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May 25, 2012
Vikings stadium receives final approval from Minneapolis City Council on 7-6 vote
Kevin Reich, in the end, didn't want to risk going down as the man who ran the Vikings out of Minnesota.The drama is done, folks. This morning, on a 7-6 vote, the Minneapolis City Council gave final, official approval to a funding plan that will construct a new Vikings stadium on the Metrodome site. ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2012
Vikings stadium bill receives final legislative approval; Mpls City Council vote last step
Rejoice, Vikings fans! A bill for a new NFL stadium in Minneapolis today surmounted its last legislative hurdles -- final approvals by the House and Senate following the completion of the conference committee's work early this morning.The bill now heads to Gov. Mark Dayton, who, as one of the new st ... More >>
Blogs
April 24, 2012
Record Store Day 2012 across Minneapolis
Related:Record Store Day 2012: Keep independent Twin Cities shops openDo Twin Cities record stores need Record Store Day?Slideshow: Record Store Day 2012Record Store Day 2012 was the biggest yet, as hosts of Twin Cities record stores gathered their enthusiasm and planned parties. Gimme Noise went in ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2012
Do Twin Cities record stores need Record Store Day?
Related:2012 Record Store Day events roundupA celebration of independent Twin City record storesWith Record Store Day upon us once more, it's a little hard to believe that this is only the event's fifth installment. The annual celebration of brick and mortar music retailers has turned into such an e ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2012
Record Store Day 2012: Twin Cities in-store events roundup
In addition to the stellar, limited-edition vinyl that is released exclusively for Record Store Day, record shops throughout the Twin Cities and beyond have plenty of exciting in-store music events and specials planned to add to Saturday's RSD festivities. Here's just a sampling of the outstandin ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2012
Record Store Day 2012: Keep independent Twin Cities shops open
With the musical madness of Record Store Day about to sweep over the Twin Cities and the rest of the country once again on Saturday, it seems like an opportune time to celebrate the many outstanding options within both Minneapolis and St. Paul to shop for our music. As Record Store Day thankfully ... More >>
Blogs
April 17, 2012
Stadium bill deader than Vikings' postseason chances, but Dayton hopeful for another shot
Remember that Vikings stadium bill? That thing now looks like it's in worse shape than Adrian Peterson's knee.The bill was sacked last night by the House Government Operations and Elections Committee, which killed in with a 9-6 vote. Afterward, the chief author of the House bill, Rep. Morrie Lanning ... More >>
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April 2, 2012
Tomorrow is Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry's!
If you're the type of person who refuses to eat ice cream that you have to pay for, you're in luck. Tomorrow, April 3, in celebration of 34 years of providing Americans ice cream with funny names, Ben & Jerry's will be holding a free cone day!
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March 26, 2012
Majority of Minneapolis City Council now supports Vikings stadium
Today, after months of backdoor negotiations and hemming and hawing, a majority of Minneapolis City Council members pledged support for a new Vikings stadium at the Metrodome site.At a news conference, Mayor R.T. Rybak told Gov. Mark Dayton: "We want to hand you the signed letters of seven city c ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2012
"Pink slime" no longer sold at Eden Prairie-based Supervalu family of stores
Like Jamie Oliver, the Anoka-Hennepin county school district, and any character in The Real Ghostbusters, we've been following the trail of slime, specifically "pink slime," or ammonia-exposed beef filler that federal authorities still attest meets food safety standards, which has been making its ... More >>
News
March 14, 2012
Vikings stadium proposal isn't for the "people"
Six myths the mainstream media perpetuates
Calendar
March 7, 2012
Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride
Six myths the mainstream media perpetuates
Blogs
March 1, 2012
Vikings, Rybak, Dayton, pro-Vikes legislators finally unveil stadium plan
After months of hearing lawmakers carp that they couldn't speak to whether they support using public money for a new Vikings stadium without seeing a detailed proposal, a plan has finally emerged.During a news conference earlier today, Gov. Dayton and the Vikings unveiled a $975 million stadium p ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2012
Minnesota Republicans float strange ideas about online sales tax collection
Currently, very few Minnesotans pay sales taxes for online purchases. But Minnesotans do pay sales taxes for purchases they make at physical retail locations. Hence, physical retail locations face a more onerous tax burden than online retailers like Amazon.State lawmakers on both sides of the ais ... More >>
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February 15, 2012
The Sports Show
Currently, very few Minnesotans pay sales taxes for online purchases. But Minnesotans do pay sales taxes for purchases they make at physical retail locations. Hence, physical retail locations face a more onerous tax burden than online retailers like Amazon.State lawmakers on both sides of the ais ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
U of M paper finds no link between movie piracy and box office sales in U.S.
