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New Year's

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Lagunitas and Great Waters events begin and end this week in food (and beer)

    We're feeling good about the variety of events on offer at the end of March: beer dinners and $1.50 pints blend well with detox classes and a documentary on America's young farmers. Dip your toe into the mix this week in food. 3/26 Make Monday suck less by attending the Lagunitas Beer Dinner at Ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Chassis the dog goes missing in Duluth, turns up 300 miles away near Iowa border

    Duluth News TribuneChassis (with Teresa) is apparently a bit traumatized after her 300-mile adventure.​Chassis, a one-and-a-half-year-old husky, began 2012 with the walk of a lifetime.The dog broke free from her Duluth home on New Year's Day. Last week, she turned up in Taopi, a southern Minnesota ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 25, 2012

    Get Lucky

    Duluth News TribuneChassis (with Teresa) is apparently a bit traumatized after her 300-mile adventure.​Chassis, a one-and-a-half-year-old husky, began 2012 with the walk of a lifetime.The dog broke free from her Duluth home on New Year's Day. Last week, she turned up in Taopi, a southern Minnesota ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    New Year's resolution fail: Facebook-style

    ​OMG you guys! New Year's Eve is just a few days away, and that means it's, like, totally time to hop online and let everyone know that 2012 is going to be YOUR year!Stop it. Just stop it.It's that time of the season where everyone becomes an eternal optimist, setting goals and making blanket stat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    North Star Bartenders to host Hospitality New Year's Eve Party January 8

    ​In the service industry the celebration of New Year's isn't really what it should be, even though it's a big money night for everyone on the job. You work twice as hard, and you make twice as much, but when you're done you most likely won't be in much of a mood to celebrate. If you do, that celeb ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 28, 2011

    Mystique 2012: Le Cirque

    ​In the service industry the celebration of New Year's isn't really what it should be, even though it's a big money night for everyone on the job. You work twice as hard, and you make twice as much, but when you're done you most likely won't be in much of a mood to celebrate. If you do, that celeb ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 28, 2011

    Happy Crazy New Year

    ​In the service industry the celebration of New Year's isn't really what it should be, even though it's a big money night for everyone on the job. You work twice as hard, and you make twice as much, but when you're done you most likely won't be in much of a mood to celebrate. If you do, that celeb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2011

    Man Saved by Condiments this Week in Food

    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.

  • Music

    December 14, 2011

    Twin Cities Year in Music 2011

    Howler, Astronautalis, Pink Mink, and more

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Weekend Checklist: They Might Be Giants, Lydia, Dessa, LIGHTS

    Every show this weekend is Halloween-themed...​ make sure you have a costume ready.

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Bemidji Pioneer newspaper offices shot at for the second time this year

    BotheredByBeesThe right to bear arms against a free press?​Someone really has it in for their local paper up north. Sunday morning, while employees of the Bemidji Pioneer toiled inside, someone fired shots into the front door of the paper's offices. No one was hurt, and the shooting went un ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Top 5 ways to celebrate the Chinese New Year

    Tea HouseThe Chinese New Year is a celebration of food and family​The Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in the Chinese Lunar calendar. This year it starts on Thursday, February 3. To celebrate, Chinese people often attend festivals and fireworks. But most important, they get toget ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2011

    Chinese New Year

    Tea HouseThe Chinese New Year is a celebration of food and family​The Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in the Chinese Lunar calendar. This year it starts on Thursday, February 3. To celebrate, Chinese people often attend festivals and fireworks. But most important, they get toget ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    "Eat your goddamn vegetables"

    ABCJamie Oliver encourages kids to be friends with vegetables​If one of your New Year's resolutions is to eat more vegetables, congratulations on making such an important decision. Your committment can improve your health and help you lose weight. Still, changing eating habits can be difficu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    200 cows drop dead on Wisconsin farm

    Martin CathraeWhy did 200 cows drop dead on a Wisconsin farm?​Add this to the list of spooky animal deaths this month: 200 cows have up and died of causes unknown in Stockton, Wis. There's also no explanation yet as to why thousands of blackbirds fell dead out of the sky in Arkansas on New Year's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Refunds issued for Thrifty Hipster NYE party

