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by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | January 18th, 2024
…By Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comOur Opinion: Reinvigorate that sense of wonderThis month’s focus at High Plains Reader is the State of the Arts. From a regional standpoint, we’re small but mighty – and there are so many organizations that go above and beyond that deserve a shoutout and are certainly worth a day…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | January 11th, 2024
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com The combination of biographical information and artist statement found under the “about” tab at Ann Oren’s website partly reads, “By dissolving distinctions between plant, animal and human, she asks what it is to be human in an ecosystem immersed in digital culture. Questions about intimacy and identity…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | December 27th, 2023
…ByEd Raymond fargogadfly@gmail.com Tevye: “Oh, Lord, You Made Many, Many Poor People. If I Were a Rich Man……… Whenever Corky and I get a chance to watch “Fiddler on the Roof” we make some popcorn. The short stories about Jewish life titled Tevye the Dairyman and His Daughters were written…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | December 22nd, 2023
…By Greg Carlson gregcarlson1@gmail.comIn a movie year that brought to life an iconic plastic fashion doll and a theoretical physicist who ushered in the Atomic Age, there was no shortage of memorable characters. But for my money, the crown for the most remarkable cinematic creation of 2023 sits atop the…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | December 19th, 2023
…Our opinion: Make your mark and consider volunteering.By Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comLast September, the Fargo Forum reported that the Kilbourne Group, along with Fargo’s finest elected officials, met with the Salvation Army behind closed doors to propose they leave their downtown home on Roberts Street. They have called that space home since…
by Sabrina Hornung | News | December 18th, 2023
…A stress-free way to support local nonprofit organizationsBy HPR Staff submit@hpr1.comIt’s that time of the year when we all think about giving back to our community. It feels good to help create a little peace and goodwill at a time when the world is especially cold and dark. But there…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | December 18th, 2023
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comLoosely based on the 2014 novel by Martin Amis, Jonathan Glazer’s adaptation of “The Zone of Interest” makes a perfect visual companion to the great political thinker Hannah Arendt’s most quoted concept. Introduced in her 1961 work for “The New Yorker” and then incorporated into the title of…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | December 10th, 2023
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comBubbling up on multiple 2023 best-of lists and qualified for a possible Oscar nomination as Argentina’s international feature entry (prior to the eventual finalists, the fifteen shortlisted titles will be announced on December 21, 2023), Rodrigo Moreno’s excellent “The Delinquents” is a thoroughly satisfying slice of contemplative slow…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | December 10th, 2023
…By Maddie Robinsonmaddierobi.mr@gmail.comPieper Bloomquist, an artist and oncology nurse based out of Grand Forks, has been interested in art since she was a child living in Regal, Minnesota, a town of less than 50 people. Stretching back to her school days in a one-room schoolhouse, she would spend her spare…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | December 9th, 2023
…A Mixture of Red, White, and Blue Can Be Uglyby Ed Raymond fargogadfly@gmail.comThese Colors Can Produce Beautiful Flags or Ugly BruisesAs a football player playing guard in the middle of the line, I estimated at the end of eight years of high school and college that I had been hit…