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by John Strand | Editorial | October 22nd, 2014
…Our Opinion / Get off your duff Nov. 4 and cast your voteFar too many of you reading this editorial will sit idly on your duffs come Election Day Nov. 4 and the consequences will be immense. With eight measures in the balance, we implore you to get informed and…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | October 21st, 2014
…WARNING: The following review reveals key plot information. Read only if you have seen “Gone Girl.”Gillian Flynn, author of the bestselling novel “Gone Girl,” hit the Hollywood jackpot. She A) got to adapt her own screenplay without having to share any screen credit; B) had the fortune of finding David…
by Chris Hennen | News | October 16th, 2014
…All the campaigning and political activity surrounding Measure 1 in North Dakota has led some to wonder how churches are able to actively and politically advocate on how to vote on the measure. Anyone driving by churches in downtown Fargo has seen various signs on church property asking people to…
by Krissy Ness | Beer Snob | October 16th, 2014
…Junkyard Brewing Company has officially opened its stellar new taproom on First Avenue in Moorhead. We’re delighted to present a special HPR Beer Snob review of all things Junkyard.Hatchet Jack (ABV 7.2%) This Baltic Porter is deep in color and provides a beautiful, tan fluffy head. The aroma is potent yet…
by Diane Miller | Music | October 16th, 2014
…Christopher Gabriel say new plans are on the horizonWillie Waldman, Riesage, Turtle Island Quartet, Little Winter, Post Traumatic Funk Syndrome’s horn section, Longreef, MSUM’s Straw Hat Theatre, Haley E. & The Rydells, Poitin and dozens upon dozens of others all have one thing in common. All these creative projects have…
by Allie Balsdon | Arts | October 16th, 2014
…It’s been a crazy fall so far. George Clooney got married, Amanda Bynes is back in the tabloids and, most important, Fargo’s very first tattoo convention is coming to the Fargo Civic Center. The two-day event will feature some of the best local artists and a few significant celebrity artists…
by HPR Contributor | Culture | October 16th, 2014
…By Russell Ford DunkerWhat began with a hand-me-down trailer house headquarters and television transmitter tower on the edge of Fargo is now a region-wide television and radio network, employing about 150 people in Fargo, Bismarck and Minot. At 50, Prairie Public Television is not showing signs of being over-the-hill. Rather,…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | October 16th, 2014
…When Do The Bricks Start Flying?The most dysfunctional part of government is Congress, put in that position by two 5-4 Supreme Court decisions about “free” expensive speech named Citizens United and McCutcheon. A reader sent me a copy of Stephen Pastis’s “comic” strip called “Pearls Before Swine.” The subject of…
by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | October 16th, 2014
…Legendary screen comedy icon Charlie Chaplin was born 125 years ago this past April and made his movie debut 100 years ago this past January. His first feature-length film appearance premiered in December 1914. Amazingly, almost all of the films he made throughout his five-decade career have survived, even numerous…
by Jack Dura | Music | October 16th, 2014
…The world’s only concertizing pipe organ/percussion pair, to the best of Sally Harmon’s research, is on its way to Fargo.It’s Organized Rhythm, and Harmon, dean of the Red River Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, knew she had to have them for the group’s biennial concert. “I had…