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by Troy Jackson | Editorial | January 21st, 2015
…(Guest editorial)On Martin Luther King Day 2015, Fargo-Moorhead saw an opportunity to bring out the best in what capped off a great year in human and social relations activism within our community. The 15th annual MLK Day Celebration and Award Ceremony highlighted organizations and individuals who deserve to be most…
by Troy Jackson | Culture | January 19th, 2015
…Today marks the 15th year Fargo’s Chamber of Commerce will celebrate the birthday and life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in the Fargo theater at 6:30 p.m. Overall on a much larger scale, America has been upkeeping King’s spirit since President Reagan signed the holiday into law only 33…
by Deb Jenkins | All About Food | January 16th, 2015
…Welcome back, all you HPR readers, from the holidays. I hope you had a great holiday, as much as I did.Over my next four articles I will talk about (1) All the food I surrounded myself by on my break, totally shameless (2) Some new people I met and that…
by Rob Port | Say Anything | January 16th, 2015
…Rep. Kenton Onstad, a Democrat in North Dakota’s state House, has introduced a bill that would mandate an audit for the North Dakota Health Department as well as the Oil and Gas Division of the Industrial Commission.With the legislation Onstad is seeking to force an audit of the two state…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | January 16th, 2015
…While there is an abundance of hero worship on display in Amir Bar-Lev’s raw and riveting documentary “Happy Valley,” the most courageous figure to emerge from the wreckage and devastation caused by the Jerry Sandusky case at Penn State is Sandusky’s adopted son Matt.For any number of possible reasons, Matt…
by Jack Dura | Theatre | January 16th, 2015
…TU Dance brings art of movement to MSUMA short winter break gave the arts in the area a chance to catch its breath before beginning the second half of the 2014-2015 season, and one arts program returns with its signature diversity next weekend.Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Cheryl Nelson Lossett Performing…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | January 16th, 2015
…The shrinking selection of Blu-rays at area retail stores concentrates as expected on recent hits that were playing in theatres just months ago, but Blu-ray is still thriving among cineastes with more varied tastes. Even though many people seem to be switching to online streaming options for watching movies and…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | January 15th, 2015
…It Cudda Been Our 51st State!A political philosopher many years back dropped this gem about Washington: “You can lead a man to Congress but you can’t make him think.” Cuba, with its 11 million mixture of nationalists, communists, revolutionists, and feudal landlords, has been the center of our Stupid Virus…
by Raul Gomez | Culture | January 14th, 2015
…As we drive into the “El Pitial,” the other side of the tracks in Puerto Vallarta, I ask Marcos if he believes in the occult. He’s in his late 30s, about my age, his cab dash is bedazzled in this sparkly blue material. There’s a smallish piñata on his dashboard…
by Diane Miller | Editorial | January 14th, 2015
…Why of all U.S. cities does Fargo have such an amazing college football program? My friend and I pondered this question as we drank coffee and ate fries while watching the game at the Wurst Bier Hall last Saturday.Sure, our team doesn’t have quite as much prestige as the Oregon…