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Peltz, shawls and aprons: traditional dress of the Black Sea Germans

by HPR Contributor | Culture | April 18th, 2024

…By Michael M. Millermichael.miller@ndsu.edu Nancy Martin and Connie Ulasewicz co-authored the article, “Ach, Gott, yes, I wish I was back in Russia: Heimat in the Dress of North Dakota’s Black Sea Germans.” It was published in the Journal of the Costume Society of America, Volume 46, 2020. Martin did extensive…

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Where Boosters Meet Fences and the Rich Invest in Junk, Stuff, and Celebrities

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | April 16th, 2024

…by Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comAccording to my great-grandfather many years ago, my French ancestors migrated from Normandy to Quebec to Manitoba to Wisconsin to Minnesota over the spread of more than two centuries, finally settling in or near Little Falls and then spreading to the Twin Cities. People left Europe for two…

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​Meet the dads and moms of Oppenheim’s ‘Spermworld’

by Greg Carlson | Cinema | April 15th, 2024

…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com Documentarian Lance Oppenheim’s “Spermworld” boasts a killer hook to attract the curious: unregulated sperm donors who use social media to offer services to women unhappy with the options provided by traditional “banks.” The filmmaker’s latest feature was inspired by the 2021 New York Times article by Nellie Bowles…

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​Buckley and Colman Write ‘Wicked Little Letters’

by Greg Carlson | Cinema | April 8th, 2024

…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com Nobody will mistake director Thea Sharrock’s undercooked “Wicked Little Letters” for Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1943 “Le Corbeau.” Or, for that matter, Otto Preminger’s “Le Corbeau” remake “The 13th Letter” (1951). The poison pen concept has fueled many film plots, and this latest iteration at least has the good sense…

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Breaking Glass: ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ shows big promise

by Greg Carlson | Cinema | April 3rd, 2024

…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.com In Sundance standout “Love Lies Bleeding,” filmmaker Rose Glass improves on all the promises announced in her 2021 debut “Saint Maud.” While “Maud” explored the familiar territory of the psychological horror thriller, “Love Lies Bleeding” mines the fertile grit of the neo-noir. Working with a cast of well-known…

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​Collecting Movies With J.D. Shields

by Greg Carlson | Cinema | March 22nd, 2024

…By Greg Carlsongregcarlson1@gmail.comWriter-director J.D. Shields, whose television credits include work on “Emperor of Ocean Park” and “The Company You Keep,” has also written for DreamWorks TV Animation, Wondery, and Sony Pictures Entertainment. J.D. has also participated in the Disney Writing Program, the HBO Access Writing Program, Film Independent’s Project Involve and…

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Riding the Economic Merry-Go-Round

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | March 21st, 2024

…By Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comThe Catacombs under Paris Contain the Bones of Millions of FeudalistsSixty-five feet below the Paris streets are about 170 miles of tunnels that go through stone quarries, galleries, and ossuaries that contain the bones of six million French who died between the 9th and 18th centuries. Along the…

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Sex and the World

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | March 21st, 2024

…by Ed Raymondfargogadfly@gmail.comWhy Jerry Lee Lewis Sang: “There’s a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on"For the last couple of months, the “Star Spangled Banner’’ was not the national anthem. It was Jerry Lee Lewis’s song about sex titled “Whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on.” At the same time there was a whole…

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​How To Be An Anti-Partisan

by Sabrina Hornung | Last Word | March 21st, 2024

…By William Cooperwcooper11@gmail.com When people look at political questions through a partisan lens, they apply their own personal gloss to the world. They reflexively interpret events in favor of their own tribe and against the other side. This distorts empirical reality, which is completely independent from such subjective mental processing.…

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Fargo Film Festival

by HPR Staff | Best Bets | March 21st, 2024

…March 19-23Fargo Theatre314 Broadway N, FargoCheck out luncheon panel discussions, pre-parties, a 2-minute movie contest, local, international and award-winning films for your viewing pleasure. Producer Will Greenfield will be making a special guest appearance, speaking on his film “Immaculate,” which will be showing at the festival. Greenfield was executive producer…

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