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by Stephen Anderson | Music | May 13th, 2015
…“Folk” has always been a nebulously defined genre descriptor, its quaint tag encompassing everything from Lomax-era plantation blues to the beatnik strumming of Greenwich Village, and its meaning has been muddied further as an umbrella to ignorantly lump together regional, or “world,” music. In the 21st century, the sounds of…
by Chris Hennen | Editorial | May 13th, 2015
…Heimdal derailment reminder that infrastructure hasn’t been improved yetWe’ve had two close calls with train derailments in North Dakota, with Casselton and now Heimdal. How long are we going to wait before those close calls become a tragedy? The problem is this, many years into the oil boom, infrastructure hasn’t…
by Chris Hennen | News | May 13th, 2015
…Sen. Mac Schneider on this year’s Legislative sessionIt’s no easy task being the minority in the ND Legislature to a Republican super majority that always seems to get its way—particularly in the ND House. Couple that with Republican strongholds in statewide offices including the Governor’s office and it’s a…
by Jack Dura | Theatre | May 13th, 2015
…‘Yee Haw For Hee Haw’ unfolds days of old Age is just a number, and the Silver Follies know this better than any area performers.This weekend the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre’s Silver Follies troupe, organized by performers ages 50 and over, performs its 11th annual show “Yee Haw For Hee Haw.”…
by Granville Wood | All About Food | May 13th, 2015
…It is no big secret that food cooked over a wood-burning fire is monumentally tastier than when it is cooked over propane gas and even charcoal. Granted, charcoal is better than gas but still not as good as that aroma and flavor of wood-grilled food.I wonder what is was like…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | May 13th, 2015
…Discussing “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck”Fargo-Moorhead native Katelyn Whitehead moved to Los Angeles after completing her undergraduate degree at the University of Minnesota. She is a talented artist, cutting her filmmaking teeth in Fargo 48 Hour Film Project competitions with collaborators, friends and fellow Moorhead Spuds Johan Anderson and Dan…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | May 13th, 2015
…Veteran documentary filmmaker Brett Morgen’s years of hard work pay off in “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,” a stunning biographical portrait of the artist and musician. Morgen’s film, made with the full cooperation of Cobain’s survivors, includes Frances Bean Cobain as an executive producer. The director’s “all access pass” to…
by Taylor Blumer | Wellness | May 13th, 2015
…Community sponsors bike overhauls for children in needIn the spirit of National Bike Month, Fargo-Moorhead Community Bicycle Workshop (FMCBW) has organized its first-ever Sponsor a Kid’s Bike event, a month-long donation program for funding the overhaul of used bikes and then giving them to kids in need.The workshop has partnered…
by Rob Port | Say Anything | May 13th, 2015
…Earlier this week another oil train derailed, this time near Heimdal in central North Dakota.Anti-oil activists could almost be heard panting in their excitement, rushing to the media with talking points about “bomb trains” and lax regulation of oil shipped on America’s rail lines. Rep. Ron Guggisberg, a North Dakota…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | May 13th, 2015
…When 1976 Olympic decathlon champion Bruce Jenner, a real hunk of a muscular man, came out 39 years later with the statement “for all intents and purposes, I am a woman” in a rather spectacular TV interview, he also emphasized the mysteries of the brain. Jenner admitted his brain is…