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Liberia

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Twin Cities rap mixtape roundup, Vol. 9

    ​Now that Megaupload has gone under and Kim Dotcom and Swizz Beats, perhaps two of the most ridiculous men in America, are fugitives holed up in the mountains in a 78 day standoff with the CIA, we're simply going to be streaming this month's mixtape. You can still download individual tracks below. ... More >>

  • Arts

    February 23, 2011

    Agnes Under the Big Top at Mixed Blood

    Immigrants cope with their unrealized American dreams

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    Leonard Bernard Baker sentenced in James Teto Grant's shovel-beating murder

    James Teto Grant was murdered last summer.​Seventeen-year-old Leonard B. Baker will spend the next 23 years of his life in prison after pleading guilty in January to beating another teenager to death with a shovel in Wirth Park last summer. He was sentenced today. James Teto Grant's decomposi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Leonard Baker pleads guilty to shovel-beating death of James Teto Grant

    ​James Teto Grant was still breathing when Leonard Baker and Emmanuel Myles left him under a pile of brush in Wirth Park on July 10. The two 17 year olds had beaten Grant mercilessly with a shovel, and they were going get some more tools, come back, finish him off and bury him. But that's no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Local playwright Aditi Kapil serves a multicultural menu

    Playwright Aditi Kapil juggles dishes from many cultures​Local playwright Aditi Kapil is in a unique position: Her new play Agnes Under the Big Top: A Tall Tale will be staged simultaneously next month at Mixed Blood Theater and Long Wharf Theatre in Connecticut. The play, an international fab ... More >>

  • Arts

    December 29, 2010

    The Twin Cities' best theater productions of 2010

    A year in review

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Moorhead police investigating huge Sudanese-Liberian brawl

    Battle Creek CVBBowling took a backseat to brawling in Moorhead over the weekend.​When police arrived on the scene of a Christmas party gone wrong at a Moorhead bowling alley, there was total chaos. Multiple fights had broken out in the parking lot while panicked bystanders who fled to thei ... More >>

  • Arts

    December 15, 2010

    The Santaland Diaries

    Frank Theatre

  • Calendar

    November 24, 2010

    The Santaland Diaries

    Frank Theatre

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Jungle's "Glass Menagerie," Pillsbury House's "Vigil" kick off autumn in Twin Cities theater

    Bathroom humor: "Sh!tlisted" at the BLB​Yes, some healthy mourning for the end of summer might well be in order, but the bitter pill is at least sweetened by a distinct sense that the theater season is picking up again. This weekend I'll be at Pillsbury House for Vigil and the Jungle for The Glass ... More >>

  • News

    September 8, 2010

    Visanthe Shiancoe up close and personal

    Vikings tight end is ready for the Saints

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Toki Wright at Minnehaha Park tonight

    IPR​Toki Wright released an album over a year ago called A Different Mirror, and his touring support for the record is still in high-gear. Tonight marks a big bash for him and urban music at an Institute of Production and Recording (IPR)-sanctioned concert at Minnehaha Park where he will play alon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Leonard Bernard Baker is second teen charged in James Teto Grant's death

    ​The way his two accused teenage killers tell the story to police, James Teto Grant went to Theodore Wirth Park on July 10 of his own free will to be initiated into a gang. When he got there, he was instead beaten to death with a shovel. One of his legs was tied to a stolen car battery and he ... More >>

  • Movies

    July 21, 2010

    Restrepo exposes the lives of American soliders

    Film wins documentary prize at Sundance

  • Calendar

    July 7, 2010

    Runway Africa

    Film wins documentary prize at Sundance

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Twin Cities theater: weekend rundown June 18-20

    Michal DanielPutting our best men on it: Steven Epp and Bradley Greenwald in "Irma Vep"​​ The nirvana of the front-porch/back-deck, cool-drink-in-hand state of mind is certainly exerting its pull right now in these climes. But there's still plenty of time for culture (and you need something to t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Pillsbury House's "Pa's Hat": A scary adventure, then something more

