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by Tessa Torgeson | Last Word | December 21st, 2016
…I commend ND media outlets for raising awareness about the opiate epidemic and heroin overdoses in our communities. Stories about recovering addicts reduce stigma and shame, providing hope for those who still struggle with addictions; meanwhile, stories about people who died of an overdose offer a cautionary tale. Most importantly,…
by Faye Seidler | Culture | December 21st, 2016
…In the last few years, dating sites like OkCupid and Tinder have included the ability to identify as transgender, presumably to better represent the reality that we live in a gender-expansive world. These days it is self-evident that there are more relationship types than straight, white, heterosexual couples composed of…
by John Showalter | Wellness | December 21st, 2016
…In the city of Fargo we’re no strangers to severe winters, and this last week has been especially taxing, with its sub-zero wind chills. The winter season in northern climes is infamous for giving people the “winter blues,” an unscientific term for a range of symptoms ranging from a general…
by Chuck Solly | Culture | December 21st, 2016
…Last month there were 1.6 billion unique monthly visitors to the Google web site. Most of us geeks use Google many times a day. Anyone with a computer uses the site. It is the most popular site on the planet.So what is this site all about? I can’t tell you…
by C.S. Hagen | News | December 18th, 2016
…BISMARCK – The same prejudices that sent 38 Dakota Native Americans to the gallows in Minnesota 154 years ago still exist in the Peace Garden State today. Parallels between the broken treaties that sparked the six-week US-Dakota War of 1862 and the current fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline contain…
by C.S. Hagen | Arts | December 14th, 2016
…The art trade in Fargo is a cutthroat business. Photographers, painters, and potters struggling for local sales are now also fighting for spaces in the downtown area.Recognized by many as the cultural avant-garde of Downtown’s awakening and current revitalization programs, some artists are being forced out, while others are fearful…
by Jim Fuglie | Last Word | December 14th, 2016
…I’d be lying if I said James W. Foley was one of my favorite poets. Hokey might be the best word to describe him (but kind of wonderfully hokey). Foley, North Dakota’s longtime Poet Laureate (way before current Laureate Larry Woiwode) has been dead 75 years now, but there’s a…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | December 14th, 2016
…While researching the concept of his current solo exhibition at the Spirit Room, titled “#MillenialProbs,” ceramicist Hayden Swanson did a bit of crowdsourcing by reaching out to his peers via social media. I couldn’t help but ask what he thought the most serious problem was. “I don’t think I could…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | December 14th, 2016
…We can sit and post and kvetch about the commercialization of the holidays until we are blue in the face, but personally, the thing that I appreciate the most is holiday baking—especially making springerle with my grandma. Springerle are a traditional German Christmas cookie, often made with wooden…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | December 14th, 2016
…Thursday, December 22, doors 6:30pm, show 7:30pmFargo Civic Center 207 4th St N, FargoAs we go to press, there are only 11 seats left, all single seat only, at $26.50. There are also VIP tickets at $134.00. For that, you get the best seats in the house, crowd-free merchandise shopping,…