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Holiday Season

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    December 22, 2011

    10 country Christmas songs that are mostly not terrible

    ​Country music singers sure do love their Christmas songs. Now why is that? I reckon it has a little bit to do with the holiday's celebration of all things traditional, and down home-y, and old-time religion-y and whatnot. But I'll bet it has a lot more to do with, well, Google with me won't y ... More >>

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    December 21, 2011

    The Trashy Little X-Mas Show

    ​Country music singers sure do love their Christmas songs. Now why is that? I reckon it has a little bit to do with the holiday's celebration of all things traditional, and down home-y, and old-time religion-y and whatnot. But I'll bet it has a lot more to do with, well, Google with me won't y ... More >>

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    December 21, 2011

    Jewbilee!

    ​Country music singers sure do love their Christmas songs. Now why is that? I reckon it has a little bit to do with the holiday's celebration of all things traditional, and down home-y, and old-time religion-y and whatnot. But I'll bet it has a lot more to do with, well, Google with me won't y ... More >>

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    December 21, 2011

    The 5th or 6th Annual Christmas Night Staraoke Party

    ​Country music singers sure do love their Christmas songs. Now why is that? I reckon it has a little bit to do with the holiday's celebration of all things traditional, and down home-y, and old-time religion-y and whatnot. But I'll bet it has a lot more to do with, well, Google with me won't y ... More >>

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    December 21, 2011

    Kwanzaa Family Day

    ​Country music singers sure do love their Christmas songs. Now why is that? I reckon it has a little bit to do with the holiday's celebration of all things traditional, and down home-y, and old-time religion-y and whatnot. But I'll bet it has a lot more to do with, well, Google with me won't y ... More >>

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    December 14, 2011

    Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group

    ​Country music singers sure do love their Christmas songs. Now why is that? I reckon it has a little bit to do with the holiday's celebration of all things traditional, and down home-y, and old-time religion-y and whatnot. But I'll bet it has a lot more to do with, well, Google with me won't y ... More >>

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    December 14, 2011

    All is Calm

    ​Country music singers sure do love their Christmas songs. Now why is that? I reckon it has a little bit to do with the holiday's celebration of all things traditional, and down home-y, and old-time religion-y and whatnot. But I'll bet it has a lot more to do with, well, Google with me won't y ... More >>

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    December 14, 2011

    The Santaland Diaries

    ​Country music singers sure do love their Christmas songs. Now why is that? I reckon it has a little bit to do with the holiday's celebration of all things traditional, and down home-y, and old-time religion-y and whatnot. But I'll bet it has a lot more to do with, well, Google with me won't y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Doomtree share their holiday memories

    ​Pick up a copy of this year's Winter Guide issue of City Pages and you'll notice that Doomtree is not only featured on the cover and in an interview about their new album, No Kings, but that they've invaded our entire damn publication. Many of our Winter Guide tidbits and listings are availa ... More >>

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    November 30, 2011

    St. Nicholas Day (Nikolaustag) & Holiday Open Haus

    ​Pick up a copy of this year's Winter Guide issue of City Pages and you'll notice that Doomtree is not only featured on the cover and in an interview about their new album, No Kings, but that they've invaded our entire damn publication. Many of our Winter Guide tidbits and listings are availa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    Country spotlight: Roy Clark and Trailer Trash's Trashy Little Christmas this weekend

    As the glut and gratitude of Thanksgiving gives way to the glut and gaiety of the holiday season, plan to kick off this transitionary phase with some holiday honky tonk and a banjo-pickin' veteran of Hee Haw this weekend at Lee's and the Dakota.

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    Shop local this season at these special events [UPDATED]

    ​ Has Black Friday jumped the shark? Now that hundreds of stores are opening for Christmas shopping at the witching hour of midnight, it almost feels as if the consumer holiday has reached the point of parody. But then, when you stop and think of last year's shopping deaths and even this year's pe ... More >>

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    November 16, 2011

    Minnesota Opera: Silent Night

    ​ Has Black Friday jumped the shark? Now that hundreds of stores are opening for Christmas shopping at the witching hour of midnight, it almost feels as if the consumer holiday has reached the point of parody. But then, when you stop and think of last year's shopping deaths and even this year's pe ... More >>

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    November 2, 2011

    Local Jewelry Mart

    ​ Has Black Friday jumped the shark? Now that hundreds of stores are opening for Christmas shopping at the witching hour of midnight, it almost feels as if the consumer holiday has reached the point of parody. But then, when you stop and think of last year's shopping deaths and even this year's pe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Terry Allan Lester, dildo bomber, reaches plea agreement

    Terry Allan Lester, explosive lover.​Terry Allan Lester admits it: He really did build a bomb out of a dildo for his ex-girlfriend as a Christmas present. In exchange for pleading guilty to that act of explosive unrequited love, the Waseca County Attorney's Office is dropping charges against h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Rockford Mules wish South Dakota a Merry Christmas

