Memorial Day

Rhymesayers releases "Soundset 2013 Let's Go!" teaser video

With this weather, it's hard to believe that summer will ever arrive... but sure enough, warmer weather and music festivals will be right around the corner. In just over three weeks on May 26, Canterbury Park Festival Field will be packed with fans clamoring to see Snoop Dogg, Atmosphere, Brother Al ... More >>

Harbor View on Lake Pepin opens today, a sure sign of spring

While the weather predictors may still be claiming that the cooler temperatures aren't going anywhere, the team behind Harbor View Cafe, on the shores of Lake Pepin, is moving along with spring. The restaurant, like their locally sourced food, is seasonal. They've been teasing fans with pictures of ... More >>

Soundset 2013 lineup: Atmosphere, Snoop Dogg, Mac Miller & more

"If we keep outdoing ourselves, who am I going to be playing after next year? Kanye?" was what Atmosphere rapper Slug said about last year's impressive Soundset lineup. Well, Soundset 2013 didn't get Mr. West, but it did land the G-funk legend Snoop Dogg. (Although, isn't he going by Snoop Lion thes ... More >>

Remembering Levon Helm of the Band

Last Friday, Voice Media Group announced the winners of their first music writing awards. This winning piece by Jesse Sykes first appeared in Seattle Weekly's print edition. By Jesse Sykes As I was growing up in New York state--where the residents want you to know they don't live in "The City"--t ... More >>

VFW upset with MnDOT after being ordered to remove American flags from overpasses

For eight years, the Palmer Lake VFW flew the stars and stripes on the Highway 610 overpass in Brooklyn Park. But in April, MnDOT ordered that the flag, along with four others, come down.The reason? MnDOT cited a state statute that makes it illegal to "paint, print, place or affix any advertisement ... More >>

Laborial Day

The Tin Fish vs. Sea Salt Eatery's fish tacos

Summer is upon us and with it the inexplicable desire to eat outside in the hot sun, preferably using only our hands. Summer is conducive to many a hand-held culinary experience in Minnesota: ice cream cones, hot dogs, and just about anything you can get your greasy hands on from a food truck or the ... More >>

Wise Acre Eatery celebrates a year of farm-to-table dining

In south Minneapolis, Wise Acre Eatery is living the farm-to-table concept more literally than most restaurants. The small modern diner serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner with food that comes directly to your plate from its 100-acre farm just outside of Plato, less than an hour from the Twin Cities ... More >>

Weekend Checklist: Soundset, LMFAO, Edward Sharpe, Memory Lanes Block Party

Despite the "Twin Cities hip-hop scene being oversaturated" this is the weekend that the Twin Cities hip-hop scene looks forward to the most. If you're thinking of heading down to Shakopee son Sunday for Soundset, better head there early or carpool; last year the traffic was held up for two hours. M ... More >>

Brute Heart, Claps, Food Pyramid, set for Heliotrope 9 at the Lab Theater -- Updated with daily schedule

The Heliotrope music festival consistently brings an eclectic mix of experimental and underground music to a wider audience in the Twin Cities, and this year should prove to be no exception. A temporary move from the Ritz over to the Loring Theater last year seemed to briefly revitalize the struggl ... More >>

Hood Internet leads Memory Lanes Block Party lineup

​The fourth annual Memory Lanes Block Party should once again fill Minneapolis's Memory Lanes parking lot with great music over the course of Memorial Day Weekend. The free, three-day, all-ages music fest will feature 29 wide-ranging bands spread out over venue's three separate stages, with p ... More >>

NoDak party seeks to attract single ladies, alleviate oil-boom driven sausage fest

​North Dakota's oil boom has drawn thousands and thousands of workers to the northwest portion of the state, most of them men.Believe it or not, NoDak's unemployment rate of 3.3 percent is by far the lowest in the country. But the influx of workers has created a problem my straight, single brethre ... More >>

Record gas prices prompt Coon Rapids to mandate gas prepayment

​As of last weekend, the average price for a gallon of gasoline in Minnesota stood at $3.43 a gallon. That's an all-time record.It's no surprise that rising gas prices correlate with increased drive-off gasoline thefts, which can be devastating for low-profit-margin gas stations. Thanks in large p ... More >>

Centrific talks techno, raves, and his Record Room birthday party

Photo by Dave Eckblad ​When it comes to the local dance music scene, you'd be hard pressed to find a guy who's been around longer than Steve "Centrific" Seuling. When he's not warping minds with his renowned marathon sets of deep techno at Midwest clubs and campouts or throwing his own off-the-gri ... More >>

Bill Pulkrabek dodges felony charges in alleged domestic assault

Pulkrabek won't face felony charges.​Washington County Commissioner Bill Pulkrabek, arrested last week for allegedly choking his girlfriend and dragging her down a flight of stairs by her hair, won't face felony charges. Ramsey County Attorney John Choi made the announcement late yesterday, a ... More >>

