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by Diane Miller | Music | October 16th, 2014
…Christopher Gabriel say new plans are on the horizonWillie Waldman, Riesage, Turtle Island Quartet, Little Winter, Post Traumatic Funk Syndrome’s horn section, Longreef, MSUM’s Straw Hat Theatre, Haley E. & The Rydells, Poitin and dozens upon dozens of others all have one thing in common. All these creative projects have…
by Allie Balsdon | Arts | October 16th, 2014
…It’s been a crazy fall so far. George Clooney got married, Amanda Bynes is back in the tabloids and, most important, Fargo’s very first tattoo convention is coming to the Fargo Civic Center. The two-day event will feature some of the best local artists and a few significant celebrity artists…
by HPR Contributor | Culture | October 16th, 2014
…By Russell Ford DunkerWhat began with a hand-me-down trailer house headquarters and television transmitter tower on the edge of Fargo is now a region-wide television and radio network, employing about 150 people in Fargo, Bismarck and Minot. At 50, Prairie Public Television is not showing signs of being over-the-hill. Rather,…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | October 16th, 2014
…When Do The Bricks Start Flying?The most dysfunctional part of government is Congress, put in that position by two 5-4 Supreme Court decisions about “free” expensive speech named Citizens United and McCutcheon. A reader sent me a copy of Stephen Pastis’s “comic” strip called “Pearls Before Swine.” The subject of…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | October 16th, 2014
…Legendary screen comedy icon Charlie Chaplin was born 125 years ago this past April and made his movie debut 100 years ago this past January. His first feature-length film appearance premiered in December 1914. Amazingly, almost all of the films he made throughout his five-decade career have survived, even numerous…
by Jack Dura | Music | October 16th, 2014
…The world’s only concertizing pipe organ/percussion pair, to the best of Sally Harmon’s research, is on its way to Fargo.It’s Organized Rhythm, and Harmon, dean of the Red River Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, knew she had to have them for the group’s biennial concert. “I had…
by Jack Dura | Music | October 16th, 2014
…Julie Fowlis adds Scottish style, soulful voice to MSUM arts series Sit back, relax and enjoy an aural trip to Scotland as singer Julie Fowlis brings authentic Gaelic music to Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Cheryl Nelson Lossett Performing Arts Series. Perhaps best-known in the U.S. for her vocal contributions to…
by Krissy Ness | Arts | October 16th, 2014
…Fargo’s first-ever Roughrider Tattoo Expo will be held at the Civic Center Oct.24 and 25. Featured as the Sailor Jerry’s hula girls, along with international headliner Ophelia Flame, will be Fargo’s own all-female Blue Belle’s Burlesque troupe.With constant hard work and many days and nights spent rehearsing, these femme-fatales are…
by Chris Hennen | Editorial | October 16th, 2014
…Our opinion/ Polls, campaign finance hypocrisy & races you should really care about on our minds as Election Day approachesElection season, or silly season, is officially in high gear with only a few weeks remaining until Election Day. By now you either may be getting tired of the ads and back…
by Deb Jenkins | All About Food | October 16th, 2014
…How many people use salt on their food? My husband, Mike, and I were just at the movies and enjoying a nice big box of popcorn. Although I thought there was the perfect amount of salt already on it, I noticed that Mike continued to put more on. So it…