HPR Arts Archive

• Articles

  • New Styles of Comedy, New Wild Laughter - posted on February 23 2012.
  • Live Your Life - posted on February 23 2012.
  • 11For All the Right Reasons - posted on February 23 2012.
  • A Cup for the People - posted on February 23 2012.
  • The Revolution is Being Revolutionized - posted on February 16 2012.
  • Transgender Bathrooms - posted on February 16 2012.
  • An electric cocktail: - posted on February 02 2012.
  • Awakened By Art at the Rourke - posted on January 19 2012.
  • HPR's Songspiel: Worst Cover’s - posted on December 15 2011.
  • An Interview with Bill Squier - posted on December 08 2011.
  • The Light Hunter - posted on December 08 2011.
  • Learning There's A Fine Art To Pushing Pixels - posted on December 08 2011.
  • ‘How Fargo of You’ - posted on December 01 2011.
  • Who Wears Slut Shorts? - posted on November 17 2011.
  • The Fargo Project - posted on November 11 2011.
  • The Right to Define Themselves and Their Art - posted on November 10 2011.
  • False Advertising Hurts Family Values - posted on November 03 2011.
  • Death in/of Public Domain - posted on November 03 2011.
  • Rock N' Rolls Most Amazing Deaths - posted on October 27 2011.
  • There’s an App for That: - posted on October 20 2011.
  • NDSU Debut Fall Season with The Wild Party - posted on October 20 2011.
  • Halloween-themed Play at Fire Hall - posted on October 20 2011.
  • HPR’s Songspiel: Happy Birthday! - posted on October 20 2011.
  • Sock it to Me: 1968 Exhibit Stirs Imaginations in the Midwest - posted on October 20 2011.
  • Sit down, and Willkommen! - posted on September 29 2011.
  • MSUM Writing Talent - posted on September 29 2011.
  • The Terrorist on the Page - posted on September 29 2011.
  • The Circus Comes to Fargo - posted on September 22 2011.
  • The Shapes That Are Gone Are Here - posted on September 16 2011.
  • The Next Ten Years - posted on September 16 2011.
  • He’s Totally Gay - posted on September 08 2011.
  • Time to Make History, Moorhead - posted on September 01 2011.
  • Exhausted and Excited - posted on August 25 2011.
  • Relationship vs. Promiscuity - posted on August 05 2011.
  • July 21 Corks & Canvas Donates All $ To Minot Relief Fund - posted on July 21 2011.
  • Women in the Church Place - posted on July 21 2011.
  • Behind Closed Doors - posted on July 15 2011.
  • Durum in the Alley - posted on July 09 2011.
  • It’s Just a Game - posted on July 02 2011.
  • Gambling on Penny Auctions - posted on July 02 2011.
  • We - posted on July 02 2011.
  • Little Jews On The Prairie - posted on June 23 2011.
  • Hey, Kamikaze Snowmen, You’re Welcome for Being Released From Your Mummy Curse! - posted on June 23 2011.
  • Ellen Jean Diederich: Failing Toward Success - posted on June 09 2011.
  • Showgirl Nuns In Vegas Let It All Hang Out - posted on June 09 2011.
  • Thomas Kemmer Photography - posted on May 27 2011.
  • Ladies, Ladies, Ladies - posted on May 12 2011.
  • Giving Art Fans a Voice - posted on May 12 2011.
  • Arts North Dakota - posted on April 28 2011.
  • Pound the Pavement - posted on April 20 2011.
  • Michael Strand - posted on April 20 2011.
  • FM Symphony loves Punchgut - posted on April 14 2011.
  • Lisa Owen - Psychic Artist - posted on April 08 2011.
  • Norwegian Footprints Exhibit at the Hjemkomst - posted on March 31 2011.
  • The Return of A Woman’s Perspective - posted on March 23 2011.
  • For More Than the Art Snob Elite - posted on March 23 2011.
  • Musical Theatre Defeats Vampire Soul Suckers - posted on March 09 2011.
  • NCAC Winter Art Auction - posted on March 09 2011.
  • No Bedwetters: At Least, Not in ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ - posted on March 04 2011.
  • Fallen Preachers, Water Witches and Spiritual Vacuums: See It All in ‘The Diviners’ - posted on February 23 2011.
  • Don’t Hesitate - Modern Man Exhibit at DK Framing - posted on February 17 2011.
  • Student Art Honored at NDSU - posted on February 09 2011.
  • Bush and Kresge Foundations Fire Up Campaign at the Plains - posted on January 29 2010.
  • “Some Enchanted Evening…” - posted on April 15 2009.
  • State of the Arts - posted on March 05 2009.
  • More Live Shows on Grand Forks Stages - posted on March 05 2009.
  • Obama's Beside Himself - posted on March 01 2009.
  • NCAC Winter Art Auction - posted on February 20 2009.

