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by Greg Carlson | Cinema | February 25th, 2015
…Filmmaker Jesse Moss constructs one of the best documentaries of recent memory in “The Overnighters,” a complex and thoroughly gripping look at ourselves when faced with questions of charity, forgiveness, trust and love. Set during the recent explosive population boom in Williston, North Dakota that accompanied the introduction of fracking,…
by Jack Dura | Theatre | February 25th, 2015
…A small-scale production takes on a comprehensive issue in Theatre NDSU’s performance run of the modern rock musical “Next to Normal.”Facing the contemporary topics of mental illness and its effects on a family, the six-person show follows the Goodman family – father, mother, daughter and son – as mother Diana’s…
by Jack Dura | Theatre | February 25th, 2015
…Revamped ‘Romi/eo and Juliet’ takes a transgender focus at MSUMFor centuries, “Romeo and Juliet” has remained as one of William Shakespeare’s most celebrated love stories.But for Patrick Carriere, theater faculty at Minnesota State University Moorhead, the story has been one of the bard’s “most lightly treated” plays, leading Carriere to…
by HPR Contributor | Cinema | February 25th, 2015
…By Brittney Goodman“Edgy,” “hip,” “surprising” and most of all “fun” – these are words that volunteers and programmers for the 2015 Fargo Film Festival have used to describe this year’s lineup. Once again, the first week of March brings filmmakers, actors, writers, media and film lovers to the streets of…
by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | February 25th, 2015
…Soaking The Sands, Streets, And Oceans With BloodThe Islamic State (ISIS) video graphically shows the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians by knife-wielding Muslim believers on a Libyan beach, soaking the sands with blood. The adult human body contains on average about 5.5 quarts of the life-giving fluid, so here went…
by Kayla Culver | Music | February 25th, 2015
…Fargo is celebrating Minnesota icon Bob Dylan with an afternoon of covers by local musicians. The event, DylanFest, is on Feb. 28 at the Fargo Theater and features 15 artists performing some of Dylan’s most beloved songs.Musical acts include Post Traumatic Funk Syndrome, Tim Sparks, Jessie Veeder, Merrill Piepkorn and…
by Rob Port | Say Anything | February 25th, 2015
…On Wednesday, Feb. 18, Dr. Nadim Koleilat, a surgeon from Bismarck and a member of the Muslim community there, was to have delivered an invocation to the state House of Representatives.These invocations are a long-standing tradition for the Legislature. A committee organizes spiritual leaders of a diverse cross-section of faiths…
by Chris Hennen | Editorial | February 25th, 2015
…This week, we take a look at two issues in the news we found worth commenting and taking a stand on: the unsolved homicide of Thomas Bearson and the Keystone Pipeline veto by President Obama.Recently, we editorialized about the need to find answers on the case of NDSCS student Andrew…
by Greg Carlson | Cinema | February 20th, 2015
…Wittily written, sparklingly performed and dazzlingly directed, “Mistress America” quickly makes for itself a strong case as Noah Baumbach’s finest film to date.If not, the movie is at least every bit as wonderful as “The Squid and the Whale,” though its tone more closely resembles an effortlessly madcap screwball comedy…
by Stephen Anderson | Music | February 20th, 2015
…J. Tillman is in love.Ordinarily, such an opening statement would be irrelevant, but considering the larger-than-life, Don Juan-esque persona that the ex-Fleet Fox hatched for his debut as Father John Misty, such a change in narrative is worth noting.Whereas “Fear Fun” was a gonzo telling of an ayahuasca-fueled dive headfirst…