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by Greg Carlson | Cinema | July 10th, 2019
…“Hereditary” director Ari Aster’s sophomore feature “Midsommar” firmly cements the filmmaker’s auteur bona fides. A visually stunning slice of art-house “folk horror” that draws from several touchstone movies—most notably Robin Hardy’s 1973 masterpiece “The Wicker Man”—Aster once again explores the insidious devastation of grief, this time…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | July 10th, 2019
…Writer-producer-director-photographer Rachel Lears teams with writer-producer-editor (and spouse) Robin Blotnick and producer Sarah Olson on advocacy doc “Knock Down the House,” now streaming on Netflix following a world premiere in January at the Sundance Film Festival. A direct response to the election of Donald Trump, Lears follows the grassroots campaigns…
by Ryan Janke | Theatre | July 10th, 2019
…The annual mainstage summer musical, produced by Trollwood Performing Arts School and sponsored by Bell Bank, opens Thursday, July 11. This year’s performance is Disney’s “Freaky Friday.” Trollwood Performing Arts School’s website describes the musical as a, “classic story of a mother and daughter magically swapping bodies and, as a…
by C.S. Hagen | News | July 9th, 2019
…FARGO – A yearlong conduct investigation by the North Dakota Insurance Department into Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota resulted with a fine of $125,000 for the insurance company. The North Dakota Insurance Department looked into Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota’s company operations, insurance fraud reporting, violations…
by Brittney Goodman | Writer's Block | July 7th, 2019
…After spending his high school years in Grand Forks, James Han Mattson is now a published author of the novel “The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves.” He will be in North Dakota July 10-11 for book readings in Fargo and Grand Forks, and is also is conducting a young writers’…
by HPR Contributor | News | July 2nd, 2019
…By Melissa Gonzalezgonzalezme.mmj@gmail.com FARGO - Tired of headlines broadcasting inhumane conditions in the “concentration camps” along the southern border, angry that state leaders have done little to voice opposition, nearly a dozen people gathered in front of Senator John Hoeven’s office to make their voices heard.Two days before Independence Day, nine people…
by C.S. Hagen | News | July 1st, 2019
…FARGO – Six months after receiving a more than four-year sentence, Betty Jo Krenz was released to a minimum-security rehabilitation center.Krenz, 48, of Woodworth, pleaded guilty in January under the Alford plea, which means she acknowledged there was enough evidence to be convicted, but refused to admit to felony theft…
by C.S. Hagen | News | June 26th, 2019
…BISMARCK– In 2016, Debra Haaland cooked green chili and tortillas at the Standing Rock Sioux camps pitched against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Bringing food was her traditional way of contributing to the fight against the $3.8 billion pipeline.She stayed in the camps for four days that September, but the environmental…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | June 26th, 2019
…Wednesday, July 10, 5:30-7:30 p.m.Zandbroz Variety, 420 N Broadway, FargoMattson is currently an assistant professor of English and Creative Writing at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky. He was born in Seoul, Korea and raised in Grand Forks. “The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves” is his first novel he book…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | June 26th, 2019
…Thursday, July 4,10 a.m.-5 p.m.Bonanzaville, 1351 Main Ave W, West FargoThe event kicks off with the shooting of the anvil! Games, live historic demonstrations, horse drawn wagon rides, crafts for the kids, face painting, bouncy houses, food, parade at 2pm, Red River Trivia at 3pm, and much much more. Fireworks…