Kenya

Eyedea 4 Africa benefit coming to Turf Club in June

The mother of Micheal "Eyedea" Larsen has partnered with local Minnesota non-profit Moving Forward Africa to stage a benefit show at Turf Club next month. According to Matthew Ylvisaker, president of Moving Forward Africa, this was a show that Larsen was hoping to assemble before his life was cut sh ... More >>

Somali immigrant visa petitions stalling over identity paperwork

Local immigration attorneys are up in arms over the United States embassy in Nairobi's refusal to issue certain visas to Somali applicants. At issue are I-130 applications by Somalis in America, which are petitions to bring over family members. United States Customs and Immigration Services has to ... More >>

Kermit Apio

Local immigration attorneys are up in arms over the United States embassy in Nairobi's refusal to issue certain visas to Somali applicants. At issue are I-130 applications by Somalis in America, which are petitions to bring over family members. United States Customs and Immigration Services has to ... More >>

Top 10 coffeehouses in the Twin Cities

​The second wave of coffee awareness has seized the Cities.  Where once we happily sipped diner swill for $1.50, when we were introduced to Starbucks the coffee snob revolution began. Now we have single-cup brewing of fair trade beans and elegant surroundings in which to savor them.  We ... More >>

Pearl Studio in Northeast run by pair of young brothers

The Hollanders also launching a label

Artists of the Year, Northeast's Pearl Studio featured in this week's City Pages

Photo by Emily UtnePearl Studio owners Zach and Noah Hollander​With the year-end review season in full swing, this week marks the publication of our annual Artists of the Year issue, which pays tribute to 15 local and national artists whose voices rose above the din in 2011. 

Somali suicide bomber from Minneapolis: "Do Jihad in America"

Somali's civil war claims another Minnesotan.​A suicide bomber who blew himself up in Mogadishu yesterday in an attack that killed 10 had traveled to Somalia from Minneapolis in 2008.Abdisalan Ali had emigrated to Minnesota with his family when he was 2 years old, but was among 20 local youths who ... More >>

Bachmann abandons birthers on ABC, backtracks on Fox

Bachmann: "Well then, that should settle it."​We keep asking why Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has such a hard time saying that Barack Obama is an American, and suddenly there she is on "Good Morning America," breaking her bond with the birthers. But then we blinked.

Trump-Bachmann 2012: The all-crazy all-birther ticket

A certain kind of dream ticket.​Minnesota's two favorite maybe-probably presidential candidates aren't exactly tearing out of the gate. A poll last week showed Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann duking it out for last place among likely Republican presidential candidates. This week things are ev ... More >>

Michele Bachmann calls Barack Obama's birth certificate a facsimile

​Why is it so hard for Michele Bachmann to just come out and say that President Barack Obama is an American citizen? Her latest embrace of birther conspiracy theories comes in the pages of Christianity Today -- where you'd think some adherence to the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule might ... More >>

Michele Bachmann made up "LensCrafters of Big Abortion" quote

Bachmann brings the bosh to Iowa.​"The executive director of Planned Parenthood in Illinois said they want to become the LensCrafter of big abortion in Illinois," Michele Bachmann told Iowa social conservatives on Monday. A Planned Parenthood executive said that?

Michele Bachmann returns to New Hampshire, where the Revolutionary War didn't start

Bachmann flunked history the last time she was in New Hampshire.​It looks like Michele Bachmann is headed back to New Hampshire for a meeting with tea partiers to try and figure out if she might make a credible presidential candidate. Uh oh. The last time this happened she told two differen ... More >>

Michele Bachmann unsure if being gay is a public health crisis

From the bushes, Michele Bachmann can't tell if homosexuality is just as bad as second-hand smoke.​This isn't the first time Michele Bachmann has been stumped by a really easy question. It's just a crazier time. The question came during an appearance before The Family Leader, an anti-gay marriage ... More >>

"Michelle Bachmann" is our comment of the day

​Sooner or later, we thought we'd hear from Michele Bachmann in our comments section, thanks to our never ending documentation to show why she's easily the most qualified Republican to run against President Barack Obama in 2012. And we were so close.

Michele Bachmann poses beside "Kenyan village idiot" sign [PHOTO]

PixliBachmann and the birther sign.​Rep. Michele Bachmann happily plays into the birther conspiracy hokum that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya, not America. So maybe it's not a surprise that at a 200-strong tea party rally in our nation's capital on Thursday, with a scrum of press p ... More >>

Halloween trick or treats--for adults!

River Chocolate Company Premium chocolate sauce could totally change the trick or treating landscape.​Why should kids get all the fun? Sure, a Snickers bar hits the spot once in awhile, but with age comes greater appreciation for food and beverage. While the rugrats are loading up on low-grade giv ... More >>

Haute Dish hosts a beer dinner; Highland Grill stops human trafficking this Week in Food.

