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by Winona LaDuke | News | November 5th, 2014
…Ban fracking It is time for a fracked oil and gas moratorium on Ft. Berthold, and Standing Rock reservation, (where possibly up to 200,000 acres is being considered for fracking) needs to pass a ban, indefinitely. Hundreds of municipalities, counties, provinces and countries are. Indian country needs to do the…
by Diane Miller | Cinema | November 5th, 2014
…Movie theater outings, now more than ever, are becoming more about the entire theatrical experience – not just the picture.This is especially the case for Marcus Theatres customers in Fargo. West Acres Cinema and Century Cinema, the two largest movie theaters in the area, have been significantly upgraded.General manager Rick…
by Amy Borgman | All About Food | November 5th, 2014
…Greg Stumbo of Fergus Falls started roasting coffee in the early 2000s as a hobby. He said it was a popular trend at the time and he was starting to see an annoying push from advertisers for roasted coffee. “It was weird to see how advertisers marketed buying coffee back…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | November 5th, 2014
…The WalMart Mentality And The Billionaire Sex TradeThis country is acting as if dementia is just around the corner – or maybe we haven’t been taking our Prozac lately. We have about 19 million underemployed and unemployed in this country but the Polaris Company of Roseau is flying low-paid Mexican…
by Stephen Anderson | Music | November 5th, 2014
…Flaming Lips get high marks with a little help from their “fwends”With the same kill-your-idols exuberance displayed on their handful of previous collaborative tribute albums, the Flaming Lips and their sizeable stable of “fwends” dare to tackle one of the most acclaimed albums of, well, ever. A song-for-song rebuild of…
by Jack Dura | Music | November 5th, 2014
…Variety is the spice of life and also of the symphony. For its second concert of its Masterworks Series, the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra is continuing its trek across the globe with “Along the Silk Road.”After a South American-styled opener to its 84th season this September, the F-M Symphony’s next stop…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | November 5th, 2014
…Like Herman Blume, the wealthy industrialist in Wes Anderson’s awesome “Rushmore,” Bill Murray’s Vincent MacKenna is a prickly, disillusioned Vietnam veteran with a taste for alcohol and cigarettes. MacKenna is poor and Blume is rich, but both men reassess their lives following unexpected and unorthodox friendships with much younger boys.…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | November 5th, 2014
…I mentioned in last week’s column that Criterion Collection’s “Eclipse” series of box sets provides expertly-curated combinations of related films on DVD at a modest price: an instant film festival in a box for budget-minded cineastes with eclectic tastes, but without supplements except good program notes. Also the video transfers…
by Diane Miller | Music | November 5th, 2014
…Fargo’s own O’Fosho! is now five.To celebrate, the jam-fusion band is hosting a show at The Aquarium, where they’ll be recording video and audio to release for a later date.“I feel like our live show is where we are at right now so I think that’s kind of where we…
by Diane Miller | Editorial | November 5th, 2014
…Last Sunday, the country’s largest protest against the Washington Redskins’ nickname was held in Minneapolis prior to the football team’s game against the Minnesota Vikings.While Washington owner Daniel Snyder has been very unwavering about not changing the name, the nation should expect to see continued escalating pressure from Natives and…