and photography by Maxine Herr When you put your home on the real estate market, it’s a race against time. If it doesn’t sell for months, you will likely get impatient and prepare to lower the price. But if...
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Bakery boom

April 11, 2012
B.C. Bagels owner Eric Hawronsky makes many different flavors of bagels, but his favorite? His Asiago cheese bagel, as shown here.

New bakeries and food shops open for business in Bismarck-Mandan Story and photography by Beth Schatz Kaylor Bismarck-Mandan is booming with bakeries. B.C. Bagels and Sweet Treats have recently...
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100th anniversary of the Titanic brings two schools together

April 11, 2012
Submitted photo Alice Beane, played by Theresa Mack, and Edgar Beane, played by Charles Ward argue over her large dreams and his lack of dreams in the BSC and U-Mary joint production of “Titanic.”

Story by Tina Ding Shortly after striking an iceberg on its maiden voyage, passenger liner RMS Titanic tragically sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912. Considered...
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Carving out an artistic space downtown

February 1, 2012
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Artists come together to form the Bismarck Downtown Artist Cooperative Story by Beth Schatz Kaylor Photography by Lonnie Bertsch When Paul Noot and the five other founding members of...
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