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by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | August 12th, 2015
…When Mara Morken Fogarty’s stepfather and regional artist Lynn Fundingsland installed a carved cedar post in her front yard, she had an epiphany.“I looked at it and I loved it so much that I realized that this was the perfect medium for the sculpture garden of my dreams,” she said.The simplicity…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | August 12th, 2015
…Is it possible to make a feature-length documentary chronicling the commercial success, historical context and popular appeal of Lego (stylized as LEGO) building toys without coming across as a corporate shill? Maybe, but the question remains unanswered by Kief Davidson and Daniel Junge in “A Lego Brickumentary,” a geeky, gushing…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | August 12th, 2015
…The year 1939 was notable for many things, from the September outbreak of World War II in Europe, to the New York World’s Fair showcasing hopes for a peaceful and prosperous technology-based future, to the introduction of regular broadcast television for the American public, to the year’s unusually high percentage…
by Granville Wood | All About Food | August 12th, 2015
…HPR visits Mara Solberg’s organic farmIt wasn’t too long ago that you didn’t have to stamp “organic” on food products so people would know they weren’t full of chemicals and that they were devoid of harmful toxins. All foods were pretty much natural and organic. So as I drove through…
by Rob Port | Say Anything | August 12th, 2015
…North Dakota has a teaching shortage, and state Superintendent Kirsten Baesler thinks we can address it by slashing through some of the red tape surrounding the process by which one becomes a teacher.She has asked the state’s teaching licensing officials to allow “community experts” to fill teacher positions. It’s a…
by HPR Contributor | Wellness | August 12th, 2015
…By Marina SemerikovEnvision that you are in the grocery store, surrounded by people, loud conversation and the occasional temper tantrum. There is noise, there are bright lights and lines of people at check out. Now notice how you feel about this scenario. Does this imagery bring about feelings of serenity or…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | August 12th, 2015
…Esther Jenner, 89: “He’s A Very Good-Looking Woman. I Loved Him With All My Heart—And I Certainly Love Her With All My Heart.”Some people have said that 89-year-old Esther, the mother of her 65-year-old daughter Caitlyn Jenner, screwed up her pronouns in making the above statements. I don’t think so.…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | August 12th, 2015
…Twin Cities-based filmmaker Micah Dahl is working on an ambitious, feature-length documentary covering three decades of the Fargo-Moorhead DIY/punk scene called “The Red River Runs Through It.” Currently shooting and in the process of raising production money through crowdfunding (visit Indiegogo and search for “The Red River Runs Through It”…
by Diane Miller | Editorial | August 6th, 2015
…A million times thank you to the Fargo-Moorhead communityThroughout my three and a half years of being a leader in local media, I’ve gone from thinking “I’m HPR’s best editor ever” to thinking “How on all crevices of the earth would anyone have ever considered me to be an editor?”…
by Chris Hennen | News | August 6th, 2015
…In June, when the US Supreme Court ruled that state bans on gay marriage were unconstitutional, thereby giving a victory to those challenging North Dakota’s ban, plaintiffs in the case were worried about how specific issues would be handled in the months ahead for same-sex couples in the state. A…