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  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Igor Vovkovinskiy, America's tallest man, lives in Rochester, can't find shoes

    ​Being the tallest man in America isn't as fun as you might imagine.'If I were that tall,' you might be thinking, 'I'd surely make a fortune playing basketball.' But it's impossible to play basketball when your feet, clad with ill-fitting shoes, are unable to support 7'8" worth of girth.That's the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    5 great books for Minnesota foodies

    ​What else is there for your foodie friends to do in the winter other than read, eat food, and read about food? Probably not much. Food books, therefore, are the perfect gift. Here's our selection of the best in local food books--available at independent book stores citywide. Minnesota Lunch: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Michele Bachmann named 50th hottest woman in politics by sexist men's mag

    Michele Bachmann: Hot?​Michele Bachmann was named the 50th hottest woman in politics by Complex magazine yesterday, joining a distinguished class of objectified politicians from around the globe. Sexist though the magazine's list is, Complex tries its best to offer salient political commentar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    American Idol losers and their Nudie Suits

    ​I just watched seven minutes and 52 seconds of American Idol. By my count, that's 472 seconds I'll never get back. Your turn.

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Mapping the world's drunkest countries

    Can American beer drinkers best the Germans? ​Wonder how your beer consumption compares to those of your counterparts in Belgium or Burkina Faso? The World Heath Organization recently released its comprehensive Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health (2011), which revealed some interesting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Peace activists protest FBI investigation

    Protesters called out the FBI yesterday for its investigation into local anti-war groups.​More than 100 people swarmed the sidewalk in front of the Federal Building in Minneapolis Tuesday evening to protest the grand jury investigation into local anti-war groups. Waving signs that read "Opposing ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 8, 2010

    Daniel Kinno

    Protesters called out the FBI yesterday for its investigation into local anti-war groups.​More than 100 people swarmed the sidewalk in front of the Federal Building in Minneapolis Tuesday evening to protest the grand jury investigation into local anti-war groups. Waving signs that read "Opposing ... More >>

  • Restaurants

    December 1, 2010
  • Calendar

    September 1, 2010

    Kramarczuk's Kielbasa Festival

    Kill the baked potato

  • Music

    August 4, 2010
  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Rev. Tom Brock is back on the job with his lust for men in check

    Tom Brock's back​Look who's back: Rev. Tom Brock. After years of railing against gay folk, he was outed in June by Lavender magazine. But he's all better now. True, he tells the Associated Press, he lusts after men. But it's OK for him to stay in the clergy because he's never actually, well, y ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 28, 2010

    Balkan Beat Box

    Tom Brock's back​Look who's back: Rev. Tom Brock. After years of railing against gay folk, he was outed in June by Lavender magazine. But he's all better now. True, he tells the Associated Press, he lusts after men. But it's OK for him to stay in the clergy because he's never actually, well, y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Top 5 vodkas--chosen by a Russian guy

    Our Russian guy: Jacob Tselniker of Continental Liquors​ It is said that the Russian word for water--voda--is the root of the word vodka, so this tells you a little about how Russians feel about the stuff. Russia vodka production is said to date back to somewhere between the 9th and 12th cent ... More >>

  • Restaurants

    November 11, 2009

    Loring Kitchen and Ginger Hop: The hits and misses

    Add these two to the long list of new Twin Cities restaurants

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Celtics, KG escape Minneapolis scathed

    The Wolves lose 92-90. They tried real, real hard though.

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2009

    Lo Cor de la Plana

    The Wolves lose 92-90. They tried real, real hard though.

  • Calendar

    November 26, 2008

    International Christmas Festival

    The Wolves lose 92-90. They tried real, real hard though.

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2008

    Hole in the Wall Fish N' Chips Hits the Spot

    The Wolves lose 92-90. They tried real, real hard though.

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2008

    Firewater

    The Wolves lose 92-90. They tried real, real hard though.

  • Calendar

    February 20, 2008

    Karolina Karlic

    The Wolves lose 92-90. They tried real, real hard though.

  • Columns

    January 23, 2008

    Super, Thanks for Asking

    The Wolves lose 92-90. They tried real, real hard though.

