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South America

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Brie Roland on the new Harriet Brasserie, coming soon to Linden Hillsve Questions

    Harriet Brasserie is coming to Linden Hills. The new restaurant will be housed in an old firehouse and will focus on dishes that are multicultural in influence and locally farmed. The owners of the Harriet Brasserie, Alain Lenne, Helen Hamman, and Fernando Silvo, who will also serve as executiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    10,000 Licks' Sarah Newberry: Five Questions

    Even though summertime food in Minnesota is all about fried stuff, things on sticks, and treats by the bucket, on the hottest and stickiest days, after you've plucked the last greasy cheese curd from its paper tray, there's just one iconic treat that refreshes as much as it delights: a good old-fash ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 29, 2012

    Galactic / The Soul Rebels

    Even though summertime food in Minnesota is all about fried stuff, things on sticks, and treats by the bucket, on the hottest and stickiest days, after you've plucked the last greasy cheese curd from its paper tray, there's just one iconic treat that refreshes as much as it delights: a good old-fash ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 9, 2011

    Beauty School Drop Outs

    Even though summertime food in Minnesota is all about fried stuff, things on sticks, and treats by the bucket, on the hottest and stickiest days, after you've plucked the last greasy cheese curd from its paper tray, there's just one iconic treat that refreshes as much as it delights: a good old-fash ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    CSS's Lovefoxxx and Ana Rezende talk tattoos, TV, and fitting the whole band in a queen-size bed

    Photos by Erik HessCSS at First Avenue in May 2011​Brazilian disco-punks CSS are a very charismatic band. They all have hip haircuts, cool tattoos and adorable Portuguese accents. Even if you didn't know who they were and you were sitting by them at a restaurant, you'd eavesdrop on their conversat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Michele Bachmann, congresswoman, spotted at U.S. Capitol

    Michele Bachmann: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can someone help me find my office?"​Michele Bachmann used to be a United States Congresslady, at least that's what her official presidential biography claims. In fact, if you invoke the ancient rules of the House of Representatives, Bachmann is technical ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 28, 2011

    Manhattan Short Film Festival

    Michele Bachmann: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can someone help me find my office?"​Michele Bachmann used to be a United States Congresslady, at least that's what her official presidential biography claims. In fact, if you invoke the ancient rules of the House of Representatives, Bachmann is technical ... More >>

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    September 21, 2011

    Bomba Estereo, Joaquin Diaz

    Michele Bachmann: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can someone help me find my office?"​Michele Bachmann used to be a United States Congresslady, at least that's what her official presidential biography claims. In fact, if you invoke the ancient rules of the House of Representatives, Bachmann is technical ... More >>

  • Music

    July 13, 2011

    5ingles

    Michele Bachmann: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can someone help me find my office?"​Michele Bachmann used to be a United States Congresslady, at least that's what her official presidential biography claims. In fact, if you invoke the ancient rules of the House of Representatives, Bachmann is technical ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    National Geographic names Minneapolis a Top 10 summer trip

    thrill to thrillSince we're on the list, can we just stay put this summer? Gas isn't cheap, ya know.​If you were going to take one awesome trip this summer, where would you go? The remote mountains and ocean cliffs of Patagonia? The picture postcard perfect islands of the Stockholm Archipelago ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    The Best of the Hot Dish, February 14-18, 2011

    Newsy, but choosy​This week at the Hot Dish was chock full of straight-up restaurant happenings--the comings, the goings, the James Beard Awards, and more. The Hot Dish presents this week in foodie news:The James Beard Award semi-finalists were announced and also Food and Wine nominated four local ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Mpls St. Paul 2011 Winter Restaurant Week approaches

    Thom Pham's Wondrous Azian Kitchen is a new participant in Restaurant Week this year​By now Restaurant Week might be starting to feel a bit like that song you used to love until the Current started playing it every hour on the hour. The once novel and rare weeklong orgy of cheap meals at hig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    RIP Favor cafe, "Brasa Viva Brazil" coming soon

    Out: soul food. In: South American fare. ​From the cleared-out looks of things, the low-profile soul food spot at Lake and Bryant, Favor Cafe, has fried its last piece of chicken. Even though #913 is prime real estate, the space has struggled to sustain restaurants--it also housed the no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Rev. William Felix predicts God's wrath for church collection robber

    "You will not enter the kingdom of God until you repay the last penny."​Woe betide the robber who broke into St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Chippewa Falls and made off with tens of thousands of dollars in Christmas service donations, says the Rev. William Felix.

