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Best Bets: June 18 to June 25

by HPR Staff | Best Bets | June 17th, 2015

…Esperanza SpaldingSat, June 20, 8 p.m.Fargo Theatre, 314 Broadway, FargoOne of the most critically acclaimed jazz musicians of the last decade, Esperanza Spalding brings her double bass stylings to the Fargo Theatre on Saturday. She won a Grammy for Best New Artist in 2011, becoming the first jazz musician ever…

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Who will run for North Dakota Governor in 2016?

by Chris Hennen | News | June 17th, 2015

…HPR looks at the potential field of candidatesNorth Dakota political observers have already started speculating about who might run for governor in 2016 as those choices and the ultimate winner could shape the North Dakota political landscape for a long time. While Republicans have had a stranglehold on statewide offices…

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​Sciamma’s “Girlhood” shines bright like a diamond

by Greg Carlson | Cinema | June 17th, 2015

…“Girlhood,” Céline Sciamma’s third feature and the conclusion of what the filmmaker considers a coming-of-age trilogy, continues her engagement with the bildungsroman. Not as contained as debut “Water Lilies” or as directly preoccupied with gender as “Tomboy,” “Girlhood” follows the trajectory of teenager Marieme (Karidja Touré), a bright young woman…

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​John Wayne fans can add two more on Blu-ray

by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | June 17th, 2015

…Two 1973 westerns from late in John Wayne’s career came out on Blu-ray this month from Warner Home Video, “Cahill United States Marshal” and “The Train Robbers.” While neither ranks among the iconic actor’s best work, both are underrated, solid examples of the genre. Just three years before his final film,…

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​The Great American Cookout

by Granville Wood | All About Food | June 17th, 2015

…Burgers, burgers, burgers. Gotta love a great burger grilled in the great outdoors, with charcoal, wood or gas. Regardless, you are outside in the summer grilling. Damn, I get hot just thinking about standing over a robust fire in a wet bathing suit, watching slow cooked briskets on the smoker…

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Carrot Confessions

by Deb Jenkins | All About Food | June 17th, 2015

…With the summer here and the vegetables growing and popping up out of our beautiful soil it makes me think that I should broaden my horizons and try some new veggies.I say new because, believe it or not, I just don’t have a hankering for one of them. People are totally surprised and…

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​In Kelley retirement we see hint of larger higher education problems

by Rob Port | Say Anything | June 17th, 2015

…Over the past year one of North Dakota’s most prominent and highest paid public officials has presided over a revolt from his customers and employees, a costly bailout of a supposedly private foundation, and an ugly brawl with the former head of an affiliated organization that’s now headed to litigation.Yet, despite…

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American Medicine

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 17th, 2015

…Doctor Henry Jekyll Meets The Evil Health Insurance Agent Mr. Edward HydeRobert Louis Stevenson, author of many 19th Century action-packed thrillers such as Treasure Island and Kidnapped, wrote these suspense-filled stories from his sickbed, where he was plagued with “bloody lungs,” probably tuberculosis. While doing some research for a column about…

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In honor of Marguerite’s Music

by Diane Miller | Editorial | June 17th, 2015

…Marguerite’s Music, a store that has served the community of Fargo-Moorhead since 1975, will close at the end of June.HPR would like to dedicate this music-related editorial to the wonderful store and its staff. Over the years, Marguerite’s assisted thousands of traveling professional musicians, local musicians, aspiring musicians and closet musicians…

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Local Film ‘Aura’ Blurs the Lines Between Good and Evil

by Diane Miller | Cinema | June 17th, 2015

…Local rapper turned moviemaker Charles Mauk will release his very first feature-length movie, “Aura,” this Saturday, June 27 at The Fargo Theatre.The locally made low-budget mob movie takes on the unthinkable task of depicting our small and friendly city of Fargo as a metropolitan-sized, crime-ridden city. Remarkably enough, Mauk found a…

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