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by Raul Gomez | Last Word | October 7th, 2020
…By Wess Philomendstandforchange@gmail.comThis week marks at least 129 days since 5,000 people marched through the streets of Fargo in the name of justice and equality. Through many years of being an activist, I had never experienced that many people activated locally in the name of change until the George Floyd…
by Raul Gomez | All About Food | October 7th, 2020
…By Annie Prafckeannieprafcke@gmail.comFargo, ND – Cass County is now at a moderate risk level for the coronavirus according to the North Dakota Department of Health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) further indicate that Cass County is responsible for almost a quarter (24.4% on October 1st) of coronavirus…
by Raul Gomez | Cinema | October 7th, 2020
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comVeteran cinematographer and documentarian Kirsten Johnson follows one directorial masterwork—2016’s “Cameraperson”—with another. Stylistically distinct from “Cameraperson,” “Dick Johnson Is Dead” captures the filmmaker’s relationship with her father, a longtime Seattle-based psychiatrist whose declining health necessitates retirement and a move across the country to Kirsten’s…
by Raul Gomez | Cinema | October 7th, 2020
…By Kris Gruberperriex1@gmail.comHigh Plains Reader spoke to Ryan Hardy, President of the Red River Organ Society, about the 47th annual fundraiser for the Mighty Wurlitzer. This year will be the first fully virtual event, with some special additions to the performances.HIGH PLAINS READER: Can you share some of the discussion…
by Raul Gomez | Culture | October 7th, 2020
…by John Showalterjohn.d.showalter@gmail.comThe lives of countless people and the fortunes of numerous industries have been turned upside-down over the course of 2020 due to the full-blown global pandemic that is COVID-19. One of the areas that have been drastically affected is the performing arts. Concerts and live performances dragged almost…
by Raul Gomez | Music | October 7th, 2020
…By Michael Str!kemichaelstrike.solo@gmail.comTwo-hundred days.In two-hundred days I’ve played one show.At the beginning of this year if someone had told me I was going to play just one show over the span of almost seven months I would’ve laughed them out of the room, and then put on a show in…
by Raul Gomez | Arts | October 7th, 2020
…By Paul NootArtwork by Paul Nootbismarckartist@yahoo.comIt was in the middle of March when Bismarck teachers were notified that school would not be going back and within a week schools would need a plan to do distance learning. I would have never imagined that I would be at home, teaching art…
by Raul Gomez | Theatre | October 7th, 2020
…By Scott Eckernotharrisonford@gmail.comLike many artists the quarantine seemed like a great opportunity to finally get around to some writing. I mean what else was I going to do? Looking on the bright side of oblivion, I could at least be productive.I did a fair amount of writing that I am…
by Raul Gomez | Theatre | October 7th, 2020
…by Monika Browne-Eckermonikabrowne4@gmail.comThinking back on February and the beginning of March, I recall conversations I had with my family here and outside of the US about the truthfulness of the news surrounding this new pandemic. Skepticism gave way to concern and real fear as the days went by with news…
by Charlie Barber | Last Word | October 2nd, 2020
…No Tolerance?—No Democracy; No Freedom, Peace Or Justice; No Habitable Planet!“Is there in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness? Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?” - Abraham Lincoln, July 4, 1861“Mr.…