    Refunds arrive for Thrifty Hipster Matthew Dowgwillo's angry guests.​After nearly two weeks of outcry, incensed guests of Thrifty Hipster's "Shanghaied" New Year's Eve party are getting refunds. Several party-goers who complained to City Pages about long lines, no booze and missing entertainment ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2011

    Northstar RollerGirls

    Refunds arrive for Thrifty Hipster Matthew Dowgwillo's angry guests.​After nearly two weeks of outcry, incensed guests of Thrifty Hipster's "Shanghaied" New Year's Eve party are getting refunds. Several party-goers who complained to City Pages about long lines, no booze and missing entertainment ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Whisky Park throws "Did You Get Shanghaied?" NYE do-over party

    Whisky Park wants to un-Shanghaied you.​Whisky Park owners Phil Immerman and Gene Suh heard about the catastrophic Thrifty Hipster-sponsored New Year's Eve party from patrons griping at their happy hour. "We just heard everything that happened," says Immerman. "New Year's was such a fun time ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2011

    Dating for Nerds' New Years Resolutions Party

    Whisky Park wants to un-Shanghaied you.​Whisky Park owners Phil Immerman and Gene Suh heard about the catastrophic Thrifty Hipster-sponsored New Year's Eve party from patrons griping at their happy hour. "We just heard everything that happened," says Immerman. "New Year's was such a fun time ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    OM closed, owner Vikram Uppal mum on "Shanghaied" NYE party debacle

    In the aftermath of a truly terrible New Year's party, OM is closed.​In the wake of a disastrous New Year's Eve party hosted by Thrifty Hipster's Matthew Dowgwillo, it has become clear that OM -- the party's original venue -- has closed. Owner Vikram Uppal had been silent as to the status of his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Top 5 New Year's Day breakfasts to mop up booze

    Lisa GulyaThe Frenchest of toasts at Grand Cafe​You can't find your phone. You've got an epic headache. You aren't quite sure how you got home. And that might be your creepy neighbor passed out on your couch. No worries: You can wipe away all the errors of your New Year's Eve with a hearty New ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Top 5 hangover cures for New Year's Day

    Hair of the dog​Sure, we could point out that the best way to cure a hangover is to not get one in the first place. But it's New Year's, so who are we kidding? Here are our top five methods for not spending New Year's Day in the hangover hurtbox.

  • Calendar

    December 29, 2010

    Shockarama Theater Volume 1

    Hair of the dog​Sure, we could point out that the best way to cure a hangover is to not get one in the first place. But it's New Year's, so who are we kidding? Here are our top five methods for not spending New Year's Day in the hangover hurtbox.

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    New Year's Eve dining

    Where will you ring in the New Year? ​Made your New Year's Eve plans yet, or are you procrastinating? If you caught yesterday's Week in Food post, you already heard about a couple of options: Tour de Farm hosts its final meal of 2010 in a heated, hundred-year-old barn at Star Thrower Farm in G ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Azian Kitchen, Cosmos & more: Your best bests for dining on Christmas

    Kikugawa and Seven are two places you can get your sushi fix on Christmas Day.​We know that most of the world grinds to a well-deserved halt on Christmas Day--shops close, the mail stops, and everyone cuddles up by the fireplace and plays Scrabble while snow gently falls outside and Bing Cros ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 24, 2010

    Wells Fargo Winter Skate

    Kikugawa and Seven are two places you can get your sushi fix on Christmas Day.​We know that most of the world grinds to a well-deserved halt on Christmas Day--shops close, the mail stops, and everyone cuddles up by the fireplace and plays Scrabble while snow gently falls outside and Bing Cros ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2010

    Do It Green! Minnesota’s 5th Annual Green Gifts Fair

    Kikugawa and Seven are two places you can get your sushi fix on Christmas Day.​We know that most of the world grinds to a well-deserved halt on Christmas Day--shops close, the mail stops, and everyone cuddles up by the fireplace and plays Scrabble while snow gently falls outside and Bing Cros ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    The Week That Was: Jacko posthumous, Girl Talk is back, spectre of Cher somehow inescapable

