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by HPR Contributor | Culture | August 15th, 2024
…By Michael Millermichael.miller@ndsu.edu As I reflect back on July, I want to share a USA Today article from July 3, 1986, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty. It has been 138 years since 1886 when immigrants, including the Germans from Russia, arrived at Ellis Island, New York.…
by Sabrina Hornung | Culture | August 15th, 2024
…America’s first extreme sport live at Chippewa DownsBy Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.com Indian relay races have often been referred to as America’s first extreme sport. On the weekend of September 7 and 8, the relays are coming to Chippewa Downs in Belcourt, North Dakota, one of the two remaining horse tracks in North…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | August 15th, 2024
…We’re making progress. By Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.com Yay Kamala! It is such a relief to see a candidate for POTUS who is actually capable of doing the job and preserving our representative democracy. And, of course, she’s female and endorsed by Hillary Clinton, the best-qualified presidential candidate of the century so…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | August 15th, 2024
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comMen have made a real mess of the world. We should try estrogen.I didn’t bother to count the countries involved in wars because this column won’t be published for a week. But I don’t think any of the participating countries are led by a woman at this moment.…
by HPR Contributor | Last Word | August 15th, 2024
…By Chad Obanali.hoffman@ndunited.org North Dakotans know that if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. That is certainly the case with the ill-advised constitutional ballot measure to eliminate the ability of local political subdivisions to levee property taxes. As the chair of Keep It Local, a coalition of…
by HPR Staff | Culture | August 15th, 2024
…The nights are getting cooler, the days are slowly shortening and school supplies and Halloween goodies are already on the shelves. Fall is coming — and it looks like fun.Celebrate the season with harvest festivals, pumpkin patches, Oktoberfests, haunted houses, corn mazes, spooky bar crawls and paranormal events across North…
by HPR Contributor | All About Food | August 14th, 2024
…By Rick Gionrickgion@gmail.com The recent fire at Mango’s Mexican and American Grill on Main Avenue in Fargo has left a void in the local food scene. But don’t fret, my friends. There are plenty of Mexican restaurants in the area to choose from. Counting the large restaurants and all the small…
by HPR Contributor | HPR Abroad | August 13th, 2024
…By Alicia Underlee Nelsonalicia.underlee.nelson@gmail.com I am stretched out on the window seat in my hotel room, watching a gentle rain paint the sidewalks of downtown Columbus. “Tusk” by Fleetwood Mac spins on the turntable I borrowed from the front desk at The Junto, an almost impossibly well-stocked boutique hotel along the banks…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | August 12th, 2024
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com The behind-the-scenes drama swirling around Vera Drew’s feature directorial debut “The People’s Joker” has provided nearly as much excitement as the movie itself, an entertaining DIY bildungsroman built from bits and pieces of the decades-long media juggernaut driven by the mythology surrounding the most consistently popular American comic book…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | August 6th, 2024
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com Vivacious, candid, and magnetic as ever, the now 83-year-old silver screen legend Faye Dunaway is profiled in a feature length documentary by veteran Laurent Bouzereau for HBO. With the full participation of the outspoken star and her son Liam, Bouzereau’s “Faye” cherry-picks key milestones that form a serviceable…