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by Chris Hennen | News | February 19th, 2015
…Advocacy group points blame at state officials after latest train derailment and explosionAfter the latest train derailment and explosion in West Virginia this week of trains carrying Bakken crude, some are calling for more to be done in the regulation of the transportation. One of those groups is the Dakota…
by Chris Hennen | Culture | February 19th, 2015
…This week, we are kicking off a new series of articles that will periodically profile those with unique, rare and odd jobs in the community. Last Sunday at the 2nd Annual Bartenders Battle, HPR raised over $2,700 for the Gladys Ray Shelter and Veterans Drop In Center, a homeless shelter…
by Krissy Ness | Beer Snob | February 19th, 2015
…The journey to Junkyard Brewery for Beer-thoven fest was a fight from the very beginning.Parking was no easy task, and when I got there I was ready to battle for a spot to sit because this wasn’t my first rodeo at this brewery. The event brought out an older generation…
by Jack Dura | Theatre | February 19th, 2015
…MTFM explores Sondheim’s metaphors and music in fairytale season closerIn a season themed with fairy tales, Music Theatre Fargo-Moorhead is pulling every one’s favorite characters and creatures together in an outing marked with fantasy, realism, music and metaphors.Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods” follows the musical theater master’s own couple of…
by John Strand | Editorial | February 18th, 2015
…Our Opinion/ Every son, every daughter, every brother and every sister ought to be free from discrimination in NDThe North Dakota Industrial Commission and State Legislature owe countless millions of citizens here and across the nation responsible action to assure highly flammable and explosive Bakken crude oil traveling our highways…
by Diane Miller | Music | February 18th, 2015
…Popular Fargo band releases new record after a nearly 10 year hiatusBefore there were popular locals bands like 32 Below, Johnson Family Band, Post Traumatic Funk Syndrome and Tripwire, among others, there was an awesome band by the name of Davis? (That sentence is not a strangely formed question. It’s…
by Rob Port | Say Anything | February 18th, 2015
…North Dakota State University was created as a land grant institution under the Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1890. That legislation granted 30,000 acres of federal land to each state allowing them to use it, or the proceeds from its sale, to establish educational institutions.The purpose of those institutions was, per…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | February 18th, 2015
…Is Vulture Capitalism The IED That Blew Up Democratic Capitalism?One of the few economists in the world who dares to speak out about why 80 individuals on this small planet now have the assets, wealth, and total net worth of 3.5 billion people, currently half of the world’s present population,…
by Kayla Culver | Music | February 18th, 2015
…New Direction Festival celebrates four yearsThe annual punk and hardcore music festival New Direction Fest is celebrating its fourth year in a variety of ways.The fest kicks off on Feb. 20 with a punk rock garage sale. Tables will be set up with records, merchandise and other items for purchase.…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | February 14th, 2015
…By Greg CarlsonOscar-winning documentary filmmaker Daniel Junge tackles the larger-than-life personality of iconic American motorcycle stunt performer Robert Craig “Evel” Knievel in the entertaining biography “Being Evel.” As fast-paced and foul-mouthed as its subject during his 1970s heyday, Junge’s movie prominently features plenty of footage interviewing producer Johnny Knoxville, a…