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by HPR Staff | Best Bets | September 24th, 2015
…Tom GreenFri., Sept. 25, 8 p.m.Fargo Theatre, 314 Broadway N.Tom Green, known for his hit show on MTV and for starring in comedy films “Road Trip” and “Freddy Got Fingered,” will be performing a stand-up show in downtown Fargo. He currently hosts a weekly podcast and recently finished his third…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | September 24th, 2015
…Alex Winter’s documentary “Deep Web” joins an expanding list of features concerned with the present and future of Internet freedom, privacy and the tensions between government encroachment and the evolving and seemingly limitless possibility of code. The film, which focuses on the case against Ross Ulbricht and the takedown of…
by Stephen Anderson | Music | September 24th, 2015
…With Minneapolis and St. Paul a relative stone’s throw away, it’s especially hard to avoid the aftershock of whatever musical A-bombs are dropped by Twin Cities musicians as their impact spreads to the rest of the nation. We were some of the first to catch droplets of Prince’s “Purple Rain,”…
by Krissy Ness | Beer Snob | September 24th, 2015
…I am sure all of you have heard about the 5th Annual Fargo Beer Festival happening this Saturday, Sept. 26. Just in case you haven’t, the event will be held at the Fargo Civic Center from 4-7 p.m., and tickets are $35 at the door or $25 in advance. You…
by Rob Port | Say Anything | September 24th, 2015
…One laugh-out-loud moment from the 2014 election cycle saw Democrats releasing polling showing state Senator George Sinner with a lead in the U.S. House race over incumbent Kevin Cramer.This is a common tactic. The political parties like to deploy their pollsters to “leak” polling information to journalists in order to…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | September 24th, 2015
…Street art may have deviant roots but it has been around as long as man’s cognition. Though comparing petroglyphs to graffiti writing may seem a bit abstract, marking community space to express oneself definitely has its parallels.The way we choose how to express ourselves has obviously evolved. Art in Fargo-Moorhead…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | September 24th, 2015
…So far we have determined that humans started to walk upright about six million years ago. It took us another 3.4 million years to invent stone tools. Some human pyro discovered fire about 1.9 million years ago. We haven’t discovered many of our other unique accomplishments since then until we…
by Taylor Blumer | Writer's Block | September 24th, 2015
…For many people in the Fargo-Moorhead area, especially the younger crowd, the name “Herbst” probably doesn’t ring a bell. For older generations however, that name likely calls to mind the Herbst Department Store, a former downtown Fargo retail hub that helped define the F-M community for nearly 90 years.Now thanks…
by HPR Contributor | All About Food | September 24th, 2015
…By John ShowalterTucked away in the northeast corner of the Moorhead Center Mall, Everest Tikka House opened on May 14 by owner Saru Pokharem. One has to realize that India is a gigantic subcontinent with a vast variety of different cultures (and therefore cuisines). The Indian diaspora has had a…
by John Strand | Editorial | September 24th, 2015
…The Fargo Native American Commission is asking that Fargo change the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day.The resolution voted upon unanimously by the Native American Commission Monday night goes before the Fargo City Commission Monday, Oct. 12—Columbus Day. We strongly encourage the adoption of this resolution.And,…