    ​We adjusted the clocks. We became a little leerier about dropping by UPS and Fed-Ex locations. We got a little more excited about Jay-Z's Decoded. We got all indignant about Wal-Mart playing "Little Drummer Boy" over the PA system. We bundled up, shivered. This is the first week of November, as r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Melanie Dushane attacks drive-thru workers over McNuggets on video

    A surveillance camera at a McDonalds in Toledo, Ohio captured 24 year old Melanie Dushane having a rage-out after workers told her they could not sell her McNuggets last New Year's Day. Before slamming the window, which Dushane later broke, one McDonad's employee is seen grabbing the furious Dushan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Nonna Rosa's: Coming Soon

    ​Robbinsdale's best-known restaurant, Thistles, closed on New Year's Eve 2009. Very soon, the owners promise, an authentic Italian restaurant, Nonna Rosa's, will take its place at 4148 West Broadway. Nonna Rosa's is named after chef and co-owner Francesco Suglia's mother, Rosa, and he'll be ru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    Gimme Shelter countdown: 5 days

    As our Haiti benefits looms, we take a moment to reflect on one of our co-headliners, Mark Mallman.

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2010

    Carnival China Style: 2010 Chinese New Year

    As our Haiti benefits looms, we take a moment to reflect on one of our co-headliners, Mark Mallman.

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2010

    Sample Night Live

    As our Haiti benefits looms, we take a moment to reflect on one of our co-headliners, Mark Mallman.

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    New Year's Eve 2010 concert guide

    The best of the best music events for December 31.

  • Music

    December 30, 2009

    Mark Mallman, Wookiefoot, and more

    The best of the best music events for December 31.

  • Calendar

    December 30, 2009

    The Scrimshaw Brothers' New Year's Eve Comedy Workout

    The best of the best music events for December 31.

  • Calendar

    December 30, 2009

    New Year's Eve Extravaganza

    The best of the best music events for December 31.

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Estate release new song and video

    Watch this great retro video for "In the Red."

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Freeloader New Year's Eve

    Screw that $100 cover charge. These parties are free.

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    George Jones says call a cab or ride a lawn mower

    Not that it's ever a good time, but now's an especially bad time to pull back one too many at your local saloon then crawl on to your riding lawn mower to mosey on home.

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Free Ticket Tuesday: Win tickets to New Year's Eve at Sauce

    Want to ring in the New Year with Lookbook, Estate, Gigamesh, and more? Play today at 2 p.m.

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2009

    9th Annual Schwan Cup Hockey Tournament

    Want to ring in the New Year with Lookbook, Estate, Gigamesh, and more? Play today at 2 p.m.

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Mark Mallman releases Cure cover for New Year's Eve show

    In anticipation for his annual NYE extravaganza, Mallman is releasing a cover he made with a few of his musical friends.

  • Calendar

    December 31, 2008

    Worst Bands of 2008 Showcase

    In anticipation for his annual NYE extravaganza, Mallman is releasing a cover he made with a few of his musical friends.

  • Calendar

    December 31, 2008

    2K9 Black & White Ball

    In anticipation for his annual NYE extravaganza, Mallman is releasing a cover he made with a few of his musical friends.

  • Calendar

    December 24, 2008

    Schwan Cup Hockey Tournament

    In anticipation for his annual NYE extravaganza, Mallman is releasing a cover he made with a few of his musical friends.

  • Calendar

    November 26, 2008

    Hmong New Year

    In anticipation for his annual NYE extravaganza, Mallman is releasing a cover he made with a few of his musical friends.

  • Calendar

    December 26, 2007

    New Year's Eve Party

    In anticipation for his annual NYE extravaganza, Mallman is releasing a cover he made with a few of his musical friends.

  • Calendar

    October 3, 2007

    Midtown Yoga Festival

    In anticipation for his annual NYE extravaganza, Mallman is releasing a cover he made with a few of his musical friends.

  • Restaurants

    December 8, 1999

    Mercado Forces

    In anticipation for his annual NYE extravaganza, Mallman is releasing a cover he made with a few of his musical friends.

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