Midway Stadium

St. Paul Saints move one step closer to building Veeck-land in Lowertown

Throughout the spring, we've chronicled the Vikings' efforts to secure public funding for a new football stadium, which we've dubbed Zygi-land.With the legislature recently approving a funding plan for the nearly $1 billion Metrodome-site stadium, it appears the Vikes' effort will pay dividends. And ... More >>

Mike Veeck championing stadium for St. Paul Saints

Team owner ready to move on from Midway

Jake Manders releases a collection of songs 15 years in the making

​Dubbing Minneapolis native Jake Manders as a songwriter is partially accurate; he is also a raconteur who has carefully crafted a collection of songs that narrate his life. Manders' self-titled project is rooted in 1994, when he first picked up the guitar and harmonica. A prolific writer, ... More >>

St. Paul Summer Beer Fest this Saturday

St. Paul Summer Beer Fest kicks off the summer season​The summer beer festival season kicks off this Saturday, June 25, with the St. Paul Summer Beer Fest. In its third year, this is the biggest and best organized of all the Twin Cities' summer celebrations of suds. Formerly held in the parkin ... More >>

The Cars: The extended interviews

​In anticipation of tonight's sold-out Cars gig at First Avenue -- the band's first time performing at the club since forming in 1978, parting ways in 1988, and regrouping last year -- we caught up with all four surviving members of the band for an interview. That article is featured on the cover ... More >>

The Cars' Ric Ocasek on reuniting after two decades apart

Band appeared on very first cover of Sweet Potato, a.k.a City Pages

The Cars featured on the cover of City Pages, as a tribute to our very first issue of Sweet Potato

​32 years ago, a monthly music magazine called Sweet Potato debuted in the Twin Cities. A perusal of that first issue is a fascinating glimpse at our music history; ads for now-defunct music shops like Third Stone Music and the Wax Museum frame interviews with Lamont Cranston, Little Feat's Lowell ... More >>

St. Cloud Craft Beer Expo debuts January 22

St. Cloud Craft Beer Expo coming January 22nd.​There's a new beer fest in town. The first ever St. Cloud Craft Beer Expo happens in less than two weeks on January 22nd from 4 - 8 PM at the St. Cloud Civic Center, 10 4th Ave S. Over 40 breweries are expected to be represented at the event. Food ... More >>

St. Paul Summer Beer Fest is Sunday

​On Sunday, celebrate all things beer at the second annual St. Paul Summer Beer Fest. The event is now the largest craft beer festival in the state, with 78 breweries participating, including Louisiana's Abita, Oregon's Widmer, Vermont's Magic Hat, Kansas's Tall Grass, an ... More >>

St. Paul Summer Beer Fest

​On Sunday, celebrate all things beer at the second annual St. Paul Summer Beer Fest. The event is now the largest craft beer festival in the state, with 78 breweries participating, including Louisiana's Abita, Oregon's Widmer, Vermont's Magic Hat, Kansas's Tall Grass, an ... More >>

St. Paul Saints vs. Wichita Wingnuts

​On Sunday, celebrate all things beer at the second annual St. Paul Summer Beer Fest. The event is now the largest craft beer festival in the state, with 78 breweries participating, including Louisiana's Abita, Oregon's Widmer, Vermont's Magic Hat, Kansas's Tall Grass, an ... More >>

St. Paul Saints vs. Lincoln Saltdogs

​On Sunday, celebrate all things beer at the second annual St. Paul Summer Beer Fest. The event is now the largest craft beer festival in the state, with 78 breweries participating, including Louisiana's Abita, Oregon's Widmer, Vermont's Magic Hat, Kansas's Tall Grass, an ... More >>

Saint Paul Winter Carnival

​On Sunday, celebrate all things beer at the second annual St. Paul Summer Beer Fest. The event is now the largest craft beer festival in the state, with 78 breweries participating, including Louisiana's Abita, Oregon's Widmer, Vermont's Magic Hat, Kansas's Tall Grass, an ... More >>

Crispin Iceball: St. Paul Saints, Crispin, and plenty of ice

Save the Date: The coldest ball game of the year takes place on January 30th...

Free parking at Twin Cities hot spots tonight

You might get lucky tonight and "land" on some free parking. har har.

Saints to turn Midway into social media orgy Thursday

The Saints are embracing the web and trying to set a Tweeting record.

Drink of the week: Local beer at SP Saints' games

Because beer always tastes better at a ball game. Local beer at Saint Paul Saints' games is this week's drink of the week.

Saint Paul Summer Beer Fest

Because beer always tastes better at a ball game. Local beer at Saint Paul Saints' games is this week's drink of the week.

Good riddance, Metrodome!

Ballpark was always heinous act of thoughtlessness

St. Paul Summer Beer Fest: save the date

Japanese Lantern Lighting Festival

Your Friendly Neighborhood War Profiteer

It's not just Alliant Techsystems. Hundreds of small Minnesota companies are cashing in on America's defense industry.

Of Hooligans and Hootenannys

Romantica's Ben Kyle moved to Minnesota from Belfast, fell in love with the Jayhawks, and never looked back

The Spoiler

Consultant and candidate Hutchinson won't "shock the world"—but will he tip the race for gov?

Hatch to announce running mate Sunday

Consultant and candidate Hutchinson won't "shock the world"—but will he tip the race for gov?

Unsolved mystery

Consultant and candidate Hutchinson won't "shock the world"—but will he tip the race for gov?

Citizen Berquist: The Man with the Van

Who's counting?

Get in There and Pitch

Pioneer Press falls behind on latest stadium push

The People's Skybox

A few innings in the Metrodome's Rally Room

Saints Elsewhere

The Twin Cities' perennially popular minor-league team is looking for a bigger sandlot

Burned

Some hailed firefighters Julie Tossey and Kathleen O'Connor as symbols of a new era in gender equality in St. Paul. But others--including their own union--wanted to see their dreams go up in smoke.

It Don't Mean a Thing...

...if it ain't got that swing. But is this dip into the past just a blip on the screen or a full-blown movement?

Band Stand

35 concerts to soundtrack your summer.

The Cars Shift Into Overdrive

Originally printed in Sweet Potato, vol. 1, issue 1, August 1979