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Top 20 best Minnesota rappers: #20-11

Related:How Rhymesayers set up the Soundset FestivalTop 20 best Minnesota musicians: The complete listTop 20 best Minnesota songs: The complete listIn 2012, rap music is as definitive a part of Minnesota lore as the Mall of America -- or anything else Muja Messiah name-checks in "Leech Lake" or Slug ... More >>

North Siders upset about city of Minneapolis's tree-planting tornado commemoration

Today, via the city's Facebook page, Minneapolis officials announced they "observed the anniversary of the May 22 tornado this morning by planting a tree on the North Side."To which some North Siders are responding: "A single tree? That's it?"They'd like to see more than a single tree. Or, even bett ... More >>

Magic Castles release "Death Dreams" video, touring with Brian Jonestown Massacre

A ideal day such as this one is the perfect time to check out the blissful, sunny psych-pop featured in Magic Castles new video "Death Dreams." The local group playfully lists their sound as "mysticore," and that ambiguous description suitably fits their leisurely, psych-rock sound. The group ju ... More >>

Minneapolis one of the best cities to get sober and stay sober, says The Fix

Minneapolis is one of the 10 best cities in the country to get and stay sober, according to a new list published by The Fix, a website that describes itself as "the world's leading website about addiction and recovery."As The Fix's May Wilkerson notes while introducing the list, "'Pulling a geograph ... More >>

4th annual Lyn-Lake Festival, 5/20/12

4th Annual Lyn-Lake Festival Lyndale Avenue South at 29th Street South, Minneapolis May 20, 2012 Slideshow: Lyn-Lake Street Festival 2012The day started off a little rocky on Sunday at the 4th Annual Lyn-Lake Street Festival as Koo Koo Kanga Roo had their set pushed back 40 minutes or so due to the ... More >>

Weekend Checklist: BB King, Marilyn Manson, Art-A-Whirl, Mayer Hawthorne

May ushers in warmer weather, which means the beginning of street festivals -- two big ones in particular: Art-A-Whirl and Lyn-Lake Festival that feature many talented local artists. If the heat is too much for you, BB King will be rocking the State Theatre and on the other end of the musical spectr ... More >>

70 percent of men arrested in Mpls last year had illegal drugs in their system [GRAPHIC]

Seventy percent of men arrested in Minneapolis last year had illegal drugs in their system, according to a report released yesterday by a federal drug-monitoring program.The report looked at drug use rates for arrestees in 10 large American cities, and Minneapolis' 70-percent rate ranked fifth highe ... More >>

Mill City Cafe closing and relocating

One of the most underappreciated patios in Minneapolis will be closing at the end of the month. The Mill City Cafe, the quiet little neighborhood restaurant in Northeast, announced via its Facebook page today that it will be closing and relocating, but not before they throw one last party.

George Clinton remembers backup singer Belita Woods, recalls Paisley Park era

By Bobby Kahn George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic need no introduction -- especially in a city as funky as Minneapolis. Their huge influence can be heard across many genres of music today and even at the age of 70, George and his band tour harder and longer than many of the much younger bands ... More >>

Minneapolis named most bikeable city... in part because it's so damn flat here

Sure, Minneapolis has great bike trails, a dedicated cadre of cycling commuters and all that jazz... but it may be our city's Midwestern flatness that puts us over the top as the nation's top biking destination.You see, Walk Score rated Minneapolis as the most bikeable city in America using an algor ... More >>

Three men have killed themselves by jumping from Mpls bridges into the Mississippi in past week

In March, we reported on a disturbing string of five suicides-by-traffic that took place around the Twin Cities this winter.Now, with summer on the horizon, the suicidal are apparently shifting their tactics. Around 6:15 a.m. today, a man jumped to his death from Minneapolis's Franklin Bridge into t ... More >>

DRE drug scandal: City of Minneapolis denies involvement as outstate officers take heat

With news breaking yesterday that an officer has reported seeing a Hutchinson state trooper give pot to a Drug Recognition Expert program participant, Minneapolis officials are again disavowing any connection to the fiasco. Wednesday afternoon, Mayor RT Rybak took to Facebook and issued a statement ... More >>