An academic paper co-written by a University of Minnesota economics professor finds there is little evidence for the notion that movie piracy reduces ticket purchases at movie theaters. That notion, of course, is often a crucial premise in the arguments made by supporters of legislation like SOPA ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Supervalu cutting 800 jobs, 200 in Minnesota
Supervalu announced plans today to cut 800 employee positions across the country, including 200 in Minnesota. The company, based in Eden Prairie, has been struggling for the past couple of years: In 2010 and 2011, the company cut 650 employee positions either through layoffs or by leaving open p ... More >>
News
February 1, 2012
Cooperatives Working Together uses herd retirement to fix milk prices
A half-million cows were worth more dead than alive, and now we're all paying the price
Blogs
January 24, 2012
Dayton to Vikes: Metrodome site or bust
The train wreck that is the Vikings stadium drive went a little more off the rails Monday afternoon.Governor Dayton told Zygi Wilf that the only workable site this session for a new stadium is the Metrodome, which happens to be the site least favored by Vikings ownership.With the team's Metrodome ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Vikings stadium: Minneapolis, Ramsey County release final funding proposals
As far as the Vikings stadium controversy is concerned, the time for talk is nearing an end.Today, Minneapolis and Ramsey County -- the two leading contenders to serve as the site of a new public-private NFL stadium -- submitted their final stadium funding proposals, less than two weeks before th ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
Adele helps U.S. album sales increase for the first time since 2004
Who knew that Adele would be the (temporary) savior of the music industry? Buoyed by the 5.82 million copies of Adele's 21 sold in America this past year, album sales for 2011 in the U.S. rose for the first time since 2004. While physical CD sales fell six percent during the year, a huge incre ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Vikings warming to idea of staying in Minneapolis
After months of insisting that Arden Hills is the team's preferred site for a new Vikings stadium, it appears ownership is warming to the idea of staying in downtown Minneapolis.During meetings with state political leaders yesterday, owner Zygi Wilf reportedly displayed maps showing how a new sta ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2011
Vikings stadium won't go to a vote
Who cares if you want to pay for the new Vikings stadium?The Minnesota Vikings new stadium will be a $1.1 billion monument dedicated to the death of democracy. That's what taxpayers learned last night, when the Ramsey County Charter Commission voted not to allow a vote on the tax that will build ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Minneapolis wants $30 million cut of Metrodome sale
R.T. Rybak says the city has shelled out more than $30 million on the Dome over the years.This isn't going to help the Vikings on that whole new stadium plan idea thing. Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak sent a letter to Gov. Mark Dayton earlier this week claiming the city is entitled to a $30 millio ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2011
Jammie Thomas-Rasset, music download martyr, gets penalty reduced to $54,000
Thomas said she hopes her case eventually reaches the U.S. Supreme Court.Jammie Thomas-Rassett, the Minnesota woman who was originally penalized $1.5 million for downloading and sharing two dozen 80's rock songs, had her penalty reduced to $54,000 by a U.S. District Court Judge on Friday.Judge Mi ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
Vikings stadium supporters, opponents post dueling online petitions
The Ramsey county stadium being fought over with cyber-clipboards.After Shoreview city councilman Blake Huffman posted an online petition asking government officials to block plans for a new Vikings stadium in Arden Hills, the online backlash was swift and angry. "It's insulting to me that Blake ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2011
Free cookies in Peavey Plaza next week!
DoubleTree's free cookie truck stops in Minneapolis!Since 1986, DoubleTree hotels have given each of its guests a chocolate chip cookie at check-in, as a sign of hospitality. This summer, to celebrate 25 years of cookies, the hotel is sending a cookie truck on a 10-week, 10,000-mile, 50-city ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
St. Paul Summer Beer Fest this Saturday
St. Paul Summer Beer Fest kicks off the summer seasonThe summer beer festival season kicks off this Saturday, June 25, with the St. Paul Summer Beer Fest. In its third year, this is the biggest and best organized of all the Twin Cities' summer celebrations of suds. Formerly held in the parkin ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2011
Surly's "Power of the Pint" party this Saturday
Shaking off the Prohibition-era laws with Surly.Tuesday, May 24, was a historic day for Minnesota craft beer brewers, as efforts spearheaded by Surly Brewing to pass the so-called Surly Bill became law, allowing breweries producing less than 250,000 barrels of beer a year to sell pints on site. ... More >>
Blogs
June 2, 2011
Lucky Bucket and Millstream beers arrive in Minnesota
Lucky Bucket Brewery launches this weekend in Minnesota.Somehow the word has gotten out that Minnesotans love to drink beer. The list of out-of-state breweries starting distribution here just keeps expanding. In the last two months alone we've welcomed Stone Brewing Co., Brooklyn Brewery, and ... More >>
News
June 1, 2011
Bill Kling conquered Minnesota radio, but can he save NPR?
