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Playing to the beat of a different drum

by Sabrina Hornung | Music | September 21st, 2016

…By Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comThe 4onthefloor frontman Gabriel Douglas describes their sound as, “Breathtakingly urgent with passion-consumed delivery, connective and raw.” Their influences stem from the sounds of the Delta Blues, roots rock and folk. Their high-energy shows have packed houses across the Midwest and beyond. The Minneapolis four-piece rock and roll…

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​Evolution and experimentation

by Sabrina Hornung | Music | September 21st, 2016

…“I don’t know if we’re really evolving, but always experimenting—because we’re all the same players and we still do the same thing.” says Korn bassist Reggie “Fieldy” Arvizu, “So we’ll try different directions or different things. We’ve found out no matter what we do, we still end up sounding like…

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​Author Patricia Polacco: presentation in Moorhead

by Särah Nour | Writer's Block | September 21st, 2016

…This Monday, the 26th, children’s book author and illustrator Patricia Polacco will be at three of Moorhead’s local elementary schools, courtesy of the Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (DGF) Public School District. A much sought-after guest lecturer and keynote speaker, Polacco will give presentations at Probstfield Center for Education, S.G. Reinertsen Elementary School, and…

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Mayday! with D. Mills & The Thrills

by HPR Staff | Best Bets | September 21st, 2016

…Friday, September 23, 9:30pmThe Aquarium, 226 Broadway N, FargoWe were hoping she would come back from the Cities and here she is, and, we hope, here to stay. She says she’s had some of the best nights of her life at 226 Broadway, and this will be another one. And…

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​Clark Gable on Blu-ray: western & war

by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | September 21st, 2016

…Legendary Hollywood icon Clark Gable is best-remembered as Rhett Butler opposite Vivien Leigh’s Scarlett O’Hara in the epic “Gone With the Wind” (1939), and as Fletcher Christian opposite Charles Laughton’s Captain Bligh in MGM’s “Mutiny On the Bounty” (1935), both of which won Academy Awards for Best Picture (and both…

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​“Manchester by the Sea”: Lonergan returns with hopeful award season contender

by Greg Carlson | Cinema | September 21st, 2016

…Longtime admirers of filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan will celebrate his third effort as writer-director when “Manchester by the Sea” moves into theaters, bringing with it plenty of buzz surrounding the performances of Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams. Extending his reputation for astonishing voices and unforgettable characters, Lonergan also continues his unflinching…

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​How to be more trans-friendly in your organization

by HPR Contributor | Culture | September 21st, 2016

…By Faye Seidlerfayeseidler@gmail.comLast week I talked about the importance of having trans representation when creating any policy that affects trans lives. Here I’ll be shifting the focus from trans representation to the actual policies an organization would want to look at and develop. There are several broad strategies an organization…

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​There’s nothing wrong with education—except financial support

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | September 21st, 2016

…Teaching history, grading papers—and driving for UberThe national media is in a survey mode, trying to make additional bucks from all that political money loosed by the Republican Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United.The media comes up with “exciting” breaking political news every hour of the day from polls, controversy…

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​You just knew this had to happen

by HPR Contributor | Culture | September 21st, 2016

…By Chuck Sollyrcsolly@gmail.comIt seems I have been writing a lot lately about scams. Everybody wants to cheat their neighbor. I hate that… So of course there is this: Online scammers are now targeting those who recently upgraded to Windows 10, via fake — but highly sophisticated — Windows support sites.…

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​A new direction for The New Direction

by Sabrina Hornung | Music | September 21st, 2016

…High Plains Reader: What-all is planned for the last show at TND?Jack Stenerson: For the last show, we’re having 14 bands play over two days. We knew we couldn’t fit all of the bands in one day so it made the most sense to split it up. The first day…

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