    Michal DanielMight not get out of this one alive: Regina Marie Williams in "Pa's Hat"​After speaking with playwright Cori Thomas a day before the opening of Pa's Hat: Liberian Legacy at Pillsbury House (see this earlier Dressing Room post), I thought I had a pretty good handle on the subject it ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Pillsbury House Theatre stages story of a father's harrowing return to Africa

    Michal DanielRegina Marie Williams, Bruce A. Young, and Namir Smallwood in "Pa's Hat"​When playwright Cori Thomas is asked about her personal connection to Pa's Hat: Liberian Legacy, opening at Pillsbury House Theatre tonight, she lets loose with a laugh. "It's very autobiographical," she says. "B ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2010

    Pa's Hat: Liberian Legacy

    Michal DanielRegina Marie Williams, Bruce A. Young, and Namir Smallwood in "Pa's Hat"​When playwright Cori Thomas is asked about her personal connection to Pa's Hat: Liberian Legacy, opening at Pillsbury House Theatre tonight, she lets loose with a laugh. "It's very autobiographical," she says. "B ... More >>

  • Music

    March 31, 2010

    E.G. Bailey: American Afrikan

    Michal DanielRegina Marie Williams, Bruce A. Young, and Namir Smallwood in "Pa's Hat"​When playwright Cori Thomas is asked about her personal connection to Pa's Hat: Liberian Legacy, opening at Pillsbury House Theatre tonight, she lets loose with a laugh. "It's very autobiographical," she says. "B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Communist Daughter, Fifth Element's open-mic night featured in this week's paper

    Photo by Ben ClarkCommunist Daughter​We're entering a season of local CD releases, so prepared to be inundated over the next few weeks as we make our way through all the great local albums coming out this April. This week, we drove down to Prescott, Wisconsin to hang out with Johnny Solomon and hi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2008

    Anthology Cabaret

    Photo by Ben ClarkCommunist Daughter​We're entering a season of local CD releases, so prepared to be inundated over the next few weeks as we make our way through all the great local albums coming out this April. This week, we drove down to Prescott, Wisconsin to hang out with Johnny Solomon and hi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2008

    Raise Your Glass, Heal the World

    Photo by Ben ClarkCommunist Daughter​We're entering a season of local CD releases, so prepared to be inundated over the next few weeks as we make our way through all the great local albums coming out this April. This week, we drove down to Prescott, Wisconsin to hang out with Johnny Solomon and hi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 10, 2008

    Helene Cooper

    Photo by Ben ClarkCommunist Daughter​We're entering a season of local CD releases, so prepared to be inundated over the next few weeks as we make our way through all the great local albums coming out this April. This week, we drove down to Prescott, Wisconsin to hang out with Johnny Solomon and hi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 13, 2008

    Afrifest: Pan African Business Expo 2008

    Photo by Ben ClarkCommunist Daughter​We're entering a season of local CD releases, so prepared to be inundated over the next few weeks as we make our way through all the great local albums coming out this April. This week, we drove down to Prescott, Wisconsin to hang out with Johnny Solomon and hi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 13, 2008

    Afrifest: Grooves & Jazz

    Photo by Ben ClarkCommunist Daughter​We're entering a season of local CD releases, so prepared to be inundated over the next few weeks as we make our way through all the great local albums coming out this April. This week, we drove down to Prescott, Wisconsin to hang out with Johnny Solomon and hi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 13, 2008

    Afrifest: Pan African Family Day

    Photo by Ben ClarkCommunist Daughter​We're entering a season of local CD releases, so prepared to be inundated over the next few weeks as we make our way through all the great local albums coming out this April. This week, we drove down to Prescott, Wisconsin to hang out with Johnny Solomon and hi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 13, 2008

