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1. News

   Has the foreclosure crisis pacified Minneapolis' most dangerous neighborhoods?

   Murder rates are down and sketchy spots are seeing crime overall dip

   By Bradley Campbell

   Published: August 6, 2008

   On the corner of 26th and Lowry avenues, a camera hangs from a light post. It stares down at north Minneapolis and records. Mayor R.T. Rybak sees it as a way to deter crime....

2. Feature

   A Guide to the 2008 Fringe Festival

   Underpants, Shakespeare, and Giant Squirrels

   Published: August 6, 2008

   Another summer has duly heated up here on the tundra, and the Fringe has arrived with clockwork regularity. But let's not take it for granted; after all, we're fortunate to...

3. Blotter

   Republican boobs

   Local nudie bar is staying open late for the RNC

   Published: August 6, 2008

   Don't expect long nights of bar hopping at the Republican National Convention. While both Minneapolis and St. Paul offered the chance for bars and clubs to stay open until 4...

4. A-List

   Liquor Lyle's Epic Happy Hour

   By Jessica Armbruster

   Published: August 6, 2008

   I'm not going to lie: There's nothing fancy about Liquor Lyle's. If you plan on getting all spiffed up to sip a $10 cocktail, than you might want to head over to one of those...

5. A-List

   Pizza Luce Block Party

   By Jessica Armbruster

   Published: August 6, 2008

   If you live in the Lyn-Lake area, chances are you dine at the Uptown Pizza Lucé at least once a week. After all, the siren song of the $5-pint-and-slice happy hour...

6. A-List

   2008 North American PowerHockey Cup

   By Ben Palosaari

   Published: August 6, 2008

   If you think 10 burly men on ice skates crashing the net in an NHL game is intense, imagine 10 players all elbowing each other and thrashing at the puck with one hand while...

7. A-List

   Emo Philips

   By P.F. Wilson

   Published: August 6, 2008

   His quirky, somewhat bewildered stage presence doesn't convey it, but comedian Emo Philips has some serious opinions about humor and culture. A huge fan of British comedy (he...

8. A-List

   Karen of Burma

   By Rhena Tantisunthorn

   Published: August 6, 2008

   The Karen (pronounced Ka-REN) people of Burma have been living for over half a century under a repressive military regime. Representing the largest ethnic minority group in the...

9. A-List

   Slough Feg

   By David Hansen

   Published: August 6, 2008

   With Celtic folk metalurgists Slough Feg and our own art-metal heroes Knife World tag-teaming tonight's Turf Club ticket, there is sure to be plenty of ruptured eardrums oozing...

10. A-List

    Gay Beast

    By David Hansen

    Published: August 6, 2008

    With time signatures that would stymie your average graphing calculator and a singular talent for crafting multi-rhythmic noise-pop miniatures that sway and swoon like a...

11. A-List

    888 Fest

    By Pat O'Brien

    Published: August 6, 2008

    In Chinese culture there is a mystical quality associated with the number eight and it is considered extremely lucky—which explains why the Olympics are opening today in...

12. A-List

    Bart Schneider

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: August 6, 2008

    There is absolutely no way that you can confuse the setting of Bart Schneider's latest novel, The Man in the Blizzard. Each sentence is loaded with Twin Cities details, and on...

13. A-List

    Coolio

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: August 6, 2008

    It's been quite the journey for Coolio, from the streets of Compton to Bogart's Place in Apple Valley. It hasn't always been a pleasant one. After failing at the whole...

14. A-List

    Mayumi Amada: Misc

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: August 6, 2008

    Mayumi Amada might be the best-known artist in the state working in the doily medium. She's created works based entirely on the cloth knickknacks, including an installation of...

15. A-List

    Joe Rogan

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: August 6, 2008

    Many know Joe Rogan as the host of Fear Factor, the show on which contestants ate scorpions and hung off of buildings for cash prizes. Others may remember him as the surly...

16. A-List

    Co-Motion: Emerging Twin Cities Dance Artists Make a Scene

    By Caroline Palmer

    Published: August 6, 2008

    Fatigued by the Fringe fanatics or just looking for an opportunity to see fresh work from emerging choreographers? Take a trip to downtown St. Paul for this showcase featuring...

17. A-List

    Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival

    By Ward Rubrecht

    Published: August 6, 2008

    Bluegrass music was born in the '40s from the fast fingers of mandolin player Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys, and from there quickly took its place as a cornerstone of...

18. A-List

    El Vez

    By Jessica Chapman

    Published: August 6, 2008

    While visiting Graceland a while back and perusing bottles of Elvis "sweat" and velour playing cards and whatnot in the gift shop, I heard one woman say to another, "Everyone...

19. A-List

    She & Him

    By Jessica Chapman

    Published: August 6, 2008

    Zooey Deschanel is just so precious. Listening to her is sorta like the audio equivalent of watching the movie Amélie. Pair her up with the quirky and almost equally...

20. A-List

    UFC 87: Seek and Destroy

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: August 6, 2008

    In case the almost nightly airing of MMA events all over cable networks wasn't enough proof for you of the Ultimate Fighting Championship's exponential popularity boom in...