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May 25, 2012
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 >>
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May 9, 2012
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 >>
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March 28, 2012
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 >>
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February 27, 2012
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 >>
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February 22, 2012
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 >>
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November 17, 2011
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 >>
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August 5, 2011
Bill Pulkrabek pleads not guilty in domestic assault case
Bill Pulkrabek: This is the face of an innocent man.Bill Pulkrabek, the alleged drunk, neurotic, cat abusing, girlfriend-hair-dragging former campaign manager for Michele Bachmann pleaded not guilty to domestic assault yesterday. Pulkrabek, who is credited with launching Bachmann's political care ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Marine on St. Croix destination dining
Brookside Bar & Grill, Olive's, and other must-visit places
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June 8, 2011
Restraining order claims Bill Pulkrabek is an alcoholic cat abuser who freaks over skin cream
It sounds like Bill Pulkrabek is not doing so great.A restraining order filed against Washington County Commissioner and former Michele Bachmann campaign manager Bill Pulkrabek claims that he is an abusive alcoholic who refuses to get help. The restraining order was filed by Pulkrabek's girl ... More >>
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June 7, 2011
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 >>
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June 6, 2011
Michele Bachmann's no Ronald Reagan, Wall Street Journal says
The Wall Street Journal knows Ronald Reagan, and says Bachmann is no Ronald Reagan.America's Craziest Congresswoman passes herself off as a constitutional conservative, but the Wall Street Journal's editorial page, a bullwark of real conservative thinking, has lumped her in with a bunch of ot ... More >>
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June 3, 2011
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 >>
Blogs
June 2, 2011
Team Pawlenty hammers "pain in the ass" Bachmann, Part 2
Not so happy together.On the record, Tim Pawlenty's people say everything's hunky dory with fellow Minnesotan Michele Bachmann, even though she leads him in most GOP presidential polls despite his carefully planned assault on the White House. "Any suggestion that this isn't a good relations ... More >>
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June 2, 2011
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 >>
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June 1, 2011
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 >>
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June 1, 2011
Bachmann aide Andy Parrish moves to Bachmann for President post
Bachmann's chief of staff has a new gig.Andy Parrish is one Michele Bachmann staffer who isn't jumping ship because his captain is crazy: ABC is reporting that he's leaving his position as her congressional chief of staff in order to take a position with Bachmann for President. That would be ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
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 >>
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June 1, 2011
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 assaultThe 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 >>
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June 1, 2011
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 >>
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May 31, 2011
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 >>
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May 31, 2011
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 >>
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May 31, 2011
Brian Eugene Harwick, saving dog, is electrocuted and drowns
JonathunderLake Pepin, the scene of a tragic Memorial Day weekend deathBrian 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 >>
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May 31, 2011
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 >>
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May 30, 2011
Cheap co-op shopping and the City Pages Beer Festival this Week in Food
Show that beer who's bossIt's a short week following the rowdiness of Memorial Day Weekend, so use your time wisely!
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May 27, 2011
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 >>
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May 25, 2011
Memory Lanes Block Party
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 >>
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May 25, 2011
Constellation: A Backyard Art Expedition
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 >>
Blogs
May 25, 2011
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.
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May 23, 2011
A beer dinner and spicy mini-doughnuts this Week in Food
Pittsburgh Blue matches eats with brewsRamp 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 >>
Blogs
April 14, 2011
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 >>
Blogs
April 4, 2011
Veggie sushi, new Twins concessions, Free Bacon Wednesday, and more this week in food
DIY veggie sushi at the Wedge this weekIt'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 >>
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March 9, 2011
Memory Lanes Block Party 2011 lineup announced
Photo by Ben ClarkYou 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 >>
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August 27, 2010
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 >>
News
July 21, 2010
Paul Allen on Jeff Dubay, Brett Favre, the Vikings
Play-by-play announcer opens up about his past and future
Blogs
July 9, 2010
Rob Barrett Grills: Marinated flank steak
Marinated flank steakThis 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 >>
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June 4, 2010
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 >>
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June 3, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
June 3, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
June 1, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
May 28, 2010
Soundset 2010: What to Watch
P.O.S at Soundset 2009Photo by Denis Jeong PlasterMemorial 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 >>
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May 28, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
May 28, 2010
Best of Hot Dish: May 24-28, 2010
xray delta/flickrI know what I'm making this weekendWell, 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 >>
Blogs
May 27, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
May 27, 2010
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...
Blogs
May 24, 2010
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 >>
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May 19, 2010
Memorial Day and Open House
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 >>
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September 16, 2009
The Bootleg: Minnesota's signature country-club cocktail
Prohibition-era drink deftly masks taste of alcohol
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