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by Kathleen Dixon | Writer's Block | August 10th, 2017
…“Prairie Silence: A Memoir.” By Melanie Hoffert. Boston: Beacon Press, 2013. 238 pp. $24.95 clothFrom the outside looking in, North Dakota is an exotic locale, never more than when the topic of LGBT arises. It is a black hole of a state, a place from which no trans or gay…
by Faye Seidler | Culture | August 9th, 2017
…With Fargo-Moorhead Pride coming up this weekend, I was asked what I thought about the relationship between Pride, Black Lives Matter, and the Women’s March.This question was sparked by Minneapolis’ Pride Parade being delayed a great deal by Black Lives Matter protesting the inclusion of uniformed LGBTQ+ officers. Recently, we’ve…
by John Showalter | Cinema | August 9th, 2017
…When I first caught wind that there was going to be a movie centered around emojis several months ago, I spent plenty of time ragging on it with friends (as did a lot of people I imagine, look at the like/dislike ratio on YouTube).The trailers were almost physically painful to…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | August 9th, 2017
…The world has decided King Donald has made us irrelevantFareed Zakaria of the Washington Post and CNN while on assignment in London had a Nigerian man approach him and say with a mixture of outrage and amusement: “Your country has gone crazy. I’m from Africa. I know crazy, but I…
by Chris Larson | Beer Snob | August 9th, 2017
…North Dakota is most certainly part of the latest craft beer revolution, with around a dozen different breweries currently operating from Minot to Fargo and several points in between. While it wasn’t always that way, we have had some very important and interesting connections to beer since before we even…
by Paige Johnson | Culture | August 9th, 2017
…Jewish history recognized in West Fargo museumA new exhibition at Bonanzaville in West Fargo celebrates the lives, contributions, experiences and histories of Jewish people in North Dakota.The exhibit, titled “The North Dakota Jewish Experience: Shvitzing it out on the Prairie” opens Tuesday, August 15. Bonanzaville partnered with the Jewish American…
by Paige Johnson | Theatre | August 9th, 2017
…‘Heathers’ hits the Empire stage in Grand ForksBefore the pink-clad Plastics or Cher’s group of popular beauties in “Clueless,” the shoulder pad-wearing, croquet mallet-wielding Heathers ruled the halls of Westerberg High in the 1989 cult classic “Heathers.”Now, this group of mean girls are seeing a resurrection on the Empire stage…
by Sabrina Hornung | Music | August 9th, 2017
…Formed in 1988, The Supersuckers have gained the moniker of being “the greatest rock n’ roll band in the world.” In 2015 lead singer/bassist Eddie Spaghetti was diagnosed with stage 3 oropharynx cancer. Thankfully he conquered it and is currently back in the ol’ rock n’ roll saddle. HPR had…
by Sabrina Hornung | Music | August 9th, 2017
…Bill Bender on Center Fest, the geographical shift and Hanson’s BarPhoto by Sabrina HornungThe city of Robinson is nestled within the sprawling drift prairie of central North Dakota, with a population of close to 40. Though it’s a hunter’s paradise, the wildlife ascending the town this weekend won’t be their…
by C.S. Hagen | News | August 9th, 2017
…A former North Dakotan speaks about life as a racial targetVALLEY CITY – The hate Matthew Kinslow experienced while growing up in North Dakota reads like someone’s long and horrid to-do list.Half Korean, half German, Kinslow was smaller than other children his age. He was quiet. Dark haired, brown eyed.…