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New Deal era mural faces destruction

by C.S. Hagen | Arts | December 12th, 2018

…SEBEKA, Minnesota – Nearly a century ago the nation was racked by inclement weather, soaring unemployment, and despair following World War I and the lucrative Roaring 20s. The 1930s were an era of dust storms and lunch lines, where banks closed and Wall Street brokers leaped to their deaths from…

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The Ballad of Lee Israel: Heller’s Excellent “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

by Greg Carlson | Cinema | December 12th, 2018

…“The Diary of a Teenage Girl” director Marielle Heller beautifully translates another personal autobiography to excellent results. “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” is based on the confessional 2008 memoir of literary forger Lee Israel, and Heller’s movie pulls off the impressive feat of bringing visual urgency to the typically uncinematic…

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Snow and Flurry

by HPR Contributor | Music | December 12th, 2018

…by Jacques Harvieux jacquesthejock@gmail.comMosh pit etiquette 101: The mosh pit is located front and center of the stage.Create a sizeable ring.When the music starts unleash mayhem. If you fall - get up immediately.If somebody else falls - help them up immediately.Don’t target other people. It’s moshing not fighting. If you…

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FM Ballet’s dreamy holiday production

by HPR Contributor | Theatre | December 12th, 2018

…by Gabrielle Herschgabbyhersch@gmail.comListening to Christmas music as I decorated my tree this weekend, I couldn’t help but find myself drawn into a sort of eerie, mystifying melody. It took several moments before I recognized the familiar and alluring “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.” As the lovely, unearthly tune played,…

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Warm up with some knoephla soup

by HPR Contributor | All About Food | December 12th, 2018

…by Ben Myhrebenmyhre35@gmail.comUs North Dakotans love our Knoephla soup. I am no exception. I have fond childhood memories of sitting in my grandmother’s kitchen making this dumpling soup. From then until today, my taste buds go into overdrive whenever I even think about the delicious soup. And for a dish…

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Affluenza

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | December 12th, 2018

…What happens if conspicuous consumption becomes global?The latest National Geographic has an editorial “The Global Peril of Inequality” by UCLA Professor Jared Diamond which the entire world should read. The author of many books on science, he is ranked ninth in a poll naming the world’s top 100 public intellectuals.…

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​Savanna’s Act passes U.S. Senate

by C.S. Hagen | News | December 7th, 2018

…WASHINGTON, D.C. - Savanna’s Act passed unanimously in the U.S. Senate on Friday and will move to the U.S. House of Representatives.The bill, S. 1942, is named for Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota, who was killed by Brooke Lynn Crews on…

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‘Take only what you can carry in your heart’

by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | December 5th, 2018

…“If I go to France and eat French food and write like the French. When I was in Yugoslavia I was working as a Yugoslavian. When I went to Paris for three years I worked with a French influence. Then I came here and I become American and work as…

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Your next cat might be at the ‘Cradle’

by HPR Contributor | Culture | December 5th, 2018

…by Ryan Jankeryan.janke78@gmail.comI held it off for as long as I could, but the other day, I caved. I thought I was doing okay. I made all the strong arguments. I applied the five canons of rhetoric, just like you’re supposed to. My defense was rock solid. I was on…

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Is China using a Native American front to build a state-owned oil refinery?

by C.S. Hagen | News | December 5th, 2018

…TRENTON – An oil company with deep ties to Chinese state-owned enterprises is attempting to quietly set up a refinery near a historical site in western North Dakota, raising red flags with locals about more than the possibility of water contamination.According to Williams County Planning and Zoning Application records filed…

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