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by HPR Staff | Best Bets | April 4th, 2018
…April 6-7, 7pmFront Street Taproom, 614 Main AvenueNate Abshire started his comedy career in 2009, the next year he finished runner-up in the “Funniest Person in the Twin Cities” contest. In 2012 he ventured west and was a semifinalist in the Seattle International Comedy Competition and in 2013 Nate performed…
by Sabrina Hornung | Music | April 4th, 2018
…When asked how they would describe their sound the Bismarck-based seven-piece Americana band, Boreal Gardens, replied, “We have many different influences, but we can try to describe our sound as Elvis Costello meets the Rolling Stones.” Add a horn section and some airy yet soulful vocals and you’ll have the…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | April 4th, 2018
…A couple of weeks ago an article in The Washington Post called ‘Grandma’s food’: How changing tastes are killing German restaurants outlined just that. It acknowledged the loss of established German restaurants throughout the nation that have been around for generations.Why the a decline in German restaurants? One reason — we’re losing…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | April 4th, 2018
…Wes Anderson returns to animation with “Isle of Dogs,” a showcase of expectedly eye-popping production design and art direction that partially obscures a pricklier, flintier corner of the world than the one adapted from Roald Dahl’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” in 2009. Writing the screenplay from a story credited to himself,…
by John Showalter | Culture | April 4th, 2018
…Whenever the topic of children’s education comes up, the subject of the arts usually follows. Despite the fact that artistic undertaking can have a positive effect on a young individual’s development, arts programs are often the first to see budget cuts for more “practical” fields. Many great artists got their…
by Faye Seidler | Culture | April 4th, 2018
…The Awesome Foundation supports ideas and initiatives in our area through thousand-dollar grants every month. This month they awarded $1,000, split between the host of Fargo’s only queer radio program, Nemo Siqueiros, and the “Multi-Ethnic Recording Project” on KPPP-LP.Last year I had the privilege of talking to Nemo about his program…
by Chris Larson | Beer Snob | April 4th, 2018
…The area’s premiere whiskey sampling event, Fargo Whiskey Fest, is right around the corner and a sneak peek at the list of products being poured has me salivating and working on my plan of attack for the evening. Before I give you just a tiny taste of what on this…
by Jim Fuglie | Last Word | April 4th, 2018
…Calm was the day in late JulyAnd bright was the sun across the skyBut inside his chest the calm had brokenGovernor Sinner had started croakin’.I laughed the first time I read that, and I’m still laughing every time I think about it. It’s a poem written by a sixth grader…
by Charlie Barber | Last Word | April 4th, 2018
…“I do not believe that a democracy must necessarily become something other than a democracy to protect its national interests…We can prevent and publish the abuse of liberty by sabotage, disorder and violence without destroying liberty itself.” – U.S. Attorney General (later Supreme Court Justice) Frank Murphy, 1939"We know what…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | April 4th, 2018
…The NRA Gun Lobby And Republicans Pick Guns Over KidsAfter the record-setting “March For Our Lives” protest on March 24, the $5 million-a-year National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre stayed in his bunker and remained tight-lipped, but his trolls dropped their AR-15s, climbed out of their militia foxholes, and put…