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Best of Coachella 2012: Sunday, April 22

See also: Our complete Coachella coverage By the third day of Coachella's second weekend -- the sixth and final day of this year's festival -- folks had more or less learned to ignore the dust and the heat. Here are our intrepid writers' favorite things about the final hours of the 2012 event.

Schell's Czech Dark Lager releases this week

On the heels of the release of Surly's Bandwagon, a new West Coast-style Indian Pale Ale that will be exclusively available at Target Field, Schell's Brewery, the company that gave the world Grain Belt Premium and more recently Grain Belt Nordeast, announced the launch of a new, limited release brew ... More >>

Weekend Checklist: Umphrey's McGee, Jeff Mangum, Craig Finn, City and Colour

​ This is going to be a Super Bowl Weekend...of music. Let's just hope the Black Eyed Peas don't show up. Madonna, on the other hand...

Astronautalis produces new Bleubird album 'Cannonball!!!'

​Recent Minnesota-transplant Astronautalis didn't take long to ingratiate himself in the Twin Cities music community, easily winning over local music fans with his high-spirited live shows and genuine talent. But he hasn't forgotten about his Florida friends, and has teamed up with his ... More >>

Manhattan Short Film Festival

​Recent Minnesota-transplant Astronautalis didn't take long to ingratiate himself in the Twin Cities music community, easily winning over local music fans with his high-spirited live shows and genuine talent. But he hasn't forgotten about his Florida friends, and has teamed up with his ... More >>

Month in Review: Open, Closed, Coming Soon June '11

Republic, Wise Acres, and more opened this month.​NOW OPEN Republic (221 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis) Candy Alley (4813 Chicago Ave. S., Minneapolis) Casper & Runyon's Nook (reopened at 419 Hamline Ave. S., St. Paul) Bullfrog Cajun Bar (1111 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis) Bread & Pickle (Lake Harri ... More >>

RetroRama: Underneath it All

Republic, Wise Acres, and more opened this month.​NOW OPEN Republic (221 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis) Candy Alley (4813 Chicago Ave. S., Minneapolis) Casper & Runyon's Nook (reopened at 419 Hamline Ave. S., St. Paul) Bullfrog Cajun Bar (1111 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis) Bread & Pickle (Lake Harri ... More >>

Schumachers RIP

Sad to see Schumachers go...​Schumachers Hotel and Grill 212, located in an elegant, 1891 Cass Gilbert-designed building in New Prague, had been skating on thin ice for quite some time (there's a reason the Schumachers closed the place in 2005 and spent several years trying to sell the buildin ... More >>

Kim Rolene Hutterer indicted for threats against FBI agent, Joe Biden, Tim Pawlenty, FBI agent

Kim Rolene Hutterer keeps getting caught.​Kim Rolene Hutterer has had an unhealthy obsession with FBI Special Agent Dean Scheidler ever since the day he arrested her 20 years ago for threatening to bomb a Northwest Airlines flight. Now she's been indicted after mailing the Minneapolis agent a ... More >>

DeVotchKa at First Avenue, 4/1/11

Photos by Steve Cohen​DeVotchKaApril 1, 2011First Avenue, MinneapolisThe sold-out crowd that showed up for Denver gypsy-rock stalwarts DeVotchKa's latest Minneapolis concert were more than enthusiastic in their appreciation. They were unafraid to show the band they'd waited for them like a smitten ... More >>

Red Bull Open Ice

Photos by Steve Cohen​DeVotchKaApril 1, 2011First Avenue, MinneapolisThe sold-out crowd that showed up for Denver gypsy-rock stalwarts DeVotchKa's latest Minneapolis concert were more than enthusiastic in their appreciation. They were unafraid to show the band they'd waited for them like a smitten ... More >>

International Ski Jumping Competition

Photos by Steve Cohen​DeVotchKaApril 1, 2011First Avenue, MinneapolisThe sold-out crowd that showed up for Denver gypsy-rock stalwarts DeVotchKa's latest Minneapolis concert were more than enthusiastic in their appreciation. They were unafraid to show the band they'd waited for them like a smitten ... More >>

Rosemary's Baby

Uptown Theatre, Friday and Saturday at midnight

Walker Art Center goes U.K. for its Out There series

All productions contain a sense of crossing borders

Show Us Your Face!

All productions contain a sense of crossing borders

Kramarczuk's Kielbasa Festival

All productions contain a sense of crossing borders

Where am I eating?

​Every Monday, we'll show you a photo we've snapped at a local restaurant--it's up to you to guess which one. The first person to answer correctly in the comments (be sure to leave your email address--it won't be visible), will be entered into a pool and periodically we'll draw names and award ... More >>

What kind of wine drinker are you?

