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by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | July 11th, 2021
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.con15 July 2021 Looking Backward: 1887 to Brave New World, 632 After Ford We currently have three billionaires spending billions to leave planet Earth. Jeff Bezos of Amazon, the richest man in the world, will soon take a ride on his Blue Origin New Shepherd rocket with a…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | July 7th, 2021
…by Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com08 July 2021Janicza Bravo’s “Zola”—stylized onscreen as “@Zola” or “@zola” depending on your favorite style guide—is the curious story by Aziah “Zola” Wells, candidly recounting a partly truthful and partly embellished autobiographical sex trafficking road trip odyssey she unloaded as a series of 148…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | July 4th, 2021
…by Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com08 July 2021 Miranda Was Wrong: We Are Terribly Short Of ‘Goodly Creatures’Before I attack God, Catholics, evangelical Christians, and Trumplicans, I’ve got to attack the Supreme Court. The Court voted 8-1 that a foul-mouthed bratty teenaged cheerleader, with parents who want be “friends” instead of parents, had…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | June 27th, 2021
…by Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com01 July 2021If the accolades bestowed on Ahmir Khalib “Questlove” Thompson’s directorial debut as feature documentary filmmaker are any indication, we are on the cusp of a fresh “Summer of Soul” in the hot months of 2021. Claiming both Grand Jury and Audience Award prizes following its premiere…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 27th, 2021
…by Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com01 July 2021 HecKKK, There’s No Racism in the Divided States of AmeriKa!Although I lived on Highway 27, four miles east of Little Falls, for my first 18 years, I didn’t learn until I was 89 that HW 27 actually was constructed on top of an Indian trail…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 20th, 2021
…by Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com24 June 2021 When Will Money Talk for the Very Last Time?I have never been a country music fan, but I have been a country “poet” fan for decades. As a vocalist, I have sung solos, in duets, trios, in male and mixed quartets, in madrigals, and in…
by Sabrina Hornung | HPR Abroad | June 15th, 2021
…by Thena Franssen submit@hpr1.com17 June 2021When people think of Missouri, most think about the larger cities and sports teams but fail to look past much more of that. Failing to dig deeper into what the state of Missouri has to offer means that you’re going to be missing out on…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | June 15th, 2021
…by Kris Gruberperriex1@gmail.com17 June 2021Along with lemonade and hotdogs, words and images marking the pavement are synonymous with summer. The accessibility of sidewalk art is appealing, but there is something to be said for kicking it up a notch, and bringing it to the street. Chalk festivals showcase artists by…
by Sabrina Hornung | Last Word | June 15th, 2021
…by Annie Prafckesubmit@hpr1.com17 June 2021On June 19th, from 12pm to 7pm, nonprofit Faith4Hope Scholarship Fund is hosting their first ever Juneteenth Freedom Celebration at Lindenwood Park in Fargo. It is free and open to the public. Established by Faith Dixon and C. Hope Shields, Faith4Hope strives to empower low-income F-M…
by Sabrina Hornung | HPR Abroad | June 15th, 2021
…by Dusty & Kelly Ratcliff@diningduster on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter17 June 2021The Minnesota River Valley National Scenic Byway stretches 287 miles and offers something for everyone in the car. Take in natural history, birding and wildlife, interpretive centers, museums and parks, hiking and biking, historic towns, shopping and restaurants, hotels…