Map of the day: The Rail-volution guide to transit accessible MSP
Bill LindekeFrom the Rail-Volution “Self-Guided Tour book“, part of the annual Rail-Volution conference that is here in Minneapolis and Saint Paul this week, the “transit accessible” parts of...
View ArticleCorporations represent at UN climate summit
Tara Ritter The controversial Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture (GACSA) was officially launched yesterday at the U.N. Climate Summit. The announcement came in the wake of rising criticism...
View ArticleFive reasons why African Americans should vote this year
Charles Hallman TC Daily Planet Black voter turnout two years ago was nearly 70 percent but election analysts mainly attribute this to President Barack Obama’s name on the ballot.According to United...
View ArticleThe Bright Sunshine of Human Rights: Hubert H. Humphrey and the Civil Rights...
h.h.humphrey_and_the_civil_rights_act_of_1694.jpgTue, 10/14/2014 - 8:30am - Fri, 01/30/2015 - 5:00pmIn the UROC Gallery October 14 to January 30, 2015Taking its title from Hubert H. Humphrey’s 1948...
View ArticleThe Bright Sunshine of Human Rights: Hubert H. Humphrey and the Civil Rights...
h.h.humphrey_and_the_civil_rights_act_of_1694.jpgTue, 10/14/2014 - 8:30am - Fri, 01/30/2015 - 5:00pmIn the UROC Gallery October 14 to January 30, 2015Taking its title from Hubert H. Humphrey’s 1948...
View ArticleThe Bright Sunshine of Human Rights: Hubert H. Humphrey and the Civil Rights...
h.h.humphrey_and_the_civil_rights_act_of_1694.jpgTue, 10/14/2014 - 8:30am - Fri, 01/30/2015 - 5:00pmIn the UROC Gallery October 14 to January 30, 2015Taking its title from Hubert H. Humphrey’s 1948...
View ArticleThe Pancakes & Booze Art Show & Zombie Fashion Show
minneapolis_oct._25th.jpgSat, 10/25/2014 - 8:00pm - Sun, 10/26/2014 - 2:00amPancakes & Booze Art Show & Zombie Fashion Show$5 - 21+ ONLY - 8PM-2AM- Over 75 of Minnesota's HOTTEST emerging...
View ArticleLife Could Be A Dream
1409784820-life_could_be_a_dream_tickets.jpgp1 From the writer/director/producer of the smash hit The Marvelous Wonderettes comes this 1960s musical comedy follow-up. The doo-wop quartet called The...
View ArticleBaritone Nathan Gunn
1411665979-nathan_gunn_tickets.jpgp1 Husband-and-wife talents Nathan, an operatic baritone, and pianist Julie Jordan Gunn perform an eclectic mix of 19th and 20th century favorites, courtesy of The...
View ArticleNearly half of Minnesota’s workers lack sick leave, new study says
Kristoffer Tigue TC Daily Planet A new study this week from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research shows that more than a third of Minnesota’s workforce still lacks access to paid sick days.The...
View ArticleInvitation to look up close at Bassett Creek Valley redevelopment
Margo Ashmore North News When all else fails, walk the site and show what people are talking about. That’s what the Bassett Creek Valley Redevelopment Oversight Committee (the ROC) decided as the next...
View ArticleThe Wolf of Walmart
1401300802-3794453-bnw_wow_052814.jpgp1 If you thought Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street was outrageous, the Brave New Workshop offers its own comedic spin on pop culture, politics and everyday...
View ArticleThe Dinner Detective Interactive Murder Mystery Show
1409237923-the_dinner_detective_tickets.jpgp1 A favorite across the country, The Dinner Detective serves up a tasty whodunit along with a seated four-course dinner. And since this popular comic murder...
View ArticleMinnesota United FC Soccer
1408647224-minnesota-united-fc-tickets.jpgp1 Celebrate another Fall season of soccer with Minnesota United FC, the Twin Cities' entrant in the North American Soccer League. United won the Soccer Bowl...
View ArticleGo global on September 28 – It's International Right to Know Day!
Mary TreacyMore than ever, the right to know ranks as a priority with democratic people, from emerging nations in Africa to struggling democracies in Europe to U.S. Senators debating the bipartisan...
View ArticleMcFadden benefits from allegedly involuntary donations
Eric FergusonSome of the more control-freakish and ideological employers push their employees to donate to the employer’s preferred candidates. They may stay on a legal line in terms of requiring...
View ArticleInfrastructure opportunists and the Kellogg Bridge
Matt SteeleEarlier this week, news surfaced that the Kellogg Ave-3rd Street bridge connecting Lowertown and Dayton’s Bluff is structurally deficient. The bridge, built in 1982 by MnDOT, has four...
View ArticleDancing for safety at the street corner
Conrad deFiebreThe launch of the light rail Green Line has spurred an increase of 20 to 25 percent in pedestrian traffic at the downtown Minneapolis Nicollet Mall station where Blue Line trains have...
View ArticleIf We Were Birds
1408047008-birds_tickets_temp.jpgp1 In her one-act play, If We Were Birds, playwright Erin Shields channels her views about war through the lens of the Greek myth of Philomela, who's raped by her...
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