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by Austin Sanchez | Culture | June 26th, 2014
…Thirty seconds into our ninth World Cup appearance “Captain America” Clint Dempsey slid past his Ghanaian defender and put the ball through the net, off the right post.The twitter-sphere blew up and American fans across the nation were celebrating. They were in disbelief that they finally believed. But what should…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | June 19th, 2014
…Setting aside the inevitable comparisons to “Love Story” and the less inevitable comparisons to “Dying Young,” Josh Boone’s adaptation of “The Fault in Our Stars” is the most mordant and acerbic kids-with-cancer story to achieve such widespread appeal. Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, who played siblings in “Divergent,” are now…
by Sabrina Hornung | Culture | June 19th, 2014
…The Fort Seward Wagon Train has fascinated me ever since it passed by my grandparents place just outside of Jamestown, N.D. when I was but a wee one-year-old. Covered wagons pulled by mules or draft horses, saddle horses with women in sun bonnets—what about this equation wouldn’t capture…
by HPR Contributor | Music | June 19th, 2014
…By Austin KettelhutChevelle, the hard rocking trio from Chicago, has established itself as one of the few bands that has not only survived the “post-grunge rock” phase of the early 2000s, but has also separated itself from the era entirely. Once upon a time the group would have been lumped…
by Chris Hennen | News | June 12th, 2014
…The medical marijuana law passed by the Minnesota Legislature and signed into law recently by Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton is a carefully crafted compromise unlike any other medical marijuana law in the country. As such, many Minnesotans are unsure exactly how it will work and how effective it will be.The…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | June 12th, 2014
…The Rourke Gallery was established June 18, 1960. This year, June 18 marks the 55th annual Midwestern Art Invitational at the Rourke Art Gallery in Moorhead and consequently renders the exhibition one of the longest consecutively running invitationals in the country. Since its inception, The Rourke has been a jewel…
by Jack Dura | Theatre | June 12th, 2014
…It’s a summer of celebration at the Fair Hills Resort on Pelican Lake in Minnesota lakes country. The resort’s long-running musical variety show Hootenanny (“The Hoot”) enters its 50th season this month, marking half a century of fun for all.Family-owned since 1926, the Fair Hills Resort has had singalongs and…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | June 5th, 2014
…Kelsy Hewitt has been fascinated with the idea of clothing design since the age of five. She remembers being scolded for cutting and altering her own clothing and pouring over fashion magazines to scope out the latest trends and eventually draw up her own designs. So it was no wonder…
by HPR Contributor | Culture | June 5th, 2014
…By Rick AbbottDogIDs’ south Fargo office is pretty different than other offices. A huge, bounding Great Dane named Cyrus quickly makes his way through the building, with River, a yellow Lab, closely in tow. The business, which sells personalized, engraved dog tags and a slew of other accessories, was started…
by Diane Miller | Arts | May 29th, 2014
…Red Hat Project addresses and undresses human concernWould you reveal your biggest life concern to a complete stranger on the street?What if she were holding a camera, wearing a blazing red knit hat and asking you to exchange clothes? A number of locals said “yes” to Fargo artist Heather Zinger,…