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by HPR Contributor | News | November 17th, 2016
…By C.S. Hagencshagen@hpr1.comElection results shocked the nation last week, but it was Measure 5, the legalization of medical marijuana that took the state by surprise.Medical marijuana, now legal in North Dakota and not considered recreational, will take some time to implement, but patients are already hounding the phones for information.…
by HPR Contributor | Culture | November 16th, 2016
…By Faye Seidler fayeseidler@gmail.comThe Transgender Day of Remembrance memorializes the trans individuals who have lost their lives due to violence this year. It is a day where we read their names and remember them—not how they died, but how they lived. This is also a day of visibility for the…
by HPR Contributor | Culture | November 16th, 2016
…By Amy Venn amyvenn86@gmail.comPangea—Cultivate Our Cultures will be hosted by the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County (HCSCC) on Saturday, November 19th at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead. Attendees can expect 30 different vendors, 15 musical performances, and more than 11 food cultures represented at the event.“It’s a way…
by HPR Contributor | Last Word | November 16th, 2016
…By Samantha L. Montano, M.S.samanthalmontano@gmail.comA few weeks ago I noticed a billboard in downtown Fargo that reads “All Lives Matter.” As a person who believes in equality, I was taken aback. Some people have interpreted the slogan “Black Lives Matter” to mean that other lives do not matter. This belief…
by HPR Contributor | Cocktail Showdown | November 16th, 2016
…By Chris Larson Cjlarson75@gmail.comProof Artisan DistillersLocated at 414 4th Avenue North in Downtown Fargo, Proof is a distillery that also houses both a tasting room and a restaurant that serves small plates as well as entrees. The tasting room and restaurant hours are Thursday 4pm to 10pm and 4pm to…
by HPR Contributor | News | November 16th, 2016
…By C.S. HagenFARGO – From San Francisco to Washington D.C., Maine and Massachusetts to Arizona, Mandan to Fargo, tens of thousands of activists marched against the Dakota Access Pipeline on Tuesday in a nationwide call to action initiated by the Standing Rock Sioux.The No DAPL National Day of Action was…
by HPR Contributor | Last Word | November 16th, 2016
…By Davin Wait davin.wait@hcsmuseum.orgI’m writing to address a common misconception about immigration. Our political and media climate has been more frequently lending itself to arguments and assumptions on the issues that are not grounded in historical facts.Immigrants are not new to our community. Fargo-Moorhead exists on the Red River, where…
by John Showalter | Arts | November 16th, 2016
…I’m sitting on a couch in the combination art studio/garage of local artist Matt Mastrud, aka Punchgut. We shoot the breeze about topics from horror movies to the tension in the air after the recent presidential election. He muses about how he thinks people would put aside their differences if…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | November 16th, 2016
…The subgenre of crime thrillers known as “film noir” was at its height during the 1940s and 1950s. It is noted for cynical anti-heroic characters, a pervasive sense of inexorable fate, usually leading to the doom of one or more characters, and moody low-key cinematography featuring plenty of shadows with…
by Sabrina Hornung | Culture | November 16th, 2016
…Photo by: Coit Photography, Minneapolis, Minn.Anastasia Rose’s drag beginnings started on a Fargo-Moorhead stage in November 2007. Since then she has relocated to Minneapolis and has become part of the Imperial Court of Minnesota where she continues to sport high heels and a heart of gold. This time as she…