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by HPR Contributor | Last Word | December 13th, 2017
…By Tony Gehrigtonygehrig@gmail.com I do not blame any company for seeking incentives. Rather, I blame the government for giving them away. Incentives represent an unfair and unsustainable tax system that affects real people.Some proponents, mainly those receiving the incentives, are attempting to rebrand incentives as a good thing for everyone.…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | December 13th, 2017
…On her biggest canvas to date, filmmaker Dee Rees paints a vivid picture of two American families in “Mudbound,” a deeply satisfying drama based on Hillary Jordan’s 2008 novel.Adapting the screenplay with collaborator Virgil Williams, Rees skillfully weaves a tale that dissects and addresses race, war, poverty, alcoholism, adultery, post-traumatic…
by Martin Beckmann | Music | December 13th, 2017
…Heavy music in 2017 was a bit of a disappointment in my eyes, as some of the genres I love have become greatly oversaturated, and as a result stale and boring to my ears (Stoner Rock, Doom, and Sludge).Black Metal also, which started as a breath of fresh air, has…
by Charlie Barber | Last Word | December 13th, 2017
…“…no clean power is without its drawbacks, and every kind of energy source has its pluses and minuses.”– Henry Petroski, author of “To Engineer is Human”“For highways (Robert) Moses, America’s greatest builder, dispossessed 250,000 persons—more people than lived in Albany, Chattanooga, Spokane, Tacoma, Duluth, Akron, Baton Rouge, Mobile, Nashville or…
by Logan Macrae | All About Food | December 13th, 2017
…On the Corner of University and Northern Pacific sits a building that has just been revitalized. Once a horse barn, this large picturesque structure now houses Wild Terra Cider and Brewing. When the new owners Breezee and Ethan found the structure in Downtown Fargo, the inside was “rustic.” The long…
by Chris Larson | Cocktail Showdown | December 12th, 2017
…cjlarson75@gmail.comNewly remodeled since July of this year, the Spirits Lounge inside the Holiday Inn in Fargo takes the lounge concept to a level of comfort that isn’t often seen in town.On one side of the room, underneath two large flatscreens, you and a dozen of your friends can enjoy classy…
by C.S. Hagen | News | December 11th, 2017
…FARGO – Heavy sighs filled the courtroom Monday morning when Brooke Lynn Crews entered, shackled and dressed in prison orange. Minutes later, she pled guilty to killing Savanna Lafontaine-Greywind and kidnapping her then unborn child.Crews, 38, pled not guilty in Cass County District Court on September 27 after she was…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | December 8th, 2017
…gregcarlson1@gmail.comWith the critical phenom “Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig makes good on her stated desire to “offer a female counterpart to tales like ‘The 400 Blows’ and ‘Boyhood.’” A shimmering coming of age chronicle featuring another tremendous performance by Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird” is steeped in a kind of nostalgia for…
by John Showalter | Culture | December 8th, 2017
…john.d.showalter@gmail.comStand-up comedian Adam Quesnell departed for greener pastures in Minneapolis, and surprisingly soon I found myself interviewing him about his upcoming return to Fargo to record his new album, “Despair 2,” at the Red Raven. The Red Raven only made sense as a stage for the recording of the follow-up…
by Faye Seidler | Culture | December 8th, 2017
…fayeseidler@gmail.comLast week I wrote about what it means to be an activist. It can be very hard and emotionally draining work, but it can also be incredibly fulfilling. It can be a summer volunteer opportunity that individuals take on in order to spruce up their college application or it can…