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Brit's Bastille Day, trivia, and real food rule The Week in Food

Rachel HuttonAre you smarter than this guy?​It's a week of mixed emotions and varying intellectual states. Battle it out over random facts with men in tights on Tuesday; discover how to eat local over the weekend. In between, raise money for cancer. Monday 7/12 Coeliacs love pasta too. Learn ... More >>

The Beatles! A One-Night Stand in the Heartland

Rachel HuttonAre you smarter than this guy?​It's a week of mixed emotions and varying intellectual states. Battle it out over random facts with men in tights on Tuesday; discover how to eat local over the weekend. In between, raise money for cancer. Monday 7/12 Coeliacs love pasta too. Learn ... More >>

Little Locavores: Tasty Bites of Minnesota's Culinary Past and Present

Rachel HuttonAre you smarter than this guy?​It's a week of mixed emotions and varying intellectual states. Battle it out over random facts with men in tights on Tuesday; discover how to eat local over the weekend. In between, raise money for cancer. Monday 7/12 Coeliacs love pasta too. Learn ... More >>

Skivvie scandal at the Minnesota Historical Society

​Boxers or briefs? At the Minnesota History Museum, Har Mar Superstar wears both. As part of their latest exhibit, the Minnesota History Center has rewritten history by redesigning the Beatles' famous Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover. In honor of "The Beatles! One Night Stand ... More >>

Preserving Summer's Harvest: learning to pickle, can, and more

Your winter self will thank you.​This is the time of year that our gardens are bursting with fresh produce as tomatoes fill bowls, berries fall off the bushes, apples hang from trees, while cucumber and squash dangle from tendrils and vines. Or maybe a really amazing CSA box just arrived at your d ... More >>

MNHS's annual documentary film festival is accepting submissions

​The Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) has a knack for asking simple but big questions. This year they want to know: What does 1968 mean to you? It's a question MNHS is extending to everyone for their 1968 Film Festival Competition--even to those who weren't yet a twinkle in their mother's ... More >>

Butter head trivia: 5 things you never knew about butter heads

Butter heads up!​The Wall Street Journal looked into butter head carving at the Minnesota State Fair, and taught us five fun facts about our favorite edible sculptures: 1. The dairy industry has used butter carvings since the 1890s, but most large butter sculptures today are molded over a woo ... More >>

RetroRama comes to the State Fair

​In case you missed it earlier this year RetroRama, the annual old-school runway extravaganza, is back and coming to the Minnesota State Fair. The event will be a part of Minnesota History Center's History Day at the Fair. Five local designers will each be tackling one decade in fashion history an ... More >>

Oktoberfest, Lyn-Lake Block Party: Freeloader Friday

covilha via Flickr.com​ As the seasons change, so do the types of events happening around town. This weekend we have two different Oktoberfest festivals, a block party (bring an umbrella), and free films.

'1968 Film Festival' screens Saturday

​The 2010 "1968 Film Festival" will take place tomorrow at the Minnesota History Center, showcasing short films triggered by any and all things related to that crucial turning point in American history; the year 1968. And the best part is, it's sure to be educational, enlightening, and it is defin ... More >>

Chocolate: The Exhibition opens Saturday

Sit on a sweet!​Sure, the Ben Franklin exhibit was thorough and the traveling Vatican display was lavish, but the Minnesota History Center has really piqued our interest with its upcoming exhibit devoted entirely to chocolate.

Top 5 local chocolate treats at the History Center

Monica WrightGorging encouraged​Sure, you can visit Chocolate: The Exhibition and leave the Minnesota History Center's gift shop with a cocoa-colored magnet or pencil. Or you could get into the freakin' spirit of things and indulge in one of these top five delectable (and totally local) chocol ... More >>

Minnesota History Center cooking class goes wild with duck and rabbit

Brian Crouch from La Belle Vie​Last Sunday, the Minnesota History Center in partnership with Fabulous Catering and Gastro Non Grata, hosted a DIY wild game class. Just in time for hunting season, a group gathered at the Fab Cat compound in south Minneapolis to learn the ins-and-outs of preparing f ... More >>

Chocolate Sampler Night: Fete Mondial

Brian Crouch from La Belle Vie​Last Sunday, the Minnesota History Center in partnership with Fabulous Catering and Gastro Non Grata, hosted a DIY wild game class. Just in time for hunting season, a group gathered at the Fab Cat compound in south Minneapolis to learn the ins-and-outs of preparing f ... More >>

It's Beaujolais nouveau season! Here are 2 ways to celebrate

The first wine of 2010​We don't have a lot of wine vineyards in Minnesota, but there's still plenty of reason to celebrate another grape harvest by opening a bottle of French Beaujolais nouveau. The first bottles of this year's vintage--meant to be drunk when it's barely off the vine--are offi ... More >>

DIY: Chocolate--a class for serious addicts

André Karwath / WikipediaCuckoo for cacao​Serious chocoholics take note: Here's a great way to upgrade your addiction from a simple vice to a valuable skill. In conjunction with the Minnesota History Center's big exhibit on chocolate (running through January), the center is joining with Gast ... More >>

B.T. McElrath vs. Chocolat Céleste: A holiday chocolate showdown

Lisa GulyaIf only chocolate truffles really grew on trees​As if the Minnesota History Center's "Chocolate" exhibit doesn't provide enough excuses to indulge this fall, the Hot Dish is here to tempt you with locally made seasonal chocolates. We tested our sweet tooth against pumpkin truffles fr ... More >>

Kwanzaa Family Day

Lisa GulyaIf only chocolate truffles really grew on trees​As if the Minnesota History Center's "Chocolate" exhibit doesn't provide enough excuses to indulge this fall, the Hot Dish is here to tempt you with locally made seasonal chocolates. We tested our sweet tooth against pumpkin truffles fr ... More >>

Om features contortionists and an ice dragon luge this Week in Food.

