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The World (Cup) According to The MN United FC
The Croatia vs. Brazil World Cup 2014 opening match had all the drama and energy that a seasoned fan would hope of a Cup opener: an energetic underdog grabbing an early lead, missed opportunities by...
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Playing Swayze
It turns out that when it comes to press Steven Grant Douglas, star of Ghost: The Musical (at the Orpheum June 18-23), is up for just about anything. So, since we're pretty much obsessed with the...
View ArticleSelective Hearing
You may have heard: The city of Minneapolis recently passed an ordinance that requires clubs where loud music is played to provide free earplugs to people who suddenly have an urge to protect...
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The All-Minnesota-Born All-Time Team
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View ArticleNowhere But Here
In honor of “17 Days,” the pensive B-side to “Purple Rain,” I park in front of pillar 17 at the Mohegan Sun. The pink and blue sky—androgynous, I think—reflects in a wing-like section of the glass...
View ArticleGreen-Lighted: The Best Public Golf Courses
Highland National 1403 Montreal Ave., St. Paul, 651-695-3774, golfstpaul.org Since it was redesigned in 2005, Highland National, in St. Paul’s Highland Park neighborhood, has been the hidden jewel of...
View ArticleTaste of Old
A Taste of Minnesota—St. Paul’s four-day food and music festival over the July 4 weekend—is back after a four-year hiatus, and it seems determined to recapture the peculiar magic that made it a...
View ArticleTodd About Town: July Edition
The Brits have William and Kate. Hollywood has Brangelina. We have Framelia. At this year’s PACER event, married WCCO anchor duo Amelia Santaniello and Frank Vascellaro reprised their roles as emcees....
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The Long Run Home: Prairie Home Companion Turns 40
What is it about A Prairie Home Companion that has made it such an enduring hit? Garrison Keillor isn’t sure. But maybe, just maybe, it has something to do with the way he answers questions on the...
View ArticleExtinction Distinction
How lonely does a shy Minnesotan have to become before it’s a cause for national alarm? Lonelier than a panda? Lonelier than a tiger? Catastrophically lonely. Poweshiek skipperling butterflies once...
View ArticleCity Centered: Here's to the Rest
In an unseasonably cold April day (is there any other kind?), my kids and I trekked to St. Paul for our monthly haircuts. It was a typically busy Saturday at Grand Hair & Beyond, with half a dozen...
View ArticleWalls: Urban Organics
The Hamm’s Brewery is a hulking red brick industrial campus sitting inert on St. Paul’s East Side. It closed in 1997, leaving an ugly graffiti-scrawled ghost town behind. Dave Haider is an East Side...
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A Fan's Notes On The 2014 All-Star Game
I started writing this story about a baseball game from a press box at Target Field. That’s a thing that, in and of itself, is nothing remarkable. In fact, it’s about the most normal place a story...
View ArticleCity Centered: The Orphan
If you hated the state/city deal to fund a new Vikings stadium—as many Minneapolis politicians did—then the only silver lining was the new park, “The Yard,” to be built as part of the complex land...
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Social Status
You can’t eat a granola bar for breakfast once you’ve amassed 10,000 followers on Instagram. When you’ve positioned yourself as a social media star and feel like the world is watching, every life...
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The Dowdle Brothers are Trying to Scare the Sh*t Out of Us
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View ArticleTodd About Town: August Edition
Minnesota, the Land of 10,000 Lakes and nearly as many summer events. How to choose? Let’s start with the 17th annual ASID MN Showcase Home event, which was extra special this year. The featured home...
View ArticleYe Old Mill
Every August, in anticipation of the Great Minnesota Get-Together, we dutifully make lists of the new fried foods we want to try and promise to save Grandma a seat to watch Frank and Amelia. But we...
View ArticleMinnesota State Fair Bingo
Mark your bingo card as you take in all the wondrous sights of yet another Great Minnesota Get-Together. The Minnesota State Fair runs for 12 days ending on Labor Day. This year, that's August 21...
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