April 2012
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March 2012
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Beards, bags, and bikes: Spring has sprung
Last weekend was a whirlwind of beards and bags and bike rides. The Minnesota Beard-Off (which I wrote about last week) took place at First Avenue on March 24 and was a fantastic event. I’d call it the best Beard-Off yet! I actually didn’t exactly enter. Instead my dog Ninja Biff Rose Dinette competed with her very snazzy beard. She was rocking some big furry eyebrows frosted with pink and a...
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"Think Out Loud: Music Serving the Homeless in the...
Homelessness is not what it used to be. Nowadays you can find families with one, two wage earners, some working extra jobs, who simply cannot pay what landlords are charging for rent. Not even at so-called affordable rates. So, people who, before the economy went to hell, managed to make ends meet even if they did have to keep an eye out for the wolf coming down the block, headed for their door,...
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Q: Who IS that? A: Colleen Powers, local media It...
Name: Colleen Powers Twitter: @colleen_powers Website: colleen-powers.com
What’s your job? “I like my day job, but it’s way too boring to explain—it involves insurance and Eden Prairie. But I’m also an editor for MPLS.TV, so I help write, edit, and schedule several posts a week about Minneapolis arts and culture.”
Other than your job, what are your claims to fame?...
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Mizna: Minneapolis organization shares Arab...
Since October, when I first heard about Mizna, an organization that, among other cultural and artistic endeavors, publishes the country’s only Arab-American literature journal, I have not been able to get it out of my mind. Coming from Philadelphia, I can definitely acknowledge a certain stereotypical view of the Midwest as being an excessively homogenous place greatly lacking in diversity....
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“The point is, no one likes to be mocked. ‘Sophisticated’ people like...”
– Lu Lippold on Marilyn Hagerty’s now-famous Olive Garden review
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“I think there needs to be more art that takes place in private spheres. I feel...”
– Art isn’t just a job, says Sheila Regan: it’s a way of life.
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“Could you stand back? The plank in your eye is hitting me in the head.”
– Kingdom Undone is a contemporary take on the Biblical Passion story.
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Watch“It’s like Warhol,” I said, “or Don’t Look Back.”
“If you choose to make that association,” said my friend, “go right ahead.”
It was St. Patrick’s Day, and I was being introduced amidst vodka shots to Bebe Zeva, a documentary feature by alt-lit influentials (and former power couple) Tao Lin and Megan Boyle. As a “documentary...
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Q: Who IS that? A: Gregory J. Scott, Minnesota...
Name: Gregory J. Scott Twitter: “What’s that Peter Thiel quote? ‘We wanted flying cars. Instead, we got 140 characters.’ I’m pretty averse to most screen media. But my job does drag me somewhat into the Twitter fray. You can check me out @Gregory_J_Scott.” Website: ”I spout off about film and visual art on Minnesota Monthly’s new A&E blog,...
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IT'S TRUE
Cupcakes and booze are coming to Grand Avenue in St. Paul
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“You’re not a parent. You’re an interruption.”
– Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them, presented by Mu Performing Arts at Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis
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Q: Who IS that? A: Sarah Moeding, doing jobs that...
Name: Sarah Moeding Twitter: @smoeding. “I Tweet in epileptic fits, completely forgetting it for like four days, then tweeting twenty times a day for two. I can be relied upon to overshare about my sex life, current state of heartbreak, cats, whatever I’m making for dinner, and my love of alt-country musician Robert Ellis.” Website: ”My Tumblr is woefully neglected and...
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