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by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | August 2nd, 2021
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com 05 August 2021Sometimes Facts Lead to Theories. Sometimes They Lead to More Facts.On 21 May 1946, veteran Canadian physicist and chemist Louis Slotin, working in our Manhattan Project in New York, was experimenting with uranium and plutonium cores to determine their critical mass values. Pushing the cores…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | August 2nd, 2021
…No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer ComicsBy Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com05 August 2021Fans and readers as well as the uninitiated will appreciate veteran filmmaker Vivian Kleiman’s “No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics.” Drawing from richly detailed and insightful interviews with a quintet of masters, Kleiman elects to cover as…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | July 26th, 2021
…Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com29 July 2021Conor Holt works in television post-production in Los Angeles and has scoured almost every video store and thrift shop in Los Angeles County on an endless quest for VHS cassettes. This spring he finally made the trek to Bend, Oregon to visit the last Blockbuster in the…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | July 26th, 2021
…Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com29 July 2021This Is About the Religious-Rich-QAnon-White Supremacist-Trumplican CultThere are hundreds of thousands of cults in countries and societies around the world that have played or are playing a role in the formation or disintegration of a group or government. Therefore, the definition of a cult has to be…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | July 18th, 2021
…Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com22 July 2021Of the many offspring of “The Graduate,” few films approach the original’s perfect blend of eager but anxious anticipation regarding the future and post-adolescent tendencies toward solipsistic self-pity. Or, for that matter, the quality of the comedy and the level of craftsmanship. Mike Nichols directed the 1967…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | July 18th, 2021
…Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com22 July 2021 Bosom Buddies: Genghis and BernieIn the 13th Century Genghis Khan of Mongolia ruled the largest empire the world has ever seen: from the Pacific Ocean to the borders of Europe and from Northern Siberia to Southern Persia. His government, known as The Golden Horde, took in…
by Sabrina Hornung | Music | July 14th, 2021
…Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.com15 July 2021“We have a guy that’s been involved with the show for many years as a landlord and knew what it was like in the heydays. So he knows where he wants to take it.” says WE Fest General Sales Manager Mark Bjerke.We Fest was started in 1983,…
by Sabrina Hornung | Music | July 14th, 2021
…Sabrina Horungsabrina@hpr1.com15 July 2021Fargo-based musician Jessica VInes’ music is catchy.. in fact it’s downright infectious. A classically trained jazz vocalist, she’s collaborated with a number of area musicians such as blues rockers The Knotties to the hip hop stylings of Diane Miller. She recently announced a move to California in…
by Sabrina Hornung | All About Food | July 14th, 2021
…Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.com15 July 2021With Grand Forks being a hop skip and a cruise away from Fargo-Moorhead, our neighbors to the north have some great dining options. Whether you’re planning on spending a weekend or planning a day trip there are a couple of spots that are worth the drive.Ely’s IvyEly’s…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | July 14th, 2021
…Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.com15 July 2021Our opinion: Let’s work together instead of against each other.Think of where we are now in comparison to last year. Think of what we’ve learned since and how this is affecting our futures, for example, now that we’ve seen what we can do and how we can…