Biyamin Beiti Omar charged with murdering Guled Hashi Mohamed

​Guled Hashi Mohamed was sitting in the passenger seat of a car parked at Nicollet and 18th the night before Memorial Day when a man ran up to the window from behind and put a bullet through Mohamed's temple. Biyamin Beiti Omar was the gunman, the Hennepin County Attorney's office said this a ... More >>

Guled Hashi Mohamed's family pleads for murder witnesses to come forward

​Somebody must have seen something helpful to police when Guled Hashi Mohamed was gunned down on Nicollet Avenue Sunday night of Memorial Day weekend, and his family held a vigil yesterday where he was shot to plead for help bringing in Mohamed's killer. "My son was brought here at a young ag ... More >>

GOP mistress choking happened at Pawlenty adviser's house

​Presidential contender Michele Bachmann has already been tied to the Bill Pulkrabek mistress domestic assault scandal, but it now appears that there is a connection to Tim Pawlenty as well. Pulkrabek was arrested on Memorial Day after a woman told police the married Washington County Commiss ... More >>

Pawlenty and Bachmann not worthy of any office, most Minnesotans tell pollster

Minnesotans aren't buying what these two are selling.​Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann are spending a lot of time these days introducing a version of themselves to voters across the country blessed with not having had to endure them lo these many years. But in Minnesota, where we know these ... More >>

Bill Pulkrabek girlfriend assault update: Decision on charges expected today

Bill Pulkrabek posed for a mugshot, but so far he has yet to explain the alleged domestic assault​The Ramsey County Attorney's office tells City Pages it will make a decision today on whether to bring charges against Bill Pulkrabek, the Washington County Commissioner arrested Monday for allegedly ... More >>

Sgt. Joseph Bozicevich murder sentencing held up by parachute accident

Bozicevich faces life in prison. The question is whether or not he may be eligible for parole.​The sentencing date for Minnesota Sgt. Joseph Bozicevich, recently convicted of murdering two fellow Army men in 2008, has been put off indefinitely because his attorney was involved in a skydiving a ... More >>

Six injured in five Minneapolis shootings

>Tony WebsterMinneapolis cops were busy Sunday night and Monday morning.​Two men are in life-threatening condition and four others were injured after a spate of Minneapolis shootings leading into Memorial Day. Two of the shootings happened south of downtown, on Nicollet Avenue South, on Sunda ... More >>

Bill Pulkrabek, Michele Bachmann's former campaign manager, faces domestic assault charge for Memorial Day strangulation

Bill Pulkrabek was arrested on Memorial Day in Woodbury.​Bill Pulkrabek, a Washington County Commissioner who played a key role in launching Rep. Michele Bachmann's political career, has been jailed on suspicion of domestic assault -- including strangulation. The 41-year-old real estate broke ... More >>

Brian Eugene Harwick, saving dog, is electrocuted and drowns

JonathunderLake Pepin, the scene of a tragic Memorial Day weekend death​Brian Eugene Harwick jumped into Lake Pepin over the weekend to rescue his sinking black Labrador Retriever. His beloved pet survived--but Harwick drowned during the rescue attempt. Now, it looks like an electrical curre ... More >>

Bill Pulkrabek domestic assault victim: Married GOP politico dragged mistress by her hair

Washington County JailBill Pulkrabek, shown here in his mugshot after the Memorial Day domestic assault arrest​"Male beat up female," reads the incident report from yesterday's domestic assault arrest of Washington County Commissioner Bill Pulkrabek, one of Michele Bachmann's early mentors. B ... More >>

Cheap co-op shopping and the City Pages Beer Festival this Week in Food

Show that beer who's boss​It's a short week following the rowdiness of Memorial Day Weekend, so use your time wisely!

Best of Hot Dish: May 23-27, 2011

sue clark/flickrThis is what we're doing this weekend. ​It's Memorial Day weekend, and all we need is a romp through a meadow, a grill full of meat, cold, wheaty beer, and you.That, and to share a few highlights from this week's Hot Dish.Nikki Miller shows us five ways to celebrate National Strawb ... More >>

Memory Lanes Block Party

Constellation: A Backyard Art Expedition

Bayport BBQ brings in T-Model Ford for Memorial Day weekend

​There is a lot going on this Memorial Day weekend in the Twin Cities, with an extra day off to chill out in your backyard in what finally feels like spring and summer.

