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​Good evening, Valley City/Barnes County Public Library Board Members and Fellow Community Members

by Sabrina Hornung | Last Word | January 8th, 2023

…By Stacie Hansen-Leiersubmit@hpr1.com I’ve been a resident of Valley City for most of my fifty-one years, with the exception of short residencies in Jamestown, Fargo, the Park Rapids Minn. area and five years in the Cities.I’ve been a voracious reader for most of my life and some of my best…

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​The Kulm Bank Caper: A 97-Year-Old Cold Case on the Prairie

by Sabrina Hornung | HPR Abroad | January 7th, 2023

…By Rick Schlechtkathyja49@drtel.netWho among us mystery buffs and sleuths are not familiar with the Hasbro board game, CLUE? Its host of unusual suspects contemplating a crime in some room within a mansion, with access to weapons of opportunity, was sure to push our brain pans to the extreme limit, digging…

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​In Touch With Prairie Living

by Sabrina Hornung | Culture | January 7th, 2023

…By Michael M. Miller  michael.miller@ndsu.eduMy October column features a heartwarming interview with Christina (Gross) Jundt on October 14, 1998, at Rugby, ND, conducted by her first cousin, Brother Placid Gross, Assumption Abbey, Richardton, ND. Access the complete transcription here: https://hdl.handle.net/10365/31673. Christina was born on November 10, 1909, and died on…

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The ​American Taliban at Work and Play

by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | January 7th, 2023

…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com To ND Legislators: Are Women Equal to Men and Shall All LBGTQ+ be Stoned?It is well known that many politicians who have played doctor when toddlers continue to play the same game and vote on medical and scientific issues they know nothing about after being elected to…

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​Aftersun: Charlotte Wells’s Debut Feature Among Best of 2022

by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | January 7th, 2023

…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comShimmering like a mirage that retreats and dematerializes the closer one gets, “Aftersun” may just be the best movie of 2022. The self-described “emotionally autobiographical” feature debut of Scottish writer-director Charlotte Wells, the film is a treasure for those viewers who prefer ambiguity and understatement. The deceptively straightforward…

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​Conspicuous Consumption: Baumbach Takes on “White Noise”

by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | January 7th, 2023

…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comNoah Baumbach’s ambitious, hysterical adaptation of Don DeLillo’s famously “unfilmable” modern classic “White Noise” is – given the bona fides of the source material – certain to divide opinion. For the supporters, the director’s cinephilia sparks and shimmers from one giddy moment to the next. Nobody will overlook…

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​Schrader Dramatizes a Contemporary Reckoning in ‘She Said’

by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | January 7th, 2023

…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comFew reviews of Maria Schrader’s sturdy “She Said” go without mentioning “All the President’s Men” and “Spotlight.” The new film, in line to pick up some award season recognition on the basis of its subject matter alone, follows the work of Pulitzer-winning New York Times reporters Megan Twohey…

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​Hiahli’s Good Party

by Sabrina Hornung | Best Bets | January 1st, 2023

…Friday, January 6; 6pm doors, 7pm musicThe Aquarium, FargoHiahli is a live hip-hop act armed with instruments of rock n roll. This Fargo, ND-based group formed in 2020. They were awarded grants through The Arts Partnership to produce a series of studio recordings with multimedia accompaniment.

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14,000 Blinks

by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | December 27th, 2022

…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comWhy Is the World Such a Terrible Mess When We Have 4,200 Religions?‘Twas said Hitler was kind to his secretary and was inconsolable when one of his favorite dogs died. How did he feel about killing six million of the eleven million Jews living in Europe, as well…

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JOSEF OLIVIERI: NORTH DAKOTA’S GODFATHER OF HAIR

by Sabrina Hornung | Culture | December 23rd, 2022

…By Sabrina Hornung sabrina@hpr1.comThe following interview was done in February of 2016, just a few months after Mr. Josef Olivieri’s 90th birthday. We’re sorry to hear of his passing at the age of 97 on December 22, 2022. As we remember the life and legacy of Mr. Josef, we send…

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