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by Ashley Murtha | Music | May 3rd, 2017
…The Human Element of Fargo started off as a cover band by the name of Matty J and Friends in the winter of 2014. Originally the band only consisted of three members—Matt Johnson, Andrew Overby, and Seth Holden. But then they played a gig with Kari Marie Steen…
by HPR Staff | Culture | May 3rd, 2017
…The surface of the former city hall parking lot had been filled in, was much lower long ago.It flooded nearly every spring, was called The Hollow, and was Fargo’s red light district, full of illegal swinging-door saloons—and what are called “female boarding houses” in the old insurance maps.…
by C.S. Hagen | News | May 3rd, 2017
…FARGO - After local watering hole Bison Turf caught fire last July, owner James “Pete” Sabo never doubted he would reopen.It was only a matter of timing, he said. Originally, he planned to open last October. Red tape, building permits, and a new water line for an indoor sprinkling system…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | May 3rd, 2017
…Last week a handful of posters appeared spewing hate speech and singing the praise of the alt right. Fargo resident Christopher Smith took photos and posted them on his facebook and the comment response lit up like wildfire. It’s hard to understand, rationalize, or logically justify this hate speech, but…
by C.S. Hagen | News | May 2nd, 2017
…FARGO - The Fargo/Moorhead Refugee Advisory Council clarified recent actions Tuesday by doubling down on its stance against the recall effort of a Fargo city commissioner primarily due to threats, but not without admonishment. “We have a simple message,” the Fargo/Moorhead Refugee Advisory Council, or FMRAC, said in a response…
by C.S. Hagen | News | April 29th, 2017
…FARGO - Despite an announcement by the Fargo/Moorhead Refugee Advisory Council, the recall petition of City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn will go on.“Everyone on the recall committee agreed to continue,” Erin Buzick, an organizer for the recall committee, said. “After discussing the release from FMRAC with dozens of refugee and immigrant…
by C.S. Hagen | News | April 27th, 2017
…Alt White: The Siege of North Dakota. Part five in the series on racism in North Dakota. The state is no stranger to hate groups seeking attention, and while Pioneer Little Europe and the Creativity Movement form hit lists of North Dakota small towns, a new white supremacist group surfaces…
by Chuck Solly | Culture | April 27th, 2017
…I have purchased many computer printers in my time, some good, some bad, some terrible! It has always been a necessary evil to have a printer on your desk. Early dot matrix printers were a nightmare to keep running, keep the paper from jamming, keep the ink cartridges fresh and…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | April 27th, 2017
…Now on Netflix instant watch and not to be missed is director Keith Maitland’s “Tower,” one of the most memorable and gripping films of 2016. Carefully, even meticulously, constructing a moment-by-moment chronological account of the 1966 University of Texas at Austin murders committed by Charles Whitman from the observation deck…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | April 27th, 2017
…Friday, April 28, Various timesMarcus West Acres Cinema, 4101 17th Ave, FargoThis movie, based on the award-winning novel by Kent Nerburn, is a story about a road trip through Minnesota and the Dakotas showing the beauty, tragedy, humor and power of the Lakota Country. So far the film has received…