A Prairie Home Companion

Princess: We've been obsessed with Prince for over 30 years

College pals Maya Rudolph and Gretchen Lieberum, the pair behind Prince tribute act Princess, make for the perfect combination of soulful spirit and high regard for the Purple One's ouvre and its musical legacy. Rudolph, who often showed off her singing voice as a Saturday Night Live cast member, an ... More >>

Bob Dylan at Xcel Energy Center, 11/7/12

Bob DylanWith Mark KnopflerXcel Center, St. PaulNovember 7, 2012Bob Dylan last performed in the Twin Cities on election night 2008. For most of us gathered that evening in the Northrop Auditorium, he actually broke the news that Barack Obama had won the election and would be the next president, tell ... More >>

Ten best jokes from our #GIMMEJOKES Twitter thread

So, Gimme Noise and all associated City Pages websites all decided to collectively go on the fritz for a few hours on Tuesday afternoon. And for those folks who weren't out performing some sort of civic duty, this could've been a crushing blow to work-time procrastination as we know it. We scrambled ... More >>

New Nordic food movement

How to eat like a Scandinavian

Chris Danforth wins $25,000 McKnight Composer Fellowship (INTERVIEW)

Related:Will the Real Chris Danforth Please Stand Up?Last time Chris Danforth spoke to City Pages, he hid behind his antics, initiating a game of hide-and-seek with Steve Marsh. This time he makes the adult choice. "I was thinking about doing something like that for you but thought maybe I should ... More >>

Bill Kling: The City Pages Q & A

Kling built MPR from a small station in Collegeville, Minnesota.​Bill Kling has come a long way since he started what is now Minnesota Public Radio 45 years ago. He's now the outgoing CEO of one of the most financially sustainable and commercially successful radio empires in the country -- whi ... More >>

Voytek release their debut 7" this Friday at the Hexagon

​Voytek are set to transfer the party from the stage and into your household. That's right: the two year-old band is releasing their first piece of wax, and the celebration will be both dirty and ridiculous when they hit the Hexagon on Friday for their release show, take two. The band's firs ... More >>

Meet Natalie Hale, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's stylist-to-the-stars

Michele Bachmann's go-to glam artist, Natalie Hale.​News broke this morning that Tea Party Congresswoman Michele Bachmann spent $225 on hair and make-up for election day, and her stylist of choice is a woman by the name of Natalie Hale."The receipt was for the services of professional makeup artis ... More >>

Garrison Keillor slams Michele Bachmann to save Lake Wobegon

Garrison Keillor, Homegrown Democrat​Congresswoman Michele Bachmann once described herself as a fan of Garrison Keillor. But the Bard of Anoka isn't returning the compliment. In a fundraising letter sent out today to supporters of Bachmann's DFL challenger, Tarryl Clark, the laid back St. Pa ... More >>

Psychedelic Furs, Kaskade, and more