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1. Features

   Al Jefferson: Minnesota's Franchise 2.0

   The Wolves believe in life after Kevin Garnett

   By Jonathan Kaminsky

   Published: February 27, 2008

   Al Jefferson is barely through the door to the NBA City restaurant and he's already apologizing. "Sorry, man," he says a bit sheepishly to Mike Cristaldi, the Timberwolves'...

2. News

   Judge and wife allege harassment by Minneapolis police

   James and Lois Cannon seek apology from cops

   By Paul Demko

   Published: February 27, 2008

   Around 10 p.m. on September 5, 2006, James Cannon, his wife Lois, and their 22-year-old son, James Jr., climbed into the family's PT Cruiser and drove to the Wrecker Services...

3. Savage Love

   Savage Love

   By Dan Savage

   Published: February 27, 2008

   At first glance, I am the guy your mother wants you to marry. Successful, sweet, clean shaven. Below the surface, I am the guy your mother warned you about: pierced tongue,...

4. Free Will Astrology

   Free Will Astrology

   By Rob Brezsny

   Published: February 27, 2008

   ARIES (March 21-April 19): What's the opposite of a freak out? Let's call it a freak in. I suspect you're about to enter into this state. That means you will have at your...

5. Theater

   'The Piano Lesson' strikes a chord

   Penumbra's take on August Wilson's play is powerful

   By Quinton Skinner

   Published: February 27, 2008

   THE PIANO LESSON at Penumbra Theatre through March 16 651.224.3180 EURYDICE Ten Thousand Things, at Open Book through March 2; at Minnesota Opera Center March 7-9 612.203.9502...

6. A-List

   Eclectone Records Fifth Anniversary Party

   By Pat O'Brien

   Published: February 27, 2008

   Minneapolis has its own Little Engine That Could in Eclectone Records. Singer-songwriter Martin Devaney's baby touts itself as a co-op and a sort of "anti-record-label record...

7. A-List

   A Whisper in the Noise CD-Release Show

   By David Hansen

   Published: February 27, 2008

   With haunting orchestral arrangements and compositions as elegant as soap carvings, A Whisper in the Noise's new release, Dry Land, can sound a little overdressed for the...

8. A-List

   PWRFL Power

   By Ray Cummings

   Published: February 27, 2008

   Kazutaka Nomura is probably not a guy you want to solicit for small-talk or pickup tips. He goes by the stage name PWRFL Power (a handle that inadvertently brings to mind...

9. A-List

   Spark Festival of Electronic Arts and Music

   By Jessica Amrbruster

   Published: February 27, 2008

   Can technology facilitate new outlets for artistic expression? If the Spark Festival, the West Bank celebration of all things electronic, is any indicator, then yes. Each year...

10. A-List

    Insights 2008 Design Lecture Series: Marian Bantjes

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: February 27, 2008

    Half the fun of looking at Marian Bantjes's graphic art, whether it's the cover of a magazine or promotion art for Saks Fifth Avenue, is simply absorbing its ornate beauty. The...

11. A-List

    Katt Williams

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: February 27, 2008

    Perhaps the most successful proudly permed male comedian ever, Katt Williams generally looks like a pimp. He wears nice suits accented by bling, and he's frequently gnawing a...

12. A-List

    Christian Finnegan

    By P.F. Wilson

    Published: February 27, 2008

    Comedian Christian Finnegan has often said that he likes to talk about smart things in a stupid way, and stupid things in a smart way. That could mean a historical reference...

13. A-List

    Winter Bluegrass Weekend

    By Fish DeSmith

    Published: February 27, 2008

    The Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association has rustled up over 50 local and national acts into the most foot-tappin' three days of fun you're liable to have this...

14. A-List

    Deadly Medicine

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: February 27, 2008

    Eugenics, the practice of changing the composition of a population through sterilization, or discouraging reproduction among people with "undesirable" traits and encouraging it...

15. A-List

    Irv Williams

    By Rick Mason

    Published: February 27, 2008

    Prolific and playing with a quiet passion rooted in emotive sophistication, tenor saxophonist Irv Williams is negotiating his late 80s in rare style. This pair of gigs will...

16. A-List

    Aryn Kyle

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: February 27, 2008

    Tweens going through their "horse phase," take note: Aryn Kyle's horse-themed The Gods of Animals is definitely not a heartwarming tale à la National Velvet. Though told...

17. A-List

    Harriet Washington

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: February 27, 2008

    Part of Macalester College's ninth annual American Studies Conference, this keynote address is free and open to the public. In a lecture titled "American Apartheid: Medicine,...

18. A-List

    History of Hip: The Beats

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: February 27, 2008

    In terms of countercultures in history, it seems like the Beat movement often gets lost in the large, loud, and commercialized hippie-tastic era. Though smaller and more...

19. A-List

    Maceo Parker

    By Rick Mason

    Published: February 27, 2008

    Forever renowned for his blistering responses to James Brown's sweat-soaked exhortations to BLOW!, saxophonist Maceo Parker played a key role in laying the foundation for...

20. A-List

    Laura Flynn

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: February 27, 2008

    "My father had vastly underestimated how predisposed the courts were to keeping children with their mothers in 1977," Laura Flynn states in her richly detailed memoir, Swallow...