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  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Friends Like These announce reunion show, remastered album

    ​There's something oddly appropriate about the first Friends Like These show in several years happening on Friday the 13th.

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Asian invasion: Silver carp DNA found in St. Croix River

    WikipediaSilver carp: If you see this, it's already too late.​The apocalypse is nearly upon us, bio-spherically speaking. The leaping, terrifying, invasive Asian Carp has reached the St. Croix River. The invasion was announced this afternoon by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Restaurant Roll Call, 2010

    The first new restaurant of 2011 opened January 1, a Fridley outpost of the Himalayan Restaurant.​When one restaurant closes...another two or three seem to immediately replace it. In 2010, we lost several eateries that we'll dearly miss, as well as a few we probably won't. Here's a rundown of ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Month in Review: Open, Closed, Coming Soon October '10

    Tons of restaurant openings took place last month.​OPEN The Hanger Room, Willernie Poor Richard's Commonhouse (formerly Majors), Bloomington Burkhara Indian Bistro, Wayzata Gorkha Palace, Minneapolis Rice Paper, Edina Darbar Indian Grill, Minneapolis (former Indio) BLVD Kitchen and Bar, Minnet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    The Boxcar closes after dispute with landlord

    Robert MeyerThe bar at The Boxcar.​Musician-restaurateur Johnny Solomon hit a rough patch lately, between a recent hospitalization and subsequent eviction from his home and business, the Boxcar, in Prescott, Wisconsin. The Hot Dish caught up with the Communist Daughter front man by phone as he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Communist Daughter prepare for Loring Park show

    Photo by Ben Clark​We're gearing up for the first installment of "4 Nights in Loring: Local Bands, Local Films," which kicks off tomorrow night in Loring Park with a performance by Communist Daughter and a screening of the film Raising Arizona. For those who haven't seen Communist Daughter, here's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Four Nights in Loring: Local Bands, Local Films lineup unveiled

    ​With the first event less than a week away, we are bursting at the seams to let you know who is performing and which movies are being screened at "Four Nights in Loring: Local Bands, Local Films," this year's free music and movie event in Loring Park. Music performances start at 7 p.m. each night ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2010

    Communist Daughter perform for City of Music

    ​For this week's City of Music session, MPLS.TV ventured out to Prescott, Wisconsin to hang with Communist Daughter. The video was filmed on the roof of the Boxcar, the restaurant lead singer Johnny Solomon owns (and which we wrote about in our feature of the band earlier this year). "We got set u ... More >>

  • Restaurants

    April 28, 2010

    The Boxcar and Schumacher's Grill 212

    Restaurants worth the road trip

  • Music

    March 31, 2010

    Communist Daughter frontman Johnny Solomon finds small-town sound

    Band practices in Solomon's Boxcar restaurant in Wisconsin

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Communist Daughter, Fifth Element's open-mic night featured in this week's paper

    Photo by Ben ClarkCommunist Daughter​We're entering a season of local CD releases, so prepared to be inundated over the next few weeks as we make our way through all the great local albums coming out this April. This week, we drove down to Prescott, Wisconsin to hang out with Johnny Solomon and hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Michele Bachmann wants St. Croix River cut from Wild and Scenic Rivers protection

    She supports a monster, $668.5 million bridge span built to divert traffic away from Stillwater and its aging lift bridge.

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Bad meat and country crossovers got me down

    News of country crossovers has me down, as does the food poisoning which has beset me since I ate some venison from a November '06 hunt (bad idea, folks).

  • News

    July 11, 2001

    House Divided

    God told Pastor Bruce King to lead Shepherd of the Valley back to the path of righteousness. His flock didn't want to go there.

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