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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title><![CDATA[City Pages]]></title><link href="http://www.citypages.com"/><link rel="self" href="http://www.citypages.com.rss"/><id>http://www.citypages.com</id><updated>2018-06-27T17:51:04+00:00</updated><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/your-guide-to-the-ultimate-minnesota-picnic/486610131</id><title><![CDATA[Your guide to the ultimate Minnesota picnic]]></title><updated>2018-06-27T13:19:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Emily Cassel</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/your-guide-to-the-ultimate-minnesota-picnic/486610131"/><description><![CDATA[



Much like eating a Reese’s, there’s really no wrong way to make a picnic.
Nestled under a tree with a good book, a baguette, and a wedge of cheese? That’s a picnic. Bringing a good friend, a bottle of wine, and nothing else to the park? We’ll count it.
But there is one way to picnic  ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/news/marsha-the-west-banks-vagrant-violinist-is-found-dead/486612871</id><title><![CDATA[Marsha, the West Bank’s vagrant violinist, is found dead]]></title><updated>2018-06-27T12:04:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Hannah Jones</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/news/marsha-the-west-banks-vagrant-violinist-is-found-dead/486612871"/><description><![CDATA[



The West Bank neighborhood of Minneapolis lost a piece of its heart on Memorial Day. In the sweltering 100-degree heat, the body of a vagrant -- known to many only as Marsha -- was reportedly found in her makeshift hut underneath the 10th Avenue Bridge.
Even to those who didn’t really know  ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/union-depot-bar-grill-opens-at-last-with-steak-frites-stir-fry-and-rooftop-bees/486601461</id><title><![CDATA[Union Depot Bar & Grill opens at last, with steak frites, stir-fry, and rooftop bees]]></title><updated>2018-06-27T09:20:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Stacy Brooks</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/union-depot-bar-grill-opens-at-last-with-steak-frites-stir-fry-and-rooftop-bees/486601461"/><description><![CDATA[



After nearly $2 million in renovations, St. Paul’s Union Depot once again has a full-service restaurant.
The space that formerly housed Christos is now the aptly named Union Depot Bar &amp; Grill, an American-style restaurant concept from Kaskaid Hospitality (which owns and operates its  ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/music/red-stag-block-party-in-cahoots-rolls-out-beer-music-lineups/486706221</id><title><![CDATA[Red Stag Block Party: In Cahoots! rolls out beer + music lineups]]></title><updated>2018-06-27T17:51:04+00:00</updated><author><name>Jay Boller</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/music/red-stag-block-party-in-cahoots-rolls-out-beer-music-lineups/486706221"/><description><![CDATA[



Summertime in the city: If you're to ask the Lovin' Spoonful, they might tell you it's too hot during the day, but erotically exhilarating at night. But, with all due respect to John Sebastian &amp; Co., it is possible to enjoy all hours of summer, as evidenced by Red Stag Block Party: In  ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/news/last-call-at-bjs-a-last-of-its-kind-minneapolis-strip-club/486605261</id><title><![CDATA[Last call at BJ's, a last-of-its-kind Minneapolis strip club?]]></title><updated>2018-06-27T14:19:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Mike Mullen</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/news/last-call-at-bjs-a-last-of-its-kind-minneapolis-strip-club/486605261"/><description><![CDATA[



In his early 20s, Tim Wavinak drank at a bar called Mr. Harry’s on West Broadway in Near North. Wavinak, now 58, kept darkening the door when Jerry Bjurstrom bought the place and changed the name to BJ’s, a frills-free dive with topless dancers.
The dancers were the “main attraction” at  ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/music/35-prince-reissues-headed-our-way/486695081</id><title><![CDATA[35 Prince reissues headed our way]]></title><updated>2018-06-27T15:29:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Keith Harris</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/music/35-prince-reissues-headed-our-way/486695081"/><description><![CDATA[



Remember how excited you were when one Prince album got reissued? Well, prepare to get 35 times as excited.
That’s how many previously released Prince albums Legacy Recordings will begin reissuing this year. The label (a Sony imprint) entered a deal with the Prince estate to re-release 19  ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/arts/my-husbands-sex-drive-is-dead-can-i-leave-him/486674951</id><title><![CDATA[My husband's sex drive is dead. Can I leave him?]]></title><updated>2018-06-27T12:24:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Dan Savage</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/arts/my-husbands-sex-drive-is-dead-can-i-leave-him/486674951"/><description><![CDATA[