Ty Segall and White Fence at the 7th St. Entry, 5/08/12

Ty Segall and White Fence7th Street Entry, MinneapolisMay 8, 2012The fans who packed into the sold-out 7th St. Entry for Ty Segall and White Fence on Tuesday night clearly had plenty of aggression to work out, as they turned the main floor into a roiling, occasionally violent, mosh pit throughout ... More >>

Youth Farm Spring Fest

Ty Segall and White Fence7th Street Entry, MinneapolisMay 8, 2012The fans who packed into the sold-out 7th St. Entry for Ty Segall and White Fence on Tuesday night clearly had plenty of aggression to work out, as they turned the main floor into a roiling, occasionally violent, mosh pit throughout ... More >>

Too Much Love celebrates 5 years on Saturday

It's hard to imagine a weekend at First Avenue without Too Much Love at this point. Soviet Panda has dedicated hundreds of Saturday nights to the young and the restless of Minneapolis since the event's incarnation in 2007.  That's five years, folks. And in dance night years, it's a lifetime.

Whatever happened to the downtown Minneapolis mobs that beat people senselessly?

The media tells you about bad things when they happen, but oftentimes you don't hear from us when they stop happening.With that observation in mind, this morning we phoned Sergeant Steve McCarty of the Minneapolis Police Department to get his take on why the string of mob beatings that rocked downto ... More >>

Top 20 best Minnesota songs: The complete list

Related:Top 20 best Minnesota musiciansFirst Avenue's 20 best concertsFirst Avenue's 20 best concerts: Readers' picks50 cool facts about the Minnesota music sceneCountless songwriters have found inspiration in the Land of 10,000 Lakes over the years, and even more have hit upon something revelatory ... More >>

State patrol "looking into" Occupy drug allegations; Mpls police claim no involvement

Earlier today we told you about the explosive allegation made by a new video report -- that state patrol officers and county deputies have been giving drugs to young people hanging out near Peavey Plaza as part of an impairment study.Early this afternoon, City Pages spoke with Eric Roeske, State Pa ... More >>

Top 20 best Minnesota songs: #10-1

Related:Top 20 best Minnesota songs: #20-11Top 20 best Minnesota musiciansFirst Avenue's 20 best concertsCountless songwriters have found inspiration in the Land of 10,000 Lakes over the years, and even more have hit upon something revelatory about Minnesota without ever becoming full-time residen ... More >>

Month in Review: Open, Closed, Coming Soon May '12

​OPENAngel Food (Hell's Kitchen Bakery)80 S. 9th St., Minneapolis Bread and Pickle - open for the season4135 W. Lake Harriet Pkwy, Minneapolis Butcher and the Boar (City Pages review)1121 Hennepin Avenue, MinneapolisCinita's of Mexico6042 Nicollet Ave, MinneapolisEat Street Social&n ... More >>

Top 20 best Minnesota songs: #20-11

Related:Top 20 best Minnesota musiciansFirst Avenue's 20 best concertsMinneapolis music scene named second-best in the U.S.50 cool facts about the Minnesota music sceneCountless songwriters have found inspiration in the Land of 10,000 Lakes over the years, and even more have hit upon something revel ... More >>

May Day protests expect hundreds

In conjunction with May Day protests happening across the country, Occupy Minneapolis and local labor groups are expected to turn out in the hundreds tomorrow in Loring Park and other parts of the city during a day-long protest. The national "Day Without the 99 Percent" movement is encouraging peop ... More >>

Lights at Varsity Theater, 4/26/2012

Lights with CarouselVarsity Theater, MinneapolisThursday, April 26, 2012View a slideshow from the concert here.Never has a venue been been this packed with boys/men waiting to get a glimpse of the beautiful Valerie Poxleitner, also known as Lights. What's not to love, though? Perfect hair, perfect t ... More >>

City Pages Beer Festival coming June 2. Daily Deal tickets available now

The 20th-annual City Pages Beer Festival returns to downtown Minneapolis near 10th and Hennepin on Saturday, June 2. The festival is your ticket to free, unlimited beer samples from dozens of brewers, including Lift Bridge, Finnegans, Goose Island, Lucid, Lucky Bucket, Northern, Sierra Nevada, and m ... More >>

