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21. A-List

    Minnesota Swarm vs. Portland Lumberjax

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: February 6, 2008

    If you like hockey or soccer, you'll probably like the Minnesota Swarm of the National Lacrosse League. But before you can go to a game and truly revel in it, you need to first...

22. A-List

    The Enemy Within: Terror in America 1776-Today

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: February 6, 2008

    It turns out Lucille Ball's hair wasn't her only red trait. The FBI had a file outlining its suspicion that Ball was a scheming commie. This little-known nugget of America's...

23. A-List

    Patrick McDonnell

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: February 6, 2008

    Patrick McDonnell has won as many awards from cartoonist associations as from animal-rights groups. His professional honors include the National Cartoonists Society Rueben for...

24. A-List

    Patrick McDonnell

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: February 6, 2008

    Patrick McDonnell has won as many awards from cartoonist associations as from animal-rights groups. His professional honors include the National Cartoonists Society Rueben for...

25. A-List

    Dance Revolutions

    By Caroline Palmer

    Published: February 6, 2008

    The University of Minnesota's dance department continues to hone a stellar national rep through its outstanding faculty as well as the Cowles Land Grant Guest Artist Program....

26. A-List

    Carnaval Brasileiro

    By Rick Mason

    Published: February 6, 2008

    Carnaval will be officially over in the steamy places where it really matters by the time this party gets cranked up, but then it takes a little longer to warm up the car here,...

27. A-List

    Daniel Johnston

    By Ray Cummings

    Published: February 6, 2008

    Yo La Tengo collaborated with him; the late Kurt Cobain threw him all sorts of authenticity props; members of Sonic Youth rescued him on the streets of New York City during a...

28. A-List

    Basia Bulat

    By Rick Mason

    Published: February 6, 2008

    Bridging the divide between traditional folk and a sweep of contemporary alt domains, Canadian singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Basia Bulat finds her voice in the...

29. A-List

    Animation

    By Ward Rubrecht

    Published: February 6, 2008

    If your five-year-old can name all the Powerpuff Girls (Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, for those keeping score) but can't explain the principle of apparent motion (the...

30. A-List

    Tea Leaf Green/Moonalice

    By Rick Mason

    Published: February 6, 2008

    This double dose of San Francisco neo-psychedelia features Tea Leaf Green, who have risen to the top of the jam band heap with their ability to combine first-rate songwriting...

31. A-List

    Paul Shambroom: Picturing Power

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: February 6, 2008

    What do the three white-haired men of Lee, New Hampshire's Board of Selectmen, one-megaton nuclear bombs, and General Mills' corporate headquarters have in common? If you see...

32. A-List

    Yeasayer

    By Geoff Cannon

    Published: February 6, 2008

    As we suffer through the miserable February deep freeze, a little aural reminder of the hotter latitudes of the world might help. Brooklyn's ambitious and expansive Yeasayer...

33. A-List

    Six Organs of Admittance

    By Cecile Cloutier

    Published: February 6, 2008

    2007's Shelter from the Ash (Drag City), found guitarist Ben Chasny (a.k.a. Six Organs) fusing tuneful folkie-ness and visionary raga-guitar into compact, accessible music. But...

34. A-List

    Dean & Britta

    By Ray Cummings

    Published: February 6, 2008

    As members of 1990s/2000s outfit Luna, Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips hid their songcraft behind overwhelming guitar swirls. Today, as an independent duo, the couple trade in...

35. A-List

    Monsters of Folk

    By Rick Mason

    Published: February 6, 2008

    While their ogre-ish inclinations remain private, the "folk" bit of this trio's collective heading is what's stretched a little nightmarishly. There's certainly a folk element...

36. Spotlight

    Theater Spotlight: Bud, Not Buddy

    By Quinton Skinner

    Published: February 6, 2008

    BUD, NOT BUDDY at the Children's Theatre Company through February 16 612.874.0400 Reginald André Jackson's adaptation of Christopher Paul Curtis's book positively...

37. News

    The Real Brock Lesnar

    "The Next Big Thing" looks to live up to his WWE moniker in the UFC

    By Matt Snyders

    Published: February 6, 2008

    Watching Brock Lesnar engage in no-contact sparring is like watching a polar bear perform an interpretive dance. At the Minnesota Mixed Martial Arts Academy in Brooklyn Center,...

38. Blotter

    Did the Red Cross pull an R. Kelly?

    Lawsuit claims national director threatens to pee on people

    Published: February 6, 2008

    Last month, former local Red Cross executive Linda Hildreth sued both the national organization and its Twin Cities chapter after getting the ax for what she says was age and...

39. Letters to the Editor

    Homophobes for Bachmann

    Published: February 6, 2008

    Cool! Y'all have another sniveling poofer who hates Republican women in Matt "I'm Writing Just As Badly As I Can" Snyders ("Working Girl," 1/23/08). It's nice you can extract...

40. Music

    Cat Power Comes Back

    The melodrama behind her, Cat Power goes on tour with a set of classic cover songs

    By Sarah Askari

    Published: February 6, 2008

    CAT POWER Jukebox Matador Records Mash Notes The legend of Chan Marshall draws its power from her beauty, her Southernness, and her mental illness. Oh, and also from that...