    Afrifest 2008 Gala

    Photo by Ben ClarkCommunist Daughter​We're entering a season of local CD releases, so prepared to be inundated over the next few weeks as we make our way through all the great local albums coming out this April. This week, we drove down to Prescott, Wisconsin to hang out with Johnny Solomon and hi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 13, 2008

    Afrifest Closing Celebration Gala & Talent Show

    Photo by Ben ClarkCommunist Daughter​We're entering a season of local CD releases, so prepared to be inundated over the next few weeks as we make our way through all the great local albums coming out this April. This week, we drove down to Prescott, Wisconsin to hang out with Johnny Solomon and hi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2008

    Momentum: New Dance Works

    Photo by Ben ClarkCommunist Daughter​We're entering a season of local CD releases, so prepared to be inundated over the next few weeks as we make our way through all the great local albums coming out this April. This week, we drove down to Prescott, Wisconsin to hang out with Johnny Solomon and hi ... More >>

  • News

    December 26, 2007

    Letters to the Editor

    Photo by Ben ClarkCommunist Daughter​We're entering a season of local CD releases, so prepared to be inundated over the next few weeks as we make our way through all the great local albums coming out this April. This week, we drove down to Prescott, Wisconsin to hang out with Johnny Solomon and hi ... More >>

  • News

    December 5, 2007

    Shopping While Black?

    Four Liberian women accused of shoplifting at Guess? say they were targeted because of their skin color

  • Movies

    October 12, 2005

    We Dine, They Die

    'Darwin's Nightmare' calculates the terrible cost of a good meal

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2005

    From Monrovia to Minneapolis

    'Darwin's Nightmare' calculates the terrible cost of a good meal

  • Books

    September 22, 2004

    Everybody Comes to Kwaku's

    'Darwin's Nightmare' calculates the terrible cost of a good meal

  • News

    August 18, 2004

    One Nation, Invisible

    The untold story of local hip hop: 1981 to 1996

  • Art

    March 24, 2004

    Coming to America

    African-born artists chronicle what they left behind--and what they've found

  • Books

    October 22, 2003

    Daniel Bergner: In the Land of Magic Soldiers: A Story of Black and White in West Africa

    African-born artists chronicle what they left behind--and what they've found

  • News

    October 1, 2003

    Living in America

    Meet the neighbors

  • Movies

    September 3, 2003

    Bombs Away

    'Masked & Anonymous' director Larry Charles lets it fly

  • News

    August 13, 2003

    Grandpa Goes to Grenada

    America is no place for the old. Then there's Mexico.

  • Books

    August 6, 2003

    Far From Home

    America is no place for the old. Then there's Mexico.

  • News

    October 2, 2002

    Everything the Traffic Will Allow

    The Randy Moss story the mainstream media won't touch

  • Music

    June 26, 2002

    Venues and Value

    Getting More Bop for Your Buck with Parliament-Funkadelic and Charles McPherson Quartet at the JVC Jazz Fest

  • Books

    August 8, 2001

    A Matter of Principle

    Do Minneapolis police help businesses discriminate?

  • Restaurants

    December 13, 2000

    Continental Drift

    Do Minneapolis police help businesses discriminate?

  • Books

    January 5, 2000

    Little Monrovia

    They can quote the Constitution and sing "The Star-Spangled Banner." Their ancestors hail from Virginia. Meet the Twin Cities' newest African immigrants.

  • Books

    March 17, 1999

    No Place Like Home

    Mark Fritz's Lost on Earth follows the nomads of the new geopolitics; Tara Bahrampour's To See and See Again takes the author back to the Iran her family fled

  • Books

    April 15, 1998

    Secondhand Rosy

    Mark Fritz's Lost on Earth follows the nomads of the new geopolitics; Tara Bahrampour's To See and See Again takes the author back to the Iran her family fled

  • Books

    July 16, 1997

    Model Planet

    Mark Fritz's Lost on Earth follows the nomads of the new geopolitics; Tara Bahrampour's To See and See Again takes the author back to the Iran her family fled

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