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by HPR Contributor | Theatre | April 7th, 2016
…By Alex HuntsbergerLike the Republican Party, theatre is a grand old American institution suffering from a severe racial diversity problem; unlike the GOP, it’s also one whose lack of racial diversity goes directly against the principles it espouses. Cowering in fear that their old, white affluent subscriber bases will run…
by John Strand | Editorial | April 7th, 2016
…The tragedy of heroin use and overdoses is landing at our feet and our community and state are unprepared. Lives are in the balance.While most compassionate people are surprised by this happening here, they also are grasping for understanding and for ways to help.Make no mistake, this is a Fargo…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | April 6th, 2016
…According to Webster’s dictionary, a paracosm is “a prolonged fantasy world invented by children; can have a definite geography and language and history” With green dinosaur costume in hand artist and art educator Jescia Hoffman Hopper has created her own paracosm and it will be on exhibit at the Spirit Room…
by Sabrina Hornung | Music | April 6th, 2016
…‘80s supergroup Loverboy can attribute their successes to not only to just working on the weekends. It’s taken a lot of blood, sweat and tears to come such a long way. It’s hard to believe that at the beginning of their career, they were rejected by all of the major…
by Brittney Goodman | All About Food | April 6th, 2016
…I got a chance to sit down with Paul P. “Pete” Nielson to talk about his business, Dirt Head Farms, urban farming, his crowdsourcing campaign, and next steps. Nielson just launched a GoFundMe campaign to purchase start-up equipment to expand the business beyond micro greens. Money raised will be used…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | April 6th, 2016
…Werner Herzog shares another meditation on humanity in “Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World.” Lit with the master filmmaker’s blazing curiosity, the fascinating documentary ponders a wide variety of digital-era conundrums and curiosities via ten chapters. Bouncing from topic to topic, “Lo and Behold” accomplishes the showman’s trick…
by Jamie Hutchinson | Music | April 6th, 2016
…When Kyle Gass isn’t busy rocking socks off with Jack Black as part of the comedic rock duo Tenacious D, he rounds up a talented team of players for the Kyle Gass Band. The latest project of his was formed following the breakup of his longtime band Trainwreck in 2011…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | April 6th, 2016
…Voter fraud in Texas and WisconsinIn the last ten years over 20 million votes have been cast in Texas state elections. Only two cases of voter fraud in that span of time have been prosecuted to conviction.Because of a lawsuit in Wisconsin, a district judge and aides prepared a 90-page…
by Chris Hennen | News | April 6th, 2016
…Over the weekend, North Dakota Democrats nominated Native American activist Chase Iron Eyes to run against Congressman Kevin Cramer for US House in 2016 at their state convention. Almost immediately, Iron Eyes came under attack from the blogosphere. HPR caught up with him to find out why he’s running and…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | April 6th, 2016
…Saturday, April 9, 6:30 p.m.The New Direction, 14 Roberts St. N.Nebraskan anti-folk musician Not Ben Shin returns to Fargo in a show featuring several local acts. Grand Forks punk band The Contraceptives will perform along with ska-punk group No Thumbs Up, indie-surf group Free Truman and folk musician Owen Broke.…