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Top 10 must-see Minnesota music videos this week

Local Frames is a weekly column spotlighting the best new music videos featuring musicians and directors with Minnesota ties. This week we get into things with a brand new video from the Minneapolis trio Is/Is, a hazy, diamond-vision clip that captures the enthralling spirit of their new single, "H ... More >>

Russia to ban American adoptions; Minnesota has most of any state

Minnesota parents could be hit hard by a new law in Russia banning American adoptions.SEE ALSO:-- Al Franken doesn't want mobile app companies to sell your location data without permission -- Chuck Grassley, Iowa Senator, compares smoking pot to murder, rape, and child abuse The Land of 10,000 Lakes ... More >>

Bayport BBQ releases live festival album

Deep blues comes to life on this raw, live cut featuring seven bands

Checking in on Bayport BBQ on the deep blues haunt's second anniversary

By Rick MasonJust off the main drag in an unassuming Minnesota river town is an outpost of the deep South and an underground musical phenomenon whose ripples extend far across the globe. Bayport, on the St. Croix just south of Stillwater, may be home to a state prison and a massive windows factory, ... More >>

John Morgan, Mpls resident, wins "craziest hand" in World Series of Poker history

John Morgan, 71, is CEO of Golden Valley-based Winmark Corp., a successful business that owns Play It Again Sports and other used-goods retailers. Yet he may end up being best known for winning what poker pro Phil Galfond characterized as "the craziest [poker] hand I've ever seen."On Sunday, during ... More >>

Henry's Funeral Shoe on the Charlie Sheen Fiat ad and Deep Blues Festival

Henry's Funeral Shoe is a duo from Ystrad Mynach, South Wales. Brothers Aled and Brennig Clifford perform raw, heavy guitar and drums fueled blues/punk rock inspired by records they grew up with, from classic rock to early Delta blues. They're the first U.K. band on Alive Naturalsound label, also th ... More >>

Deep Blues Festival is back in Bayport, ticket sales end Sunday

After taking a year off to retool and regroup, the Deep Blues Festival is coming back to the Bayport BBQ in beautiful Bayport, Minnesota from June 29-July 1. The three day blues fest features over thirty musical acts from all points across the globe, as well as the feature film debut of "Put A Stamp ... More >>

Top 5 patio bars: Minneapolis and St. Paul

Once again it's the season when Minnesotans flock to restaurant patios and rooftops to enjoy the weather. And while food is critical in patio dining, at this time of year a refreshing drink and relaxed conversation can assume just as much importance. We took a look at the best spots in both Minneapo ... More >>

Madonna's 2012 world tour hits St. Paul in November

​There was absolutely zero chance that Madonna wasn't going to capitalize on her Super Bowl appearance this past weekend. Although it's unlikely that Madge will be able to pack M.I.A. (and her itchy middle finger), Nicki Minaj, and Cee Lo Green in her suitcase for this May-November excursion aroun ... More >>

Three Sisters by Buoyant Theatre Collective

Chekhov classic rebirthed

Martin Dosh talks about reuniting Lateduster and touring Europe

​As the holidays bring about good times between families and long lost friends, drummer and electronic musician Martin Dosh is busier than ever preparing for his annual year-end show to the Cedar Cultural Center.

Andy Ulseth's Broken Bones

Singer-songwriter is feeling Minnesota

'The Art of Vasili Nechitailo' featured at TMORA

Vasili Nechitailo (1915 - 1980)Portrait in the Shawl, 1968, Oil on canvas (left); Wheat for the Motherland, 1954, Oil on canvas (right) ​The Museum of Russian Art (TMORA) in Minneapolis kicked off the second installment of its "Discovering 20th Century Russian Masters" series with "The Art of Vasi ... More >>

Josh Ritter with the Minnesota Orchestra, 7/15/10

Photos by Alexa Jones​Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band with the Minnesota OrchestraJuly 15, 2010Orchestra HallOf all the Dylan acolytes to make their mark thus far in the aughts, Idaho native Josh Ritter would seem to have the inside track on best living up to the pride of Hibbing's lofty stand ... More >>

Haute Dish's Landon Schoenefeld: Talent with a temper

Chef has held more restaurant jobs than many retired cooks

Iron Man 2 starring Robert Downey Jr.

Favreau's film will likely lead to more sequels, but that doesn't mean it's good

Theater Spotlight: Rock 'n' Roll

Get Shucked—Where to find oysters in the Twin Cities

Flicks to Pick

A guide for taking the guesswork out of MSPIFF

A Star is Bourne (Again)

Amnesiac-spy trilogy culminates in a thrilling 'Ultimatum'

Who Needs the Hassle? This Guy.

Al Milgrom celebrated his inaugural film festival by going to jail. It hasn't gotten any easier.

The $34,000 Pyramid

What if the widow of Gen. Sonny Abacha really does want to share her family fortune with you?

Best of the Twin Cities: Winners

Vive Le Difference

Parasole's newest venture aims for France, but pleases everyone

Out of the Frying Pan

Stella's Fish Café turns a notoriously popular location into fishy, family-friendly gold

The Interloper

Hines Interests joins in the stadium game. What does that mean for Twinsville?

New Kid On The Bloc

Martin Cruz Smith's latest hero comes from Russia with love...and a death wish

Final Cut

'Moolaadé' seeks an end to female circumcision in Senegal

How Deep is Your Love?

The media may have dumped the DJ--but audiences remain infatuated with Deep Dish

Man Bites Dog

Kama Ginkas devours Chekhov's 'Lady with a Lapdog'

What a Country!

David Bezmozgis weaves a new tune out of an immigrant's song

Falling

When Naomi Gaines threw her babies into the river, we were shocked. The truth is, her impulse isn't all that rare.

Boys on Film

The Cinematic Orchestra bring their blue note funk to the silver screen

For Better, Then Worse

Love, marriage, and the maddening plight of a Russian bride

Theories of the Leisure Class

The Guthrie's 'Three Sisters' turns wallowing into wonderwork

Nobody's Ugly Duckling

A postmodern choreographer gooses 'Swan Lake'

The Big Red One

The radical truth emerges in a new Hollywood history

T.B. Sheets

A Moscow Kind of Melancholy

Artists of the Year

Framed, penned, screened, danced, sung, shot, delivered: City Pages lauds the artistic creations of 1999

Left for Red

William F. Buckley rehabilitates the image of Senator McCarthy; Tony Hiss defends his family name

Send in the Clowns

You hate them. You fear them. Now, get to know your local clowns.

Insecurity Blanket

Hennepin County asks homeless men to make themselves uncomfortable

Liberating Liberace

The most fabulous musician of all time helps America see queerly in a new video collection

Back to the Future

Last Stop Shop

Even though Sullivan's New Market on West Broadway in North Minneapolis is the only grocer in the immediate area, its parking lot fills up only a couple of times a month. Aghast at what they see as Sullivan's poor customer service and substandard merchand

Let's Make a Deal

Manchild Meets Thinking Beauty: George Clooney and Nicole Kidman in The Peacemaker.

Stars and Bars

Under a new law, the INS prepares to kick out thousands of immigrants who have done nothing wrong--except play by the rules.

Red Diapers, Down Under

The End of Rita

Margarita Tolchinskaya left behind a budding professional career and a ravaged homeland when she emigrated from the former Soviet Union to join her brother in St. Paul. Three years later, she wound up dead in the back room of the family laundry where she