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by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | January 20th, 2022
…By John Showalterjohn.d.showalter@gmail.comIt seems like technological advancement accelerates more and more. There’s something newer, quicker, and sleeker every year, every month, every week. But even in this society where smartphones are ubiquitous and virtually everyone has a camera in their pocket, there are still people who hearken back to the…
by Sabrina Hornung | News | January 19th, 2022
…By Faye Seidlerfayeseidler@gmail.comThe queer youth in North Dakota continue to be failed by our state and experience disproportionately worse outcomes related to bullying, homelessness, mental health, and suicide. There is hope so long that we as a community can come together and work towards making a difference in these youth’s…
by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | January 19th, 2022
…By Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comOur opinion: Living in winter-wonder, why are we still here?As old man winter rears his ugly head across the Midwest, we’re reminded that we’re at the mercy of the unpredictability of the elements. Maybe this is why the weather is always such a hot topic of conversation among…
by Sabrina Hornung | Last Word | January 18th, 2022
…By Melissa Van Der Stadm.forfargo@gmail.comA proposal for affordable housing in Downtown Fargo is currently being discussed in two separate committees — the Tax Exempt Review Committee and the Renaissance Zone Authority — with the proverbial ax held over it, ready to fall at any moment.Preventing this from happening is a…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | January 3rd, 2022
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comThe final film in Joachim Trier’s Oslo Trilogy, “The Worst Person in the World” is one of the best films of 2021. Despite several erroneous descriptions from critics tagging the movie as a romantic comedy, the film most assuredly belongs in the more temperamental sibling genre of romantic…
by Sabrina Hornung | All About Food | December 30th, 2021
…By Sarah Wassberg Johnson sarah@thefoodhistorian.comIt was 1998. I was in the basement of Elim Lutheran Church in Fargo, putting on a white robe and a tinsel crown. The Swedish Cultural Heritage Society of the Red River Valley (which we all just called the Swedish Society) was celebrating another Sankta Lucia…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | December 30th, 2021
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comThe first Japanese winners of the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival, Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe expand “Drive My Car,” the short story of the same name in Haruki Murakami’s 2014 collection “Men Without Women,” to great success. And although the film lost the Palme…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | December 20th, 2021
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.com Is It the Common Good for Billionaires to Sail $500 Million Superyachts?The new Republican Party and Abraham Lincoln set out 161 years ago to save the United States from break up. James Russell Lowell, The Atlantic magazine’s first editor, wrote: “The Republicans know that true policy is…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | December 20th, 2021
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comIn one of the best scenes of the year, Tilda Swinton’s Jessica Holland sits with audio engineer Hernan Bedoya (Juan Pablo Urrego) behind a massive mixing console in a recording studio in Colombia, working to recreate a mysterious sound that she has been hearing intermittently. Drawing initially from…
by Sabrina Hornung | Culture | December 15th, 2021
…By Michael M. Miller michael.miller@ndsu.eduTheresa Meier Eissinger of Napoleon, N.D., writes, “Christmas Eve at the Meier farm (between Linton and Napoleon) was the most exciting time of the year. Chores were done early; supper was early, and then my mother gave each of us a large soup bowl of goodies.…