Ukraine

Heiruspecs Holiday Classic, Concrete Blonde, and more

Peter Ostroushko's Holiday Show

Vin Weber, senior Romney adviser, under fire for controversial Ukraine lobbying

Former Minnesota Congressman Vin Weber has had quite the career as a "revolving-door" D.C. lobbyist. But as one of Mitt Romney senior foreign-policy advisers, he's now under scrutiny for being a registered lobbyist for the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine.The ECFMU was founded in January by a se ... More >>

Neil Diamond at Xcel Energy Center, 7/11/12

See Also: Slideshow: Neil Diamond at Xcel Energy CenterNeil DiamondXcel Energy Center, St. PaulWednesday, July 11, 2012With the spate of festival and concert cancellations announced over the last few days (even you, Hoobastank?!), it certainly was nice to have a sure thing to depend on Wednesday nig ... More >>

MSPIFF 2012: Reviews

Headshot, Unforgivable, Natural Selection, and more

Igor Vovkovinskiy, America's tallest man, lives in Rochester, can't find shoes

​Being the tallest man in America isn't as fun as you might imagine.'If I were that tall,' you might be thinking, 'I'd surely make a fortune playing basketball.' But it's impossible to play basketball when your feet, clad with ill-fitting shoes, are unable to support 7'8" worth of girth.That's the ... More >>

Michele Bachmann named 50th hottest woman in politics by sexist men's mag

Michele Bachmann: Hot?​Michele Bachmann was named the 50th hottest woman in politics by Complex magazine yesterday, joining a distinguished class of objectified politicians from around the globe. Sexist though the magazine's list is, Complex tries its best to offer salient political commentar ... More >>

American Idol losers and their Nudie Suits

​I just watched seven minutes and 52 seconds of American Idol. By my count, that's 472 seconds I'll never get back. Your turn.

Mapping the world's drunkest countries

Can American beer drinkers best the Germans? ​Wonder how your beer consumption compares to those of your counterparts in Belgium or Burkina Faso? The World Heath Organization recently released its comprehensive Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health (2011), which revealed some interesting ... More >>

Peace activists protest FBI investigation

Protesters called out the FBI yesterday for its investigation into local anti-war groups.​More than 100 people swarmed the sidewalk in front of the Federal Building in Minneapolis Tuesday evening to protest the grand jury investigation into local anti-war groups. Waving signs that read "Opposing ... More >>

The Hanger Room reinvents the small-town steak house

Kill the baked potato

Kramarczuk's Kielbasa Festival

Kill the baked potato

Top 5 vodkas--chosen by a Russian guy

Our Russian guy: Jacob Tselniker of Continental Liquors​ It is said that the Russian word for water--voda--is the root of the word vodka, so this tells you a little about how Russians feel about the stuff. Russia vodka production is said to date back to somewhere between the 9th and 12th cent ... More >>

Mischke Show Notes: Dec. 16, 2009

Join the conversation with T.D. Mischke on today's 'In The Stream' live from 2 - 3:30 p.m.

Celtics, KG escape Minneapolis scathed

The Wolves lose 92-90. They tried real, real hard though.

Obama's biggest fan: Rochester's Igor Vovkovinskiy

When President Obama spoke at the Target Center in Minneapolis Saturday, one supporter in the crowd got one heck of a shoutout. So who is this guy?

International Christmas Festival

When President Obama spoke at the Target Center in Minneapolis Saturday, one supporter in the crowd got one heck of a shoutout. So who is this guy?

Karolina Karlic

When President Obama spoke at the Target Center in Minneapolis Saturday, one supporter in the crowd got one heck of a shoutout. So who is this guy?

Reservoir Dog Days

The True Hollywood Story of A Band Apart Co-Founder Michael Bodnarchek

The Adoption Scam

Reaching Arms International claimed to specialize in placing European orphans. But prospective parents say they've been left heartbroken.

Welcome to Maplewood

The Twin Cities' Most Dysfunctional Suburb

What Makes Sammy Run?

Meet the Iraqi Angelino and observant Jew who returned to 19th-Century Ukraine by way of Australia

City Planner: Thursday 12/14

Meet the Iraqi Angelino and observant Jew who returned to 19th-Century Ukraine by way of Australia

What a Country!

Where can a good comrade go to find caviar in a one-pound tub?

8/14 Morning Communiqué

Where can a good comrade go to find caviar in a one-pound tub?

Free Will Astrology

Where can a good comrade go to find caviar in a one-pound tub?

Shaken and Stirred

Martinis for purists and lovers of fruity mixed drinks alike

Excavating Enigmas

Vladimir Dikarev and Natasha Dikareva reach back and find beauty

Various Artists: Where Will You Be Christmas Day?

Vladimir Dikarev and Natasha Dikareva reach back and find beauty

Shiver Me Timbers

A disquisition on horripilation, cutis anserine, gooseflesh, and goose bumps

The Scrum for Scrap

Does a supercharged Chinese economy make drainpipes disappear?

Shake Your Tits

Gogol Bordello, Peaches, and Neung Phak show us their good stuff

A Real Nice Clambake

10K things spins 'Carousel'; MJTC resurrects grandma

Road To Odessa

Jonathan Safran Foer's comic road novel careens across the literary landscape

Empty Cabinets

Simon Norfolk talks about genocide, landscape, and beauty

"Don't Ever Say (EXPLETIVE DELETED) Onstage Again!"

Audiences storm the stage. Actors suffer gastrointestinal distress. Backstage confessions of theater gone terribly, terribly wrong.

Using the Old Noodle

Twin Citizens go for the gusto--any way we can

It's Up to You, New York, New York

Even in the Giuliani era, the New York Film Festival brings the beautiful and the blasphemous to American shores

Splendor in the Grass

Even in the Giuliani era, the New York Film Festival brings the beautiful and the blasphemous to American shores

Expecting Grief

Contemplating the last child

The Meal at the End of the Millennium

How to answer God's call to feed the world's starving children? Richard Proudfit couldn't figure it out. Then Y2K answered his prayers.

From St. Paul, With Love

How to answer God's call to feed the world's starving children? Richard Proudfit couldn't figure it out. Then Y2K answered his prayers.

Celluloid Shalom

Keeping the Faith: A Hasidic boy recites his prayers in A Life Apart: Hasidism in America.

The End of Rita

Margarita Tolchinskaya left behind a budding professional career and a ravaged homeland when she emigrated from the former Soviet Union to join her brother in St. Paul. Three years later, she wound up dead in the back room of the family laundry where she

Kicking and Screaming

Margarita Tolchinskaya left behind a budding professional career and a ravaged homeland when she emigrated from the former Soviet Union to join her brother in St. Paul. Three years later, she wound up dead in the back room of the family laundry where she

Immigrant's Song

Margarita Tolchinskaya left behind a budding professional career and a ravaged homeland when she emigrated from the former Soviet Union to join her brother in St. Paul. Three years later, she wound up dead in the back room of the family laundry where she