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If she wins a fourth term to the Minneapolis City Council this week, Barb Johnson may allow herself a moment to breathe a sigh of relief—but only a moment.
Because even...
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SOME UNRULY GOD bestowed Brett "The Grim" Rogers with the physical gifts needed to knock out some of the baddest men on the planet. At 6'5", 265 lbs., he has a chest the size...
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Putting the X in sex
Great idea for a story, CP ("Porn Free," 10/20/09). Emily K. is perfect for this also being that she's kind of a "girl next door" from her segments on...
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My name is Bill W.
I'm not the founder of AA; that guy's dead. I'm Bill W., the Minnesota sports fan. I'm not addicted to sports. That's not what this is about. I have an...
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After the young, up-and-coming real-estate developer Vik Uppal bought the old Nate's Clothing Building at First Avenue and Fourth Street in downtown Minneapolis, out went the...
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Historical cataclysm produces conspiratorial thinking: Germany's loss in World War I, the JFK assassination, and 9/11 are all naturally understood as the stuff of unimaginable...
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Walking into a performance of the deeply affecting Elijah's Wake is like jitterbugging across some invisible boundary between the mundane and the subconscious. Conceived by...
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This time last year, the area surrounding the corner of Lake Street and Lyndale Avenue was alarming in its increasing vacancy. Victims of the economy included Heavenly Soles,...
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Halloween was last week, but fans of horror and special-effects makeup are still going strong. This weekend separates the true fanatics from the fakes with Crypticon, a...
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Despite what the event's title may suggest, there will be no singing at this event. However, for those of you who can give a good sales presentation, who can bullshit their...
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If northeast Minneapolis is home to the city's reigning arts community, then the Northrup King Building is its presiding behemoth, a former seed company headquarters that now...
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When you go to a bar, do you always order the same pint without even taking a look at the menu? Are you in a beer rut? Tonight's benefit tasting at the Cedar may be just the...
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For those unfamiliar with the term, "kinetic art" describes works that utilize movement. Some pieces work as onetime performance art, such as falling dominos or a structure...
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Sun in the Satellite dirtied their boots among local rock and psych acts the Screens, the Idle Hands, and Colfax Abbey. But their current endeavor is a different creature,...
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Though she has a toddler, comedian Lisa Landry doesn't talk a whole lot about motherhood onstage. "I try to talk about other things," she says. "It's awesome to have a kid,...
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From Wing Young Huie to Alec Soth, from the Walker Art Museum to the Weinstein Gallery, it's no secret that in recent decades Minnesota's influence on photographic work has...
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Should we call this a full-fledged reunion phase for Minneapolis' ur-punk legends? Maybe, since they've had a remarkably active 2009: playing a benefit at Nick & Eddie for the...
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The old-time string band rolls back into town for a show at the State just weeks after their last appearance in the Twin Cities, playing for fan Garrison Keillor, who books...
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It's rare for sports teams—especially in Minnesota—to have a single player define a period as much as Kevin Garnett did for the Timberwolves in the '90s and early...
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This daytime family event would be fun even if it didn't feature a rare reunion performance by American punk pioneers the Suicide Commandos, or a maze of mirrored pavilions...
