Antarctica

Mother of Fire on recording Feral Children and DIY spaces

Hypnotic groove psychedelic rock trio Mother of Fire are known for creating intensely haunting, loud, mesmerizing shows in unique environments. In DIY spaces (their favorite) art galleries, punk squats, house shows, and even rock clubs, they transport listeners visually as well as sonically. Thei ... More >>

MAEP: Standards and 90º South

Hypnotic groove psychedelic rock trio Mother of Fire are known for creating intensely haunting, loud, mesmerizing shows in unique environments. In DIY spaces (their favorite) art galleries, punk squats, house shows, and even rock clubs, they transport listeners visually as well as sonically. Thei ... More >>

University of Minnesota geologist on climate change study: "It's a warning"

Arctic sea ice is at the second-lowest point ever measured.​About 11,500 years ago, at the tail end of the Pleistocene era, the Earth began to warm up. The planet's climate has fluctuated since time immemorial. But this period of climate change came less like a stone warming in the sun, and more l ... More >>

P.O.S. on Broken Crow

Doomtree rapper interviews two of his favorite local artists

Gasthof's unveils a 39.4-inch wiener this Week in Food

Enzian44The mighty meterwurst.​We have to admit--St. Paul is gaining an edge. On Tuesday chef Lenny Russo opens up Heartland's Farm Direct Market, where patrons can buy the restaurant's house-made charcuterie, jams, and jellies. It also will offer locally raised meats and poultry. But you'll have ... More >>

Twin Cities Thinkers

Meet the Minnesotans shaping our future

Dosh and Why? improv set at the Clown Lounge tonight

​Missed seeing Why? in the Mainroom on Saturday night? Here's a chance to catch them in a much more intimate and introspective setting, jamming with Dosh tonight for an improv set in the Turf Club's Clown Lounge. With Fog's Mark Erickson and Andrew Broder recently joining Why? on tour, chances are ... More >>

Sweets Bakeshop and Sugar Sugar candy

Both shops offer delicious perspective on sweets

2009 Peace Games

Both shops offer delicious perspective on sweets

Spam: It's not just for inboxes anymore

Just in time for the recession, let's take a look at all the wondrous ways to eat Spam

Koi Show

Just in time for the recession, let's take a look at all the wondrous ways to eat Spam

Summer Grows Up

For once, this season's movies don't ask you to check your brains at the door

Local weatherman doesn't know which way the wind blows on global warming

For once, this season's movies don't ask you to check your brains at the door

The Lost Empire: Photographer to the Tsar

For once, this season's movies don't ask you to check your brains at the door

Free Will Astrology

For once, this season's movies don't ask you to check your brains at the door

Explorer Returns to the Arctic to Take On Global Warming

The story of true ice man Will Steger, from our Winter Guide

Susan Fox Rogers; Katy M. Jensen

The story of true ice man Will Steger, from our Winter Guide

Obsessive Compulsive Drawing

The story of true ice man Will Steger, from our Winter Guide

Get Inside—It's Summertime!

Your guide to the season's hottest films (and the other ones, too)

2/21 Morning Communiqué

Your guide to the season's hottest films (and the other ones, too)

1/24 Morning Communiqué

Your guide to the season's hottest films (and the other ones, too)

Free Will Astrology

Your guide to the season's hottest films (and the other ones, too)

11/02 Morning Communiqué

Your guide to the season's hottest films (and the other ones, too)

The Undead '60s

Of Montreal make good on paisley-tinted retro

Eat Locally, Eat Globally

In which a widely anticipated boondoggle turns out to be a boon for Minneapolis's urban fabric

Back and Forth: Schedule Two

Enjoy shows without ever leaving your house again

Time out of joint

Enjoy shows without ever leaving your house again

Hell on Ice

Come in from the cold with these six winter movies

Around the World in 26.2 Miles

Come in from the cold with these six winter movies

Free Will Astrology

Come in from the cold with these six winter movies

Free Will Astrology

Come in from the cold with these six winter movies

Scattered Gems

With nothing in common but uncommonly good food, two far-flung wonders are revealed

Doomsday!

From the garbage house to the club with P.O.S. and his Doomtree crew

Cosmic Truths of the Ages, Revealed

Is It Possible--Mind You, Just Possible--That the Mysteries of the Pyramids, the Origin of UFOs, and the Evolutionary Riddle of the Yeti Will be Solved Out of a Basement in Lakeville?

Wandering I

Sailing to Antarctica, photographing the Sinai, and other adventures in being

High Steaks Gambit

Will "crossroads cuisine" reinvent both St. Louis Park and the Brazilian barbecue?

Hitting a Vayne

Mudvayne sip wine, contemplate nature, embrace the umlaut

Off Beat

Mudvayne sip wine, contemplate nature, embrace the umlaut

Ugly Casanova: Sharpen Your Teeth

Mudvayne sip wine, contemplate nature, embrace the umlaut

No Choice

Dr. Mildred Hanson is one of the few Minnesota physicians who hasn't been bullied out of performing abortions. At 77, she's more afraid of what will happen when she retires.

The Greatest Shows on Earth

Uzbek beauties! Swedish peaceniks! Iranian mummies! A guide to the high-wire act otherwise known as the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival.

Second Coming

With divine performances and kooky cosmology, the second part of Angels in America descends on the Pillsbury House Theatre

White Lines

Playwright Djola Branner blows the roof off dramatic conventions with The House that Crack Built

Road to Nowhere

Grandaddy and Modest Mouse ride suburban alienation from the interstates to outer space

It's a Wrap

The Mpls/St. Paul International Film Festival swaddles the Cities in cinema

A Century of Suffering

Revisiting the AIDS crisis with Angels in America; remembering Anne Frank as a universal optimist

Virtuous Calamity

Stories of polar exploration are filled with stoic heroism. But what's so courageous about icy shipwrecks, corpses, and dogmeat dinners?

Psychedelic Revival

Stories of polar exploration are filled with stoic heroism. But what's so courageous about icy shipwrecks, corpses, and dogmeat dinners?

The Living Dead of the Night

The Living Dead of the Night

Being a collection of notes on the art and science of sleeplessness, with a helpful sidebar on the commercial attractions of the night.