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1. Feature

   Pregnant Pause

   Governor Tim Pawlenty may have vetoed the legislation, but that hasn't stopped women from being surrogates

   By Beth Walton

   Published: June 18, 2008

   Nestled away in Minnesota farm country, Mazeppa resident Stacey Suess sits on her back porch in a red plaid blouse and denim capris and recalls the heartbreak of infertility....

2. Theater

   SadGrrl13 mines the internet for drama

   The web of intrigue is worldwide

   By Quinton Skinner

   Published: June 18, 2008

   The internet is a wonderfully versatile accomplice for commerce, communication, and pornography (provide your own order of relevance). But it isn't a natural source of material...

3. A-List

   SOLD OUT: Rock the Garden 2008

   By David Hansen

   Published: June 18, 2008

   After two decades as the unassailable despot of Minneapolis's board of tourism, the Walker Sculpture Garden's Spoonbridge and Cherry is about to get some long overdue bench...

4. A-List

   Big Cats!

   By Jordan Selbo

   Published: June 18, 2008

   The third Thursday of each month sees the Dinkytowner host Last of the Record Buyers, a rare chance for hip-hop producers to meet and display their wares for those who still...

5. A-List

   Beer, Brats, and the Bard

   By Jessica Armbruster

   Published: June 18, 2008

   It's no secret that romantic comedies are crowd-pleasing money-makers. And though many might think of a Julia Roberts or Meg Ryan flick at the mention of the genre, romantic...

6. A-List

   Mikhail Baryshnikov: Merce My Way

   By Jessica Armbruster

   Published: June 18, 2008

   You might remember Mikhail Baryshnikov for a variety of reasons. Primarily famous for being a groundbreaking ballet dancer, he was also a fixture on the Studio 54 circuit in...

7. A-List

   Cromulent Shakespeare Company: Love's Labour's Lost

   By Quinton Skinner

   Published: June 18, 2008

   The Cromulent Shakespeare Company continues its 10-year tradition of putting on live outdoor theater with the story of King Ferdinand and his men. The king and his men vow to...

8. A-List

   Cromulent Shakespeare Company: Love's Labour's Lost

   By Quinton Skinner

   Published: June 18, 2008

   The Cromulent Shakespeare Company continues its 10-year tradition of putting on live outdoor theater with the story of King Ferdinand and his men. The king and his men vow to...

9. A-List

   Cromulent Shakespeare Company: Love's Labour's Lost

   By Quinton Skinner

   Published: June 18, 2008

   The Cromulent Shakespeare Company continues its 10-year tradition of putting on live outdoor theater with the story of King Ferdinand and his men. The king and his men vow to...

10. A-List

    Cromulent Shakespeare Company: Love's Labour's Lost

    By Quinton Skinner

    Published: June 18, 2008

    The Cromulent Shakespeare Company continues its 10-year tradition of putting on live outdoor theater with the story of King Ferdinand and his men. The king and his men vow to...

11. A-List

    Cromulent Shakespeare Company: Love's Labour's Lost

    By Quinton Skinner

    Published: June 18, 2008

    The Cromulent Shakespeare Company continues its 10-year tradition of putting on live outdoor theater with the story of King Ferdinand and his men. The king and his men vow to...

12. A-List

    Big Blowout: Phase II

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: June 18, 2008

    The maiden voyage for Big Blowout featured live art and free music with Tapes 'n Tapes at Triple Rock Social Club. Phase 2 of the music and art fest will be housed and the dive...

13. A-List

    Monster Truch Challenge: Monsters and Music

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: June 18, 2008

    Horsepower in the thousands and twangy country music: They go together as well as shirtless fat men and NASCAR. There will be plenty of music and roaring, oversized big rigs...

14. A-List

    F1rst Wrestling Presents: The Return 08!

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: June 18, 2008

    By day, Ryan Cruz and Darin Corbin are mild-mannered young men emerging from adolescence. Come Friday night, they will transform into their shirtless, full-contact alter egos:...

15. A-List

    The Evening Rig

    By Jen Paulson

    Published: June 18, 2008

    There is no denying that times are tough right now, with the unemployment rate at a 20+ year high, gas prices creeping well above four dollars a gallon—the list could go...

16. A-List

    Headlights

    By Ben Westhoff

    Published: June 18, 2008

    Champaign, Illinois's finest indie rockers Headlights come to town on the heels of their blissful third album on Polyvinyl, Some Racing, Some Stopping, a seamless, uniformly...

17. A-List

    Stevie Ray's Improv Company: Improv in the Park

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: June 18, 2008

    Picnics and comedy performances both make for great dates, and the ultimate cheap date awaits you at the Lake Harriet Rose Garden. That's where Stevie Ray's Improv Company...

18. A-List

    N.M. Kelby

    By Rhena Tantisunthorn

    Published: June 18, 2008

    In a presidential election year, reading a novel set in a Florida retirement community, or anywhere in Florida for that matter, might be the last thing I want to spend my...

19. A-List

    Mendota's Fête de la St. Jean-Baptiste

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: June 18, 2008

    Hard to believe, but the quaint and low-key town of Mendota was once a commercial hotspot for fur traders (many of them French) working their way along the Minnesota and...

20. A-List

    Minnesota Street Rod Association's Back to the '50s Weekend

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: June 18, 2008

    There's nothing like that old car smell. This year's Minnesota Street Rod Association's Back to the '50s Weekend promises to be high-octane fun in a bigger way than any year...