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by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | April 30th, 2023
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comDavina Pardo and Leah Wolchok’s “Judy Blume Forever” debuted at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in January and landed on Prime Video just ahead of the theatrical release this week of Kelly Fremon Craig’s highly anticipated adaptation of “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” The one-two punch…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | April 30th, 2023
…By Ed Raymond fargogadfly@gmail.comWhen a Spear and a Boomerang Equals a Computer and a SmartphoneEighteen years ago I wrote a column “Graduating for Life” about Australian aborigine teenagers at age 13 either dying during their graduation ceremonies or surviving the dangerous environment and becoming an adult in their tribe. With…
by Sabrina Hornung | Gadfly | April 30th, 2023
…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comWill we goose-step backward with the GOP or stumble forward with Democrats?Two hundred years ago English poet William Wordsworth wrote a 14-line sonnet “The World Is Too Much With Us” with these opening lines: “The world is too much with us, late and soon, getting and spending, we…
by Sabrina Hornung | Music | April 29th, 2023
…By Martin Beckmannbeckmanniscool@gmail.comA couple of weeks ago at the Battle of the Hamms, I was lucky enough to stumble upon a spectacular new local punk band with one of the best names, Idiot Man Child. The band consists of Jake Asen on bass and vocals, Chris Holmes on drums, Tristan…
by Sabrina Hornung | Theatre | April 27th, 2023
…By Eric Dallmanericd@hpr1.comWe recently watched “The PROM” at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, and it was an experience that left a lasting impact on us. The story, a heartwarming yet familiar one, follows a group of Broadway stars as they travel to a conservative Indiana town to help a lesbian high school…
by Sabrina Hornung | All About Food | April 26th, 2023
…By Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comThere was something special on the menu at Wishek Living Center on Good Friday, homemade noodles with stewed prunes, pickled herring and a slice of homemade kuchen, which has been a Good Friday tradition in German Russia country as far as anyone can remember.Wait…what? Prunes and noodles? “Christians…
by Sabrina Hornung | Culture | April 25th, 2023
…By Michael M. Millermichael.miller@ndsu.eduThe Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries, premiered the new traveling exhibit, “Building Life and Home on the Prairie: German-Russian Homesteads of North Dakota” on April 18 at St. Paul’s Newman Center, Fargo, ND. This event also included a panel discussion about the exhibit and the…
by Sabrina Hornung | Cinema | April 24th, 2023
…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com“Hereditary” notched one of the most dazzling directorial debuts in recent memory, catapulting writer-director Ari Aster into the rarefied air of A24 auteurs, the hearts of genre hounds, and the spotlight of serious crossover attention. The filmmaker utterly curb-stomped any thoughts of a sophomore slump with “Midsommar,” a…
by Sabrina Hornung | Writer's Block | April 23rd, 2023
…By Sabrina Hornungsabrina@hpr1.comKevin Zepper is no stranger to the literary scene in North Dakota. An author, poet, MSUM English and humanities professor, photographer, he’s a man of many hats. He has led memoir workshops with residents at Eventide, he is a 2022-23 visiting Poetry Out Loud poet through the North…
by Sabrina Hornung | Best Bets | April 23rd, 2023
…Rourke Art Museum, 521 Main Ave, MoorheadSunday, April 30, 2023, 5 to 7pmJoin us for an enjoyable evening of wine, hors d’oeuvres, music by Silver Winds Flute Quartet, and fundraising for the people of Southern Sudan. PACODES (Panyijiar Community Development Services) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, founded in…