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by Chris Hennen | News | February 11th, 2015
…Proposed bill currently being debated in the SenateLawmakers in North Dakota are pushing a bill through the Legislature that would amend the North Dakota Human Rights Act and State Housing Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity as being protected from discrimination in the state. Twenty-one states in the…
by Diane Miller | Editorial | February 11th, 2015
…My all-time favorite rapper, Kanye West, is right on track to win D-Bag of the Year 2015.Yes, it hurts a bit to admit that. While, as a fan, I’ve tried searching for words to defend him, the only conclusion I’ve been able to come up with is that Kanye got…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | February 11th, 2015
…Some years ago I wrote about a childless Texas ranch couple who wanted children back around the beginning of the 20th Century, but where they lived in ranch country there were very few children to adopt. One morning the rancher drove a team to the nearest town to pick up…
by Jack Dura | Theatre | February 11th, 2015
…Concordia College Theatre ‘pushes boundaries’ in adult-themed playBy Jack DuraConcordia College Theatre cracks the can on adolescents in adult themes with its spring play, “The Metal Children” by Adam Rapp. Based around a banned book in a small Pennsylvania town and the events that stem from it, “The Metal Children”…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | February 7th, 2015
…Going into the latest edition of the Sundance Film Festival, Don Hertzfeldt captured the record for most movies screened in competition by a single filmmaker in the festival’s history.And with his win for Short Film Grand Jury Prize, “World of Tomorrow” makes Hertzfeldt the only artist to have collected that…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | February 7th, 2015
…Horse Apples And Constant WateringMolly Ivins, my favorite Texas political reporter, was an irascible, irreverent, funny and very quotable observer of politicians who were basically mental midgets governing the best and the brave. She stuck labels of “Shrub” and “Dubya” on former President George W. Bush, and also pinned this…
by Granville Wood | All About Food | February 7th, 2015
…There is cheese and then there is cheese: hand-crafted and aged well to allow all the microbes to work their magic; or mass produced as a stodgy yellow substance stored as slices between sheets of plastic with a nuclear half-life.Cheese is very much a part of the daily American diet…
by Chris Hennen | Cocktail Showdown | February 4th, 2015
…The rising art of mixology will be on display when eight area bartenders gather together for a competition that will end with the crowning of the 2015 Mixologist of the Year.The 2nd Annual Bartenders Battle will take place at the Avalon West (formerly The Venue) and it promises to result…
by HPR Contributor | Arts | February 4th, 2015
…By Tania BlanichSquare is a versatile word: noun, verb, adjective and adverb — a word that lends itself to slang and colloquialisms, even as it evokes a prim, four-sided, right-angled figure. No wonder the theme of “square” proved inspirational for the more than 85 artists participating in the 2015 A…
by HPR Contributor | Arts | February 4th, 2015
…By Beth Bradley"The kids swinging in the barn, the go-kart races, the potluck feasts, the activity in the kitchen of the old farmhouse, all resonated of deep rooted traditional practices of gathering around food,” Deb Wallwork said, when asked why she made the film, “Dirty Work: The Story of Elsie’s…