A beer dinner and spicy mini-doughnuts this Week in Food

Pittsburgh Blue matches eats with brews​Ramp up to some serious Memorial Day weekend grilling with a full week of food-related outings, classes, and parties. 5/24 Patio party! it's the first of Tria's monthly patio parties--there will be one a month through the summer--that kick off at 5:30 ... More >>

Heliotrope 8 moves to Loring Theater

​Thanks to Reviler blogger and occasional Gimme Noise photo contributor Adam Bubolz for alerting us to this: The Heliotrope festival will return for its eighth installment on Memorial Day weekend, and this time the three-day experimental music showcase will take over the Loring Theater on Nicollet ... More >>

Veggie sushi, new Twins concessions, Free Bacon Wednesday, and more this week in food

DIY veggie sushi at the Wedge this week​It's technically April, but the weather hasn't cooperated enough to officially declare patio season open for business just yet (remember last year when we hit 81 degrees on April 1? Sigh.) Luckily there are plenty of food-related activities to distract y ... More >>

Memory Lanes Block Party 2011 lineup announced

Photo by Ben Clark​You know what sound just about perfect right now? The idea of hopping on a bike and pedaling down the greenway and up over that big Hiawatha bridge to Memory Lanes, and then standing around on the hot black pavement with the sun cooking my scalp as my ears ring from some blister ... More >>

Justin Baule: From Twin Cities to Sin City (and to Envy Saturday)

Justin DJing in Las Vegas​ I first met Justin Baule at Let It Be Records in 2001 when he was 17 years old. He was the youngest member of the up-and-coming EC/DC house music collective, but even then his music taste was years beyond age considering his penchant for artists like Teddy Pendergrass ... More >>

Rob Barrett Grills: Marinated flank steak

Marinated flank steak​This is it. We are in the thick of grilling season. Memorial Day is past, the solstice has come and gone, and the fireworks of the Fourth have faded. These are the fertile days of summer, and we need to enjoy the earth's bounty. Flank steak isn't the newest cut of meat around ... More >>

Smashburger and tinga

​ A bit unconventionally, I ate a Smashburger for breakfast last Friday. While chain burger joints are not in my normal tour of Twin Cities restaurants, I was invited to attend a social media breakfast there, and since I had only tried the place once back when it opened, I accepted the invite. ... More >>

R.T. Rybak and Tim Dolan address growing homicide numbers

​Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and police Chief Tim Dolan called a press conference today at the Fairview rec center in North Minneapolis, and told the dutifully assembled to have no fear, they had a new plan for tamping down the city's rash new of violence. That violence includes a 2010 homic ... More >>

Grilling tips from a top chef

How did your Memorial Day cookout go? If the results weren't so stellar, don't worry: You have the rest of the summer to practice, and we're going to give you some help. Nick Schneider, the chef behind the new Tavola Fresca dinner series, knows a thing or two about outdoor cooking. Here are a few of ... More >>

Leftovers, memories of Memorial Day

​We went through two pound of butter this past weekend. Two pounds! Now, we did have four parties, grilled 30 ears of corn, made two pies, baked four loaves of bread, and grilled a few pieces of meet, but two pounds? So if you're like us, you probably have a few items leftover from the festi ... More >>

Soundset 2010: What to Watch

P.O.S at Soundset 2009Photo by Denis Jeong Plaster​Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and that means it's time for Soundset 2010 to take over the parking lot of Canterbury Park in Shakopee. Every year, the annual Rhymesayers-sponsored hip-hop festival features a mix of local heroes, classic legends, ... More >>

Weekend Checklist: More than just Soundset

​Things are usually pretty quiet in the Twin Cities on Memorial Day weekend -- that is, if you don't count Soundset, Heliotrope, and the Memory Lanes Block Party, three of the biggest independent celebrations of music you can get in town. In fact, I'd say that with those three amazing events, Memo ... More >>

Best of Hot Dish: May 24-28, 2010

xray delta/flickrI know what I'm making this weekend​Well, hello there! We hope you had a wonderful week full of delicious meals, thoughtful conversation, and ice cold beverages. Memorial Day weekend is quite classic with its BBQing, lake swimming, firework lighting, good times.We hope you get to ... More >>

Don Williams: Your to-do for the weekend

​ You can go see a good rock band, local or national, any ol' night of the week around here. Good country's a little harder to find within a stone's throw and on short notice. Drop that "good" before that "country" and I'd tell you to hoof it on out to The Rock Nightclub tomorrow night to see Jos ... More >>

After Monday's murder, is Lake Calhoun safe?

Memorial Day weekend--what better time to lie on the shores of Lake Calhoun? Unless, of course, you might be risking your life...

Azia does tequila 101, Bulldog does nerd-fest: The Week in Food

​ There's lots of learning on the menu this week from French cooking to how to eat local to being vegan. Avoid brain overload with plenty of wine and beer tastings, as well as tequila. Mm . . . tequila. Monday, 5/24 We don't care where the wine comes from, as long as we've got a full glass. I ... More >>

Memorial Day and Open House

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