Minneapolis concert calendar: New, improved, sometimes tattooed

Drum roll, please ... We've just rolled out a new and improved calendar of Minneapolis concerts. Our online music listings are now sortable by artist, venue and price. We've also got a raw, unadulterated, alphabetical list of upcoming shows in the drop-down menus on the right-hand side of that p ... More >>

Nice Purse releasing Slumber Girls via new local label Forged Artifacts

Scrappy Minneapolis indie rock outfit Nice Purse -- which just so happens to have some personnel crossover with a little-known act named Howler -- has just announced details for the vinyl release of their second album, Slumber Girls. The 180 gram black vinyl comes courtesy of a new local imprint cal ... More >>

Nachito Herrera

Scrappy Minneapolis indie rock outfit Nice Purse -- which just so happens to have some personnel crossover with a little-known act named Howler -- has just announced details for the vinyl release of their second album, Slumber Girls. The 180 gram black vinyl comes courtesy of a new local imprint cal ... More >>

The PourHouse opens in June

The PourHouse, a 1920s-themed bar, will open in the space that was once home to the unmemorable Spin nightclub at 10 Fifth Street South in downtown Minneapolis as early as June 1, reports the Downtown Journal.Co-owner Deepak Nath was quick to point out that the PourHouse will be "absolutely nothing ... More >>

Jug-or-Not Rock Climbing Competition

The PourHouse, a 1920s-themed bar, will open in the space that was once home to the unmemorable Spin nightclub at 10 Fifth Street South in downtown Minneapolis as early as June 1, reports the Downtown Journal.Co-owner Deepak Nath was quick to point out that the PourHouse will be "absolutely nothing ... More >>

First Avenue's 20 best concerts: The complete list

Related:First Avenue: An archived history via flyers, riders & contractsFirst Avenue's 40 years of rock 'n' rollTop 20 best Minnesota musicians: The complete listFirst Avenue is undoubtedly among the premier rock clubs in the country -- possibly the world. Since 1970, the building at the interse ... More >>

First Avenue's 20 best concerts: #20-11

Related:First Avenue's 40 years of rock 'n' rollTop 20 best Minnesota musicians: The complete list50 cool facts about the Minnesota music sceneMinneapolis music scene named second-best in the U.S.First Avenue is undoubtedly among the premier rock clubs in the country -- possibly the world. Since 197 ... More >>

KSTP wants answers from Minneapolis police over cameraman shoving incident [VIDEO]

During a "Re-Occupy" Minneapolis demonstration on Saturday night, protesters learned from police they would not be allowed to erect tents in Peavey Plaza. After they marched in the street in protest, 12 people were arrested on Nicollet Mall for public nuisance and impeding traffic. KSTP cameraman C ... More >>

Gotye at Epic, 4/4/12

Gotye with KimbraEpic, MinneapolisWednesday, April 4, 2012Related: Gotye: I don't care if you mispronounce my nameOne hit song can help an artist sell out a room, twice. Moved from the sold-out Varsity Theater to the sold-out Epic, Wally De Backer, aka Gotye, brought his '80s-flavored orchestral pop ... More >>

Minneapolis police believe same two suspects behind 13 recent south side armed robberies

Minneapolis police, already grappling with a string of mob beatings downtown, now apparently have another scary crime spree on their hands.Investigators believe the same two semi-automatic-handgun-brandishing men are responsible for 13 South Side armed robberies since March 21.All but two of the inc ... More >>

Cedar Cultural Center named best world music venue

Related:Minneapolis music scene named second-best in the U.S.Top 20 best Minnesota musicians: The complete list50 cool facts about the Minnesota music sceneKudos are in order for the Cedar Cultural Center, as the readers of About.com have crowned the venue the Best World Music Venue for 2012. Depend ... More >>

Minneapolis flash mob beatings: Police want earlier downtown curfew

​The weekend seems to have come and gone without another "flash mob" beating in downtown Minneapolis, which is good.But police remain concerned about the possibility of additional outbreaks of random violence and are now floating the idea of an earlier downtown curfew to get groups of youths off t ... More >>

