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by Jack Dura | Music | November 5th, 2014
…Variety is the spice of life and also of the symphony. For its second concert of its Masterworks Series, the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra is continuing its trek across the globe with “Along the Silk Road.”After a South American-styled opener to its 84th season this September, the F-M Symphony’s next stop…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | November 5th, 2014
…Like Herman Blume, the wealthy industrialist in Wes Anderson’s awesome “Rushmore,” Bill Murray’s Vincent MacKenna is a prickly, disillusioned Vietnam veteran with a taste for alcohol and cigarettes. MacKenna is poor and Blume is rich, but both men reassess their lives following unexpected and unorthodox friendships with much younger boys.…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | November 5th, 2014
…I mentioned in last week’s column that Criterion Collection’s “Eclipse” series of box sets provides expertly-curated combinations of related films on DVD at a modest price: an instant film festival in a box for budget-minded cineastes with eclectic tastes, but without supplements except good program notes. Also the video transfers…
by Diane Miller | Music | November 5th, 2014
…Fargo’s own O’Fosho! is now five.To celebrate, the jam-fusion band is hosting a show at The Aquarium, where they’ll be recording video and audio to release for a later date.“I feel like our live show is where we are at right now so I think that’s kind of where we…
by Diane Miller | Editorial | November 5th, 2014
…Last Sunday, the country’s largest protest against the Washington Redskins’ nickname was held in Minneapolis prior to the football team’s game against the Minnesota Vikings.While Washington owner Daniel Snyder has been very unwavering about not changing the name, the nation should expect to see continued escalating pressure from Natives and…
by Jack Dura | Culture | November 5th, 2014
…Looking back on the state’s 125 years and what makes NoDak stand outIt was a birthday like no other for North Dakota last Sunday, Nov. 2. The state turned 125 with its sister South Dakota, marking a quasquicentennial of statehood. In a century-and-a-quarter, North Dakota’s racked up quite a history,…
by Granville Wood | All About Food | October 30th, 2014
…We all have had one of those moments, you know, where you are just craving something and you just have to have it. No substitutes, just gotta have it. A couple weeks ago I was struck with a monumental craving for Chinese food. I am talking off the charts—…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | October 30th, 2014
…Trading the comic complications and satirical stingers of “Thank You for Smoking” and “Juno” for the more nakedly manipulative white whine and/or bathos of “Up in the Air,” “Young Adult,” and the critically ravaged “Labor Day,” filmmaker Jason Reitman adds another entry to his list of underwhelming missteps. The director’s…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | October 30th, 2014
…Halloween weekend is a natural time to revisit or track down horror films, with plenty of public screenings as well as numerous sales on home video editions. The prestigious Criterion Collection has several notable horror films from major directors around the world available on Blu-ray, with 13 selected titles not-so-coincidentally…
by Särah Nour | Writer's Block | October 30th, 2014
…Starting Nov. 5, the Spirit Room will be holding Dharma Book Club meetings every Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. The club will discuss one chapter a week from “Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change” by Pema Chödrön. Copies are available at Zandbroz Variety.“Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change” is…