January 2012
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New Butcher & the Boar restaurant mural livens up... →
Local artist Adam Turner, whose work also adorns Creative Lighting in St. Paul and the Surly Brewery in Minneapolis, says, “All the work the company is doing is really upping the beauty of that area. That building was kind of rundown. It’s bringing new life to it.”
The 20-foot by 20-foot mural, which could be enlarged later, pictures a blond-haired woman who is poised with a...
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December 2011
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Streets.mn Podcast #3: Campuses, subsidies, W 7th... →
Great new local podcast y’all should check out. (And yes, Madison really is that great.)
November 2011
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October 2011
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Stadiums vs. early childhood education: When do... →
Why do you think the “Occupy Wall Street” movement is growing around the country? The movement is fundamentally a protest against this type of power politics that favors the very rich. Over the past 10 years, public funding of quality early childhood education and child care has declined. And the decline has come despite overwhelming research that shows extraordinary returns from...
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MN: Stop the Wilfare Queens | NICK COLEMAN →
To even consider heavy public subsidies of $700 million or more for a monopoly business worth $800 million that already occupies a publicly financed TV-friendly playground at a time of economic decline, deficits, budget cuts, unemployment and rising anger is insane.
Not to mention morally reprehensible.
Minnesota’s 99 percent — including the 80-percent that consistently tells the pollsters...
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“But none of this takes into account the fact that the occupation has inspired a...”
– Beth Hawkins: Occupy Wall Street inspires a groundswell (and OccupyMN) — at its core, ‘a need to be heard’ (via minnpost)
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September 2011
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Jeremy Messersmith: Tiny Desk Concert →
whereabout:
Feel good about yourselves today, Twin Cities.
I’m always amazed more people don’t know about him. The Reluctant Graveyard is a classic, in my opinion.
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Time Out Chicago interviews Frank Sonntag... →
It isn’t often that a new venue devoted to dance opens in this country. What’s the impetus behind the Cowles Center, where you’re executive director, in downtown Minneapolis?
Raising dance to a level that’s been enjoyed by music and theater here for a very long time, providing a venue that is discipline-specific, and just wait until you see it. This is going to be one of the finest venues in...
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twincitiesrunoff:
“Almost always, I write from a snippet, a moment, in my real life, kind of craft an aesthetic response. Sometimes it’ll be riding the bus, and there’s an overheard snippet of conversation that seems particularly indicative of some facet of the human condition. There was this woman who was just saying “Hallelujah” over and over again as she got on the bus, after every sentence...
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August 2011
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July 2011
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By the Shining Big-Sea-Water: A Personal History... →
Make sure to read last week’s piece in the Runoff by Victoria Perkins. It’s terrific.
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