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SXSW announces first 2012 showcasing bands, including Minneapolitans Howler

​Oh lordy. It isn't time to think about SXSW already, is it? It seem like all that long ago that Minneapolis bands were swarming the streets of Austin, Texas in search of free beer and food trucks, and when Gimme Noise threw our first-ever Minnesota music showcase with First Avenue.But according t ... More >>

Ryan Adams will wrap up new tour in Minneapolis

​Ever the unpredictable artist, Ryan Adams will re-emerge this fall for his first tour since declaring he was supposedly quitting music (or at least, quitting touring with the Cardinals) back in 2009. With a new solo album, Ashes & Fire, out October 10, Ryan will depart on a West Coast tour in ... More >>

Marcus Bachmann got $6,230 in gas money during Michele's congressional campaign

Marcus racked up miles at an unbelievable rate in 2006.​Marcus Bachmann got $6,230 in gas money at the end of Michele Bachmann's 2006 campaign for the U.S. House. Not only is that a lot of miles, but it might have violated Federal Election Commission rules, the Daily Caller reports. With the reimb ... More >>

Wisconsin unions: The movie [VIDEO OF THE DAY]

A Wisconsin public employee makes his case.​We've seen a lot of news coverage out of Madison these past few weeks, but this is different. It's calm. Filmmaker Paul Iannacchino stood back from the craziness that's engulfed the Capitol, put his camera on a tripod, and asked people protesting Go ... More >>

Waste Land

Lagoon Cinema, starts Friday

Oss 117: Lost in Rio

Lagoon Cinema, starts Friday

Spree the socially awkward dolphin ships out

Photo courtesy of the Minnesota ZooSpree's off to Chicago​No mom around for guidance. Tough guys leading her astray. Not playing nice with the other girls. Yes, it was time for Spree, the Minnesota Zoo's socially awkward bottlenose dolphin, to get a change of scene. She's off to the Brookfie ... More >>

Fashionably dancing: Carl Atiya Swanson reviews the ARENA Bikini fundraiser

Photo courtesy of the Minnesota ZooSpree's off to Chicago​No mom around for guidance. Tough guys leading her astray. Not playing nice with the other girls. Yes, it was time for Spree, the Minnesota Zoo's socially awkward bottlenose dolphin, to get a change of scene. She's off to the Brookfie ... More >>

Carnaval Brasileiro

Photo courtesy of the Minnesota ZooSpree's off to Chicago​No mom around for guidance. Tough guys leading her astray. Not playing nice with the other girls. Yes, it was time for Spree, the Minnesota Zoo's socially awkward bottlenose dolphin, to get a change of scene. She's off to the Brookfie ... More >>

Free Will Astrology

Photo courtesy of the Minnesota ZooSpree's off to Chicago​No mom around for guidance. Tough guys leading her astray. Not playing nice with the other girls. Yes, it was time for Spree, the Minnesota Zoo's socially awkward bottlenose dolphin, to get a change of scene. She's off to the Brookfie ... More >>

Mardi Gras in Minneapolis and St. Paul

Photo courtesy of the Minnesota ZooSpree's off to Chicago​No mom around for guidance. Tough guys leading her astray. Not playing nice with the other girls. Yes, it was time for Spree, the Minnesota Zoo's socially awkward bottlenose dolphin, to get a change of scene. She's off to the Brookfie ... More >>

Sweet Sixteen

Beautiful (mostly) and all yours, our sneek peek at the 6th Annual 'Sound Unseen'

Take Two and Call Him

A conversation with Fernando Meirelles, director of The Constant Gardener and City of God

Red Headed Stranger

Mild-mannered singer-songwriter Ryan Lee's clanging pop

Film Fest Coverage II: The Sequel

The M-SPIFF's second week brings 'The World' and more

Various Artists: Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats

The M-SPIFF's second week brings 'The World' and more

Let It Bleed

'Bus 174' rolls up a news vehicle of white bronco proportions

The Year in Film

Four critics pick 40 or so favorites--and fail to agree on a single one

The Child Hatchery

In South Minneapolis, a last remnant of Dr. Martin Couney's freak show preemies

Far Away, So Close

With lusty seniors in Rio and hard-driving cabbies in Lima, filmmaker Heddy Honigmann makes her home in the world

Reel Two

The Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival spins into its second week

The Voice of Brazil

The Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival spins into its second week

Pictures for the People

A series at the Walker reveals the revolutionary power of Brazil's Cinema Novo

Pop Will Eat Itself

On the eve of his first American tour, Brazilian cut-up artist Tom Zé talks about Tropicália and its cultural remixes

From Minneapolis to Mali

On the eve of his first American tour, Brazilian cut-up artist Tom Zé talks about Tropicália and its cultural remixes

SOUL HITS

On the eve of his first American tour, Brazilian cut-up artist Tom Zé talks about Tropicália and its cultural remixes