Hawaii

Derek Larson still has the most awkward family in America

Remember the Larsons? They're the family that took top honors about a year ago in a "Most Awkward Family Vacation" photo contest. A picture of Larson's St. Paul family -- complete with KFC-bucket flag hats and a cut-off wearing photobomber -- won him a two-week trip to Waikiki. Apparently, awkward ... More >>

Kermit Apio

Remember the Larsons? They're the family that took top honors about a year ago in a "Most Awkward Family Vacation" photo contest. A picture of Larson's St. Paul family -- complete with KFC-bucket flag hats and a cut-off wearing photobomber -- won him a two-week trip to Waikiki. Apparently, awkward ... More >>

Slack Key Generations: George Kahumoku Jr. & Keoki Kahumoku

Remember the Larsons? They're the family that took top honors about a year ago in a "Most Awkward Family Vacation" photo contest. A picture of Larson's St. Paul family -- complete with KFC-bucket flag hats and a cut-off wearing photobomber -- won him a two-week trip to Waikiki. Apparently, awkward ... More >>

Top 5 best Halloween costumes for foodies

www.newegg.comHalloween costumes good enough to eat​Halloween may have candy and pumpkins, but it isn't known as a food holiday the way Thanksgiving, say, or even Valentine's Day are. But food lovers who generally have one thing on their mind every other day of the year don't make an exception ... More >>

2010-2011 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Photographers

www.newegg.comHalloween costumes good enough to eat​Halloween may have candy and pumpkins, but it isn't known as a food holiday the way Thanksgiving, say, or even Valentine's Day are. But food lovers who generally have one thing on their mind every other day of the year don't make an exception ... More >>

2010-2011 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Photographers

www.newegg.comHalloween costumes good enough to eat​Halloween may have candy and pumpkins, but it isn't known as a food holiday the way Thanksgiving, say, or even Valentine's Day are. But food lovers who generally have one thing on their mind every other day of the year don't make an exception ... More >>

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.'s Josh Epstein on origins, Detroit, and the Real Dale Jr.

​There's a bundle of conflicting impulses at work in the winning, swooning pop of Detriot's Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr. The languid guitars and loose-waisted melodies are at odds with the pulse-pounding, engine-revving nature of their namesake and the broken-down, end-times ennui of their home city -- a ... More >>

Dom

​There's a bundle of conflicting impulses at work in the winning, swooning pop of Detriot's Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr. The languid guitars and loose-waisted melodies are at odds with the pulse-pounding, engine-revving nature of their namesake and the broken-down, end-times ennui of their home city -- a ... More >>

Hastings 3000 tour diary, Vol. 3

​One-man-masked-band Hastings 3000 is in the midst of his first tour, which will find him jetting out to the West Coast, Hawaii, and Japan. Here's the third installment of his tour diary (first installment here, second here). Check back over the next two weeks for more updates from his tour.

Hastings 3000 tour diary, Vol. 2

​One-man-masked-band Hastings 3000 is in the midst of his first tour, which will find him jetting out to the West Coast, Hawaii, and Japan. Here's the second installment of his tour diary (first installment here). Check back throughout the next two weeks for more updates from his tour. There is ... More >>

Hastings 3000 performs for MN Original

​Highlighted as one of the Best New Bands of 2010 at tonight's showcase at First Ave, Hastings 3000 is perhaps one of the most enigmatic musicians to emerge locally this past year. He has made a name for himself with his incendiary, multi-instrumental freakouts, always clad in an eerie, antelope-l ... More >>

Painting Zombies: Permanence / Impermanence

​Highlighted as one of the Best New Bands of 2010 at tonight's showcase at First Ave, Hastings 3000 is perhaps one of the most enigmatic musicians to emerge locally this past year. He has made a name for himself with his incendiary, multi-instrumental freakouts, always clad in an eerie, antelope-l ... More >>

Molten lava and high color contrast at Ctein's 'The Dye Transfer Series'

Ctein​For as deadly as erupting volcanoes can be, the way lava slowly swallows up the surface it flows over is fascinating. As the top blanket of molten rock cools and cracks, it exposes glowing amber layers underneath. But while it sounds like a pretty nifty piece of nature to see, a trip to Hawa ... More >>

Kanye West calls in Bon Iver: Hawaii 5-OMG

image by: Matt Bardins​"I called [Vernon] and we ended up becoming like really good friends, playing basketball together everyday, and going into the back studio and just record his parts," West told Rolling Stone. "He's similar to me, like where he just does shit just so people would be like, ... More >>

Minnesota ranks No. 28 in U.S. penis size. The good news? We're ahead of Wisconsin

We're going to avoid cliches here folks. We are not going to talk, for example, about the stiff competition.

El Vez brings MeX-Mas to First Avenue

El Vez and Los Straight Jackets do their best to stimulate the "Mexi-conomy" at this year's !Viva Christmas!

