No more half-'Wits': John Moe and MPR's next national show
I’ll confess: for me, MPR’s variety show “Wits” isn’t yet appointment listening. Still, I’m thrilled for host John Moe, one of the Twin Cities’ most playful, supple minds, who this week got a full-time...
View ArticleThe bright future of our region
I moved to Minneapolis as a young adult in 1977 and immediately fell in love with the place. I've left twice for one-year sojourns in places where the elite meet and greet (Washington and Palo Alto),...
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Alyson Hagy, with a Minneapolis publisher, becomes a New West storyteller
Alyson Hagy was a passionate reader from the start, and she even tried her hand at writing a few Nancy Drew rip-off novels — when she was 9. But it wasn’t until she left her family’s Virginia farm to...
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Get ready for curated cat videos (!) at Walker Open Field
Forget Rock the Garden and River’s Edge. Never mind Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw at Target Field. Summer’s biggest event may turn out to be an hour’s worth of cat videos on the Walker’s Open Field....
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Figuring out Fringe 2012
In just a few weeks, the Twin Cities will host over 800 performances of 165 shows in 15 different venues over 11 days. This can only mean one thing. It's time for the Minnesota Fringe Festival.Best...
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Loretta Swit to portray Eleanor Roosevelt at the Fitz
Coming to the Fitz on Saturday, Sept. 8: Loretta Swit in “Eleanor: Her Secret Journey.” Best known for her Emmy-winning role as “Hot Lips” Houlihan on TV’s “M*A*S*H,” Swit has spent most of her career...
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Take these Minnesota guidebooks outside (no Wi-Fi signal needed)
One might think that travel guides — printed guidebook, that is — are becoming a thing of the past. What chance does a paper book have against online forums, where you can get fresh updates on pressing...
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Lutheran past, mixed present mingle in South Minneapolis
MinnPost illustration by Andy SturdevantNo doubt that 50 years ago, many parts of Minneapolis were very, very Lutheran, and very, very Scandinavian.Like those of most people who didn’t grow up here —...
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Amy Leach sees nature in a whole new way
Courtesy of Milkweed EditionsAmy LeachAmy Leach has been compared to Dr. Seuss, Shel Silverstein and Emily Dickinson for her remarkable writing style, which is playful and wonderfully weird while...
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Designer Raul Osorio on 'Project Runway'; Nancy Harms in town
Were you blue when Heidi Klum bid “Auf Wiedersehen” to Katherine Gerdes, Christopher Straub, Ra’mon-Lawrence Coleman and Danielle Everine? Good news, “Project Runway” fans: there’s another Minnesota...
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Wanted: More Minnesota-made movies
The Coen brothers created some serious buzz when they decided to shoot A Serious Man in the Twin Cities.But it wasn't an overnight decision; Lucinda Winter, executive director of the Minnesota Film and...
View ArticleAmerican Indian art exhibit based on 1862 war opens Friday
An exhibit of works by American Indian artists — addressing the 150th anniversary of the 1862 war between the U.S. and the Dakota Indian tribe — opens Friday in Minneapolis.Twenty artists have created...
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Unraveling the Fringe
Music festivals, I understand. Art fairs, no problem. But I’m as bewildered by the Minnesota Fringe Festival as I suspect many of you are. The largest non-juried performing arts festival in the U.S.?...
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Novelist Danielle Sosin gets to know Lake Superior
daniellesosin.comDanielle SosinThere’s something to be said for research. Most writers don’t do enough of it — such as Jonah Lehrer, who somehow didn’t think that legions of rabid Bob Dylan fans...
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Exploring Central Library's picture files, where past and present coexist
MinnPost illustration by Andy SturdevantThe Minneapolis Central Library's picture files are housed on the third floor.Up on the third floor of the Minneapolis Central Library, past the racks of CDs and...
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Kurt Bills builds buzz — and holds fast to Paul Wellstone comparisons
The Kurt Bills campaign for Senate has collected criticism from the left and the right for “Quick Kurt.” His online ad imitates “Fast Paced Paul,” the introductory ad of Wellstone's 1990 underdog...
View ArticleChampagne brunch with Don Shelby benefits MinnPost
Former WCCO and MinnPost journalist Don Shelby shared anecdotes both funny and serious about his decades as a journalist at a champagne brunch last weekend. The brunch was a MinnPost fundraiser offered...
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August events: Todd Boss poems, a Tim O'Brien award and a words showdown
August is already shaping up to be an interesting month in local literature.toddbosspoet.comTodd BossYesterday, the Star Tribune marked the fifth anniversary of the collapse of the I-35W bridge over...
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Art-fair trio, the Fringe and a hot-metal pour
Friday, August 3Pop-up ArtWhat: Ad Hoc ArtWhere: 88 S. 10th St., MinneapolisWhen: 7–10 p.m.Pop-up everything is all the rage right now: vintage shops, food trucks, blow-out trailers. The art world has...
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Arts-fest weekend in Minneapolis — and a Barnfest in Red Wing
We’re about to get a break from summer’s hammering heat, just in time for art fairs weekend. Uptown, the Godzilla of Minnesota art fairs, starts at noon today (Friday, Aug. 3) and continues through 5...
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