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by Chris Hennen | News | June 10th, 2015
…Democratic chairwoman explains why work wasn’t completeWhen the North Dakota Legislative session ended, many were surprised to learn that their work was unfinished, partly because the GOP majority didn’t pass one bill. It seemed hard to believe the legislature may have to return just to pass one budget bill. HPR got…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | June 10th, 2015
…When Microsoft’s subsidiary Xbox Entertainment Studios ceased operations, only one episode of the planned series “Signal to Noise” had been produced.The first cycle of the show was originally slated to include six documentaries on various aspects of videogame culture and the videogame industry. Screenwriter and director Zak Penn, known equally for…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | June 10th, 2015
…Movies that fall into easily categorized genre labels, such as western, horror, science-fiction, war, etc., are often critically dismissed as simple entertainment aimed at specific fan bases rather than as serious filmmaking. Yet a substantial number of “genre” films are, to various degrees, actually thinly-disguised sociopolitical statements, psychological character explorations, and/or…
by Diane Miller | Culture | June 10th, 2015
…Decorated, experienced radio personality shares his storyIt all started with a guy named Johnny Danger.Jesse James said he had “barely made it out of high school” and had been DJing at a nightclub in his hometown of Madison, Wis. In walks Danger, a local celebrity radio personality, to do a broadcast.…
by Rob Port | Say Anything | June 10th, 2015
…I don’t spend a lot of time scrolling through Facebook because I have better things to do than be bombarded with misleading clickbait stories and personal drama of the sort some people insist on sharing with the global internet community. But the other day a friend of mine posed an interesting…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 10th, 2015
…Whatever Happened to the Idea of the Common Good?I have always been a faithful reader of Lloyd Omdal’s columns because he can pick a problem apart and submit a reasonable solution with a dollop of humor without preaching. But the former N.D. Lt. governor and retired UND prof was very serious…
by Stephen Anderson | Music | June 5th, 2015
…Hyped by hip-hop wunderkind Chance the Rapper since last October, Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment’s debut album “Surf” was quietly made available as a free download on the iTunes store late last week. Sprawling, ambitious and stuffed to the gills with guest collaborators, “Surf” is an immediately arresting record,…
by Jack Dura | Arts | June 3rd, 2015
…Two retired ministers take art show across North DakotaFor Vicki Kessler and Donna Kjonaas, the long voyage is almost over. Their collaborative art exhibition “Land, Sky, Water” comes to North Dakota State’s Memorial Union Gallery after a year of traveling North Dakota from Bismarck to Ellendale, Minot to Mayville. Through the…
by Chris Hennen | News | June 3rd, 2015
…Could be only dispute as pipeline gets fast-trackedJames Botsford, a Wisconsin attorney who owns property in Grand Forks County, is likely to be the lone holdout as Enbridge Energy Partners tries to build the Sandpiper Pipeline across the upper Midwest. Enbridge’s pipeline, through a partnership with Marathon Petroleum Corporation, will bring…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | June 3rd, 2015
…RibfestJune 3 to June 6, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Fargodome parking lot, 1800 University Dr N Barbecue lovers, meat lovers, cornbread lovers, beer lovers and deep-fried oreo lovers unite! Happy Harry’s Ribfest will feature some of the best BBQ ribs in the country. Also be sure to check out ‘90s pop/rock…