When I started dating my husband, he told me he had a low libido. 
I said I could deal with that. We waited several months before having sex, and then after we started, it was infrequent and impersonal. There was some slow improvement over the three years we dated. Then we got married, and  ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/arts/corgi-races-funky-brew-somali-independence-day-this-week-in-a-list/486600641</id><title><![CDATA[Corgi races, funky brew, Somali Independence Day: This week in A-List]]></title><updated>2018-06-27T16:18:18+00:00</updated><author><name>Jessica Armbruster</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/arts/corgi-races-funky-brew-somali-independence-day-this-week-in-a-list/486600641"/><description><![CDATA[



Here are this week's top happenings.
WEDNESDAY 6.27
Andy EriksonAcme Comedy Co.
If you’re comedian Andy Erikson, the only thing better than coming back and headlining your hometown club is doing that gig with a friend. “My friends dragged me out to a comedy show, and one of the comedians was ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/music/with-phoenix-local-jazz-pianist-and-beatmaker-javier-santiago-is-going-places/486604741</id><title><![CDATA[With 'Phoenix,' local jazz pianist and beatmaker Javier Santiago is going places]]></title><updated>2018-06-27T10:30:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Britt Robson</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/music/with-phoenix-local-jazz-pianist-and-beatmaker-javier-santiago-is-going-places/486604741"/><description><![CDATA[



 
Javier Santiago doesn’t dazzle you. His keyboard work envelops and beguiles, immersing you in resonant notes that develop into resonant phrases, the way an ESL teacher goes about communicating the nuances of a new language.
It happened the other night at the Black Dog Cafe in St. Paul, when ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/movies/review-can-incredibles-2-deliver-on-super-sized-hype/486597361</id><title><![CDATA[Review: Can 'Incredibles 2' deliver on super-sized hype?]]></title><updated>2018-06-27T12:41:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Tony Libera</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/movies/review-can-incredibles-2-deliver-on-super-sized-hype/486597361"/><description><![CDATA[



The first Incredibles is a top-five Pixar movie and arguably one of the best superhero movies ever made. The latter point didn’t mean much in 2004, but after a decade of Marvel releases and The Dark Knight , The Incredibles still holds its own.
It goes without saying that mastermind Brad  ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/music/har-mar-superstars-sam-cooke-shows-honor-or-appropriation/486587941</id><title><![CDATA[Har Mar Superstar's Sam Cooke shows: Honor or appropriation?]]></title><updated>2018-06-27T02:58:47+00:00</updated><author><name>Jay Boller</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/music/har-mar-superstars-sam-cooke-shows-honor-or-appropriation/486587941"/><description><![CDATA[



Is Har Mar Superstar honoring the work of soul/R&amp;B icon Sam Cooke? Or is the Minneapolis singer, who is white, appropriating black art for profit? 
Those questions are swirling online as Har Mar (aka Sean Tillmann) continues his extensive "Har Mar Superstar Sings Sam Cooke" tribute tour,  ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/arts/the-guthrie-adds-more-depth-less-fingersnaps-to-west-side-story/486603821</id><title><![CDATA[The Guthrie adds more depth, less fingersnaps, to 'West Side Story']]></title><updated>2018-06-27T09:45:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Jay Gabler</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/arts/the-guthrie-adds-more-depth-less-fingersnaps-to-west-side-story/486603821"/><description><![CDATA[



West Side Story without fingersnaps? The concept seems almost unthinkable—like Hair without nudity. Director Joseph Haj and choreographer Maija García have done it, though: extracted the classic musical from the mid-century trappings of its justly lauded but now overfamiliar Jerome Robbins  ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/news/houston-to-minneapolis-flight-lands-in-rochester-passenger-loses-it-video/486576781</id><title><![CDATA[Houston-to-Minneapolis flight lands in Rochester, passenger loses it [VIDEO]]]></title><updated>2018-06-26T15:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Mike Mullen</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/news/houston-to-minneapolis-flight-lands-in-rochester-passenger-loses-it-video/486576781"/><description><![CDATA[