John GlasSerious wine geek wines​To me there are three types of wine drinkers: the wine drinker, the wine snob, and the wine geek. Wine drinkers are the largest of the three groups, and they are the most likely to try a new wine bar, buy a glass of South African chenin blanc at a restaurant, ... More >>

Kenneth Betterton quits New Prague post after "1-800-eat my a**" rant

Betterton on a better day​Kenneth Betterton, the New Prague City Councilman who told a cop to call "1-800-eat my a**" during a drunken rant last week, has quit his post. It's probably just as well. Besides bringing a heap pf bad headlines to the city he represented, he managed to make his care ... More >>

Dandelion Kitchen cooks up farmer fare

Michelle BruchDandelion Kitchen launched at farmers' markets this summer​Fresh off a yearlong bike expedition from Prague to Bangkok, the owners of Dandelion Kitchen are still on wheels. The Farmers' Market vendor is parking a bright yellow trailer in front of the IDS building on Nicollet Ma ... More >>

World Cup's hottest breakfast spots for tomorrow's big game

The breakfast of soccer (viewing) champions​Don't sit at home (or worse, go to work) and watch tomorrow's 9 a.m. World Cup doubleheader of USA vs. Algeria and England vs. Slovenia over soggy Cheerios and lukewarm coffee when plenty of local bars are opening their doors bright and early for die ... More >>

World Cup: USA vs Ghana

The breakfast of soccer (viewing) champions​Don't sit at home (or worse, go to work) and watch tomorrow's 9 a.m. World Cup doubleheader of USA vs. Algeria and England vs. Slovenia over soggy Cheerios and lukewarm coffee when plenty of local bars are opening their doors bright and early for die ... More >>

5ingles

The breakfast of soccer (viewing) champions​Don't sit at home (or worse, go to work) and watch tomorrow's 9 a.m. World Cup doubleheader of USA vs. Algeria and England vs. Slovenia over soggy Cheerios and lukewarm coffee when plenty of local bars are opening their doors bright and early for die ... More >>

Kiss open up to fans online

​Every '70s rocker's "first favorite band" Kiss is known for being outlandish, over the top, dirty old man-like and typically first of a kind for many things. Kiss coffeeshops, blood in their comic book ink, or doing an online press conference for their fans, as they did Tuesday in full make-up ba ... More >>

World Cup: USA vs England

​Every '70s rocker's "first favorite band" Kiss is known for being outlandish, over the top, dirty old man-like and typically first of a kind for many things. Kiss coffeeshops, blood in their comic book ink, or doing an online press conference for their fans, as they did Tuesday in full make-up ba ... More >>

Minneapolis 6th most eco-friendly city in the world

Photo: aturkusBetter than a Pacific island paradise?​OK, so we didn't win the title of the most eco-friendly city in the world. That title goes to Vienna, Austria, according to Mercer, which ranks 221 cities around the world as a way of helping companies and governments pay employees fairly w ... More >>

Festival of Nations starts today

​What kind of food do you feel like eating this weekend? Chinese? Italian? How about Nepalese, Cambodian, Mexican, Somali, Dutch, Egyptian, Filipino, Turkish, Ukrainian, or Polish? Actually, you can sample all of the above and more at this weekend's Festival of Nations, the international food ... More >>

Hoolie Fest wants your Art-A-Whirl loud

​The normally alcohol-dry Shuga will be celebrating Art-A-Whirl (which, news to me, is the largest open studio and gallery tour in America), by throwing a free, long, boozy muckraker called Hoolie Fest in and outside the store Friday, Saturday, and Suday May 14-16. Over 70 bands are scheduled to p ... More >>

Akram Khan Company: Bahok

​The normally alcohol-dry Shuga will be celebrating Art-A-Whirl (which, news to me, is the largest open studio and gallery tour in America), by throwing a free, long, boozy muckraker called Hoolie Fest in and outside the store Friday, Saturday, and Suday May 14-16. Over 70 bands are scheduled to p ... More >>

Freeloader Friday: CD-release shows, a birthday party, and communal living

The best things in life are free.

International Ski Jumping Competition

The best things in life are free.

Rock 'n' Roll

The best things in life are free.

Friday night at the movies

Your best bets on the big screen this weekend.

Tim Eriksen

Your best bets on the big screen this weekend.

The Ninth Annual Twin Cities Book Festival

Your best bets on the big screen this weekend.

International Christmas Festival

Your best bets on the big screen this weekend.

Toast of the Town

By tracking down rare liquors from around the world, importer Eric Seed is fueling the nation's classic-cocktail revival

Plastic People of the Universe

By tracking down rare liquors from around the world, importer Eric Seed is fueling the nation's classic-cocktail revival

Earthdance

By tracking down rare liquors from around the world, importer Eric Seed is fueling the nation's classic-cocktail revival

Dimmu Borgir

By tracking down rare liquors from around the world, importer Eric Seed is fueling the nation's classic-cocktail revival

Lost in Prague CD-Release Show

By tracking down rare liquors from around the world, importer Eric Seed is fueling the nation's classic-cocktail revival

David Sanchez

By tracking down rare liquors from around the world, importer Eric Seed is fueling the nation's classic-cocktail revival

News-A-Rama

Restaurant Massacre in St. Paul; Top-Secret Most-Ambitious-Restaurant-Ever Debuts in Minneapolis—What a Season!

Mourning Meal

What to serve when interring a loved one, and other culinary tips from the afterworld

Lord of The Sourdoughs

Saint Agnes, a St. Paul bakery with a charismatic head baker, rises

The Head Cheese Stands Alone

Saint Agnes, a St. Paul bakery with a charismatic head baker, rises

It's Not Just Corn Dogs Anymore

Saint Agnes, a St. Paul bakery with a charismatic head baker, rises

Sonic Youth: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom EP

Saint Agnes, a St. Paul bakery with a charismatic head baker, rises