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by John Showalter | Music | June 15th, 2021
…by John Showalter john.d.showalter@gmail.comThe COVID-19 pandemic took a huge toll on the live music industry. Not only concerts but full-blown music festivals were among the casualties over the course of 2020. However, as vaccines continue to roll out and guidelines are loosened, venues have been cautiously reopening their doors to…
by Sabrina Hornung | Culture | June 15th, 2021
…By Michael M. Millermichael.miller@ndsu.edu17 June 2021The Lehr Tabernacle near Lehr, N.D., celebrates its 100th Centennial with events on June 18-20, 2021. The Tabernacle, also known as Prairie Bible Camp, was featured in an article in North Dakota Horizons, Spring 2017, “Lehr Tabernacle on the Prairie,” written by Ronald Vossler, native…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | June 14th, 2021
…by Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com17 June 2021Edgar Wright—the subject of his own cult of fandom—knows a thing or two about obsessive devotion to odds and ends of pop culture. And with “The Sparks Brothers,” the filmmaker’s first feature-length foray into nonfiction, Wright applies the same attention to detail…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | June 14th, 2021
…by Dominic Ericksongregcarlson1@gmail.com14 June 2021Colin Froeber and Nicole Rodenburg (who grew up in Fargo) are premiering their film “Glob Lessons” at the Tribeca Film Festival this weekend. The movie can be seen on-demand for the duration of the festival.“Glob Lessons” is the funny and heartfelt feature directorial debut of Nicole…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 13th, 2021
…by Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com17 June 2021 Why Cooks Are Yelling “Flip Your Own Damn Burgers!”A June 3 headline in The Wall Street Journal caught my eye because it raved: “U.S. Economy’s Rebound is Without Historical Parallel.” I was shocked because I remembered a news story in The Guardian a few months…
by Charlie Barber | Last Word | June 7th, 2021
…By Charlie BarberCMCBARB@msn.com10 June 2021“Quietly and with little fanfare, the Biden administration has been taking all the right steps early in its tenure in confronting the threat of right-wing extremist violence and its spread—a mandate handed to Biden by the insurrectionists who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Rather…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | June 7th, 2021
…by Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com10 June 2021Horror hounds and those who—like me—are attracted to movies about movies will appreciate “Censor,” an intriguing but uneven period piece. The feature debut of director and co-writer Prano Bailey-Bond, the film is set initially within the drab offices of the group of…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 7th, 2021
…by Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com10 June 2021When Lampreys and Humans Ate Each OtherSome of my musical favorites are on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CD containing Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, and Cats. He loves to rehabilitate old stuff. He just bought the oldest continuously running theater in London, the Royal…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | June 1st, 2021
…by Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com03 June 2021Theo Anthony’s thought-provoking Sundance Special Jury Award prizewinner “All Light, Everywhere” ponders a great many questions joining past and present, perception and reality, and beholder and beheld. Among its fascinating explorations is the link between the development of photographic processes and their application in the arenas…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | May 31st, 2021
…by Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com 03 June 2021Eternal Fact: Homo Sapiens Can’t Stop Having Sex or AbortionsBible thumpers proclaim God commanded us to “Be fruitful and multiply!” Homo sapiens have done a good job for about 300,000 years, particularly after migrating out of Africa 60,000 years ago. Population statisticians estimate about 100…