Darkness, darkness
Dale ConnellyFrom Barbara in Robbinsdale:A couple of times a year, the sun comes in my south facing bedroom window at just the right angle to warm my face while waking me up.This morning being a “day...
View ArticleRuby Azurdia-Lee: Blended immigrant families face challenges
Erin Elizabeth ... TC Daily Planet What are "blended" immigrant families and what special challenges do they face today? That's the question that TC Daily Planet writer Erin Collins Salinas posed to...
View ArticleAmerican Idol World Premiere Screening
Tue, 01/14/2014 - 6:00pm - 8:00pmOn behalf of FOX Broadcasting, we wanted to invite you to the World Premiere Screening for the 13th Season of American Idol! These exclusive events will take place on...
View ArticleBaby's first lefse
PatriceWe make lefse together each year, celebrating our long-standing friendships and sharing our love of potato flatbread. We hardly have time to reflect on each passing year as it creeps to a close,...
View ArticleLittle piggies and parenting
Lisa GrayThere is a photo somewhere in which I am about six and wearing a teal fake fur winter coat. We are gorgeous, that coat and me. I am holding a pinkish white baby pig close to my chest, cradling...
View ArticleA handmade Christmas
Amy DoeunI finally did. I have been wanting to have a handmade Christmas for a long time, but didn't think it would really work for the children. The adults in my family have enjoyed it for several...
View ArticleRoad infrastructure 101, part one
Alex Cecchini We’re mostly done with the holiday season, and I’m sure many readers had interesting conversations regarding transportation over dinners over the past month. It’s even possible these...
View ArticleFirst impressions: Addis Ababa and Ethiopia
Louis AlemayehuDecember 21-25 — If Cincinnati and Los Angeles gave birth to an African metropolis with hills and palm trees it could be this place. Until now, the only places I have been outside of the...
View ArticleXmas in the 80s: A Minneapolis Slacker’s Memories
Michael StoeszXmas in the 80s: A Minneapolis Slacker’s Memories My Kid: “So Dad, it’s great to spend time together, open presents and do all that Christmas stuff. What did you do when you were...
View ArticleBuyer beware: How HeathPartners subverts ObamaCare to further enrich themselves
Steve ClemensI’m sure all of us have found examples of the evilness of supposedly “non-profit” health insurance companies as they seek to maximize their bottom lines. This complaint is only for $73.24...
View ArticleIllusion Theater presents "Transatlantic Love Affair"
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View ArticleRemasterpiece at Altered Esthetics
mcgraw_monalisa1sm_1861.jpgFri, 01/03/2014 - 7:00pm - 10:00pmSat, 01/11/2014 - 1:00pm - 3:00pmThu, 01/02/2014 (All day) - Thu, 01/30/2014 (All day)Blow some dust off that bust and remix art history's...
View ArticleThe Dream Songs Project presents L’Etoile du Nord
c34b9ace606dd0bced2090a052f285de_wwbd.jpgFri, 01/17/2014 - 7:30pmSat, 01/18/2014 - 7:30pmSun, 01/19/2014 - 2:00pmThe Dream Songs Project is pleased to announce L’Etoile du Nord, a weekend of...
View ArticleTennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending
orpheusmarketingimage.jpgFri, 01/10/2014 - 7:30pm - 10:00pmSat, 01/11/2014 - 7:30pm - 10:00pmSun, 01/12/2014 - 2:30pm - 5:00pmMon, 01/13/2014 - 7:30pm - 10:00pmThu, 01/16/2014 - 7:30pm - 10:00pmFri,...
View ArticleHands and hearts: An Interview with Manola Suvannarad
Ketmani KouanchaoMinnesota is home to many talented Lao Americans in the arts. One of those is Manola Suvannarad, who has recently been doing a series she refers to as Left-Handed Sketches at...
View ArticleGets, goats and Jewish divorce
Jenna Zark In the winter before my first husband and I divorced, I applied to the Jerome Foundationfor a travel-study grant that involved going to the Arctic town of Resolute. I was writing a play set...
View ArticleNation of merchants and goatherds and security guards
Louis AlemayehuIt’s all so dreamlike Even in the intense close-to-the-equator sunlight.Flowers and garbage,Tin shanties and mansions,Vendors on the sidewalk or Sitting on the bare earth, Dusty feet...
View ArticleThrough a Plastic Lens
erin_and_troy_1.jpgSat, 01/18/2014 - 6:00pm - 10:00pm Gallery 427 is pleased to announce there next guest artist.Photographers Erin Hartman and Troy JohnsonAbout there current work:The Holga is a...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Janis VII - A Tribute to the Life & Music of Janis Joplin!!!
finaljanis.jpgSat, 01/18/2014 - 8:00pm - Sun, 01/19/2014 - 12:00amThe life and music of rock’n roll icon Janis Joplin will explode on stage at The Cabooze on Saturday, January 18th at the 7th annual...
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