"Get me the fuck off this goddamn fucking plane!" 
These are words no airline wants to hear from a passenger. Least of all when they are captured on video, which is (wait for it) posted online and (as if you didn't already know) goes wildly viral overnight. Such is the case with a short clip  ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/stub-herbs-sells-to-university-of-minnesota-foundation-campus-bars-days-are-numbered/486558641</id><title><![CDATA[Stub & Herb's sells to University of Minnesota Foundation; campus bar's days are numbered]]></title><updated>2018-06-26T15:21:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Mike Mullen</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/stub-herbs-sells-to-university-of-minnesota-foundation-campus-bars-days-are-numbered/486558641"/><description><![CDATA[



The Earth has rotated on its axis again, which means it's time for another possible-development story that will make you sigh.
Yesterday it was the downtown Grumpy's Bar that's up for replacement. Today, it's Stub &amp; Herb's, a bar that opened on the University of Minnesota campus in 1939,  ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/gobble-up-these-photos-of-the-ultimate-minnesota-picnic/486683851</id><title><![CDATA[Gobble up these photos of the ultimate Minnesota picnic]]></title><updated>2018-06-27T13:12:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Lucy Hawthorne</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/gobble-up-these-photos-of-the-ultimate-minnesota-picnic/486683851"/><summary><![CDATA[What does the ultimate, locally sourced Minnesota picnic look like? Get clickin', my friend! And then click here to read about all the basket/belly-stuffing possibilities. All photos by Lucy Hawthorne.]]></summary></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/news/this-is-a-good-license-plate/486566321</id><title><![CDATA[This is a good license plate]]></title><updated>2018-06-26T14:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Mike Mullen</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/news/this-is-a-good-license-plate/486566321"/><description><![CDATA[



In 2016, the Minnesota Department of Vehicle Services cracked down on potentially offensive vanity license plates.
At the time there were at least a few dozen adult references on vehicles in this state. Among them: "BDSM," "BJMLF," "DZNUTS," and "URBTCH."
Having scrubbed the road of these  ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/somehow-burger-tuesdays-at-justus-in-st-paul-remain-an-extremely-well-kept-secret/486481901</id><title><![CDATA[Somehow, Burger Tuesdays at Just/Us in St. Paul remain an extremely well-kept secret]]></title><updated>2018-06-26T11:48:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Lauren Haun</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/somehow-burger-tuesdays-at-justus-in-st-paul-remain-an-extremely-well-kept-secret/486481901"/><description><![CDATA[



My eyebrows raised recently when a friend of mine, a former vegan, positively swooned over a burger night.
“You must go!” she said. “They have burgers with funny names, and they are incredible! The happy hour specials are cheap!”
Uh-huh. Tasty sandwiches, creative menu, reasonable  ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/music/duluths-super-big-block-party-announces-2018-lineup/486557491</id><title><![CDATA[Duluth's Super Big Block Party announces 2018 lineup]]></title><updated>2018-06-26T14:41:40+00:00</updated><author><name>Jay Boller</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/music/duluths-super-big-block-party-announces-2018-lineup/486557491"/><description><![CDATA[



For many, the news outta Duluth last week would not qualify as "rockin'" ... unless you resent man-buns, love pillaging Superior National Forest, and can't get enough of the president's "richer" and "smarter" braggadocio.
Today, we present apolitically rockin' news from the Zenith City: The Red ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/news/an-open-letter-to-donald-trump-from-the-man-bunned-protester-in-duluth/486443811</id><title><![CDATA[An open letter to Donald Trump, from the 'man-bunned protester' in Duluth]]></title><updated>2018-06-25T12:30:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Sam Spadino</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/news/an-open-letter-to-donald-trump-from-the-man-bunned-protester-in-duluth/486443811"/><description><![CDATA[



