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by HPR Contributor | Theatre | February 14th, 2018
…By Nathan Roybardsdream@gmail.comYou are absolutely right. The title is not “To be or not to be” from the famous Shakespeare soliloquy in “Hamlet.” I won’t be talking about Shakespeare particularly. I will expound the relevance of this silly wordplay, if I may.Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, the man known by his stage name,…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | February 14th, 2018
…Do we finally have ‘beauteous mankind in a brave new world?’British philosopher and writer Aldous Huxley used a line of Miranda’s speech in Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest” as the title for his book about the future published in 1932: “O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous…
by HPR Contributor | Last Word | February 14th, 2018
…By Gary Olsonolsong@moravian.eduThe ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas; the class which is the ruling material force in society is at the same time the ruling intellectual force.- Karl Marx and Friedrich EngelsSetting aside the 3 to 4 percent of the U.S. population that can…
by Särah Nour | Arts | February 14th, 2018
…The Red Raven had their annual opening party for the Erotic Art Show last week, drawing in a sizeable crowd that got to take home free condoms, lubricant, chapstick, and Planned Parenthood pins and brochures.The red candles at each table gave the place some romantic ambiance, while cardboard hearts, bubble…
by HPR Contributor | All About Food | February 14th, 2018
…By Melissa Martin, Ph.D. Melissamartincounselor@live.com Emotional eating refers to a range of behaviors in which individuals eat for reasons other than physiological hunger; and eating is an attempt to self-soothe emotions. The mood determines the food. Individuals eat to try to manage uncomfortable emotions such as grief, worthlessness, hopelessness, anger,…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | February 14th, 2018
…What draws people to a particular area? Food? Culture? Nostalgia? It’s hard to speak on behalf of the populace but we obviously know what draws us in as individuals.Here’s another question: What makes an area thrive and what makes up a community’s lifeblood?I spend a lot of time travelling throughout…
by Hee Han | Arts | February 14th, 2018
…Plains Art Museum will feature a two-day class headed by ceramic artist Tim Kowalczyk, featuring his trompe l’oeil “cardboard” ceramic technique.Trompe l’oeil is a French term meaning, “deceive the eye,” and it is an art technique that uses a realistic image to create an optical illusion. Kowalczyk explained what he…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | February 14th, 2018
…Given the film’s somewhat odd marriage of style—the personality-driven presence of chatty neophyte documentarian Bryan Fogel—and substance—the ugly realities of the longtime Russian doping program for Olympic competitors—the inclusion of “Icarus” as one of the five Oscar-nominated nonfiction features came as something…
by Charlie Barber | Last Word | February 14th, 2018
…The Kremlin’s campaign to help Trump win the White House had a primary goal. That was to bring about an end to America’s economic embargo. (The secondary aim was to shove a finger in the United States’ preexisting social and ideological wounds. This had succeeded well enough.)…But it had backfired…Kremlin…
by Sabrina Hornung | All About Food | February 14th, 2018
…“It takes people to step forward. There’s about 25 members in the Robinson Lions Club and we put these events on to keep the town alive,” said Clyde Trautmann as he sipped his drink at Hanson’s Bar.Trautmann is a Robinson native, Lions Club member, and organizer of their annual fishing…