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by Greg Carlson | Cinema | March 14th, 2015
…Director Kirby Dick and producer Amy Ziering follow their Oscar-nominated “The Invisible War” – a harrowing exposé of the United States military’s woeful record regarding the issue of sexual assault – with another film addressing the same massive injustice done to victims of rape on college campuses.“The Hunting Ground” applies…
by Stephen Anderson | Music | March 14th, 2015
…In the wake of the peer-to-peer sharing boom and the mushrooming remix culture that it fueled, we face ambivalence as to what constitutes proper artistic appropriation. Looking back now, do we view Led Zeppelin as hacks or heroes for putting their own electric spin on the music of the American…
by Chris Hennen | Editorial | March 11th, 2015
…President Obama delivered an impassioned speech in Selma, Alabama this past weekend marking the 50th anniversary of the Sunday Bloody Sunday marches. It was when peaceful voting rights protestors, lead by Martin Luther King, Jr,. were beaten by police in what many see as a turning point in the civil…
by Jack Dura | Theatre | March 11th, 2015
…Tin Roof Theatre continues season of justice in Henry David Thoreau tellingJustice will always prevail, and for Tin Roof Theatre’s 10th season, justice is the prevalent theme.Coming off of “Judgment at Nuremberg,” the courtroom drama detailing the post-WWII Nazi war crimes trials, Tin Roof explores similar themes with its season…
by Jack Dura | Theatre | March 11th, 2015
…Harwood Prairie Playhouse still going strong after 31 years For the first time in 31 years, the Harwood Prairie Playhouse is doing something new. Well, kinda sorta.The West Fargo theater company known for its annual farces isn’t putting on a different show this year, but rather digging into its past…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | March 11th, 2015
…The Tragedy: A Country At War And A Public Who Is NotWe have been at war for 13 years. Presently out of 320 million people we have 1.4 million on active military duty and another 850,000 in the reserves. At the very end of World War II we had 16…
by Rob Port | Say Anything | March 11th, 2015
…If there was a theme to Sen. Heidi Heitkamp’s 2012 campaign to the U.S. Senate, it was the idea that she is a pragmatic leader who would help cut through obstruction in Washington, D.C. to get things done.On her still-active campaign website Sen. Heitkamp said there are “too many extreme…
by Deb Jenkins | Wellness | March 11th, 2015
…We’ve all heard that old saying “you are what you eat.” In the case withthis story, I wanted to talk about the food for the body we call “massage.” On my last trip to Winnipeg, I was spoiled by having a massage known as hammam.But first I want to back…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | March 11th, 2015
…Shirley Clarke’s groundbreaking and trouble-plagued “The Connection” was decades ahead of its time, but it is now available for reappraisal on a fine new Blu-ray from Milestone Films.Independent filmmaker Shirley Clarke was a dancer-choreographer who decided to go into filmmaking in the early 1950s, beginning with short 16mm films dealing…
by HPR Contributor | Music | March 11th, 2015
…By Paul Harvey JohnsonMetal bands King Goro and Ghost Hook both hail from the Twin Cities and will perform Saturday at The New Direction. King GoroI’ve had the delight of attending a handful of sweaty, booze-soaked basement shows to witness the three-piece assault that is King Goro. It is in…