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1. Feature

   Tim Pawlenty: Governor No

   Tim Pawlenty racked up more vetoes this year than any governor in Minnesota's history. Is this the man we want to be vice president?

   By Jonathan Kaminsky

   Published: July 23, 2008

   On a freezing day in mid-February, Gov. Tim Pawlenty took the podium at the St. Cloud Civic Center to deliver what everyone assembled knew could be his final State of the State...

2. Gimme Noise

   Lucy Michelle breathes life into an old, eclectic sound

   With the Velvet Lapelles, Michelle brings heavenly ukelele music to the Twin Cities

   By Andrea Swensson

   Published: July 23, 2008

   It's an idyllic morning in St. Paul, the kind that balances the hot blaze of the sun with a cool, delicate breeze. Somehow, I've found myself seated on the edge of a trampoline...

3. Dish

   Smalley's Jamaican Barbeque: Jerked around

   A trip is sometimes like finding buried treasure, and sometimes like walking the plank

   By Rachel Hutton

   Published: July 23, 2008

   I can't say I wasn't warned. When the waiter explained the sauces on the table at Smalley's Caribbean Barbeque, he held up the squeeze bottle labeled "Scotchie's" and advised,...

4. Movies

   Step Brothers refuses to grow up

   And that's a good thing when Will Ferrell's your star

   By Scott Foundas

   Published: July 23, 2008

   I haven't seen much at the movies in the past two years that has given me as much unbridled comic pleasure as the sight of Will Ferrell as the win-at-any-cost NASCAR driver...

5. Theater

   Brave New Workshop: Sharp as ever after 50 years

   Throwing knives at critics hasn't undercut the group's popularity

   By Quinton Skinner

   Published: July 23, 2008

   It's easy for me to be entranced by the general atmosphere of youthful athleticism at Circus Juventas in St. Paul, with bodies flying this way and that. But then I eye the...

6. A-List

   The Temp

   By Quinton Skinner

   Published: July 23, 2008

   The Temp made its debut ten years ago at the Bryant-Lake Bowl, fleshed out with songs by Todd Price following its genesis as a two-minute sketch by Brian Kelly. Kelly's been...

7. A-List

   Walldogs on Nicollet

   By Jessica Armbruster

   Published: July 23, 2008

   It may sound like an impossible task, but it will indeed happen: This week, along Nicollet Avenue in the Kingfield neighborhood, ten murals will be painted on the outside of...

8. A-List

   Allan Spear Forum: Gloria Reuben

   By Jessica Armbruster

   Published: July 23, 2008

   It might be hard to remember, but ER was at one time groundbreaking TV. It seems like most shows nowadays take place in either a law firm or a hospital, complete with silly...

9. A-List

   Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

   By Rick Mason

   Published: July 23, 2008

   L.A. musician, composer, and producer Ariel Pink insists on several websites that his moniker is pronounced "R-Real." Initial exposure to Pink's cluttered, anarchic musical...

10. A-List

    In the Loop Storytelling Slam

    By Ward Rubrecht

    Published: July 23, 2008

    Not sure if you've heard, but our economy is going straight down the crapper. Maybe it's because there's a war going on, or maybe the popping of the housing bubble is to blame....

11. A-List

    Wild West Frontier Fest

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: July 23, 2008

    Saddle up, the Wild West is coming to St. Paul. The first-ever Wild West Frontier Fest will fill Harriet Island with gunslingers, cattle rustlers, cowboy crooners, and...

12. A-List

    Stared Down: A Tarantino Make 'Em Up

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: July 23, 2008

    For improv troupe Close and Quartered, mockery is the sincerest form of flattery. The concept behind Stare Down: A Tarantino Make 'Em Up is simple: Get onstage and improvise a...

13. A-List

    Decorate the Well in Gratitude

    By Jackie Varriano

    Published: July 23, 2008

    In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre Raising awareness about water conservation is a bit harder to pull off when your public drinking fountain displays an "out...

14. A-List

    Momentum: New Dance Works

    By Caroline Palmer

    Published: July 23, 2008

    The second week of the Walker Art Center's annual summer series featuring up-and-coming choreographers pairs up two gutsy movers: Eddie Oroyan and Anna Marie Shogren. Oroyan,...

15. A-List

    Beatrix*JAR

    By Pat O'Brien

    Published: July 23, 2008

    As we move further along technologically, more and more people feel left out in the cold. People's iPods and cell phones may well turn on them one day and take over just like...

16. A-List

    Jenny Dalton's 2nd Annual Multimedia Show

    By Andrea Swensson

    Published: July 23, 2008

    There is something romantic about the very idea of Jenny Dalton: She writes poems about soul-searching, sings fluidly over a rolling piano, crafts songs about yearning for...

17. A-List

    Jennifer Baumgardner

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: July 23, 2008

    Something interesting happens when you remove the decades-old social and political arguments over abortion and simply listen to women's personal stories of it: You begin to...

18. A-List

    Bill Maher

    By P.F. Wilson

    Published: July 23, 2008

    Bill Maher can arguably be called the most perceptive political satirist since Mark Twain. He is cheered by liberals, and sharply criticized by conservatives. And visa versa....

19. A-List

    Muja Messiah

    By Jen Paulson

    Published: July 23, 2008

    Muja Messiah is a genuine badass. After putting out his Mpls Massacre mixtape earlier this year with a long, impressive list of local guest stars tearing it apart alongside of...

20. A-List

    Earlimart

    By Jessica Chapman

    Published: July 23, 2008

    Southern California's lo-fi indie band Earlimart suffer the consequences of what may be best described as "critic malaise." It's what happens to people who listen to too much...