Uptown Bar posts final schedule of shows

Stop in while you still can. The Uptown Bar closes November 1.

Man uses fiancee's credit card to buy one-way ticket to Hawaii, marries another woman

A man who had planned to marry a Wisconsin woman in December decided to dip out a little early, take many of her belongings, and use her to fund his one-one ticket to Hawaii to marry a Russian woman.

Third Thursday: Bejeweled

A man who had planned to marry a Wisconsin woman in December decided to dip out a little early, take many of her belongings, and use her to fund his one-one ticket to Hawaii to marry a Russian woman.

Minnesotans still rock the vote

We're still on top of the nation when it comes to the percentage of residents casting their ballots on Election Day.

Recession start-ups might be on to something

Businesses that launch during a recession (see: IHOP, Burger King) seem to do better in the long run.

DIY-On-The-Fly presents: Fruity-Drinks-a-Go-Go

I know, it's Spring! I have got an idea: lets pull out our Dick Dale records, put on our mu mu/or Bermuda shorts and hang loose with DIY-On-The-Fly as we make fruity drinks that rock the world.

Hang ten with Spam: Hawaii can't get enough of it

If you vacation in Hawaii for something a little more exotic than Minnesota, you might be mildly disappointed if you're stuck stuffing your face with barftastic meat-in-a-can Spam.

Daniel Tosh

If you vacation in Hawaii for something a little more exotic than Minnesota, you might be mildly disappointed if you're stuck stuffing your face with barftastic meat-in-a-can Spam.

Kermet Apio

If you vacation in Hawaii for something a little more exotic than Minnesota, you might be mildly disappointed if you're stuck stuffing your face with barftastic meat-in-a-can Spam.

Hawaiian Treasures Celebration

If you vacation in Hawaii for something a little more exotic than Minnesota, you might be mildly disappointed if you're stuck stuffing your face with barftastic meat-in-a-can Spam.

While his ukulele gently weeps

Four years after becoming one of the first YouTube phenomenons, ukulele prodigy Jake Shimabukuro is still flying high

Minnesota consuming less porn than other states? Doubt it.

The study used credit card receipts from a major online adult entertainment provider to see which states are buying the most porn. Minnesota ranked in the bottom 10. Seriously?

Readers respond to Year in Music

The study used credit card receipts from a major online adult entertainment provider to see which states are buying the most porn. Minnesota ranked in the bottom 10. Seriously?

Obama Blend coffee: we'll drink to that

Great Lakes surfers pay no mind to frigid temps

CP goes to Duluth to see what kind of brave souls partake of winter boarding

I Land

CP goes to Duluth to see what kind of brave souls partake of winter boarding

Screw Franken and Coleman. It's Boogaard season!

CP goes to Duluth to see what kind of brave souls partake of winter boarding

Letters to the Editor

Readers respond to "Shrink Your Playlist"

The Rose Ensemble: Hawai'i Revealed

Readers respond to "Shrink Your Playlist"

7/16 Morning Communiqué

Readers respond to "Shrink Your Playlist"

The Slats: Boom Patrol

Readers respond to "Shrink Your Playlist"

9/13 Morning Communiqué

Readers respond to "Shrink Your Playlist"

Beach, Beach, Beach

Readers respond to "Shrink Your Playlist"

No Man Is An Island

Theater Mu Presents One Nisei's Hawaiian Life; Jerungdu Dress Up Like the Ramones

Scene Not Heard

Computer wizards leave their bedrooms, rappers reach the stage, and the Mason Jennings Band creates the bar buzz of the decade. In the ninth annual City Pages New Music Poll, 60 local music fans pick the bands that made the biggest noise.

Thing: Hawaiian Punch

Computer wizards leave their bedrooms, rappers reach the stage, and the Mason Jennings Band creates the bar buzz of the decade. In the ninth annual City Pages New Music Poll, 60 local music fans pick the bands that made the biggest noise.

"I could sell my dolls"

Computer wizards leave their bedrooms, rappers reach the stage, and the Mason Jennings Band creates the bar buzz of the decade. In the ninth annual City Pages New Music Poll, 60 local music fans pick the bands that made the biggest noise.

Surf It: Marriage-related web sites

Computer wizards leave their bedrooms, rappers reach the stage, and the Mason Jennings Band creates the bar buzz of the decade. In the ninth annual City Pages New Music Poll, 60 local music fans pick the bands that made the biggest noise.

Queer Notions

Computer wizards leave their bedrooms, rappers reach the stage, and the Mason Jennings Band creates the bar buzz of the decade. In the ninth annual City Pages New Music Poll, 60 local music fans pick the bands that made the biggest noise.

Hawaiian Hitch

The courts may rule on same-sex marriage, but voters will likely have the last word

Eight Miles High

A Pilgrimage to Pleasant: Sean O'Hagen (center) channels Brian Wilson's California dream on the High Llamas'

CLINTON WATCH

Dumb and DOMA

Under the Volcano

Dumb and DOMA