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Grace Weber divulges on Adele, hipsters, and the Midwest

​Success and humility are not synonymous when it comes to many artists, but with  up-and-coming Milwaukee singer/songwriter, Grace Weber, you can bet it is.  Making Brooklyn, New York her home after finishing school at NYU, Grace exclaims, "Coming home to the Midwest is like getting a ... More >>

Donald Glover

​Success and humility are not synonymous when it comes to many artists, but with  up-and-coming Milwaukee singer/songwriter, Grace Weber, you can bet it is.  Making Brooklyn, New York her home after finishing school at NYU, Grace exclaims, "Coming home to the Midwest is like getting a ... More >>

McDonald's marketing called out in national ad campaign

Health practitioners are asking McD's to get rid of this guy.​This week's print edition of City Pages includes a full-page ad in which 550 health professionals and health organizations ask McDonald's to retire Ronald McDonald and stop marking unhealthy food to kids. The letter, which is also ... More >>

Mary Kiffmeyer introduces voter ID constitutional amendment

Mary Kiffmeyer wants to see some ID. Now.​Republicans in the Legislature keep promoting solutions that are in search of problems. Today's example: Minnesotans in 2012 are very likely going to to be asked to amend the state constitution so that it requires voters to show proof of identification ... More >>

Alex Pareene on leaving Gawker: "Gawker isn't taken seriously"

YouTubeAlex Pareene sans regrets.​Alex Pareene was blogging prolifically from his NYU dorm before anyone was paying him to do so, often about hating other NYU students and occasionally about his hometown, Minneapolis. Then like a fairy blogmother, Gawker owner Nick Denton whisked him away to ... More >>

Bed Intruder sung a capella: Hide your ears, hide your eyes

​I suppose we have Glee to thank for this. With our country's next generation of over-enthusiastic choir kids flying into overdrive, the internet has become inundated with videos of young men and women performing their best a capella renditions of everything from Nintendo theme songs to Gaga hits. ... More >>

An Immigrant's Heart

To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

Weekend movie guide: See it or flee it?

You've got 10 bucks and two hours, and you don't want to waste any of it. We can help.

Road Kill

On the Information Superhighway

American Idol's Carlson just a good Midwestern gal

University of Minnesota student and Minnesota native Casey Carlson has only had a couple minutes in the spotlight in this season of American Idol, but fan sites have exploded and the buzz just won't quiet down.

Should MN adopt a soda sin tax?

The power of pop

The Brooklyn-based XYZ Affair play pop music unironically

Bedside nursing, firearms and doll repair: welcome to the Reanimation Library.

The Brooklyn-based XYZ Affair play pop music unironically

The Princess and the Submissive

A new documentary short delves into the world of two bondage models

M.I.A. Comes Back With Power: Review by Sarah Askari

A new documentary short delves into the world of two bondage models

Tonsil Hockey

Puckish Hockey Night frontman Paul Sprangers opens up

The Macedonian Candidate

Oliver Stone can't revise the history of another fortunate son

Leaves of Ass

Why won't anyone finish publishing Walt Whitman's letters?

De La Soul: Our Crew Could Be Your Life

Why won't anyone finish publishing Walt Whitman's letters?

The Band Who Wasn't There

Interpol take a cipher of meaning and fill it up with sound

Those People Are Us

Mizna's Arab Film Fest at Intermedia Arts brings the other home

Coming Soon To Nowhere

The kids stay out of the picture--blessedly--in 'Film School'

The Accidental Tourist

Surveying China with Hero cinematographer Christopher Doyle

Celebrity Death Match

TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe takes on Trump and Bush

Bright Lights, Big Cello

Michelle Kinney followed the musical avant-garde to New York--and back again.

Glomming the Cube

Hollywood slams skate culture in 'Grind'

The Birch is Back

Cabaret chameleon Melissa Birch takes the kind of performance risks that can come back to bite you in the ass--literally.

Straight Outta Academe

A hip-hop exhibit bridges the gap between the dis and the dissertation

Loony Tunes

Strange musicals about black birds and black skin

Zooropa

The Animal Collective get intimate with their audience

Movie Matters

After September 11: Projecting the future of entertainment at the New York Film Festival

Something Mild

Jump Tomorrow's retro-screwball is soft but sweet

Of Human Bondage

Wang Ping's personal study on Chinese foot binding reflects on the pain of freedom

Love and Boxing

Wang Ping's personal study on Chinese foot binding reflects on the pain of freedom

Beyond Borders

A new documentary chronicles the underground life of New York's street book vendors

Butt Ugly

Minnesota's deal with Big Tobacco was supposed to be worth $6 billion. But what if the golden goose lays an egg?

Commanding Cinema

Krzysztof Kieslowski's The Decalogue is a must-see epic of moral dilemmas

Fall Time

Krzysztof Kieslowski's The Decalogue is a must-see epic of moral dilemmas

Manhattan Transfer

Krzysztof Kieslowski's The Decalogue is a must-see epic of moral dilemmas

Short Cuts

A local showcase of short student films exposes the long road of working in celluloid

Julian Dibbell: My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World

A local showcase of short student films exposes the long road of working in celluloid

Built for Speed

A local showcase of short student films exposes the long road of working in celluloid

From Minneapolis to Mali

A local showcase of short student films exposes the long road of working in celluloid

Arthur Golden: Memoirs of a Geisha

A local showcase of short student films exposes the long road of working in celluloid

No Sweat

A local showcase of short student films exposes the long road of working in celluloid

Washed Up

It's been two years since local attorney Jim Moon vanished. His insurers want to close the case

Yesterday, Tomorrow

Why She Had To Go, I Don't Know, I Couldn't Say: Yesterday leaves the Bryant-Lake Bowl

gURL website

Why She Had To Go, I Don't Know, I Couldn't Say: Yesterday leaves the Bryant-Lake Bowl

The Dollmaker

Why She Had To Go, I Don't Know, I Couldn't Say: Yesterday leaves the Bryant-Lake Bowl

Top 10 Films

Why She Had To Go, I Don't Know, I Couldn't Say: Yesterday leaves the Bryant-Lake Bowl