Native women victimized once again by Déjà Vu event, City Pages ad
Michele Garnett McKenzie This morning I opened my e-mail to a string of comments relating to an ad in City Pages, our local Voice Media Group publication.“Outrageous.”“Sickening and...
View ArticleLydia Loveless with The Sudden Lovelys at the Turf Club
ll-poster-a.jpgSat, 11/29/2014 - 8:00pmBlessed with a commanding, blast-it-to-the-back-of-theroom voice, the 21-year-old Lydia Loveless was raised on a family farm in Coshocton, Ohio—a small weird town...
View ArticleSee, Sit, Sup, Sip, Sing: Holding Court
94d8819aaf84b4929ded3a723502f32c.jpgTue, 11/18/2014 (All day)See, Sit, Sup, Sip, Sing: Holding Court is an installation created by artist Theaster Gates, on view in the exhibition Radical Presence:...
View ArticleHennepin County Historical Fireside Chat with Sue Leaf
Sun, 11/16/2014 - 2:00pm - 3:00pmThe Hennepin History Museum will host Sue Leaf, author of A Love Affair with Birds: The Life of Thomas Sadler Roberts, for a Hennepin County Historical Society Fireside...
View ArticleFranklin Library
POINT(-93.255837 44.962985) Phillips Library opened in 1890 and was replaced by Franklin Library in 1914. Franklin Library is built on land donated by Sumner T. McKnight in the Phillips neighborhood...
View Article100-year history of Franklin Library reflects community, U.S. and world events
The Alley This year the Franklin Library celebrates its 100th year serving a large area now called Phillips Community and Elliot Park, Whittier, Corcoran, and Powderhorn Park Neighborhoods. Exploring...
View ArticleUnion accuses AT&T of violating new Minnesota sick leave law
Bill Sorem The Uptake A new Minnesota law explicitly says companies must let employees use sick time to care for ill relatives. Yet AT&T is telling some of its longest tenured employees that they...
View ArticleEugene O'Neill's "The First Man" at the J.J. Hill house presented by the...
thefirstmanlogo_300.jpgThu, 11/13/2014 - 7:00pmFri, 11/14/2014 - 7:00pmSat, 11/15/2014 - 7:00pmFri, 11/21/2014 - 7:00pmSat, 11/22/2014 - 7:00pmLex-Ham Community Theater presentsEugene O'Neill's The...
View ArticleTrade vs. local economies: Procurement on the table
Karen Hansen-Kuhn Communities across the United States and Europe are working to transform local economic systems so that they are more sustainable and equitable. Many states and communities are...
View ArticleNorthern Lights and Insights: Conversations come alive as videotaped...
Mary TreacyObsolescence never meant the end of anything, it’s just the beginning.The words of Marshall McLuhan, guru of an earlier time, came to mind when I learned that Northern Lights and Insights, a...
View ArticleNew Minnesota House members and Sunday liquor sales: An inventory of their...
Sally Jo SorensenVeteran CBS Minnesota political observer Pat Kessler reports in Minn. Lawmakers Prepare For Renewed Sunday Liquor Sales Push:The issue of Sunday liquor sales is likely to come up again...
View ArticleMinneapolis should rethink the Above the Falls master plan
Evan Roberts It is hard to overstate the importance of the Mississippi River in the urban form of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Once a source of energy and an important transport route, the river’s main...
View ArticleBrooklyn Rider
1415994440-rider3_tickets.jpgp1 Hailed by String magazine as "the future of chamber music," genre-defying string quartet Brooklyn Rider comes to the one-of-a-kind venue Aria. Credited with revitalizing...
View ArticleA Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol
dont-hug-me-920.jpgp1A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol is one part Fargo (minus the woodchipper) and one part A Christmas Carol shaken vigorously and served over ice. It's Christmas Eve in Bunyan Bay,...
View ArticleA Stocking Full of Awesome IV: HUP! the Herald Angels Sing
1410374771-dvorak_tickets.jpgp1 Holiday gatherings are known for the exchange of cutting jabs -- passive-aggressive "questions," snide remarks, steely sideways glances... It's exhausting. The Danger...
View ArticleThe Doyle & Debbie Show
1409772706-doyle_and_debbie_tickets.jpgp1 The show The New York Times calls "a gloriously tacky send-up of a washed-up country duo" not only spoofs the genre with plenty of clever comedy, but it also...
View ArticleEncyclopedia Show Minneapolis
encyclopedia-012814.jpgp1 Live music, mascot dancing, movies, stories and more -- it's all part of the monthly variety extravaganza Encyclopedia Show Minneapolis at Kieran's Irish Pub Titanic Room....
View ArticleSnowlessons
Walker Angell We can learn a lot from snow. I had a lot of thoughts as I drove around during and after our instant winter (text is above photos).This article is reposted from TCDP media partner...
View ArticlePost office closings call for national day of action
Mary TreacyFor eons we have heard murmurs, then shouts, of post offices closings. No problem, we thought, as we skimmed lists of closings in towns we couldn’t find on a map. Not our problem – we’ve got...
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