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by John Showalter | Music | January 15th, 2020
…Fargo is smack dab in the dead of winter, with two major blizzards already under its belt this season and frigid temperatures that show no sign of abating in the near future. Whether by choice or by necessity many people have remained cooped up in their homes rather than venture…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | January 15th, 2020
…The death on March 29, 2019 of Agnes Varda concluded a career perpetually in bloom. The legendary artist and filmmaker, unmistakable in later years under her wonderfully cartoonish yet delightfully chic two-tone coiffure, was 90 years old but operated agelessly. Working to the end with future projects in queue, Varda…
by HPR Contributor | Culture | January 15th, 2020
…by Kris Gruberperriex1@gmail.comTwo teenagers rescued around 20 Koalas from the horrific bushfires in Australia, fitting them in their car.An anonymous donor pays off back taxes for several mobile home residents. Neighbors with snow blowers free their buried counterparts after the storm of the decade.People are doing good. Good deeds, good…
by HPR Contributor | Editorial | January 15th, 2020
…by Gary Olsonolsong@moravian.eduOn New Year’s Day, I was sporadically listening to Sirius Radio Channel 5 as they did their annual countdown of top songs from the 1950s and cringing at my fading aural memories. This prompted me to look back on specific years and I noted that in 1954, the…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | January 15th, 2020
…Our Great Leader of the Zombies Is Tilting at Windmills AgainA few days after he was impeached by the House, King Donald admitted to a group of young conservatives attending a Turning Point USA annual summit in Florida he never has understood wind, but “You know, I know windmills very…
by HPR Staff | Best Bets | January 15th, 2020
…Friday, January 17, 9pmThe Aquarium, 226 N Broadway, FargoSupport KRFF and get ready to rock with Minneapolis based “Doom Merchants” Witchden, Sioux Falls sludge Green Altar, local black metal heroes of the tundra Demifiend, and Fargo’s finest stoner rock legends El Supremo.
by Alicia Underlee Nelson | Culture | December 23rd, 2019
…New Year’s Eve celebrations usually go one of three ways – you either end up introverting at home, go out to eat at your old standby or ring in another year at your favorite local bar. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with any of that. But if you want to shake…
by HPR Contributor | News | December 23rd, 2019
…by Rob Hannahistory@nd.govAs I write this, the beautiful Stutsman County Courthouse State Historic Site in Jamestown is only partially furnished. But this photo, taken by my one-time colleague Guinn Hinman, caused me to see the place in a whole new light. She concentrated some of the historic paperwork, office equipment,…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | December 23rd, 2019
…Filmmaker Sophia Takal’s reimagining of Bob Clark’s 1974 slasher classic “Black Christmas” improves on a tepid 2006 remake by Glen Morgan without finding the weird alchemy of the original. Sharing screenplay duties with April Wolfe, Takal may not have managed a definitive version, but she should be credited with constructing…
by HPR Contributor | Last Word | December 23rd, 2019
…By Zach Nerpelzachnerpel@gmail.comDoom chimes all around us and I feel a greedy sense of relief understanding the real possibility I will be here when it all ends. What greater gift than to be a part of the very last chapter of humanity? The only question is, how exactly will we…