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Toast the New Year with beer

    Deus Brut des Flandres--one of several beers made like champagne!​New Years Eve is a night for frivolity and toasts. Effervescent festivities call for an equally effervescent beverage. For most this means champagne. But many, like me, aren't so keen on the vinous variety of bubbly. We would pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Om features contortionists and an ice dragon luge this Week in Food.

    George Eastman HouseOm rings in the New Year with contortionists. ​Roll into 2011 in style--poppin' bubbly with the Saints on an ice dragon luge. We've got all that and more this Week in Food. Monday 12/27 Before you pack up the tree and tinsel, take some time out for a spot of holiday tea. The ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 8, 2010

    Dosh

    George Eastman HouseOm rings in the New Year with contortionists. ​Roll into 2011 in style--poppin' bubbly with the Saints on an ice dragon luge. We've got all that and more this Week in Food. Monday 12/27 Before you pack up the tree and tinsel, take some time out for a spot of holiday tea. The ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2010

    Zenon Dance Company: Women Choreographers of the Americas

    George Eastman HouseOm rings in the New Year with contortionists. ​Roll into 2011 in style--poppin' bubbly with the Saints on an ice dragon luge. We've got all that and more this Week in Food. Monday 12/27 Before you pack up the tree and tinsel, take some time out for a spot of holiday tea. The ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2010

    Os Mutantes

    George Eastman HouseOm rings in the New Year with contortionists. ​Roll into 2011 in style--poppin' bubbly with the Saints on an ice dragon luge. We've got all that and more this Week in Food. Monday 12/27 Before you pack up the tree and tinsel, take some time out for a spot of holiday tea. The ... More >>

  • Arts

    October 13, 2010

    Evita at the Ordway's McKnight Theatre

    Play finds heart under the layers of dross

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2010

    Chocolate

    Play finds heart under the layers of dross

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    A great wine club for free

    Mike ThomasThomas Liquors Wine Education series​There are several wine clubs in the Twin Cities, though many are more focused on socializing than on pouring wines with any character or providing educational instruction. But one very good wine club is offering you a chance to learn about South ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Stub & Herb's is going loco for local beer

    ​In a move that may ruffle some feathers, Stub & Herb's has announced that they are choosing to abandon many of their popular out-of-state beers, and instead shift to a hardcore focus on local brews. News broke from the horse's mouth on the message boards over at beeradvocate.com:

  • Calendar

    August 11, 2010

    Los Hombres Calientes

    ​In a move that may ruffle some feathers, Stub & Herb's has announced that they are choosing to abandon many of their popular out-of-state beers, and instead shift to a hardcore focus on local brews. News broke from the horse's mouth on the message boards over at beeradvocate.com:

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Buffalo Moon brings samba soul to the Cedar tonight

    Photo from Radio K​This weather is reminding me a lot of being back home in Texas. With heat indices hitting 110 degrees yesterday, there's no better way to (slightly) cool down than with a nice, chilled drink on the Cedar Cultural Center's patio while rising local band Buffalo Moon belt out their ... More >>

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    July 14, 2010

    Lizz Wright and Evan Christopher

    Photo from Radio K​This weather is reminding me a lot of being back home in Texas. With heat indices hitting 110 degrees yesterday, there's no better way to (slightly) cool down than with a nice, chilled drink on the Cedar Cultural Center's patio while rising local band Buffalo Moon belt out their ... More >>

  • Movies

    June 23, 2010

    Oss 117: Lost in Rio

    Photo from Radio K​This weather is reminding me a lot of being back home in Texas. With heat indices hitting 110 degrees yesterday, there's no better way to (slightly) cool down than with a nice, chilled drink on the Cedar Cultural Center's patio while rising local band Buffalo Moon belt out their ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 16, 2010

    Everything: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1980-2008

    Photo from Radio K​This weather is reminding me a lot of being back home in Texas. With heat indices hitting 110 degrees yesterday, there's no better way to (slightly) cool down than with a nice, chilled drink on the Cedar Cultural Center's patio while rising local band Buffalo Moon belt out their ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    That blows: Coke tainted with anti-worm medicine could kill

    Via WikipediaSeeing isn't believing​Your day maybe done and you may want to ride on, but you may want to put down the razor blade and step away from the mirror. The cocaine running around your brain these days is increasingly diluted at its production point with something called Levamisole -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Surdyk's sale begins today: Here are 5 recommendations

    tsuacctnt / Flickr​Surdyk's is a Twin Cities institution and has been serving consumers since 1934. Today through Saturday, Surdyk's Heart Healthy Sale is offering 20 percent off all of its wines. In 1979 Surdyk's moved to its current Northeast location and over the years expanded its busine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Tommy Stinson closing in on second solo record

