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Neal Karlen

Neal Karlen

The 50 Commandments of SXSW

You're going to South by Southwest, right? Or you're already there? One of those things is bound to be true. Well, our sibling paper pals at Dallas Observer have got some advice for you, and managed to format it all into the style of commandments, because one of their favorite things to do is preten ... More >>

Smack Shack serves up splendid seafood

There's an expanded menu at the new restaurant, but Smack Shack's lobster is still the main event

Five twisted Mardi Gras songs

​Today, a multitude of shiftless youth are in New Orleans to consume copious quantities of alcohol, ogle members of the opposite sex, don ludicrous costumes, become well-acquainted with NOLA PD jail cells, and just generally have an incredible time. Your correspondent is not among them -- and prob ... More >>

Mark Mallman tour diary, Vol. 10: The sea! The sea!

​The game is won on the field. Some bits of advice are impossible to follow to fruition. "The game is won on the field, Mallman." This is the kind of hodge-podge rhetoric that makes so much sense, you end up feeling like shit about yourself because you can never live up to it. Life is not won. If ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Robin and Linda Williams, Valet, and more

James Leg & Molly Gene One Whoaman Band

Jonathan Rubio-Segura guilty of murder, manslaughter in drunken fight

Jonathan Rubio-Segura is a murderer, at least according to Hennepin County jurors.​Jurors deliberated for five hours before deciding Jonathan Rubio-Segura's fate in his murder trial this afternoon. The verdict: guilty. Rubio-Segura was hanging out in downtown Minneapolis last spring, drunk, when ... More >>

Jonathan Rubio-Segura on trial for murder, faces possible deportation

Hennepin CountyJonathan Rubio-Segura killed Anthony Gale in March 2010.​Jonathan Rubio-Segura is living two nightmares. The 27-year old is on trial this week for second-degree murder after he drunkenly punched Anthony Gale in the face outside a downtown strip club in March 2010. Rubio-Segura's su ... More >>

Big E parts ways with Viva Brazil, threatens legal action

Eric Austin via FacebookBig E. posing at Viva Brazil.​Drama continues to follow chef Eric Austin, better known as Big E. A few months ago, he partnered with the owners of a forthcoming Brazilian restaurant in Uptown, supposedly set to open this week. But today, Austin announced that he's no ... More >>

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival: Notes and photos from the field

Photos by Rick Mason​New Orleans Jazz & Heritage FestivalMay 6-8, 2011New Orleans Fair GroundsBY RICK MASONAs the searing Louisiana sun sagged through the gathering Delta dusk west of New Orleans' Fair Grounds last Sunday, the electric atmosphere in front of the towering Gentilly Stage arced a ... More >>

Guilty-pleasure desserts in spite of Lent

Ben Fink via Saveur.comSouthern truffles make perfect indulgences.While rowdy revelers from around the country gathered in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, we sat here anticipating more snow and wishing the temperature would at least hit the 40s. Although Lent started this week, we think even the man abo ... More >>

Dixie's vs. Forum: Gumbo Smackdown

Lu LippoldWhen you order the gumbo at Dixie's, you get a warning ​During the Mardi Gras time of year, when people in New Orleans are dancing and drinking and generally behaving in a very un-Minnesotan manner, northerners might decide to loosen up enough to try a mysterious Louisianan food like ... More >>

Big E to serve Sunday gospel brunch

Big E is back!​After his departure from Bourbon Street Steakhouse a few years back, the Twin Cities most lauded and notorious soul food chef Eric Austin, aka Big E, has been keeping a low profile--well, aside from a brief stint in CJ's gossip column where a bride and groom accused him of flaki ... More >>

Sting and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Xcel, 6/21/10

Photos by Stacy Schwartz​Sting brought the biggest, and clearly the most accomplished, backing band of his storied career along with him to the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on Monday night, with England's Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra sitting in with the venerable singer, who completel ... More >>

David Simon's Treme

New HBO series from The Wire creator honors New Orleans

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

The Big Pink, Experience Hendrix and more

Joe Basel: From U of M-Morris to Louisiana Watergate

A local boy's rise to power in America's right wing

Midnight Muse Review: Mardi Gras Mayhem

Vikings voodoo: Minnesota vs. New Orleans NFC Championship preview

The Viking ship sails down the Mighty Miss with the compass set on the team's first Super Bowl appearance since 1976.

State Fair free music lineups

The Great Minnesota Get-Together is upon us.

State Fair free music announced

The full lineup of free music includes some very promising local acts.

The Twin Cities' best places to renounce those foolish New Year's vows

It's time to rethink the wisdom of depriving ourselves come January

Big E, Big Problems

Big E is Back

The popular soul food chef's new venture brings New Orleans to South St. Paul

Standing Your Ground: Cecile Cloutier interviews Treehouse Records owner Mark Trehus

Concert Highlights for the Week of July 11 - July 17

New Orleans: Survivor Stories

Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

8/31: Morning Communique

Death of a Monk

Strangers to Kindness

A gloomy Tartuffe celebrates the end of sincerity; A Streetcar Named Desire sets off for the other side of the tracks

Born on the Bayou

Ghetto Thang: Coolbone leads a new school of musicians rediscovering the lost sound of the "other" New Orleans.

Taxi Man

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