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by Greg Carlson | Cinema | October 30th, 2014
…Trading the comic complications and satirical stingers of “Thank You for Smoking” and “Juno” for the more nakedly manipulative white whine and/or bathos of “Up in the Air,” “Young Adult,” and the critically ravaged “Labor Day,” filmmaker Jason Reitman adds another entry to his list of underwhelming missteps. The director’s…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | October 30th, 2014
…Halloween weekend is a natural time to revisit or track down horror films, with plenty of public screenings as well as numerous sales on home video editions. The prestigious Criterion Collection has several notable horror films from major directors around the world available on Blu-ray, with 13 selected titles not-so-coincidentally…
by Särah Nour | Writer's Block | October 30th, 2014
…Starting Nov. 5, the Spirit Room will be holding Dharma Book Club meetings every Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. The club will discuss one chapter a week from “Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change” by Pema Chödrön. Copies are available at Zandbroz Variety.“Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change” is…
by Jack Dura | Theatre | October 30th, 2014
…After spring world premiere, F-M Opera still has something new up its sleeve Ending its last season on a high note with its first world premiere co-production, the Fargo-Moorhead Opera is back once more for another season of premieres, so to speak. For 2014-2015, the F-M Opera is moving away…
by Chris Hennen | Cocktail Showdown | October 30th, 2014
…It’s time once again for the High Plains Reader’s annual Cocktail Showdown where four fearless judges have the enviable, difficult task of judging drinks and shots from area bars to decide which bartenders are the best of the best.Each drink is judged on a scale from 1 to 5 in…
by Stephen Anderson | Music | October 30th, 2014
…By Stephen AndersonDeceptively titled, Kevin Morby’s sophomore release is all moving and shaking. A onetime member of ramshackle indie collectives Woods and the Babies, Morby follows up on the sleepy promise of last year’s low-key solo release “Harlem River” with a song cycle of musings on his constant state of…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | October 29th, 2014
…Democracy For Sale: Going Once … Going Twice … Sold To The Billionaires!Since the Republican Supreme Court decided to dump parts of the Voters Rights laws passed almost 50 years ago, most states controlled by Republican legislatures and governors, including North Dakota, have attempted to pass hundreds of restrictive voting…
by Chris Hennen | News | October 29th, 2014
…Four races are among the tightest in NDWith Tuesday’s election fast approaching, the High Plains Reader decided to take a look at some of North Dakota’s most hotly contested and talked about races. By now, voters may be growing tired of the political ads but it is crunch time for…
by Diane Miller | News | October 29th, 2014
…Multi-million dollar disagreement on how much state funding should go toward environmental conservationCome Nov. 4, North Dakotans will be able to vote on one of the most environmentally forward measures the state has ever seen. If passed, Measure 5 would set aside 5 percent of gas and oil-extraction tax revenues…
by HPR Contributor | Culture | October 29th, 2014
…By Aaron BarthA couple days ago HPR’s J Earl Miller called to chat. In that conversation, we spoke about the Nov. 4 election, and also about what a person might do to motivate others to vote. We agreed that there was little we could do to motivate people to vote.Our…