Republicans suggest government can't afford nonprofit radio
Blogs
May 17, 2011
Roger Goodell says NFL would pitch in for Vikings stadium
Wiki.Could this man be the answer to Vikings fans' prayers?With less than a week left to go in the legislative session, the Vikings stadium proposal is still showing some signs of life. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell now says the league is willing to chip in on a new stadium, which in theory ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2011
Ramsey County wins Vikings stadium bid war
minnesotavikings.comThe Vikings' new schloss will sit on the laqrgest Superfund site in the country.If the Vikings stay in Minnesota, they're going to do it in Arden Hills. Ramsey County won the bidding war against Minneapolis to help finance the construction of the team's new stadium on what ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2011
Minnesota Craft Beer Week is May 13-21
Here's what's in store for next week's festivities:The second annual Minnesota Craft Beer Week will take place May 13-21 with all sorts of brew-related festivities. More than 40 events are on this year's Craft Beer Week calendar, taking place all over the metro. Participants pay $5 for a Cr ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2011
Minnesota Vikings stadium proposal published
The Legislature will take another shot at making a new Vikings stadium a reality.Here we go again. Now that the Legislature appears to be nearing the end of debate on some seriously draconian bills that slash spending on education, health and human services, it's going to take up the matter ... More >>
News
March 30, 2011
The land of GoBots, Pound Puppies, and Care Bears
Minnesota's surprising place as a hub of toy crazes
Blogs
March 30, 2011
Treehouse Records celebrates another 10 years
"Vinyl will always survive. Hopefully indie records stores can too." - Mark TrehusIt's been almost forty years since Oar Folkjokeopus first opened its doors on 26th and Lyndale. The storefront has outlived the 8-track, the cassette, and the cd as the dominant musical forms pushed by an industry ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2011
Recording Industry Association of America responds to City Pages cover story
This week's cover story, Download Martyr, tells the story of the five-year legal battle between Brainerd resident Jammie Thomas-Rasset and some of the country's biggest record labels. Though she denies committing any crime, Thomas-Rasset has been found liable for sharing 24 copyrighted song ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2011
RIAA "kind of missed the point" on file sharing story: Comment Of The Day
Read: Download Martyr.Our cover story on Jammie Thomas-Rasset's battle with the Recording Industry of America over music file sharing has drawn a lot of attention, including from the RIAA itself. We published the organization's official rebuttal today. In it, spokeswoman Cara Duckworth Weibl ... More >>
News
February 16, 2011
Jammie Thomas-Rasset: The download martyr
RIAA fines Brainerd woman $220,000 for 24 songs
Blogs
February 11, 2011
D'Amico "date night" a Sunday steal--or FREE if you win!
Deals at D'Amico Kitchen. You've already made plans for Valentine's Day: Strong work! But how do you plan on stoking the fire beyond next week's steak-and-chocolate gorge fest? Check out the D'Amico restaurant group's plans for a new "date night" promotion that will run every Sunday evening ... More >>
Blogs
February 9, 2011
Rogue Chocolatier Colin Gasko plans to move out of Minnesota
Rogue ChocolatierMaster chocolatier and his creations move out east in springThis might come as a shocking news to local chocolate lovers: Rogue Chocolatier and its sole proprietor, Colin Gasko, plans to move the whole operation to central Massachusetts in April, according to the Heavy Table. ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2011
Winterfest showcases the best of the best of Minnesota-brewed beer
The best of Minnesota beer at WinterfestWinterfest, the annual celebration of home-grown craft beer, returns to the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul on February 4. Sponsored by the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild and open only to breweries that are current guild members, Winterfest showcases th ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2011
Winterfest 2011 tickets are sold out--but you can still win 'em
Seven hundred tickets sold out in less than a minute. Seriously.In spite of its chilly name, Winterfest is the hottest craft beer event of the year: Tickets for the 10th anniversary, 2011 event sold out in less than a minute! But you don't have to miss out. The Minnesota Craft Brewer's Guild ... More >>
Blogs
November 4, 2010
Jammie Thomas-Rasset re-crucified by record industry
peasapSometimes exterminating pirates is bad for your image.Breaking: the record industry is still hell-bent on incinerating every iota of good will the public might once have had for it.The latest evidence of this self-destructive crusade came in a Minneapolis courtroom yesterday, where Brai ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2010
Denmark's monster toymaker Lego Group sues little Minnesota non-profit Project Legos
It's claiming violations of the Federal Trademark Act and deceptive trade practices, and accusing the organization of cybersquatting.
Art
February 11, 2004
The God of Small Things
Steve Kiwus's six-inch plastic universe
Books
September 26, 2001
Game Boys
Twin Cities inventors end-run the board-game industry
News
November 26, 1997
Puff Daddies
State ethics officials use fuzzy logic to dismiss complaints about Gov. Arne Carlson's Cigarette-Company Junket
Music
October 1, 1997
Barbie's New Suit
Danes 'R Us: Aqua's "Barbie Girl" guns down pop plasticity.
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