George Eastman HouseOm rings in the New Year with contortionists. ​Roll into 2011 in style--poppin' bubbly with the Saints on an ice dragon luge. We've got all that and more this Week in Food. Monday 12/27 Before you pack up the tree and tinsel, take some time out for a spot of holiday tea. The ... More >>

History of Hip: Art With A Point, A Brief History of Tattoos

George Eastman HouseOm rings in the New Year with contortionists. ​Roll into 2011 in style--poppin' bubbly with the Saints on an ice dragon luge. We've got all that and more this Week in Food. Monday 12/27 Before you pack up the tree and tinsel, take some time out for a spot of holiday tea. The ... More >>

Winterfest showcases the best of the best of Minnesota-brewed beer

The best of Minnesota beer at Winterfest​Winterfest, the annual celebration of home-grown craft beer, returns to the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul on February 4. Sponsored by the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild and open only to breweries that are current guild members, Winterfest showcases th ... More >>

Winterfest 2011 reveals trends for Minnesota beer

Mark RobertsBeer fans savor MN suds at Winterfest​The 2011 Winterfest beer festival sponsored by the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild took place last Friday night at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul. As beer festivals go, Winterfest is an intimate and elegant affair, if you can call 800 p ... More >>

DIY: Brewing With the Founding Fathers

Mark RobertsBeer fans savor MN suds at Winterfest​The 2011 Winterfest beer festival sponsored by the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild took place last Friday night at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul. As beer festivals go, Winterfest is an intimate and elegant affair, if you can call 800 p ... More >>

Underwear: A Brief History

Mark RobertsBeer fans savor MN suds at Winterfest​The 2011 Winterfest beer festival sponsored by the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild took place last Friday night at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul. As beer festivals go, Winterfest is an intimate and elegant affair, if you can call 800 p ... More >>

RetroRama: Underneath it All

Mark RobertsBeer fans savor MN suds at Winterfest​The 2011 Winterfest beer festival sponsored by the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild took place last Friday night at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul. As beer festivals go, Winterfest is an intimate and elegant affair, if you can call 800 p ... More >>

Minnesota History Center hosts St. Paul food and pub crawls this summer

Courtesy of Max Martin Banh mi, one of the many delicious eats guests will get to try on the Food Crawl.​History teachers always say that history can be fun and exciting, but sometimes that's hard to remember when you're slogging through pages and pages of readings. This summer, the Minnesota ... More >>

Minnesota History Center's '9 Nights of Music' canceled tonight, Mill City Live in limbo due to government shutdown

​The effects of the government's failure are still rolling out this week, as Governor Mark Dayton and the GOP continue their contentious budget negotiations today and Minnesota enters its fourth day of statewide shutdown. The Minnesota History Center has announced that tonight's "9 Nights of Music ... More >>

1968 Exhibit Opening Party

​The effects of the government's failure are still rolling out this week, as Governor Mark Dayton and the GOP continue their contentious budget negotiations today and Minnesota enters its fourth day of statewide shutdown. The Minnesota History Center has announced that tonight's "9 Nights of Music ... More >>

1968 Scart Movie Night

​The effects of the government's failure are still rolling out this week, as Governor Mark Dayton and the GOP continue their contentious budget negotiations today and Minnesota enters its fourth day of statewide shutdown. The Minnesota History Center has announced that tonight's "9 Nights of Music ... More >>

WOMN: Women in Minnesota Design

​The effects of the government's failure are still rolling out this week, as Governor Mark Dayton and the GOP continue their contentious budget negotiations today and Minnesota enters its fourth day of statewide shutdown. The Minnesota History Center has announced that tonight's "9 Nights of Music ... More >>

Winterfest tickets on sale December 1

Winterfest features the best of Minnesota beer​Winterfest is arguably the best beer fest of the year. It is definitely my favorite. An event sponsored by the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild, it is open only to guild members; no out-of-state breweries here. To showcase their prowess, the state's ... More >>

Man Saved by Condiments this Week in Food

Get your Kwanzaa on at the History Center​We're still in the throes of our Christmas food coma, but that doesn't mean we're going to kick back this week and tackle that 2012 diet early. From Kwanzaa to New Year's there still plenty of activities worth exploring this Week in Food.

Kwanzaa Family Day

Get your Kwanzaa on at the History Center​We're still in the throes of our Christmas food coma, but that doesn't mean we're going to kick back this week and tackle that 2012 diet early. From Kwanzaa to New Year's there still plenty of activities worth exploring this Week in Food.