Sorry for interrupting your little rally in Duluth.
My friend and I just wanted to ask you a question, and figured in person was the best way to do it since you’re a busy guy, and no “fake news” reporters have brought it up lately. My question, in case you missed it on the sign, is “Who  ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/arts/collaborative-art-sky-party-at-the-walker-this-weeks-top-art-happenings/486563451</id><title><![CDATA[Collaborative art, sky party at the Walker (this week's top art happenings)]]></title><updated>2018-06-26T13:51:45+00:00</updated><author><name>Sheila Regan</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/arts/collaborative-art-sky-party-at-the-walker-this-weeks-top-art-happenings/486563451"/><description><![CDATA[



Collaboration is a key word in our art picks for this week. Artists of all different disciplines  -- mixed media, sculpture, dance, music, film -- are finding ways to cross boundaries, making work in new and exciting ways.
Spacial PatternsWhere it’s at: co. (company project space), 1237  ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/apartments-to-replace-grumpys-in-downtown-minneapolis/486433501</id><title><![CDATA[Apartments to replace Grumpy's in downtown Minneapolis?]]></title><updated>2018-06-25T12:20:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Emily Cassel</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/apartments-to-replace-grumpys-in-downtown-minneapolis/486433501"/><description><![CDATA[



Say goodbye to a legendary karaoke night, killer open-mic comedy, and one of the best bottle lists around: After nearly two decades in downtown Minneapolis, this could be the end for Grumpy's Bar and Grill.
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal has the scoop, reporting on plans submitted to ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/news/karl-anthony-towns-and-jessie-diggins-got-naked-for-espns-body-issue/486461431</id><title><![CDATA[Karl-Anthony Towns and Jessie Diggins got naked for ESPN's 'Body Issue']]></title><updated>2018-06-25T15:36:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Mike Mullen</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/news/karl-anthony-towns-and-jessie-diggins-got-naked-for-espns-body-issue/486461431"/><description><![CDATA[



Karl-Anthony Towns, 22, is one of the most talented young basketball players in the National Basketball Association, and Jessie Diggins, 26, is the best American cross-country skiier of her generation, maybe of all time.
But what do they look like naked?
If you've wondered this very thing, fear  ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/music/bathtub-cig-form-a-therapeutic-pop-supergroup-for-their-new-ep-old-light/486557211</id><title><![CDATA[Bathtub Cig form a therapeutic pop supergroup for their new EP, ‘Old Light’]]></title><updated>2018-06-26T13:16:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Peter Diamond</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/music/bathtub-cig-form-a-therapeutic-pop-supergroup-for-their-new-ep-old-light/486557211"/><description><![CDATA[



Sometimes the tiniest things we do for ourselves can feel like the biggest luxuries: going to bed with sheets straight from the dryer, listening to a podcast, adding guac to your burrito, journaling. And though cigarettes might be a bad habit, there’s nothing quite as relaxing than a  ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/music/endless-road-construction-technicolor-cities-and-old-west-shootouts-in-this-weeks-top-5-mn-music-videos/486498871</id><title><![CDATA[Endless road construction, technicolor cities, and Old West shootouts in this week’s Top 5 MN music videos]]></title><updated>2018-06-26T11:56:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Jerard Fagerberg</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/music/endless-road-construction-technicolor-cities-and-old-west-shootouts-in-this-weeks-top-5-mn-music-videos/486498871"/><description><![CDATA[



Don’t you people ever go on vacation?
June is prime time for an outstate excursion. All month I’ve been in and out of town, going to weddings and family events, but while I’ve been gallivanting around, the musicians of Minnesota have been more active than ever. For the third week in a row, ...]]></description></entry><entry><id>http://www.citypages.com/arts/author-tommy-oranges-radical-approach-set-native-stories-in-cities-not-on-reservations/486589801</id><title><![CDATA[Author Tommy Orange's radical approach: Set Native stories in cities, not on reservations]]></title><updated>2018-06-26T17:27:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Erica Rivera</name></author><link href="http://www.citypages.com/arts/author-tommy-oranges-radical-approach-set-native-stories-in-cities-not-on-reservations/486589801"/><description><![CDATA[



What does it mean to be an urban Indian?
That’s the question author Tommy Orange examines in his much-buzzed-about debut novel, There There. Through the voices of multiple Native characters from diverse circumstances, he captures the essence of a West Coast, city-dwelling Native population in  ...]]></description></entry></feed>
