Multi-talented Andy Thompson shares in 'Red' Grammy nomination
First week of December, drummer Andy Thompson was on tour with his friend/collaborator Jeremy Messersmith’s band when he got an email from his friend/collaborator and Grammy-winning producer Dan...
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Cats and their people: 'It's a real partnership'
The 38th Annual Saintly City Cat Club Show set up shop at the RiverCentre over the weekend, attracting cat breeders and lovers from around the country and naming winners in four categories. Top prize...
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Loving the Loppet: 'This is about as Minnesota as it gets'
“We’re hard core, everybody out here is,” said one Luminary Loppet participant to another Saturday evening, as the -20 wind chill cut across Lake of the Isles, through hats and scarves and long...
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Backyard ice rinks: 'There’s no end to the games you can make up'
This winter has made even the hardiest Minnesotans question why we bleeping live here, but not hockey players, every last one of whom I’ve ever known relish the chance to skate and stickhandle with the...
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Social-media blackout lets First Avenue music fans concentrate on magic moments
MinnPost photo by Jim WalshNeutral Milk Hotel's notice at First Avenue.Fans attending last week’s Neutral Milk Hotel shows at First Avenue were met by signs that read, “For Tonight’s Neutral Milk Hotel...
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Minnesotans at Obama's speech speak of hope and dreams
Jobs, transit, forward-thought, and dreaming big was the theme of President Obama’s speech at the Union Depot in St. Paul Wednesday afternoon. When it was over, Bruce Springsteen’s “Land of Hope and...
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Best Picture of a loser: 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Within a month of the release of the Coen Brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis,”Bruce Springsteen and Billy Bragg said they recognized something of their early selves, something desperate, in the story of a...
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The Dalai Lama on staying optimistic in troubled times: 'There is no other...
Moments before the Dalai Lama took the stage at the Minneapolis Convention Center Saturday morning to deliver his opening keynote speech for the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Russian troops invaded Ukraine...
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'We’re in a Cult' celebrates the artist as outsider
MinnPost photo by Jim WalshArtists Noah Harmon, Mary Gibney and Jesse Draxler make up "We're in a Cult" at One on One Bicycle Studio.“Personally, if you’re not an outsider, you shouldn’t be a...
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His song speaks to Ukrainian history and the diaspora
The eyes of the world may suddenly be focused on Ukraine, but over the course of his 39 years, Minneapolis-born Ukranian-American Stefan Iwaskewycz’s eyes have never left his homeland.Iwaskewycz is a...
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Talking tech with Cyber Aces on cyber security
Saturday was Cyber Aces Day in Minnesota, by proclamation of Gov. Mark Dayton, and why not? One of his state’s biggest employers, Target, has been brought to its knees by a highly skilled computer...
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New kids on the vinyl block: Barely Brothers Records and HiFi Hair and Records
In the record-store nirvana that is the Twin Cities, the new kids on the block are Barely Brother Records, which celebrates its grand opening in St. Paul Saturday, and HiFi Hair and Records, which...
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Foul-weather fans enjoy the elements — and the surprising win
It was just above freezing at game time Sunday afternoon in windy and drizzly downtown Minneapolis, but that didn’t stop one of the smallest crowds in Target Field history (an announced 20,878) from...
View ArticleTommy Mischke on creativity, independence, and his new new thing
“I sent my first text two weeks ago,” said Tommy Mischke Friday afternoon, holding up his month-old iPhone while sitting in the log cabin study in the backyard of his St. Paul home. The veteran KSTP-AM...
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The 'punk rock nanny': John Maloof on his glorious documentary, 'Finding...
The trailer for “Finding Vivian Maier” at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival.The documentary “Finding Vivian Maier”– now showing at the Edina Cinema and available on On Demand – is a must-see for anyone...
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Superheroes are real: Hanging with the beautiful freaks, geeks and nerds of...
It was Star Wars Day Sunday (“May the 4th be with you”), and all across the known and unknown universe Trekkies and other various sci-fi fantasy tribes gathered to celebrate all things super galactic...
View ArticleWendy Lehr and 'the politics of getting people in the room together'
“It’s wonderful to have gotten to a point where I don’t care what I look like,” said Wendy Lehr Friday morning, sitting in a booth at the French Meadow Bakery and Cafe in Minneapolis as I took her...
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SOY for the win: How a tiny LGBTQ nonprofit scored an upset victory on Give...
Nick Kor was still giddy Tuesday afternoon. You could hear it in his voice.“To me, the lesson of this is just how powerful a small organization can actually be, and what happens when there are...
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‘V’ for victory and Venus: Taxman calls off audit, artists celebrate
“It’s over. It’s over. It’s over.”Venus de Mars repeated that mantra to the roughly 75 fans, friends and family members who gathered Friday night at Patrick’s Cabaret in Minneapolis to celebrate the...
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Making Green Line history: 'This is really smooth, really user-friendly'
A steady drizzle couldn’t keep thousands of people from making history as first-time riders of the Green Line Saturday. As the train kept a-rolling, MinnPost caught up with a few:MinnPost photo by Jim...
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