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​From the page to the stage: “Slice of Life” at Theatre B

by Brittney Goodman | Theatre | December 14th, 2016

…A new play by Wisconsin-based James Devita (“A Winsome Murder,” “Silenced”) is currently being performed by Fargo’s Theatre B in their temporary home, The Broadway Theatre Garage. The play opened Thanksgiving weekend and runs through New Year’s Eve. According to the director, David Wintersteen, it is about “two families finding…

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​Homeless, not hopeless

by Tessa Torgeson | Culture | December 14th, 2016

…A woman spends another restless night shivering on a concrete floor, the only source of comfort a rubber mat, thin scratchy blanket and a lumpy pillow. It offers temporary refuge from the bitter Fargo winter. A man found passed out in an alley Downtown is whisked away in an ambulance…

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Being Darth Vader: “I Am Your Father” peers behind Prowse’s mask

by Greg Carlson | Cinema | December 14th, 2016

…With the October 2016 announcement that he would no longer attend international shows to meet fans and sign autographs in person, David Prowse closed a chapter of his life that some “Star Wars” aficionados had anticipated since a 2009 cancer diagnosis and a controversial 2014 claim that the Darth Vader…

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​The Gorman dogfight

by Seng Phengdouangdeth | Culture | December 14th, 2016

…As you enjoy the crisp, clear Midwestern air and gaze up at the stars this winter, taking comfort in the security that a place like Fargo has to offer, it could be hard to feel any sense of unease. It could be hard to think that anything strange or otherworldly…

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​Spanish director’s black comedy masterpiece

by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | December 14th, 2016

…Most fans of international cinema are probably familiar with the names of Luis Buñuel, Pedro Almodóvar, and Alejandro Amenábar. Other important Spanish directors such as Luis García Berlanga, however, are little-known outside of Spain, even though Berlanga’s “Plácido” (1961) was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film. The film…

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Deportation might be one answer

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | December 14th, 2016

…Firearms kill one and wound two Minnesotans every dayWhen 23-year-old law clerk Chase Passauer was killed in April of 2016 in the St. Paul law office of North Star Criminal Defense, someone finally kept track of how much his death cost. The eight bullets fired into his body cost about…

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​Whiskey around the world : Japan

by Chris Larson | Beer Snob | December 14th, 2016

…Since 1924, Japanese spirit, wine, and beer giant Suntory has been making whiskey but it wasn’t until 2015 that the category of Japanese whiskey began to gain serious traction in the United States. This was the year that Jim Murray named one of Suntory’s products, Yamazaki Sherry Cask as the…

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​No DAPL Movement Switches Gears, Locals Accost Activists in Bismarck

by C.S. Hagen | News | December 8th, 2016

…CANNONBALL – Blizzards and biting Arctic winds are all in a winter day’s work for most North Dakotans, but to the unprepared the cold can become a struggle between life and death. Due in part to winter conditions this week the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has asked…

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Fargo Moorhead Gay Men’s Chorus: holiday concert and then…New York City!

by Brittney Goodman | Music | December 7th, 2016

…The Fargo-Moorhead Gay Men’s Chorus (FMGMC), founded in 2013, will soon be bringing their musical talent to Lincoln Center in New York City. For the relatively new chorus, this is just as big a deal as it sounds.The FMGMC’s next event is its annual Holiday Concert, “I Heard the Bells,”…

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Writer Wonderland

by HPR Staff | Best Bets | December 7th, 2016

…Thursday, December 15, 6-8pm  Zandbroz Variety, 420 Broadway N, FargoTen authors sign copies of their books, refreshments and treats provided. Cooks Molly Yeh and Amy Thielen; local favorites Marc DeCelle, Jacqueline Bussie, Troy Larson, Lin Enger, Jeff Kolpack, and Brian Peterson; poets Mark Vinz and Jamie Parsley. Free and open…

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