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1. News

   Thinking of renting your home out for the RNC?

   Take a number. There's a glut in the market.

   By Jonathan Kaminsky

   Published: August 13, 2008

   Late last year, a real estate agent from the western suburbs had a bright idea: With as many as 50,000 people coming to town for the RNC, why not rent his house out during the...

2. Feature

   Being Tron Guy

   Meet the man inside the glowing spandex unitard

   By Ben Palosaari

   Published: August 13, 2008

   A husky 48-year-old man dressed in a spandex tron costume sits in the cockpit of the airplane and goes through the pre-flight checklist. "Put your seatbelt on," he tells me. ...

3. A-List

   David Carr

   By Ben Palosaari

   Published: August 13, 2008

   For former Minneapolis-based writer David Carr, writing his life story was painful and embarrassing. Carr, a columnist and culture writer at the New York Times, is earning...

4. A-List

   Afrifest Closing Celebration Gala & Talent Show

   By Peter S. Scholtes

   Published: August 13, 2008

   Like immigrants from any other continent, Africans tend to party among fellow countrymen, usually at events that might as well be secret to the outside world. So last year's...

5. A-List

   Afrifest 2008 Gala

   By Peter S. Scholtes

   Published: August 13, 2008

   Like immigrants from any other continent, Africans tend to party among fellow countrymen, usually at events that might as well be secret to the outside world. So last year's...

6. A-List

   Une Soirée Guinguette

   By Ben Palosaari

   Published: August 13, 2008

   Wine, dancing, and summer evenings go together better than the red, white, and blue of the French tricolour. Alliance Française's "Une Soirée Guinguette" will...

7. A-List

   Flowerfest Weekend

   By Jessica Armbruster

   Published: August 13, 2008

   Flower power indeed. This weekend the arboretum will showcase not one, but two flower shows: The 26th Annual Arboretum Flower and Garden Show and the Minneapolis Men's Garden...

8. A-List

   The Elephant in Mill City: The 1892 Republican Convention

   By Ben Palosaari

   Published: August 13, 2008

   A good way to gauge how much America and politicking has changed in the past century-plus is to look at party platforms. In 1892, when the Republicans last held their...

9. A-List

   Poster Offensive 4

   By Jessica Armbruster

   Published: August 13, 2008

   If you think back to the sophisticated décor of your college dorm room, you probably had at least one sweet-ass poster taped to your wall. Maybe it was the "Periodic...

10. A-List

    Afrifest: Pan African Family Day

    By Peter S. Scholtes

    Published: August 13, 2008

    Like immigrants from any other continent, Africans tend to party among fellow countrymen, usually at events that might as well be secret to the outside world. So last year's...

11. A-List

    Afrifest: Grooves & Jazz

    By Peter S. Scholtes

    Published: August 13, 2008

    Like immigrants from any other continent, Africans tend to party among fellow countrymen, usually at events that might as well be secret to the outside world. So last year's...

12. A-List

    Afrifest: Pan African Business Expo 2008

    By Peter S. Scholtes

    Published: August 13, 2008

    Like immigrants from any other continent, Africans tend to party among fellow countrymen, usually at events that might as well be secret to the outside world. So last year's...

13. A-List

    N.O.R.E.

    By Peter S. Scholtes

    Published: August 13, 2008

    Solo and as half of the Queens duo Capone-N-Noreaga, Victor "Noreaga" Santiago helped reestablish New York crime-rap as something deeper and more explicitly tragic than its...

14. A-List

    David Lebedoff

    By Rhena Tantisunthorn

    Published: August 13, 2008

    In his recent dual biography, The Same Man, David Lebedoff takes on two men who represent opposite sides of the same coin: George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh. Both used their prose...

15. A-List

    From Sportswear to Streetwear

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: August 13, 2008

    All the cool kids might think their Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars are just hip canvas shoes. Ditto for Technicolor Nike Air Force Ones. But to the well-trained designer's...

16. A-List

    David Carr

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: August 13, 2008

    For former Minneapolis-based writer David Carr, writing his life story was painful and embarrassing. Carr, a columnist and culture writer at the New York Times, is earning...

17. A-List

    Rodigo y Gabriela

    By Ward Rubrecht

    Published: August 13, 2008

    Take one pair of Mexican heavy-metal rockers, transplant them to Ireland, hand them a couple of acoustic guitars, and see what they come up with; that's the recipe for Rodrigo...

18. A-List

    Nomo

    By Nate Patrin

    Published: August 13, 2008

    Yeah, Vampire Weekend have gotten a lot of attention for messing around with Congolese music, but this year's boom in Afro-pop—both its originators and its...

19. A-List

    Handsome Furs

    By Erin Roof

    Published: August 13, 2008

    Handsome Furs' harrowing electronics cut to the bone, stripping down the muscle and the meat to draw out faded sketches of emotions and conjure visceral visions. The music is...

20. A-List

    Hmongland

    By Rhena Tantisunthorn

    Published: August 13, 2008

    On the surface, national identity seems a concrete idea: Either you are or you aren't. But underneath, national identity, community, and culture are mercurial concepts,...