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1996 Stories by City Pages Staff

• Artists Of The Year

  published December 25, 1996

  coverVIC CHESTNUTTby Camden Joy If you could... More >>

• GLASS CEILINGS, "LOCKER ROOM CONDUCT," AND WCCO.

  published December 25, 1996

  newsbreifs Girls Will be... More >>

• HOMETOWN TRANCE

  published December 18, 1996

  THE CANCELLATION OF the December 9 Mazzy Star show at First Avenue was a blessing in disguise, since what came in its... More >>

• LABOR OF LOVE

  published December 18, 1996

  greets motorists and passersby on 45th Street and Chicago Avenue at Ray Welter Heating and Air Conditioning. It has been about... More >>

• Selling Blue Sky

  published December 18, 1996

  A PERSISTENT RUMOR circulating in local media has the company that owns the Star Tribune lobbying City Council members about the... More >>

• SOUL FOOD

  published December 11, 1996

  GHOSTS OF DICKENS and Nutcrackers, the St. Paul Winter Carnival, widespread possession by consumer demons, and chestnuts... More >>

• Holiday Confections

  published December 11, 1996

  Black Nativity As a newcomer to the Cities, I heard stories about this show bordering on the mythic; a critic at this... More >>

• THE WIDENING GYRE

  published December 11, 1996

  What with the snow, the steady stream of visitors has finally tapered off, leaving the townsfolk of Pease alone for the winter... More >>

• Trash Talk

  published December 11, 1996

  THE LOCAL LAW firm of Dorsey and Whitney recently mailed out over 300,000 letters informing county taxpayers that it had filed a $100 million... More >>

• THE OTHER VOTE

  published December 4, 1996

  But there is the write-in vote. Consider the Hennepin County election results:Margin by which Clinton won:... More >>

• Reform Party Revolt

  published December 4, 1996

  MINNESOTA REFORM PARTY members along with their counterparts elsewhere are charging that Ross Perot is trying to run the... More >>

• Winter Special

  published December 4, 1996

  or never-resting time leads summer onTo hideous winter and confounds him there,Sap check'd with frost and lusty leaves quite... More >>

• REMAKE/REMODEL

  published November 27, 1996

  THE 400 BAR is undergoing a change of the guard--one which bodes real well for the local music scene. Entrepreneur Bill... More >>

• HOLY SHOPPING!

  published November 27, 1996

  Bright, puffy pine trees glittering with golden angels, rosy cherubs, pale pink seashells, clusters of red balls, swirls of... More >>

• Record Roundup

  published November 20, 1996

  Jeru The DamajaWrath of the Math More >>

• MUSIC NOTES

  published November 20, 1996

  REX DAISY FINDS PARADISE          THERE'S A SONG on the new Rex... More >>

• PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST

  published November 20, 1996

            LAST WEEK, CAPITOL/EMI and The Artist Formerly Known As Prince (heretofore known as... More >>

• FAMILIES: THE FIRST GANGS

  published November 20, 1996

            You shake your head in sorrow, or you flip the channel to Letterman because you... More >>

• Record Roundup

  published November 13, 1996

  WilcoBeing There More >>

• INCONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION

  published November 13, 1996

  WITH THE HALLOWEEN season having just passed, this seems like a good time to examine candy, traditionally one of the most interesting consumer... More >>

• UP A TREE

  published November 13, 1996

            The tree's massive trunk, 14 feet in circumference, once supported a 70-foot canopy... More >>

• THE ACLU JUST SAYS NO TO A POWER GRAB

  published November 13, 1996

            The MCLU's bylaw violations were detailed in a November 4 letter sent to Beck from... More >>

• MUSIC NOTES

  published November 6, 1996

            IMAGINING THE WORST possible review for their debut CD Live at the Jungle... More >>

• BALLOT BALLEYHOO

  published November 6, 1996

            and the candidates retreated to headquarter bathrooms to apply a coat of hair... More >>

• WAR STORIES FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

  published November 6, 1996

  Smashing Pumpkins          FORGET MILLION DOLLAR ads, debates, green buses.... More >>