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by HPR Staff | Best Bets | October 11th, 2017
…Saturday, October 14, 11am-6pmHjemkomst Center, 202 1st Ave N, MoorheadThe event is free; speakers include Fargo native Dr. Neal Barnard, the psychiatrist, author, clinical researcher, and founder of the vegan and animal rights activist group, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Cooking demos, free food samples.
by Chuck Solly | Culture | October 11th, 2017
…This is some of the basic computer technical information you have to know to be comfortable around Windows computers.Long ago and far away, someone thought up some very basic definitions of computer files—you know, the things you create on a computer to hold your writings or pictures or…
by Faye Seidler | Culture | October 11th, 2017
…Janet Mock is a legendary figure within the transgender community, especially for transgender people of color. In her career as a writer and journalist, her work has been defined by dignity, fierceness, passion, honesty, and grace.Recently, I was surprised, honored, and intimidated in equal parts when I was given the…
by John Showalter | Cinema | October 11th, 2017
…Over the last several weeks, the Concordia Orchestra has been preparing for the challengeSince Mary Shelley first published her Gothic horror novel in 1818, “Frankenstein” has been read by millions. The classic tale of an overly ambitious scientist who ‘plays God’ by creating new life, and the tragedy that results…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | October 11th, 2017
…I’m a white son-of-a-bitch who will always take a knee for M/Sgt McNairIn 1938 I entered First Grade in District 54 in Morrison County, Minnesota, a little white country school with a total of 23 students in eight grades and two two-holers out back. That’s where I was first introduced…
by Hee Han | Theatre | October 11th, 2017
…The F-M Community Theatre summarized the story: “Tony Wendice has married his wife, Margot, for her money and now plans to murder her for the same reason. He arranges the perfect murder. He blackmails a scoundrel he used to know to strangle her for a fee of one hundred thousand…
by Tessa Torgeson | All About Food | October 11th, 2017
…The Fergus Falls State Hospital (FFSH) ran a glorified commune. They were committed to sustainability long before the hippies of yore and the farm-to-table free-range folks of today. The hospital was self-sustaining, as both patients and staff raised food and livestock on the grounds for nearly a century, from 1891…
by Jim Fuglie | Last Word | October 11th, 2017
…Deloris Boehmer is my last living aunt. She’s the only remaining member of my parents’ generation in our family. She’s 88, and lives in Edmore, North Dakota, about 40 miles northeast of Devils Lake. She’s got a pretty nice house in Edmore—used to be the Lutheran parsonage. She and my…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | October 11th, 2017
…As thrilling and thought-provoking a sequel as one might hope, “Blade Runner 2049” leverages potent nostalgia for one of the most influential science-fiction films in the canon. It’s a tall order to measure up to Ridley Scott’s stunning 1982 accomplishment, and filmmaker Denis Villeneuve—working for the third time…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | October 11th, 2017
…Our opinion: Folk art as a connector and a hard goodbyeLast week my friend Molly Mclain and I started a rosemaling apprenticeship through the Folkart and traditional Art Apprenticeship program, through the NDCA under master painter Pieper Bloomquist. Rosemaling is the traditional decorative painting of rural Norway. Not only are…