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by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | December 17th, 2014
…So This Is A “Culture?”What is a culture? Right-wingers like to acclaim the myth that America is an “exceptional” country—the “shining city on a hill” and all those wonderful, marvelous cultural images. Dictionary definitions of culture include these statements: “The sum of attitudes, customs, and beliefs that distinguishes one group…
by Stephanie Christianson | Culture | December 17th, 2014
…Today’s society is obsessed with being connected and having to scroll the most recent Facebook feed. This is not just a problem with the younger generation; even grandparents are guilty of not putting down their cell phones. This becomes a huge problem when people try to juggle the obsession with…
by Jack Dura | Theatre | December 17th, 2014
…Theater is far from wrapping up for the year in Fargo-Moorhead, as the folks of Bare Stage Theatre present their Christmas sequel to “Greater Tuna” the next two weekends.“A Tuna Christmas” picks up with the two-man cast of David Lassig and Mark Seeba, who juggle 22 characters. It’s a mix…
by Chris Hennen | News | December 17th, 2014
…Minot-based blogger, who started in September of 2003 with readers consisting mainly of fellow bloggers, has gone on to become one of the most prominent political news sources in North Dakota. Rob Port writes for his Say Anything Blog pretty much as a one man show, save for some occasional…
by Troy Jackson | Culture | December 12th, 2014
…It is 4:45 a.m. as Nancy Kelly reaches her destination, Labor Masters Employment Services. In about 45 minutes Nancy’s business will be bustling with anxious folks waiting by the ear for phone calls from employers’ ephemeral interest for help on the job. Back in 2011, I too was one of…
by John Strand | Editorial | December 12th, 2014
…Our Opinion / How any special election is structured could hugely affect the functionality of Fargo’s City Commission for months on end.Some call it a potential conundrum. Sitting Fargo City Commissioners are required to tender their resignations should they choose to run for the mayor’s seat vacated when Denny Walaker…
by Granville Wood | All About Food | December 12th, 2014
…I collect, or amass, cookbooks the way squirrels stash nuts for the winter. Our family room, perched at the uppermost part of our house, is part workout room, part artsy office and is dominated by a wall of cookbooks. Importantly, those books have all been read, earmarked and referred to…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | December 12th, 2014
…Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt continues to build her reputation as a storyteller of remarkable skill with “Night Moves,” a pressure cooker of a movie that observes the actions of a trio of radical environmental activists who plot to blow up a dam in the Pacific Northwest. Like her recent work, including…
by Rob Port | Say Anything | December 12th, 2014
…During his budget address earlier this week Governor Jack Dalrymple proposed a state takeover of local social service spending.This isn’t a new idea. The Legislature actually authorized the counties taking over social services back in the 1980s when the state was broke. Last session the state House defeated the bill…
by Stephen Anderson | Music | December 11th, 2014
…In a year marked with monstrously popular and impossibly creative albums from indie newcomers (Sylvan Esso, Perfect Pussy), breakout novices (tUnE-yArDs, Angel Olsen, The War on Drugs) and stalwarts (Ariel Pink, Real Estate, Caribou) alike, some gems inevitably get buried in the hubbub. I’ll be wrapping up this year in…