    ​Tommy Stinson is 43 years old. He's been playing music for 32 of those years. He's been in Guns 'N Roses for 12 years.  He's supposedly been working on material with Paul Westerberg for two-plus years (whether those fuck-arounds will see the light of day is dependent on so many globules of m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Festival of Nations starts today

    ​What kind of food do you feel like eating this weekend? Chinese? Italian? How about Nepalese, Cambodian, Mexican, Somali, Dutch, Egyptian, Filipino, Turkish, Ukrainian, or Polish? Actually, you can sample all of the above and more at this weekend's Festival of Nations, the international food ... More >>

  • News

    April 28, 2010

    The Crucifixion of Juarez

    On the front line of the U.S. war on drugs, a Mexican city bleeds to death

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Vampire Hands and Daughters of the Sun announce 7-inch and spring tour

    Photo by Nikki Miller​Two popular local psych rock bands, Vampire Hands and Daughters of the Sun, are preparing to leave on a massive month and a half tour of the US. The two bands are also getting ready to release a split 7-inch (preview the first track on the Modern Radio site), which will drop ... More >>

  • Music

    March 31, 2010

    Spoon and Deerhunter, Flying Lotus, and more

    Photo by Nikki Miller​Two popular local psych rock bands, Vampire Hands and Daughters of the Sun, are preparing to leave on a massive month and a half tour of the US. The two bands are also getting ready to release a split 7-inch (preview the first track on the Modern Radio site), which will drop ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2010

    Larry Coryell & Bombay Jazz

    Photo by Nikki Miller​Two popular local psych rock bands, Vampire Hands and Daughters of the Sun, are preparing to leave on a massive month and a half tour of the US. The two bands are also getting ready to release a split 7-inch (preview the first track on the Modern Radio site), which will drop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Vacationing family's house transforms into icicle

    While in Brazil for a month, the house filled up with water, subsequently turning it into an ice palace not unlike Superman's Fortress of Solitude.

  • Calendar

    September 23, 2009

    Os Mutantes

    While in Brazil for a month, the house filled up with water, subsequently turning it into an ice palace not unlike Superman's Fortress of Solitude.

  • Calendar

    December 24, 2008

    The Bad Plus

    While in Brazil for a month, the house filled up with water, subsequently turning it into an ice palace not unlike Superman's Fortress of Solitude.

  • Calendar

    May 7, 2008

    The Avett Brothers; Jessica Lea Mayfield

    While in Brazil for a month, the house filled up with water, subsequently turning it into an ice palace not unlike Superman's Fortress of Solitude.

  • Calendar

    April 16, 2008

    Zenon's 25th Anniversary Spring Program

    While in Brazil for a month, the house filled up with water, subsequently turning it into an ice palace not unlike Superman's Fortress of Solitude.

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2008

    The Birth of Coffee

    While in Brazil for a month, the house filled up with water, subsequently turning it into an ice palace not unlike Superman's Fortress of Solitude.

  • Calendar

    December 19, 2007

    Peter Ostroushko: A Heartland Holiday Concert

    While in Brazil for a month, the house filled up with water, subsequently turning it into an ice palace not unlike Superman's Fortress of Solitude.

  • Calendar

    December 5, 2007

    Naomi Klein

    While in Brazil for a month, the house filled up with water, subsequently turning it into an ice palace not unlike Superman's Fortress of Solitude.

  • Calendar

    November 21, 2007

    Alec Soth: Dog Days, Bogota

    While in Brazil for a month, the house filled up with water, subsequently turning it into an ice palace not unlike Superman's Fortress of Solitude.

  • Calendar

    October 24, 2007

    Dia De Los Muertos

    While in Brazil for a month, the house filled up with water, subsequently turning it into an ice palace not unlike Superman's Fortress of Solitude.

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2006

    10/13 Morning Communiqué

    While in Brazil for a month, the house filled up with water, subsequently turning it into an ice palace not unlike Superman's Fortress of Solitude.

  • News

    August 13, 2003

    Grandpa Goes to Grenada

    America is no place for the old. Then there's Mexico.

  • Restaurants

    July 17, 2002

    Tablehopping

    America is no place for the old. Then there's Mexico.

  • Restaurants

    June 26, 2002

    Magic Bean Stocks

    The enlightened self-interest of brewing a great cup of coffee

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