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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…
by Chris Hennen | Cocktail Showdown | December 10th, 2014
…After weeks of the grueling task of sampling the finest drinks and shots from the best bartenders at bars and restaurants of all types throughout Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo, the 6th Annual HPR Cocktail Showdown has come to an end. While the judges had varying opinions and tastes on…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | December 10th, 2014
…To Congress: How Do You Control 21,415 Miles Of Our International Border?At our Pelican Lake home we have about 30 wild turkeys show up occasionally to spend a half-hour or so cleaning up under our bird feeders. Blue jays and marauding squirrels have terrible table manners, spilling sunflower seeds, millet,…
by HPR Contributor | Music | December 10th, 2014
…By Rod HadlandIn a house in Moorhead sit some amp stacks, a PA and a drum kit. The basement is the base camp where S0und, a band featuring Ben Hill on guitar/vocals, Michael Beatrez on bass/vocals, Alex Johnson on guitar and Frankie Maxwell on drums, came together. Breaking off from…
by Krissy Ness | Beer Snob | December 10th, 2014
…By Krissy Ness Summit - Harvest Fresh IPA (ABV 7% IBU 70, Minnesota) This transparent copper-colored beer possesses a fluffy white head that rises to the sky. The evident aroma of cascade, centennial and chinook hops rises from the glass while this beer finishes crisp and clean. JL Beers -…