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by John Showalter | Music | July 24th, 2019
…One of Minnesota’s best-kept musical secrets is the Blue Wailers. How deep into the blues do you want to go? I struggle to describe them in words. They are fundamental, defying belief, disturbing.HPR: What can you tell me about yourselves?Tim Jorgensen, bass: I started on guitar around1989 and switched to…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | July 24th, 2019
…Writer-director Riley Stearns confronts the foul odor of hypermasculinity and misogyny in “The Art of Self-Defense,” a pitch-black comedy featuring Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, and Imogen Poots. Eisenberg’s Casey Davies is another of the actor’s signature submissives, a “35-year-old dog owner” (according to a local news report) victimized by a…
by C.S. Hagen | News | July 17th, 2019
…VALLEY CITY – Lowell Busching shuffled into The Vault, pointed to the staff-less counter featuring self-serve sandwiches, Kuchen, and coffee before launching into a history of the building, once a bank. Books and magazines are piled in shelves and along walls in an honor system: take one, but leave a…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | July 17th, 2019
…Thursday, July 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m.Zandbroz, 420 N Broadway, FargoAuthor Sarah Coomber will be making an appearance at Zandbroz for a reading and signing of her recently released memoir, “The Same Moon.” Recently wed and soon divorced Coomber became disillusioned with her life in Minnesota and took a teaching gig in…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | July 17th, 2019
…Thursday, July 25, 5-7 p.m.Dakota Fine Art, 11 8th St S, FargoKnown for his paintings and drawings Stark is switching from 2D to 3D. Stark says, “ceramic material serves as an extension of concepts exploring the fleeting nature of action, layers of internal depth and transience. The work involves multiple…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | July 17th, 2019
…July 18-21Aurora Knolls, Anamoose, ND Six miles north of Anamoose North Dakota, a three day festival that revolves around music, camping and nature. Art and food vendors will also be onsite. Featuring the talents of The Quarterly, The Pat Lenertz Band, The Shaky Calls, The Moon Cats, Wissota and many…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | July 17th, 2019
…2019 Downtown Fargo Street Fair July 18-20 Downtown Fargo Enjoy art, crafts, and food from a variety of vendors during North Dakota’s largest free outdoor event—the 44th Annual Downtown Fargo Street Fair. A new feature this year is the addition of Can Jam, a celebration of street art!
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | July 17th, 2019
…Friday, July 19, 4-9 p.m. Junkyard Brewing Company, 1416 1st Ave. N, Moorhead Join the friendly folks at Junkyard the night before the Rare Beer Picnic for a tour of their brewhouse. Tours will be on the hour from 4pm to 9pm. Tickets are only $10 and and include a free pint…
by Chuck Solly | Culture | July 17th, 2019
…You probably won’t be connecting an Ethernet cable to your smartphone anytime soon. But it’s usually worth running Ethernet cables to the devices that matter, if you can—gaming and media PCs (or consoles), backup devices, and set-top boxes being just a few examples. Running new cables from the first floor…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | July 17th, 2019
…There Seems To Be A Lot Of Confusion About What Freedom Is!At a recent conference of the evangelical Christian’s Faith and Freedom Coalition, Chairman Ralph Reed, long a hard worker for the Moral Majority’s Jerry Falwell, had the freedom to proclaim this about our president, the Manhattan Village Idiot: “We…