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by Jack Dura | Theatre | November 25th, 2014
…MSUM student aims high with original piece of theaterLocal theater is suffering by no means in Fargo-Moorhead. With the range of shows seen in the last year and still on the roster for 2014, our theater scene is lacking little. Among the main players onstage and behind the scenes, students…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | November 25th, 2014
…Three-dimensional movies may be regarded by many as the latest in 21st century technology, requiring modern digital cameras and projectors. The concept of 3-D photography actually goes back to the mid-19th century, and various attempts at 3-D movies have been around since the early 1900s. In an attempt to compete…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | November 25th, 2014
…To Be – Or Not To Be – Is A Fascinating Tough Question Every day we learn more about death, whether its from old age, disease, accident, murder, war, religion, suicide, or just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. We don’t seem to handle death very well…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | November 19th, 2014
…Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s “Birdman” gives Michael Keaton the “Being John Malkovich” treatment in a messy, noisy backstage drama enamored of its own ruminations about art and artifice, celebrity worship, self-respect, narcissism and several dozen additional big ideas. In 2000, “Amores Perros,” the first installment of Inarritu’s “death trilogy,” divided audiences,…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | November 19th, 2014
…Star Wallowing Bull received his first art award when he was in the third grade. The prize was a free month supply of chocolate milkshakes. He has received numerous awards since, including the Bush Foundation Fellowship in 2010 and, most recently, the Native Arts Cultural Foundation Fellowship in 2014.According to…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | November 19th, 2014
…The movement in avant-garde modern art known as Expressionism began in Germany just over a century ago, shortly before and especially during and right after World War I. It employed harsh contrasts with distorted colors and angles to express an underlying psychological feeling rather than representing its subjects literally. By…
by Stephen Anderson | Music | November 19th, 2014
…What’s really in a name? In an age when music is consumed à la carte, listeners dragging and dropping their earworms of choice into infinite playlists, what value does an album title hold? With the passing of bassist Gerard Smith in 2011, as well as the weight of expectations driven…
by John Strand | Editorial | November 19th, 2014
…Our Opinion / The public has a legitimate interest in the unexpected and negotiated departure of Chief TernesPretty much out of the blue, a media report Saturday, Nov. 8 let the cat out of the bag about city leaders “negotiating” the departure of Police Chief Keith Ternes. Mayor Walaker was…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | November 19th, 2014
…The Evils Of “Religious” Politicians And The Growth Of Human SavageryAs Syrian children go to schools and playgrounds in Raqqa, a provincial capital now controlled by the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (commonly known as ISIS), they walk by spiked fences topped by the decapitated heads of the followers…
by Jack Dura | Theatre | November 19th, 2014
…School’s first dance show in eight yearsFor Fargo North High, this fall’s musical is something of a first. At least in the last eight years. In selecting “West Side Story” for the stage this fall, it’s the first “dance-heavy” show the high school has had since 2006’s “Pippin.” Director Tom…