    ​The other day, we received a message from the guys in Rockford Mules. ...we ended up writing a Christmas song sorta by accident, and we really like the way it turned out, and then we recorded it, and then we had an idea for a video, and then we put that video on youtube. I think the theme i ... More >>

  • News

    December 22, 2010

    Car Carols

    Christmas rides shotgun

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    December 22, 2010

    Stocking Stuffers

    Christmas rides shotgun

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Calm, collected holiday shopper, what's on your iPod? (Part VIII)

    ​Let's abandon this governing conceit of this series, shall we? You're not buying any more presents. Neither am I, and neither is anybody else. We are so over mobbed outlet malls and web shopping when we're supposed to be pretending to work. Our spare bedroom closets are bursting with badly wrappe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Roma di Luna at the Cedar, 12/19/10

    Photo by Stacy SchwartzRoma di Luna at the Minnesota Zoo last summer​Roma di Luna Christmas ShowDecember 19, 2010Cedar Cultural Center, MinneapolisRoma di Luna's annual Christmas show at the Cedar last night was a divine treat for all who were lucky enough to snag tickets to the very sold-out per ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Jimmy John's union wants holiday pay

    Jimmy John's workers want holiday pay for working Christmas eve.​The workers at Minneapolis Jimmy John's franchises may have lost their drive for a federally recognized union, but that doesn't mean they're done making demands.Today members of the union announced a new campaign, demanding time- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Ten Country Christmas songs to try not to hate

    ​So you haven't finished your holiday shopping. Perhaps, in fact, you haven't even started it. Don't you feel bad about yourself? Hey, there's still plenty of time to order gift cards, which you know your folks want anyway. Cabela's, Bass Pro Shops, Mills Fleet Farm. Easy! So click click, th ... More >>

  • Music

    December 15, 2010

    Roma di Luna, Heart, Dosh, and more

    ​So you haven't finished your holiday shopping. Perhaps, in fact, you haven't even started it. Don't you feel bad about yourself? Hey, there's still plenty of time to order gift cards, which you know your folks want anyway. Cabela's, Bass Pro Shops, Mills Fleet Farm. Easy! So click click, th ... More >>

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    December 15, 2010

    A Christmas Carol: The Golden Girls Remix

    ​So you haven't finished your holiday shopping. Perhaps, in fact, you haven't even started it. Don't you feel bad about yourself? Hey, there's still plenty of time to order gift cards, which you know your folks want anyway. Cabela's, Bass Pro Shops, Mills Fleet Farm. Easy! So click click, th ... More >>

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    December 15, 2010

    Ronnie Spector's Best Christmas Ever

    ​So you haven't finished your holiday shopping. Perhaps, in fact, you haven't even started it. Don't you feel bad about yourself? Hey, there's still plenty of time to order gift cards, which you know your folks want anyway. Cabela's, Bass Pro Shops, Mills Fleet Farm. Easy! So click click, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Calm, collected holiday shopper, what's on your iPod? (Part III)

    ​Nope, the season's not over yet. There are trees left to trim, stockings left to stuff, decorations still to be hung with care, and because you're a big baller/shot caller - are you kidding, of course you are - it's downright imperative that you figure out where to score one of those humongous gi ... More >>

  • Arts

    December 1, 2010

    Black Nativity: Now's the Time

    Penumbra Theatre Company

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    December 1, 2010

    A Christmas Carol at the Guthrie

    The staid Dickens tale gets a welcome new spin

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    December 1, 2010

    Super-Powered Revenge Christmas #1

    The staid Dickens tale gets a welcome new spin

  • News

    November 24, 2010

    Come All Ye Faithful

    Take your places at the show

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    December 16, 2009

    Trailer Trash's Trashy Little X-Mas Show

    Take your places at the show

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    December 9, 2009

    Bela Fleck & the Flecktones

    Take your places at the show

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    December 2, 2009
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    December 24, 2008

    Christmas Brunch and Dinner

    Take your places at the show

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    December 24, 2008

    Jewbilee

    Take your places at the show

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    December 24, 2008
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    December 17, 2008

    Holiday Traditions

    Take your places at the show

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    December 17, 2008

    Irresistable: A Local Arts and Crafts Sale

    Take your places at the show

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    December 17, 2008

    Fat Man Crying

    Take your places at the show

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    December 17, 2008

    3rd Annual Posada de la Hispanidad

    Take your places at the show

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    December 10, 2008
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    December 3, 2008

    Black Nativity

    Take your places at the show

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    December 3, 2008
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    November 26, 2008

    Christmas at the Ramsey House

    Take your places at the show

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    November 26, 2008

    International Christmas Festival

    Take your places at the show

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    December 19, 2007
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    December 19, 2007

    Jewbilee

    Take your places at the show

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    December 5, 2007

    The Vilification Tennis Holiday Special

    Take your places at the show

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    December 5, 2007
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    November 28, 2007
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