Steve NeuharthDuck in a can, beer in a bottle at Haute Dish. ​What's better than a stock tip from Gordon Gekko? A pastry tip from Heidi Woodman and Zoe Francois. Meet these master bakers, take down some hot curry for a hot cause, and wash it all down with beer at breakfast this Week in Food. Mon ... More >>

Newt Gingrich will enlighten you for $5,000 a pop

It's Gingrich time.​Newt Gingrich says a lot of crazy stuff, but deep down, he's just a tortured intellectual working through the trials of being misunderstood by lesser lights. And if you've got $5,000 to spare, he'll tell you all about it later this month.

Bull Run vs. Kopplin's in a battle for the best cup of coffee

Bull Run's cup of love​The Twin Cities is a coffee shop mecca with literally hundreds of places to grab a mugful. Nonetheless, local connoisseurs know there are only two real contenders in the battle of the bean: Bull Run Coffee Bar in Minneapolis and Kopplin's in St. Paul. As summer wanes, it's t ... More >>

Runway Africa

Bull Run's cup of love​The Twin Cities is a coffee shop mecca with literally hundreds of places to grab a mugful. Nonetheless, local connoisseurs know there are only two real contenders in the battle of the bean: Bull Run Coffee Bar in Minneapolis and Kopplin's in St. Paul. As summer wanes, it's t ... More >>

Taste of Minnesota's Andy Faris on what's new at this year's music & food blowout

​Taste of Minnesota kicks off Friday (we leave it up to you to decide whether the music is worth the price of admission), so we asked Andy Faris, one of the managing partners of Taste, what red, white, and blue foods would be for sale and what exactly "Manfood 101" will teach attendees.

2010 Flint Hills International Children's Festival

​Taste of Minnesota kicks off Friday (we leave it up to you to decide whether the music is worth the price of admission), so we asked Andy Faris, one of the managing partners of Taste, what red, white, and blue foods would be for sale and what exactly "Manfood 101" will teach attendees.

See Bull Run's supercool coffee siphon in action

Check out our video of Bull Run's siphon brewer.

Various Artists: The Goodfellas Present: Lightning and Thunder Vol 2

Check out our video of Bull Run's siphon brewer.

Bachmann on PolitiFact's 'Lie of the year' list for Hannity quote

The GOP congresswoman is a nominee for a reality-challenged rant on Sean Hannity's Fox News show.

The Dodos, Ruby Suns stake claim at the Turf Club

The Dodos brought their much-vaunted live act to the Turf Club Tuesday, and their electrifying performance didn't disappoint

Minnesota Somali families facing autism

The Minnesota Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating possible causes of autism among Somali children.

Obama Blend coffee: we'll drink to that

Lost Boy of Sudan trains with Team USA Minnesota for marathon

Dance Band

"Dressed" Obama photo is Hillary's racist rock bottom

A local connection to Kenyan violence

Honor Thy Father

The Death of Father Kaiser

Was it a Kenyan assassin who killed the Minnesota-reared missionary—or was it madness? Seven years later, the verdict is in.

Countdown to Extinction

‘The 11th Hour’ Says We’re All Gonna Die—But Maybe Not

Help!

Stephanie and Kelly Kinnunen didn't quit their jobs, sell off their worldly possessions, and move into a motel in order to launch a new magazine about patio furniture

Fine Living

The Twin Cities' newest sushi spots are just fine, but they also offer mad-crazy rolls

8/30 Morning Communiqué

The Twin Cities' newest sushi spots are just fine, but they also offer mad-crazy rolls

Free Will Astrology

The Twin Cities' newest sushi spots are just fine, but they also offer mad-crazy rolls

Kenyan hip hop and Afrofuturism

The Twin Cities' newest sushi spots are just fine, but they also offer mad-crazy rolls

Around the World in 26.2 Miles

The Twin Cities' newest sushi spots are just fine, but they also offer mad-crazy rolls

Irony of the week: Norm saves detainee!

The Twin Cities' newest sushi spots are just fine, but they also offer mad-crazy rolls

AIDS: A Small World After All

The African HIV crisis--15 million dead, 25 million infected--hits home in Minnesota

Bitter Pills

The AIDS drug Ziagen has brought healthy windfalls to the University of Minnesota and GlaxoSmithKline. But it isn't doing anything at all for the millions who are dying of the disease in Africa.

The Job From Hell

Somali workers complained about racism at a local car-rental agency--and got canned on the spot

Better Days

They went through hell in Mogadishu. But for 17-year-old Mohamed Abdullahi and other Somali immigrants, in Minneapolis it's still an uphill climb.

Continental Drift

They went through hell in Mogadishu. But for 17-year-old Mohamed Abdullahi and other Somali immigrants, in Minneapolis it's still an uphill climb.

No Place Like Home

Thousands of Somalis fled when their country committed suicide a decade ago. Now the local INS office has found a way to send them back.

Pride Goeth Before the Fall

Director Mike Figgis finds his Paradise Lost--for better or worse--in The Loss of Sexual Innocence

Dan Eldon: The Journey is the Destination

Director Mike Figgis finds his Paradise Lost--for better or worse--in The Loss of Sexual Innocence