• Features

  • HPR's Songspiel: Metamorphosis - posted on December 08 2011.
  • HPR’s Songspiel: Gloomy Sunday - posted on November 17 2011.
  • An Interview with Comedian Jo Koy - posted on October 11 2011.
  • Bring on the Glitter! - posted on October 06 2011.
  • The Serious Crawler Guide - posted on September 29 2011.
  • My Essential Components Breathe Words Into Your Ether - posted on August 19 2011.
  • Sunshine Rising - posted on July 30 2011.
  • Women in the Church Place - posted on July 21 2011.
  • Run Tammy Run - posted on July 21 2011.
  • 2 Incredible Exhibits, 1 Edible Installation, No Waiting - posted on June 23 2011.
  • From kids table to easel - posted on June 02 2011.
  • 2011 F-M Visual Artists Big Art Show at the Hjemkomst - posted on April 14 2011.
  • A Lingerie Play With Class and Sass - posted on February 02 2011.
  • Vermillion Editions Limited at the Plains Art - posted on February 02 2011.
  • Where the Art Is - posted on February 01 2011.
  • Andrew Lippa comes to Fargo - posted on January 26 2011.
  • RE-DRESS - posted on January 26 2011.
  • Dakota Moniker - posted on January 14 2011.
  • CHARISM Hosts New American Art Exhibit - posted on December 09 2010.
  • The Pheasant - posted on November 24 2010.
  • The Fireworks of Fall - posted on November 07 2010.
  • Rock Opera “Tommy” Comes to Moorhead HS - posted on November 03 2010.
  • Painting the Town - posted on October 21 2010.
  • Bikes and Art: Block Warming Party - posted on October 13 2010.
  • Standup - posted on October 03 2010.
  • A Complicated Journey: “The North Dakota Mural” Comes Home - posted on September 30 2010.
  • The Borderlands RAVE Exhibit Now Showing - posted on September 22 2010.
  • Rescues and Runways - posted on September 16 2010.
  • Writes Poetry, Will Travel - posted on September 14 2010.
  • F-M Visual Artists Big Art Show - posted on September 07 2010.
  • Fight Quest - posted on September 01 2010.
  • MMA: The Most Exciting Sport - posted on August 26 2010.
  • Heart of the Beast - posted on August 10 2010.
  • Something More Than a Flower Shop - posted on August 04 2010.
  • Fargo South Art Festival 2010 - posted on June 10 2010.
  • In Xanadu Did Kubla Kahn - posted on May 19 2010.
  • Veganic Gardening - posted on May 13 2010.
  • Bookish - posted on May 12 2010.
  • 13: A New Musical - posted on April 29 2010.
  • What a Drag It Is - posted on April 15 2010.
  • Undoing the Damage - posted on April 08 2010.
  • Green Market Photo Opp - posted on April 01 2010.
  • Telling Truths: A Study of Social Activism Through Photojournalism - posted on March 31 2010.
  • Spy World Backlash - posted on February 10 2010.
  • Backlit by Black Light - posted on November 12 2009.
  • Stingy Jack of the Lantern - posted on October 28 2009.
  • FMCT Re-envisioned - posted on October 22 2009.
  • The Handmade Movement is Alive in the Valley - posted on September 02 2009.
  • Folklorama: A Bridge for Cultural Understanding - posted on August 12 2009.
  • Drawings by Frank Big Bear - posted on July 16 2009.
  • Celebrating Culture on the Plains: The Pekin Days Events - posted on June 25 2009.
  • A Raging Fire in the Art World—Literally - posted on May 14 2009.
  • Anything but Achromatic: Eric Johnson's Surreal Cityscapes - posted on May 07 2009.
  • Rubber Chicken: PETA Sues US Airways and Pilot - posted on February 02 2009.
  • Rubber Chicken: Bush Prepares Presidential Liberry - posted on January 22 2009.
  • Forx Film Fest Deadline Next Week - posted on September 25 2008.
  • A Treat at Upfront Gallery - posted on September 16 2008.
  • The Space - posted on September 15 2008.
  • L.I.V.E.: Technology Collides With Art - posted on September 11 2008.
  • Baumgardner Reading Well-Received - posted on August 20 2008.
  • Those Fine Italian Hands - posted on August 08 2008.
  • Getting Started - posted on August 07 2008.
  • VC Theatre Presents "Same Time, Next Year" - posted on July 27 2008.
  • Musical Theatre Thrives in GF - posted on July 16 2008.
  • Artist Lineup for Winnipeg Folk Festival, by Genre - posted on July 04 2008.
  • Pekin Days Art Show - posted on June 26 2008.
  • Active GF Arts Scene - posted on June 14 2008.
  • Three Bags (And More) Full - posted on June 12 2008.
  • Thor Selland: Sustainable Farming - posted on May 29 2008.
  • Mad Pride Comes to Fargo-Moorhead - posted on May 22 2008.
  • A Spring Gala Like No Other: From Paris to the Plains Art Museum - posted on April 25 2008.
  • Art Reception Features $50,000 in Local Art Purchases - posted on April 25 2008.
  • Active GF Theatre Season Continues - posted on April 10 2008.
  • Writers Conference: Film Festival - posted on March 20 2008.
  • Walter Piehl: Enduring Vision Award Finalist - posted on February 21 2008.
  • Grit n Glitz 2008 - posted on February 07 2008.
  • Two Visions: Textural, Accessible, and Collectible - posted on January 24 2008.