Fanfarlo at the Varsity Theater, 03/31/12

​FanfarloThe Varsity Theater, MinneapolisSaturday, March 31, 2012Fanfarlo have grown up quite a bit since their first Minneapolis show in 2009. Gone are the fresh-faced innocents who tentatively took to the Triple Rock stage, and here is a band who have proudly reached legal drinking age (though ... More >>

Month in Review: Open, Closed, Coming Soon April '12

​OPENAida2208 W 66th St., Richfield Butcher and the Boar (City Pages preview)1121 Hennepin Avenue, MinneapolisCinita's of Mexico6042 Nicollet Ave, MinneapolisD Spot new location near Battle Creek1993 Burns Avenue, St. PaulDroolin' Moose9424 Lyndale Avenue S., BloomingtonEat Street Social (Cit ... More >>

Top 20 best Minnesota musicians: #10-1

​Related:Top 20 best Minnesota musicians: #20-11Minneapolis music scene named second-best in the U.S.10. Babes in ToylandOrigin: Minneapolis | Active: 1987-2001 | Songs: "Bruise Violet" and "Sweet 69"  Kat Bjelland is one of the nastiest female vocalists, period. Although the woman who adeptl ... More >>

Havens Hart: Minneapolis house duo signed to Stranjjur (Interview)

​There are a few clues cropping up in Minneapolis lately that point to true house music's return to the city -- and our definition of the genre doesn't include the wanna-be-rockstar stadium jocking set. The advent of nights like House Proud and the recent Minneapolis Soul Music reunion at Bassgasm ... More >>

Top 20 best Minnesota musicians: #20-11

​Minnesotans need to remember to exhale sometimes -- especially fresh on the heels of being ranked as the number two music scene in the country. Shouldn't it be enough to simply enjoy a rich history of quality musicians blossoming from fertile local soil? For those times that worrying that people ... More >>

Smack Shack: A television debut and a new restaurant

Minneapolis's own Smack Shack, the unlikely Midwestern lobster truck, is officially loved from coast to coast. Guy Fieri's Diner's, Drive-Ins and Dives filmed there recently, Bon Appetit raved about them, and now they've decided it's time to expand. While the Shack has been operating out of the kitc ... More >>

Minneapolis 5th best cycling city, according to Shermans Travel study

​By now, you've probably heard that Minneapolitans have a serious crush on bikes.The love affair hasn't gone unnoticed by travel and bicycle writers. Two years after Minneapolis was named the best bike city by Bicycling magazine, it was recently honored as the fifth-best cycling city in a new stud ... More >>

Minneapolis is the least stressful city in the country, new study finds

​Minneapolis is chill, both figuratively and literally (well, it's chilly here most years at least). A new study by Sperling's BestPlace finds that the City of Lakes is the least stressful metropolis in the whole country.The study looked at a variety of factors associated with stress, including su ... More >>

Champions Sports Bar haven for crack cocaine dealing, says Minneapolis police

​Minneapolis' Champions Sports Bar and Grill, located near Lake & Nicollet in the Lyndale neighborhood, has long been known as a drug den.Bar management promised to clean the place up in 2007, but their efforts apparently didn't stick. Monday afternoon, Minneapolis police announced they arrest ... More >>

Reckless Ones

​Minneapolis' Champions Sports Bar and Grill, located near Lake & Nicollet in the Lyndale neighborhood, has long been known as a drug den.Bar management promised to clean the place up in 2007, but their efforts apparently didn't stick. Monday afternoon, Minneapolis police announced they arrest ... More >>

Jane's Addiction fans criticize the Brick, form "The Brick MN Sucks" site

​Well, that was swift. Within a few hours of the Brick's opening bash hosting Jane's Addiction in Minneapolis' Warehouse District, many dissatisfied customers have voiced their discontent. Our reviewer noted that the sound was excellent, but did have some concerns himself.Much of this commentary i ... More >>

Twin Cities one of America's 10 best metros for runners, says Forbes

​Spring has arrived in the Twin Cities, which, for many of us, means canceling gym memberships and getting our butts outside for some sun-soaked exercise.This will come as no surprise to those who have gotten in the habit of using the Twin Cities' beautiful trails, but according to a new list comp ... More >>