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by Stephen Anderson | Music | April 10th, 2015
…In the music biz, there’s an understandable element of danger in a visionary hard left turn. Time and time again, artists have followed their muses down the charts when their too-high flights of fancy glided on the momentum of their Last Big Thing.Usually the gamble is a “bigger they are,…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | April 8th, 2015
…March Madness Goes Way Beyond BasketballI love watching the top 64 college teams trying to win the NCAA basketball championship. I only miss a few games. But watching the North Dakota Legislature and the U.S. Congress commit March Madness governance is also entertaining and very maddening at the same time.…
by Krissy Ness | Beer Snob | April 8th, 2015
…Fargo Brewing Company had yet another celebration for the people who sell and distribute their beer in late March.“Meat Sweats,” properly named for the massive amounts of grilled and smoked meat, so much so that it induced sweating, was an opportunity to thank the restaurant and bar community and beyond…
by Jack Dura | Theatre | April 8th, 2015
…Spring brings another play into full bloom at downtown Fargo’s Theatre B next week – Christopher Durang’s “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” a modern farce speckled with family tension.Loaded with laughs and offering a look into sibling rivalries and caring for aging parents, “Vanya” offers plenty for audiences…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | April 8th, 2015
…Gabe Polsky’s “Red Army” skates by as swiftly and forcefully as the larger-than-life hockey personalities it closely examines.Flipping the American “Miracle on Ice” narrative on its head, Polsky’s sharp, attentive documentary invites viewers to see the dominant Cold War rink soldiers of the Soviet Union’s national team not as Ivan…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | April 8th, 2015
…A recently-restored version of a beloved science-fiction classic came out on Blu-ray last month from Twilight Time in a limited release of 5,000 units.“First Men in the Moon” (1964) was a groundbreaking film based on a groundbreaking book by H. G. Wells written more than six decades before men finally…
by Diane Miller | Music | April 8th, 2015
…By Diane Miller and Kayla CulverPump up the outdoor jams, festival season is coming.We’ve compiled a list of the best music festivals within reasonable driving distance from Fargo. Whatever your tastes are—dubstep, country, rock, folk, blues, hip-hop, Christian or jazz—one of these music festivals is bound…
by Rob Port | Say Anything | April 8th, 2015
…Last week lawmakers in the North Dakota House of Representatives, after much emotional floor debate, voted down SB 2279 by a nearly two-to-one vote margin.The legislation would have added homosexuals to the state’s list of protected classes, prohibiting discrimination against them for employment, housing, accommodations and business services. The reaction…
by Granville Wood | All About Food | April 8th, 2015
…Hopefully by now you are coming down from the ultimate sugar rush, Easter. I always knew we went a tad overboard with the sweets during the week devoted to the celebration of Christianity. We, as a nation, spent $16.4 billion on candy this past week. That blew my mind. I…
by John Strand | Editorial | April 8th, 2015
…While still in session, the 64th Legislative Assembly needs to right this wrongNorth Dakota’s LGBT anti-discrimination bill down in flames. People in an uproar. Family members fighting on social media. Finger pointing rampant. Some threatening to leave the state. Others forewarning we are now seen in the same light as…