• Interviews

  • Matt Kish Q&A - posted on January 19 2012.
  • Artist profile - posted on July 15 2011.
  • Andrew Lippa comes to Fargo - posted on January 26 2011.
  • Sundogs and Sunflowers - posted on January 19 2011.
  • Jamie Parsley’s "Fargo, 1957: An Elegy" - posted on December 16 2010.
  • The Essence of Fargo: Kim Jore’s “Pubs off Broadway” - posted on November 04 2010.
  • MSUM Diversity Mural - posted on September 08 2010.
  • Reinventing Ourselves: Sherbanoo Aziz - posted on August 11 2010.
  • Plopping Houses Places - posted on July 29 2010.
  • Punchgut and Scotch: New Exhibit at DK Framing - posted on July 15 2010.
  • Coffee With Anna - posted on July 01 2010.
  • A Sense of Wonder: Megan Eckman - posted on June 03 2010.
  • Carrie Wendt Exhibit: Last Chance This Weekend - posted on May 27 2010.
  • John Ford-Dunker: Presidential Scholar Nominee - posted on April 14 2010.
  • Elegant Information: Architectural Drawings From Fargo and the World - posted on March 25 2010.
  • Ben Rheault Exhibit: "It Used to Be Simple" - posted on March 18 2010.
  • Colby Nelson: Sticking With Pen and Paper - posted on March 11 2010.
  • Gallery 14: Joe Bailey Exhibit - posted on March 04 2010.
  • Art, Native American Style - posted on February 04 2010.
  • Trygve Olson’s Trains of Thought - posted on February 03 2010.
  • Out of Sight: Comic Book Dealer Defies Disability - posted on November 25 2009.
  • Immortalizing Downtown: Kim Jore's Paintings of Broadway Pubs - posted on November 11 2009.
  • NYC: A Cultural Mecca for Art Students - posted on August 20 2009.
  • Art from the Rubble - posted on March 05 2009.
  • The Master of Forgotten Memories - posted on January 16 2009.
  • Bold Colors, Sharp Lines and Prominent Social Statements - posted on October 15 2008.
  • Local Author Carl Aabye - posted on August 29 2008.

