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by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | May 8th, 2022
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com How Can We Know Democracy When We Have Never Experienced It?Some Americans have said we had democracy when one rich man wrote that all men were “created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.” Evidently he didn’t mean women at all—or slaves who were…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | May 1st, 2022
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmial.comSpeaking Truth to Power and ProfitFilmmaker Rory Kennedy lays out damning evidence in “Downfall: The Case Against Boeing,” which premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and is now available to stream on Netflix. Kennedy’s sobering, infuriating film is peak advocacy storytelling, a focused takedown equally interested in…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | April 30th, 2022
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com Man Was Made by Shock and AgonyThe printing presses and all those tiny chips fill our eyes and ears every second with words and images of war, destruction, and the slaughter of human beings in Ukraine and other spots on the planet. Vladimir Putin is just one…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | April 25th, 2022
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comFinnish filmmaker Hanna Bergholm’s feature debut “Hatching” is a satisfying creature-feature delight. A coming-of-age, body horror nightmare with a sharp sense of social critique and a nose for the adolescent challenges of complicated mother-daughter relationships, Bergholm’s film critiques the contemporary obsession with self-centered personal branding and the pursuit…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | April 23rd, 2022
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com What Do Republican and Democratic Women Stand For?Have we lost our way? What are the values of a democracy? In February of 1994, after many years of Russian subjugation, the president of Estonia listed the following values in a speech in Hamburg, Germany: ”(The values are) Freedom…
by Sabrina Hornung | Best Bets | April 21st, 2022
…May 14, 7am - 11amForest River Park in Fargohttps://fargoparks.com/events-and-deadlines/fargo-birding-festivalHike the wooded trails, learn from experts and look for dozens of different migrating birds during this free, family-friendly event from the Fargo Park District, Audubon Dakota and Fargo Public Library. Bring binoculars if you have them, since supplies are limited. Kids…
by Sabrina Hornung | Best Bets | April 21st, 2022
…Friday, April 29, 8pm, Fargo Theatre https://fargotheatre.org/production/balkowitsch/The award-winning documentary film. Shane Balkowitsch is a preservationist, an archivist, and an artist through the lost art of the wet plate collodion process. His work is spread throughout some of the most renowned museums on the planet. A Q&A will follow the screening.
by Sabrina Hornung | Best Bets | April 21st, 2022
…May 6-22, 7:30pm (May 15, 22 at 2pm)Theatre B, 215 10th St N, Moorheadhttps://www.theatreb.org/Survivors of a global catastrophe gather around a campfire and recall an episode of “The Simpsons” in this unusual dark comedy. Decades later, that campfire story gels into a kind of modern myth. This show was nominated…
by Sabrina Hornung | Best Bets | April 21st, 2022
…May 19, 5pm doors, 7pm showFargo Brewing, 610 University Dr Nhttps://jadepresents.com/events/The one-time highest grossing electronic dance music artist in North America. We’re telling you in advance because it looks like it’s going to sell out, even at $46.50 & $100 per ticket. It’s an outdoor event and if you can’t afford a…
by Sabrina Hornung | Last Word | April 21st, 2022
…By Curt Stofferahn https://drcinfo.orgRecent news about proposed economic development strategies in North Dakota had me thinking that the founders of the Nonpartisan League must be turning in their graves. The League grew out of North Dakota farmers’ feelings of exploitation at the hands of out-of-state corporations. When the League gained…