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by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | September 25th, 2019
…Will Henry Ford Be Worshipped As A God Again?A chimera is a living thing that has cells from two or more animals. The Greeks created a mythological creature called a chimera from the parts of a lion, goat, and snake. Scientists have been intrigued for years with the idea of…
by HPR Contributor | Arts | September 25th, 2019
…By Kim JondahlSometimes the curious, behind-the-scenes stories of museum artifacts are as intriguing as the actual pieces. In the little-known story of a painting of Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull hanging in the State Museum, the art, the subject, and the artist all share remarkable roles.I’ve walked past this 1890…
by Sabrina Hornung | Arts | September 25th, 2019
…In early October 2018, I had the opportunity to participate in a two week Hinge Arts Residency in Fergus Falls Minnesota. The application wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be but I still sweated my way through it. Naturally I was pleased as punch when I found out…
by Alicia Underlee Nelson | Culture | September 25th, 2019
…It’s prime Oktoberfest season, both in Germany and here in the upper Midwest. I visited a biergarten and a beer tent at Oktoberfest in Munich (the place where the party started way back in 1810), then bellied up to a communal table at Cannstatter Volksfest in Stuttgart to hoist a…
by HPR Contributor | Last Word | September 25th, 2019
…By Dayna Del Valdayna@theartspartnership.netWelcome to HPR’s big art issue! I was delighted at the invitation to write a guest column for this issue because, as you may know, the work we do at The Arts Partnership (TAP) is all in service to #supportlocalart and the artists who make it. And…
by HPR Contributor | Arts | September 25th, 2019
…By Kristin Gruberperriex1@gmail.com “Art is a nation’s most precious heritage. For it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves and to others the inner vision which guides us as a nation.” - Lyndon JohnsonIt’s only a matter of time before Fargo-Moorhead lands on the “Best Cities for…
by HPR Contributor | Last Word | September 25th, 2019
…By Andy Mausamaus@plainsart.orgWhen I started working at Plains Art Museum in 2000, I worked at the Museum’s visitor services desk – greeting visitors, answering phones, and selling items in the store. I was just getting started, so I didn’t have a lot of perspective, but one thing was certain –…
by Brittney Goodman | Cinema | September 25th, 2019
…For the second year, the Rethink Dance Film Festival is coming to Fargo, a collaboration of The Human Family and the Rethink Dance Company. The program is on Tuesday, October 8 at the Fargo Theatre’s Second Screen at 7 pm. Nine films from all over the world will screen in…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | September 25th, 2019
…Arthouse sensibilities converge with a major star (having a major year) and elite visual effects in James Gray’s “Ad Astra,” a movie poised to earn the filmmaker his best notices to date in a career spanning 25 years. Set in a near future where space travel to outposts on the…
by C.S. Hagen | News | September 24th, 2019
…FARGO – Local men are keeping the trafficking of Chinese sex workers alive in the metro area. From distant Chinese villages, middle-aged women are being circulated across the world through San Gabriel, California and on to Fargo/Moorhead massage parlors.With promises of happy endings, many of the local Asian massage parlors…