• Reviews

  • Murder and Tragedy Give Voice To A Local Peruvian's Art - posted on October 13 2011.
  • Go West, Young Man - posted on May 05 2011.
  • Fallen Preachers, Water Witches and Spiritual Vacuums: See It All in ‘The Diviners’ - posted on February 23 2011.
  • Experience Women of the World - posted on December 02 2010.
  • UND Play Explores Working Class Dreams and Realities - posted on December 01 2010.
  • Enthralling Christmas Fable at Theatre B - posted on November 23 2010.
  • Compare and Contrast - posted on November 18 2010.
  • GF Theatre Season Continues With Comedy and Drama - posted on November 11 2010.
  • Mr. Marmalade: One Sticky Jam Of Child Abuse and Dark Comedy - posted on November 09 2010.
  • A Love Letter to Harvey Milk - posted on October 19 2010.
  • Grand Forks Theatre: Fun Stage Musical Continues After Theatre-Packed Weekend - posted on October 18 2010.
  • The Comedy Of Errors Leads to Identity Terrors - posted on October 12 2010.
  • Acclaim for North Dakota Video Producers - posted on October 06 2010.
  • Life Cycles of Average Heterosexuals - posted on October 04 2010.
  • "Dead Man’s Cell Phone" Rings off the Hook - posted on September 21 2010.
  • Virgins Beware: The Rocky Horror Show Takes Moorhead - posted on September 20 2010.
  • The Miserable Ones - posted on August 31 2010.
  • Deb Wallwork at the Rourke - posted on August 19 2010.
  • The Lucky Number: "13: A New Musical" - posted on August 03 2010.
  • Live on Stage, "The Producers" Is Great Fun - posted on August 01 2010.
  • "The Music Man": Midwestern Liberator of Passions - posted on July 28 2010.
  • From Budapest With Hatred and Love - posted on July 22 2010.
  • Prospero’s Gender-Bending Fantasy Island - posted on July 14 2010.
  • Musical Comedy Spotlights Area Improv Talent - posted on July 08 2010.
  • Entertaining Fact or Fiction: "Shipwrecked" Is a Tall Tale - posted on July 07 2010.
  • The Altar Boyz Will Alter Your Mind - posted on June 24 2010.
  • The Next Big Step: MHS Revue Is Student-Run - posted on May 26 2010.
  • Not That Big a Deal - posted on May 20 2010.
  • Grand Forks: Dark Comedy at Fire Hall Theatre - posted on May 06 2010.
  • Art Theft? Argott Makes the Case in “The Art of the Steal” - posted on April 29 2010.
  • Grand Forks: A Modern "Eurydice" - posted on April 22 2010.
  • Tears and a Standing Ovation - posted on April 21 2010.
  • Treasures Exposed: Rachel Coyne’s "Whiskey Heart" - posted on March 18 2010.
  • Poignant Comedy Well Done by RRHS - posted on February 25 2010.
  • Facebook Famous - posted on February 18 2010.
  • Prairie Public Educates and Inspires - posted on February 11 2010.
  • Angles of Vision - posted on December 23 2009.
  • A Tale of Two Carols - posted on December 11 2009.
  • The Heat of Art - posted on December 03 2009.
  • Powerful Play "Two Rooms" Gets Fine UND Production - posted on November 24 2009.
  • Designing Documentary Debuts on DVD - posted on November 23 2009.
  • Art Weekend in Review: Photography Plus Bling-Bling - posted on November 10 2009.
  • "Picnic" a Local Theatre High Point - posted on November 05 2009.
  • A Tale of Two Artists - posted on October 29 2009.
  • Full House for "The Laramie Project" - posted on October 14 2009.
  • MSU NOTSTOCK Rocks the Region with Art and Design, plus Music - posted on October 07 2009.
  • Fall Fashion - posted on September 30 2009.
  • The "Lotería" of Life: The Art of Lana Suomala - posted on September 23 2009.
  • Paulsen at the Rourke, Praise from Walter Piehl - posted on September 16 2009.
  • Barriers & Passages: Josh Johnson at Third Street on Kittson - posted on September 14 2009.
  • Raúl at the Plains - posted on September 12 2009.
  • A Bridge Over Troubled Breakfast Cereal - posted on August 26 2009.
  • NYC: A Cultural Mecca for Art Students - posted on August 20 2009.
  • Artistic OPPortunity - posted on August 05 2009.
  • Sen. Byron Dorgan's New Book - posted on July 29 2009.
  • A New North Dakota - posted on July 09 2009.
  • Confounding the Sublime: Andrew Stark MFA Painting Exhibition - posted on May 07 2009.
  • Cancel Your Subscription: “Miss March” Kills Brain Cells by the Minute - posted on March 19 2009.
  • Good music, great gags, and intricate plot make “Lucky Stiff” a hit with audiences - posted on February 13 2009.
  • Classical Music and modern Theatre Entertain GF - posted on February 05 2009.
  • Holiday Theatre at GF High Schools - posted on December 18 2008.
  • EGF Does "Godspell" - posted on November 26 2008.
  • Awesome Graphics: Fallout 3 - posted on November 20 2008.
  • 2008 Forx Film Fest Starts Friday - posted on November 06 2008.
  • Live Theatre Entertains Local Audiences - posted on November 04 2008.
  • GF Theatre Plus Halloween Films, Both Spooky and Campy - posted on October 31 2008.
  • Clay is a Catalyst for Innovation and Change - posted on October 22 2008.
  • Restored Anti-War Classic - posted on October 12 2008.
  • Classic Films in a Classic Theatre - posted on October 02 2008.
  • Wings of Wisdom - posted on October 01 2008.
  • Film Rarities and Classics on the Big Screen - posted on September 04 2008.
  • Rediscovering the Fourth of the "4 Great Comedians" - posted on August 21 2008.
  • Elva Treviño Hart Reads From Her Work Monday at MSUM - posted on July 11 2008.
  • What Memoirs Know - posted on June 19 2008.
  • "The Visitor": McCarthy Delivers Multicultural Lesson - posted on June 05 2008.
  • From a Deadly Accident, a Moving Memoir - posted on May 08 2008.
  • Waiting for a Bus… - posted on April 17 2008.
  • The Ordinary, plus Time, Equals the Extraordinary - posted on April 10 2008.
  • Art for the Masses: Pop Art Images at the Rourke - posted on March 27 2008.
  • Walking with Compassion: Upcoming Events - posted on March 06 2008.
  • Relationship Comedy Takes Absurdist Approach - posted on February 21 2008.
  • Various Talents, One Vision - posted on February 21 2008.
  • Hot Hot Hot: A Spirit Room Valentine for Art Lovers - posted on February 14 2008.
  • Stages Are Active in Grand Forks - posted on February 14 2008.
  • Art and the American West: Grandeur, Fortitude, Competing Destinies - posted on February 07 2008.

