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by John Strand | Editorial | July 18th, 2024
…Recovering from PennsylvaniaBy John Strandjas@hpr1.com Holy shit, America! Is this a path we want to stay on? Is this the tipping point or brink we’re at? Is it a sign of more to come, or a come to Jesus moment where we decide enough is enough? The unbelievable reality that…
by Sabrina Hornung | Culture | July 18th, 2024
…Deuce of August festival celebrates 125 years and many moreBy Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.com According to the 2022 census, the population of Mountain, North Dakota is around 70, give or take a few. But this small, largely Icelandic community packs a mighty punch, drawing thousands during the annual Deuce of August festival, which…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | July 8th, 2024
…With Javier Quiroz and Kohlrabi SoupJuly 10 at 7 p.m.The Aquarium226 N. Broadway, Fargo (above Dempsey’s)The Wall Street Journal had this to say about “Black Banjo,” Tray Wellington’s full-length debut: “This is a record that breaks right through subgenre boundaries. If bluegrass is about spotlighting virtuosos, here’s a new one…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | July 8th, 2024
…July 11-141805 Main Avenue W., West FargoA weekend-focused format revitalizes this classic West Fargo fair experience. The final weekend of concerts features Disney Princesses, Riley Green, Breaking Benjamin and Blake Shelton. The midway is fun for all ages and copious amounts of fair food (corndogs and cheese curds and ice cream,…
by HPR Contributor | Culture | July 8th, 2024
…Homesteading stories shared by late local historianBy Michael M. Millermichael.miller@ndsu.edu The 53rd Germans from Russia Heritage Society Convention convenes July 17-20 at the Baymont Hotel in Mandan, North Dakota. For further information, contact GRHS at www.grhs.org. The Germans from Russia Heritage Society Convention provides a chance to connect with others…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | July 8th, 2024
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com With the welcome participation of several actors who gave their giddy all in the more exuberant fantasia of “Poor Things,” the follow-up from Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos returns to the more measured melancholy and surrealist stylings of “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” “The Lobster,” and “Dogtooth.” “Kinds of…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | July 7th, 2024
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comOriginally conceived by writer-director Christy Hall as a stage play, the movie “Daddio” premiered in September of 2023 at the Telluride Film Festival. Featuring Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn as the only two significant characters with spoken dialogue in a credited cast of four (a curbside valet connects rider to car and…
by Jim Fuglie | Last Word | June 27th, 2024
…By Jim Fugliejimfuglie920@gmail.comMy articles here are about politics. I’m writing this before the North Dakota primary election. You are reading it after the primary. Advantage: readers. So I won’t speculate much on that election, because you already know who won. I think instead I’ll talk about Burgum. Doug Burgum. You’ve…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | June 24th, 2024
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com German filmmaker Julia von Heinz aims for the poignant and the sincere in “Treasure,” starring Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry as daughter and father travelers coming to grips with the terrible past and their strained relationship. Based on Australian writer Lily Brett’s semi-autobiographical novel “Too Many Men,” the adaptation…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | June 20th, 2024
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comShould ‘The Chosen One’ be Sentenced to Spend Months at each Level?It’s not unusual on this planet, we have had hundreds of men and a couple of women who have used religion to become dictators and gods in countries and empires when the only god they believed in…