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1. Feature

   Your Friendly Neighborhood War Profiteer

   It's not just Alliant Techsystems. Hundreds of small Minnesota companies are cashing in on America's defense industry.

   By Jeff Severns Guntzel

   Published: July 2, 2008

   Retired Army Officer Louise Morgan stands at a podium, flanked by six flags: one each for America, Minnesota, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. Two large projection...

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   The Last Hurrah of the Clementines

   By Quinton Skinner

   Published: July 2, 2008

   Fringe faves the Missoula Oblangata return to the Twin Cities for a third run at Bedlam. This experimental, DIY-fashioned show promises to offer up all kinds of distinctive...

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   Independence Day

   By Ben Palosaari

   Published: July 2, 2008

   A nameless, screechy-voiced clerk on The Simpsons summed up Americans' feelings on how to best commemorate the Fourth of July when he said, "Celebrate the independence of your...

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   Powderhorn Park's Fourth of July Celebration

   By Ben Palosaari

   Published: July 2, 2008

   A nameless, screechy-voiced clerk on The Simpsons summed up Americans' feelings on how to best commemorate the Fourth of July when he said, "Celebrate the independence of your...

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   CONvergence 2008

   By Ward Rubrecht

   Published: July 2, 2008

   It's no exaggeration to say that CONvergence is the biggest event of the year for Minnesotan geeks. It's a four-day-long, all-hours party celebrating all things gaming, anime,...

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   Jason Ricci & New Blood

   By Rick Mason

   Published: July 2, 2008

   The title track of Jason Ricci & New Blood's Rocket Number 9 (Electro Groove) is a sizzling cover of outer limits jazz maestro Sun Ra, offering stark evidence that neither...

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   Independent's Day

   By Jen Paulson

   Published: July 2, 2008

   Not only is Toki Wright an amazing rapper, he is also a great organizer and a driving force on the local hip-hop scene, from his work with local youth with the nonprofit...

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   Canterbury Park Fourth of July

   By Ben Palosaari

   Published: July 2, 2008

   A nameless, screechy-voiced clerk on The Simpsons summed up Americans' feelings on how to best commemorate the Fourth of July when he said, "Celebrate the independence of your...

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   Stefan Peterson: Together in Darkness

   By Ben Palosaari

   Published: July 2, 2008

   Michigan-based photographer Stefan Peterson has made a career of standing alongside stomping, thrashing throngs at rock shows and snapping crystal-clear photos of the mayhem....

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    Ten Second Film Festival

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: July 2, 2008

    The Ten Second Film Festival is like the Soap Factory's own version of the Oscars, only better. For starters, there's a beer truck serving cold suds all night. Instead of a...

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    Modern Marvels: Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: July 2, 2008

    The graphic novel is still evolving. To some, the term is simply a fancy way of saying comic book, to others it implies transcendence from traditional comic tropes into some...

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    Richard Galpin: Tetratopia

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: July 2, 2008

    British artist Richard Galpin has mastered the craft of turning one landscape into another. His distinctive works, which he calls "peeled photographs," begin as large-scale...

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    Gay Witch Abortion

    By Jessica Chapman

    Published: July 2, 2008

    On whatever day God created music, it may well have been Gay Witch Abortion pealing across those celestial skies. Don't take this the wrong way. They're no choir of angels. The...

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    Atomic Flea

    By Pat O'Brien

    Published: July 2, 2008

    With everyone trying so hard to carve out a brand-new place for themselves in the world, Atomic Flea seem to have discovered plenty of room in the old spaces and set up shop on...

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    Sample Night Live

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: July 2, 2008

    Take a quick glance at the theater listings in various publications, and you will see that it's quite impossible to take in every production around town, though some hard-core...

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    Barbara Ehrenreich

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: July 2, 2008

    Barbara Ehrenreich, the nation's pesky liberal conscience, is back with another tome decrying the troubles of America's poor and the absurd lust of the ultra-rich. She's not...

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    Artery 24

    By Caroline Palmer

    Published: July 2, 2008

    Can't get enough art? Well, some 30 local, national, and international artists are slated to perform over the course of a 24-hour performance festival at the Soap Factory this...

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    The Dodos

    By Jessica Chapman

    Published: July 2, 2008

    Don't be disappointed when you don't see twirling batons and elephants parading behind the Dodos next Tuesday. Just hang on. I know you've loved the circus since you were a kid...

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    Minneapolis Red, White, and Boom

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: July 2, 2008

    A nameless, screechy-voiced clerk on The Simpsons summed up Americans' feelings on how to best commemorate the Fourth of July when he said, "Celebrate the independence of your...

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    Farmers' Fourth of July

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: July 2, 2008

    A nameless, screechy-voiced clerk on The Simpsons summed up Americans' feelings on how to best commemorate the Fourth of July when he said, "Celebrate the independence of your...