• Rubber Chickens

  • Pizza Squirrel - posted on March 08 2012.
  • Green Leopard Print Tights - posted on February 09 2012.
  • Legendary North Dakota - posted on January 19 2012.
  • The End of the World is Here Again! - posted on January 19 2012.
  • A Writer On Writing About Writing - posted on November 17 2011.
  • Chaplain Chris: Part II - posted on October 27 2011.
  • Chaplain Chris: Part I - posted on October 20 2011.
  • Cthulhu, Sometimes You’ve Just Got to Walk it Out - posted on October 20 2011.
  • The Breast Stroke: Part II - posted on October 06 2011.
  • Part One: In Which We Meet Our Stationary Hero - posted on September 22 2011.
  • Read my Reviews of Movie Trailers, Won’t You? - posted on September 01 2011.
  • Cats vs. Dogs - posted on August 19 2011.
  • Adapting to dorm life. - posted on August 19 2011.
  • Valid Questions For Michele Bachmann - posted on August 05 2011.
  • Crap Critique: A review of stuff I found on the web - posted on August 05 2011.
  • Monkey Robots - posted on July 30 2011.
  • So You’re Interested in Trying Stand-Up … - posted on July 21 2011.
  • Five things from yesterday’s drive - posted on July 21 2011.
  • Republican Primary Tavern Ammo For Progressives - posted on July 09 2011.
  • In Defense of Bathroom Humor - posted on July 09 2011.
  • 2 Rants 1 Column - posted on July 09 2011.
  • New Things to Bicker About - posted on June 30 2011.
  • Republican Primary Tavern Ammo For Progressives - posted on June 23 2011.
  • An Open Letter to Mrs. Anthony Weiner - posted on June 23 2011.
  • Summer Travel Apps - posted on May 12 2011.

• Web Exclusives

  • Ice Follies - posted on February 16 2012.
  • The Lost Generation - posted on January 19 2012.
  • The 12 days of Christmas - posted on December 24 2011.
  • HPR's Songspiel: Worst Cover’s - posted on December 15 2011.
  • HPR's Songspiel: Metamorphosis - posted on December 08 2011.
  • HPR's Songspiel: Flower for Julie - posted on November 25 2011.
  • HPR’s Songspiel: Gloomy Sunday - posted on November 17 2011.
  • The Fargo Project - posted on November 11 2011.
  • Neplusultra - posted on November 10 2011.
  • HPRs: Song Spiel - posted on November 03 2011.
  • Rock N' Rolls Most Amazing Deaths - posted on October 27 2011.
  • Theatre Disco Has New Shiny Balls - posted on June 15 2011.
  • Night Shift - posted on January 25 2011.
  • Five Poems - posted on July 06 2010.
  • Sunshining on Snow, a Parking Lot: Deja Vu - posted on April 29 2010.