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by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | November 1st, 2021
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comThe French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunFirst, a note to the naysayers and cynics and grumps and sourpusses and killjoys who would dismiss Wes Anderson as a suffocating ironist infatuated with his dollhouse miniatures and his own cookie cutter formulae recycling the same set of actors…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | October 30th, 2021
…By Ed Raymond fargogadfly@gmail.com Should White Kids Know Ancestors Went to Two Barbecues on a Saturday?1. From a report on lynchings in Georgia: “On May 19, 1918, Mary Turner, a Black woman who was eight months pregnant, was lynched by a white mob from Brooks County , Georgia, at Folsom’s…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | October 24th, 2021
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comThe many media attempts at Frank Herbert’s epic space fantasy “Dune” speak to its lasting appeal and its potent impact. David Lynch’s movie, defended by the filmmaker’s most ardent supporters but excoriated by a larger chorus disappointed in the heavy hand applied by House De Laurentiis, marked the…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | October 23rd, 2021
…By Ed Raymond fargogadfly@gmail.com Will We Soon See a Documentary Called Requiem For a Lightweight? It’s plain to see The Divided States of America still has two political parties. One is called the Democratic Party. The other is called the United States Supreme Court. The country is now being harassed…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | October 23rd, 2021
…By Sarah Noursacha1689.sc@gmail.comOn Sunday, November 7th, the Spirit Room will hold a reception for “Contaminated Nightmares,” their current exhibition of mixed-media pieces by local artist and musician Adam Bursack. This reception—free and open to the public—will begin at 5 PM and go on until 7 PM, with an artist’s talk,…
by Sabrina Hornung | Music | October 23rd, 2021
…By Sabrina Hornung sabrina@hpr1.comAmanda Standalone is a force, in fact one could say she’s an old soul with the Midas touch of musicality. You may have seen her playing any number of instruments with a bluegrass band: a washtub bass with a burlesque troupe, a musical saw with a jugband,…
by Sabrina Hornung | Music | October 18th, 2021
…By Sabrina Hornung and Jr Lacroixsabrina@hpr1.comProf Comes to Town With a New Album, ‘Powderhorn Suites’Minneapolis-based rapper Prof has undergone a number of changes within a short amount of time. Abruptly dropped from the Rhymesayers label, he went on to release his latest album “Powderhorn Suites.” Prof is best known for…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | October 17th, 2021
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comMaureen Bharoocha’s “Golden Arm” applies the irresistible combination of long-haul trucking and competitive arm wrestling in the tradition of Menahem Golan’s 1987 Sylvester Stallone cult nugget “Over the Top.” Close friendship replaces father-son bonding as the emotional heartbeat of the story, and Bharoocha, working from a very funny…
by Sabrina Hornung | Music | October 17th, 2021
…By John Showalterjohn.d.showalter@gmail.comTo say that John Dyer Baizley is a creative individual would be an understatement. Not only is he the vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the critically acclaimed and hard-to-pigeonhole band Baroness, he is the painter of their equally striking album art (and on occasion, the album art of…
by Sabrina Hornung | News | October 17th, 2021
…By Kris Gruberperriex1@gmail.comJason Sole may have an impressive resume as a Criminal Justice professor, past president of the Minneapolis NAACP, founder of movements and initiatives, national restorative justice trainer, author, and more—but it would be more accurate to sum him up as a “Closer.” His passionate clarity towards…