  • Calendar

    December 5, 2007

    Amon Amarth

    The Wolves lose 92-90. They tried real, real hard though.

  • Columns

    November 7, 2007

    Free Will Astrology

    The Wolves lose 92-90. They tried real, real hard though.

  • Calendar

    September 19, 2007

    Ana Popvic

    The Wolves lose 92-90. They tried real, real hard though.

  • Restaurants

    October 25, 2006

    What a Country!

    Where can a good comrade go to find caviar in a one-pound tub?

  • Restaurants

    April 20, 2005

    Shaken and Stirred

    Martinis for purists and lovers of fruity mixed drinks alike

  • Books

    January 26, 2005

    New Kid On The Bloc

    Martin Cruz Smith's latest hero comes from Russia with love...and a death wish

  • Books

    October 27, 2004

    The Empire Strikes Back

    What do you do after writing the most popular leftist mindscrew of the decade? A sequel.

  • Books

    September 22, 2004

    Tomb Raider

    The case of the horny pharaoh--and other trick sarcophagi

  • Music

    May 12, 2004

    Shake Your Tits

    Gogol Bordello, Peaches, and Neung Phak show us their good stuff

  • Books

    November 19, 2003

    Spring Break for Existentialists

    It's expats gone wild in the old eastern bloc

  • Restaurants

    November 5, 2003

    Crepe Show

    These eastern European cafés may tout their crepes, but you'll stay for the old world comfort foods

  • News

    October 15, 2003

    No Pain, No Gain

    It's not torture when Americans are doing it

  • Music

    March 26, 2003

    Gogol Bordello: Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony

    It's not torture when Americans are doing it

  • Arts

    November 14, 2001

    Hoof and Mouth

    Chvala Talks on the Tenth Anniversary of His Troupe

  • Music

    October 10, 2001

    Hippy to Be Square

    Simon Posford gives a new flower-child appeal to the geometry of trance

  • Books

    November 22, 2000

    Father Time

    A flimflammer takes responsibility for the future of his past in Bruce Sterling's Zeitgeist

  • Arts

    October 25, 2000

    To Split the Ears of the Groundlings

    A flimflammer takes responsibility for the future of his past in Bruce Sterling's Zeitgeist

  • Movies

    October 25, 2000

    Forbidden Fruit

    The recent blockade of Cuba has only made its classic cinema all the more enticing

  • Books

    November 24, 1999

    The Curator of Oblivion

    With The Museum of Unconditional Surrender, Dubravka Ugresic makes an exhibit out of wartime exhaustion

  • Music

    March 17, 1999

    Dead Can Dance

    A new Ellipsis Arts CD investigates the living music of the world's death rituals

  • Art

    January 20, 1999

    Paint It Black

    Absence/Presence searches for the aesthetics of genocide; Thomas Hart Benton hits the road

  • Restaurants

    February 25, 1998

    From St. Paul, With Love

    Absence/Presence searches for the aesthetics of genocide; Thomas Hart Benton hits the road

  • Feature

    December 3, 1997

    Merchants of Death

    Absence/Presence searches for the aesthetics of genocide; Thomas Hart Benton hits the road

  • Movies

    July 30, 1997

    Fly Hard Witha Vengeance

    Das Flugzeug: The claustrophobic vehicle of Air Force One.

  • Feature

    July 9, 1997

    NATO Agonistes

    The Clinton-sanctioned expansion of NATO stands to cost U.S. taxpayers something over $30 billion--and this to repel a tattered Russian army

  • Art

    March 26, 1997

    Domestic Disturbances

    The Clinton-sanctioned expansion of NATO stands to cost U.S. taxpayers something over $30 billion--and this to repel a tattered Russian army

  • Feature

    January 22, 1997

    Innocent Abroad

    The Clinton-sanctioned expansion of NATO stands to cost U.S. taxpayers something over $30 billion--and this to repel a tattered Russian army

  • Feature

    December 6, 1995

    Foreign Exchange

    The Clinton-sanctioned expansion of NATO stands to cost U.S. taxpayers something over $30 billion--and this to repel a tattered Russian army

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