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21. A-List

    Flint Hills International Children's Festival

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: May 28, 2008

    We live in one of the top theater districts in the country, so it only makes sense that we put on great shows for kids as well. This weekend features outdoor events at Rice...

22. A-List

    Firewater

    By Rick Mason

    Published: May 28, 2008

    A proverbial melting pot of incisive global rhythms, raucous snatches of far-flung international sounds only beginning in Eastern Europe and Bollywood, and a snarly punk-rock...

23. A-List

    David Crowe

    By P.F. Wilson

    Published: May 28, 2008

    David Crowe lives in Seattle, but he was born in St. Paul. He went into comedy right after college. "I always wanted to do this," he explains. His only day job was doing office...

24. A-List

    The Presets

    By Erin Roof

    Published: May 28, 2008

    Watch out, 'cause it's about to get sexy. The Presets are bringing a new layer of filth to the Triple Rock's bathroom stalls Thursday with their ultra-sleazy brand of...

25. A-List

    The Breeders

    By Erin Roof

    Published: May 28, 2008

    Not many people get the opportunity to be in two iconic bands. Then again, not many people are Ms. Kim Deal. The Breeders' comeback is especially timely, with the grunge era...

26. Spotlight

    Theater Spotlight: The Ugly One

    By Quinton Skinner

    Published: May 28, 2008

    THE UGLY ONE at the Guthrie Theater through June 1 612.377.2224 In the American premiere of German playwright Marius von Mayenburg's 2007 work The Ugly One (translated by Maja...

27. Features

    The 10 most powerful Minnesota Republicans

    These GOPfathers are the power brokers you've never heard of

    Jeff Severns Guntzel

    Published: May 28, 2008

    When the Republican National Convention comes to St. Paul in September and the city's otherwise sleepy streets are pulsing with journalists, delegates, motorcades, and...

28. Features

    Jeff Larson

    The Quiet Giant

    Published: May 28, 2008

    Founder, Feather, Larson & SynhorstCEO, Minneapolis St. Paul 2008 Host CommitteeJeff Larson is "perhaps the most powerful GOP operative nationwide," says Sarah Janecek. "And he...

29. Features

    Mike Wigley

    The Taxman

    Published: May 28, 2008

    Founder, Taxpayers League of Minnesota It was the kind of moment Mike Wigley, founder of the rigorous and often antagonistic Taxpayers League of Minnesota, no doubt...

30. Features

    Robert Cummins

    The Sugar Daddy

    Published: May 28, 2008

    Founder, Freedom Club Political Action Commitee CEO, Primera Technology Deephaven's Robert Cummins, 56, is that most curious of political animals: He asserts his influence...

31. Features

    Jack Meeks

    The Lifer

    Published: May 28, 2008

    CEO, The Walker Group The logging town of Walker didn't have but one and a half square miles to it when Jack Meeks was growing up. But it had a Teenage Republicans club that...

32. Features

    Annette Meeks

    The True Believer

    Published: May 28, 2008

    President, Freedom Foundation of Minnesota Vin Weber calls Annette Meeks "one of the most dynamic conservatives in the party." Tony Sutton calls her "a party thought leader."...

33. Features

    Mitch Pearlstein

    The Intellectual

    Published: May 28, 2008

    President and Founder, Center of the American Experiment It was almost 1990 when Mitch Pearlstein announced to friends and colleagues that he was going to open a conservative...

34. Features

    William Cooper

    The Crusader

    Published: May 28, 2008

    Former Chairman, Republican Party of Minnesota TIhere he sat, in a Hennepin County courtroom in 2003, the CEO of TCF Financial Corp. and former head of the state Republican...

35. Features

    Chris Georgacas

    The Whiz Kid

    Published: May 28, 2008

    Former Chairman, Republican Party of Minnesota It all happened in Norm Coleman's living room. The press was there. Jack Kemp—remember him?—was there, too. The St....

36. Features

    Evie Axdahl

    The Stalwart

    Published: May 28, 2008

    Minnesota Representative, Republican National Committee In January 1995, 200 Minnesota Republican activists traveled to Washington, D.C., to witness the swearing in of their...

37. Features

    Marsie Leier

    The Pioneer

    Published: May 28, 2008

    Republican Activist Former Minnesota Republican Party head Chris Georgacas calls 79-year-old Marsie Leier of Roseville "the godmother of several generations of Republican...

38. News

    James Lileks's Ode to Summer

    In his first column for City Pages, the author tackles sex ed, Minnesota winters, and Miley Cyrus

    By James Lileks*

    Published: May 28, 2008

    You'd think by this time I'd get the hang of spring. Every winter, as I slog through slush and snow, the same unrealistic hope sustains me: Tomorrow the birds will sing....

39. Blotter

    Dope Fiends

    New city policy would require drug tests for all new hires

    Published: May 28, 2008

    We at City Pages are disappointed with the Minneapolis City Council's recent push to require mandatory drug and alcohol testing for new hires. The draft policy was approved by...

40. Letters to the Editor

    Letters to the Editor

    Readers respond to "What's the matter with Cole?"

    Published: May 28, 2008

    Thanks for exposing the Mayo Clinic The story about Cole left me speechless and shaking ("What's the matter with Cole?" 5/14/2008). Living in the Lyme disease world for the...