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World Cup, Twin Cities: 'Where I’m from, it’s soccer season all year'
“You can imagine the scene in bars all over the United States when that one went in,” said a TV commentator from Brazil Monday evening, moments after Clint Dempsey’s goal put the United States up 1-0...
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Hobby Lobby ruling gives impetus to Lizz Winstead's Lady Parts Justice effort
When the U.S. Supreme Court decided that some employers have the right to deny health care based on religious beliefs last week, Lizz Winstead and her comrades in Lady Parts Justice were ready. The...
View ArticleWalk away, Scruff Face: An open letter to Jesse Ventura
Dear Jesse,Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A guy (you) walks into a bar, six days or six months or six years from now, and some leather-lunged former fan of yours hollers, “Hey Jesse! Good job...
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All together now: Macca fans find Mecca at Target Field
Paul McCartney and Minneapolis, a love affair in photos and portraits:MinnPost photo by Jim WalshRyan Zoolie, Minneapolis; Jay Weber, Stillwater; Dietrich Wilke, New York; Nick Pooras, Stillwater; Paul...
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Magic McCartney at Target Field: 'It Doesn’t Get Much Better'
Of all the many memorable moments from Saturday night’s magical Paul McCartney concert at Target Field, one of the funniest had to be the sight of an on-duty Minneapolis cop, patrolling the second deck...
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Downtown Saturday night: Rich in action, characters and tension
Dog days of summer, and the living is … drunk and dicey on the streets of downtown Minneapolis. With summer on the ropes, the clubs aflame with warm-weather-loving party people, and the Twins, Lynx and...
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Fashions of the Fair: From comfy kilt to 'Free Hugs' tank
What to wear to the Fair, and why? Some thoughts, in words and photos.MinnPost photo by Jim WalshJordan Fields-Long, St. Paul.“The Fair is a big event, and I had to bring out what I call ‘swag’ to the...
View ArticleWhy the Replacements concert is such a big deal
Tuesday night just before midnight in Minneapolis, the remade Replacements delivered a time-stopping version of “Alex Chilton” on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” I watched on the TV above the...
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Swingin’ party: Replacements fans gather for a once-in-a-lifetime show
Music blasted from vehicle upon vehicle, grills were fired up, beer was ingested, cigars were smoked. Replacements fans came from far and wide to Midway Stadium Saturday night, and quickly figured out...
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The Replacements at Midway: A night to remember
The fact is, I’d had “Can’t Hardly Wait” ringing in my head and heart all week, and I know I wasn’t alone, so it was pretty perfect that, at the remade Replacements reunion show at Midway Stadium...
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'The Color of Noise' celebrates the legacy of Amphetamine Reptile Records
At one point during Eric Robel’s excellent and essential new documentary “The Color of Noise,” Tom Hazelmyer tries to explain what makes the pushing-50 noise rock pioneer tick: “I have this propensity...
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'A joyous day, but a time of remembrance': The first Indigenous Peoples Day...
“It’s a good day to be indigenous in Minneapolis,” said teacher/attorney/activist Carly Bad Heart Bull to a crowd of about 500 Monday evening at the Minneapolis American Indian Center, where people of...
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Turn the radio on: one man's guide to the 22 best specialty shows on Twin...
The recent passing of Leigh Kamman served as a poignant reminder of how much a single voice sharing what he singularly loves over the radio can mean to so many. He wasn’t the only one.To be sure, we...
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'The dirt is the color of our skin': Voices and portraits from the Washington...
Moments after the photo below was taken of Martina Jesperson and her family protesting the Washington football team's nickname in front of TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis Sunday, a 20-something white...
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'Looking for Johnny' celebrates the antihero in a world gone Garth
Johnny Thunders is probably the biggest reason why I can’t stomach Garth Brooks.Brooks, in town for a record-setting multinight stand at the Target Center, is by all reports a good guy, a hugely...
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Singing an ode to Sparta, the Iron Range's vanishing town
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2000 Sparta, Minnesota was a town of 814 people (247 families) living in 311 households.Fourteen years later, it’s down to a handful of hangers-on — including...
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John Trudell and The Pines join forces for a soulful post-Thanksgiving show...
Courtesy of John TrudellJohn Trudell: “One thing I am encouraged by, which is a big change from a long time ago to now, is that there are more young Native artists and they’re raising their voices in...
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Transgender high-school athlete to MSHSL: 'All kids deserve to be happy'
Members of the Minnesota State High School League are scheduled to vote today on the rights of transgender students to play sports. Update: The MSHSL approved its transgender policy after about an hour...
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‘This is a countrywide issue’: Hundreds gather in Minneapolis for Day of...
On a weekend when Wisconsin and Minnesota came in first and second, respectively, in a ranking of the Worst States For Black Americans, approximately 500 people took part in the Million March MN rally...
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'Winter Solstice in the Northlands': embracing darkness in the season of light
Kari Tauring is an expert in ancient and modern Nordic culture and a go-to spiritual counselor from Minneapolis who reads runes and sings like a high priestess and chants like a banshee and was on a...
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