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1. Feature

   The Legend of Hidden Beach

   The Twin Cities' most infamous party spot has undergone a makeover—but try telling that to the regulars

   By Matt Snyders

   Published: June 25, 2008

   You wouldn't notice it unless you stumbled on it. You couldn't find it unless you were looking for it. Nestled beyond a dead-end street in Minneapolis's Kenwood neighborhood,...

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   Yuri Arajs: Reclaimed Memories

   By Jessica Armbruster

   Published: June 25, 2008

   Can individuals derive meaning from and feel attachment to photographs and other found objects that have nothing to do with each other? Judging by Yuri Arajs's final solo...

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   U.S. Women's Open

   By Ben Palosaari

   Published: June 25, 2008

   The last time the U.S. Women's Open was held in Minnesota, Roots ruled the tube, and Elvis was found dead on the can the same year. The tournament was a historic one for golf;...

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   Twin Cities Pride Festival: Pride in Concert

   By Ward Rubrecht

   Published: June 25, 2008

   The Twin Cities Pride Festival has some of the best entertainment of the summer, with a headline concert showcasing local bands Sick of Sarah and Sunshine Behavior, and...

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   Cosgrove Weekly Trivia Challenge

   By Jessica Armbruster

   Published: June 25, 2008

   Held on the first Tuesday and Wednesday of the month, Brit's pub quiz, some say, is one of the best in town. Trivial knowledge mastermind Shane Higgins hosts the six-round...

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   Brit's Pub Quiz

   By Jessica Armbruster

   Published: June 25, 2008

   Held on the first Tuesday and Wednesday of the month, Brit's pub quiz, some say, is one of the best in town. Trivial knowledge mastermind Shane Higgins hosts the six-round...

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   Sharp Teeth

   By Erin Roof

   Published: June 25, 2008

   Whether your chompers are coffee-stained, over-bleached, or just nasty and yellow, here's a band that will make you grind 'em to nubs in wildly cathartic fits. The Minneapolis...

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   Black Sheep

   By Nate Patrin

   Published: June 25, 2008

   Black Sheep might be best known by the wider public for only one song, but what a song: 1991's "The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)" is a certified rap classic that still gets spun...

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   Spaghetti Western

   By Steve McPherson

   Published: June 25, 2008

   Spaghetti Western String Co. take their details seriously, and this is a huge part of what makes them so successful. When all you have are the strings under your fingers, the...

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    Asphalt Showdown

    By Jessica Chapman

    Published: June 25, 2008

    If you missed last month's Soundset 08, here's a chance to redeem yourself. This Saturday's mini-incarnation will be reminiscent of the recent hip-hop showcase-slash-blowout...

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    Queertopia: A Cabaret Celebration of Queer Love

    By Quinton Skinner

    Published: June 25, 2008

    Queertopia started up three years ago in collaboration between Outward Spiral Theatre Company, Eleanor Savage, and Intermedia Arts. Their vision was to create a cabaret...

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    Megan Hustad

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: June 25, 2008

    Megan Hustad has a thing for career advice books. She's so fond of the genre that she's spent copious amounts of time reading advice books that span well over a hundred years....

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    Splash Bash II

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: June 25, 2008

    Get ready for kitsch. At Splash Bash II at Trocaderos, the Village People, pop's original macho men, serve as a much-needed reminder of just how enduring campy, mindless dance...

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    The E Family

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: June 25, 2008

    This may appear to be a Sesame Street alphabet exercise, but should actually be an education in rhythm from the Escovedos, the renowned clan of master percussionists. Patriarch...

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    Twin Cities Pride Festival

    By Ward Rubrecht

    Published: June 25, 2008

    The Twin Cities Pride Festival has some of the best entertainment of the summer, with a headline concert showcasing local bands Sick of Sarah and Sunshine Behavior, and...

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    Jennifer Davis: Through the Looking Glass

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: June 25, 2008

    An insecure-looking girl hugs herself as a giant pink orb hangs over her head. A creature plays with dolls, its skull popped open to release red vines that reach beyond the...

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    Hayden

    By Bob Longmore

    Published: June 25, 2008

    Halfway through Hayden's new album, In Field and in Town, he bemoans the fact that he's no longer sad. But after more than a decade of producing clever, intimate, and, yes, sad...

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    Dosh

    By Pat O'Brien

    Published: June 25, 2008

    It's not enough to just describe Martin Dosh as an electronic artist. To be sure, if you were to describe him as something else it would be misleading, but there is more to his...

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    Imaad Wasif

    By Rod Smith

    Published: June 25, 2008

    Like a slew of judicious upstarts ranging from Made Out of Babies to King Darves, Imaad Wasif isn't one for the lily-gilding overdubs that marred way too many records in the...

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    Uptown Pride Block Party

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: June 25, 2008

    As the people of Uptown know, there's some major construction happening yet again this summer around Lyndale Avenue and Lake Street. Our dire need for wider, fancier sidewalks...