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by HPR Contributor | Writer's Block | March 18th, 2015
…Q&A with Bonnie Jo CampbellBy Sara DupreeBonnie Jo Campbell is one of the featured writers at the 2015 University of North Dakota Writers Conference. She is the author of the national bestselling novel “Once Upon a River” and the short fiction collection “American Salvage,” a finalist for the National Book…
by Jack Dura | Music | March 18th, 2015
…FM Symphony’s ‘Passion & Beauty’ channels Tchaikovsky, among othersIn the wake of BeethovenFest, the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony returns to its Masterworks Series this weekend, bound for Russia in this “Embrace the World” offering.This season’s worldly theme has seen stops in South America and Asia for tastes of each region’s musical flavors.…
by Diane Miller | Cinema | March 18th, 2015
…From Fargo South High to Cartoon NetworkCartoon Network’s Toby Jones sat down with the High Plains Reader over coffee amid his Fargo Film Festival visit.Jones, a Fargo native and graduate of Fargo South High, is an Emmy-nominated writer and storyboard artist for “Regular Show.” The show reaches an estimated 2…
by John Strand | Editorial | March 18th, 2015
…Adding sexual orientation to our enumerated list of protected classes should be a no-brainerNorth Dakota, albeit late in the game, now faces an opportunity in the Legislature to turn history around and to finally afford simple and equal protections under the law to our state’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | March 18th, 2015
…Craig Zobel’s ‘Z for Zachariah’By Greg CarlsonCraig Zobel’s film adaptation of “Z for Zachariah” is so loosely based on the book of the same name that fans of the novel will puzzle over many of the radical changes from page to screen. Written by Robert Leslie Conly under his pen…
by Chris Hennen | News | March 18th, 2015
…North Dakota’s GOP senator is one of 47 facing criticismSen. John Hoeven (R-ND) has come under criticism for being one of 47 Republican senators to sign a letter sent to the leaders of Iran stating that any nuclear deal with President Obama is not approved by Congress and is subject…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | March 18th, 2015
…“Aimer, boire et chanter” (2014), a film version of the Alan Ayckbourn play “Life of Riley,” is the product of a filmmaker strongly in control of his material and not afraid to take chances or push the boundaries of cinema.Amazingly, its creator, Alain Resnais, was 91 years old when he…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | March 14th, 2015
…Director Kirby Dick and producer Amy Ziering follow their Oscar-nominated “The Invisible War” – a harrowing exposé of the United States military’s woeful record regarding the issue of sexual assault – with another film addressing the same massive injustice done to victims of rape on college campuses.“The Hunting Ground” applies…
by Stephen Anderson | Music | March 14th, 2015
…In the wake of the peer-to-peer sharing boom and the mushrooming remix culture that it fueled, we face ambivalence as to what constitutes proper artistic appropriation. Looking back now, do we view Led Zeppelin as hacks or heroes for putting their own electric spin on the music of the American…
by Chris Hennen | Editorial | March 11th, 2015
…President Obama delivered an impassioned speech in Selma, Alabama this past weekend marking the 50th anniversary of the Sunday Bloody Sunday marches. It was when peaceful voting rights protestors, lead by Martin Luther King, Jr,. were beaten by police in what many see as a turning point in the civil…