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by Stephen Anderson | Music | July 29th, 2015
…Surprise release of “Star Wars” finds band at their loosest Have we our Great American Rock Band? Have we ever laid claim to such a thing? The Beatles, the Stones, Zep, all imports. Sure, we gave the world Elvis, but the solo thing doesn’t really apply here. The designation is…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | July 29th, 2015
…Kristina Goolsby and Ashley York’s documentary “Tig” is a warmhearted paean to the gifted comic whose own health struggles and personal losses led to the now legendary August 3, 2012 show at L.A.’s Largo. Tig Notaro opened with a declaration of her breast cancer diagnosis and proceeded to deliver a…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | July 29th, 2015
…One of the most popular and most-remade films dealing with journalists, the media, politicians and their relationships with newsworthy issues, began its life as a 1928 Broadway play by two former reporters. Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur based the characters and events upon their own first-hand experiences at Chicago newspapers.The 1931…
by John Strand | Editorial | July 29th, 2015
…Welcome, Sabrina Hornung and Chris Hennen; a grateful send-off for Diane MillerWe’ve known for several months that HPR editor Diane Miller will be moving to the Twin Cities. We fully expect she’ll soar to new heights in her new environs.That said, it will be with full hearts as we wrap…
by Rob Port | Say Anything | July 29th, 2015
…North Dakota University System Chancellor Mark Hagerott has an opportunity to prove what sort of leader he will be. How he responds to it will be instructive, going a long way toward showing whether he has the mettle to lead what has proven to be an almost ungovernable collection of…
by Chris Hennen | News | July 29th, 2015
…Twin Cities animal rights group plans protestAfter reports surfaced that Walter Palmer, a Twin Cities-based dentist who is a North Dakota native, shot and killed a lion during a big game hunt in Zimbabwe, outrage took place around the world. A Twin Cities-based animal rights group planned to protest Palmer’s…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | July 29th, 2015
…From black space to bright blue earth: a fragile thin lineAstronaut Sally Ride, our first woman in space, spent time looking at earth as the space shuttle hurtled around the earth, entranced by a bright day turning into a dark night in a single orbit: “I saw the blackness of space, and…
by John Strand | Editorial | July 23rd, 2015
…A week ago, as HPR was preparing to go to press, a firestorm was unfolding in our community. Long story short – as most of you know this well – a Fargo resident was targeted on social media and it was implied that he was inappropriately taking pictures of young…
by Chris Hennen | Culture | July 22nd, 2015
…10 years later, was its closing a mistake?This past May marked the 10 year anniversary of the closing of Ralph’s Corner Bar, which was forced to close by Moorhead city officials who threatened the owners with eminent domain because they wanted to renovate the building. This weekend, a concert commemorating…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | July 22nd, 2015
…Zot Artz Conference encourages artists of all abilities to add a little color to the landscapeOn July 27, Wisconsin-based artist and engineer Dwayne Szot, who is also president and and founder of Zot Artz, will be contributing a splash of color to the North Dakota Vision Services/School for the Blind in…