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Six highlights from Dessa's Reddit "Ask Me Anything," plus her new single
May 22, 2013 in Gimme Noise
Photo by Bill PhelpsYesterday, Dessa officially dropped "Call Off Your Ghost," the second single from the upcoming Parts of Speech. To celebrate, she took to Reddit to participate in the...
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Glenn Beck comes to Lizz Winstead's defense over Oklahoma tornado jokes
May 21, 2013 in Dressing Room
photo by Mindy Tucker for City PagesYesterday afternoon, as news of the tragic tornado in Oklahoma was breaking, Lizz Winstead fired off a string of tweets that injected the situation...
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Ring Ring Poetry, a new choose-your-own-adventure literary hotline
May 20, 2013 in Dressing Room
flier by Cole SararThe first poem in the project, written by Sarar, takes a Choose Your Own Adventure style. Call 612.223.POEM, and you are greeted with Cole Sarar's voice. If...
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MN United creates fundraising PAC to support lawmakers who voted for gay marriage
May 15, 2013 in The Blotter
photo by Tony Nelson for City PagesGovernor Mark Dayton signs marriage equality into law on Tuesday.Minnesotans United is the lobbying group responsible for all those "Vote No" bumper stickers and...
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New Vikings stadium design revealed [IMAGES] [UPDATE]
May 13, 2013 in The Blotter
Minnesota Vikings:::: UPDATE :::: Vikings unveil stadium design: Top 10 tweets Following months of speculation, the Metrodome's $975 million replacement got its big reveal in a special ceremony at the Guthrie...
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Lizz Winstead celebrates her 30th anniversary in comedy Saturday
May 10, 2013 in Dressing Room
photo by Mindy Tucker for City PagesHappy 3-0! One night in 1983, Lizz Winstead was watching The Tonight Show with a friend. After cracking up over George Carlin, the friend turned...
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Mark Kroos on playing two guitars at the same time [VIDEO]
May 10, 2013 in Gimme Noise
Josh Wolfe Mark Kroos plays two guitars at the same time. Well, technically his instrument of choice is one guitar, two necks. But he doesn't play the double-necked guitar the way...
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Temple Grandin on how we should treat autism and her new book, The Autistic Brain
May 09, 2013 in Dressing Room
photo of Temple Grandin by Rosalie Winard, scan of her brain by Dr. Marlene Behrmann, Brain Imaging Research Center, Carnegie Mellon University, PittsburghTemple Grandin's new book, The Autistic Brain, uses...
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Bully documentary screens free tonight: "You can't be apathetic to the issue after you see it"
May 08, 2013 in Dressing Room
Two days after the Minnesota House passed a broad anti-bullying bill, a group of local lawyers, advocates, teachers, and other figures have teamed up to present the acclaimed 2011 documentary...
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Mayoral candidate Cam Winton crowns city's worst pothole
May 07, 2013 in The Blotter
photo by Mitch RossowMayoral candidate Cam Winton, center, framed by the "winning" pothole. On Monday afternoon, Minneapolis mayoral candidate Cam Winton held a press conference to deplore Minneapolis's commitment to its...
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Eve Ensler on fighting cancer and writing her new memoir, In the Body of the World
May 07, 2013 in Dressing Room
photo by Brigitte LacombeActivist and author Eve Ensler will be in town on Wednesday, May 8. "How to describe Rochester, Minnesota?" Eve Ensler asks in one chapter of her new memoir,...
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How much crime has happened at the CC Club? [CHART]
May 06, 2013 in The Blotter
cover photo by Tony NelsonNew owners took over the CC Club on May 1, and to mark the changing of the guard, we talked to CC regulars past and present...
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11 best ways CC Club regulars admitted to nights they couldn't remember
May 03, 2013 in Gimme Noise
photo by Tony NelsonSince he started as the CC's day bartender in 1978, Bobby Bell has lost some memories to the years.For every tale that regulars past and present recollected...
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Tommy Stinson, bassist for the Replacements, talks about the CC Club
May 02, 2013 in Gimme Noise
photo by Bonnie SchiffmanThe Replacements in 1989, with Tommy Stinson at front right. Tommy Stinson learned to play bass at age 11, and just a year later started strumming with...
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An oral history of the CC Club jukebox
May 01, 2013 in Gimme Noise
The bar back in the 1950s, when it was still the CC Tap and offered live music and dancing.With Andy Mannix When David Prass bought the CC Tap in 1974, it...
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Naked Girls Reading: Banned Books asks its audience to consider women's bodies and their minds
April 25, 2013 in Dressing Room
B FRESH Photography for City Pages This Thursday night, the Minneapolis chapter of Naked Girls Reading will host its third event. Beginning at 7 p.m., the first of an expected 50...
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Dorothy Dunning rallies national advocates to protest adoption law
April 22, 2013 in The Blotter
Dunning, at center, flanked by supporters on Monday.On Monday afternoon, about 25 of Dorothy Dunning's supporters gathered in the atrium of the Hennepin County Government Center. At one point, the...
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After long negotiations, Star Tribune Guild approves a new contract
April 18, 2013 in The Blotter
Guild co-chair and Strib reporter Janet Moore addressed the crowd at an April 9 rally.After over 2,000 days without a raise, members of the Star Tribune Newspaper Guild will see...
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MNGOPer falsely claims swanky Chicago DEED party uses Minnesota taxpayer money
April 17, 2013 in The Blotter
aaronHwarrenA yacht on Chicago's Lake Michigan.This Sunday, the state of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic are hosting a reception at the Chicago Yacht Club. The event invitation promises "breathtaking views...
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Gay marriage could boost Minnesota economy by $45 million, says report
April 16, 2013 in The Blotter
Wikimedia CommonsThe Williams Institute, a think tank at UCLA's law school, is trying to quantify the impact of same-sex marriage in terms that everyone can understand: Money. According to the...
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Star Tribune wins first Pulitzer Prizes since 1990
April 15, 2013 in The Blotter
The Pulitzer Prize medal.Before today, the Star Tribune hadn't won a Pulitzer Prize -- the top honor for newspapers -- in 23 years. But this afternoon, when the winners were...
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Minnesota cafe offers discounts for gun owners on "conceal and carry" Thursdays
April 12, 2013 in The Blotter
Lars PlougmannTake the slash out of the gun symbol and you have Langtry Cafe's policy: Guns welcome. While legislators locally and nationally debate gun control, a diner in the Minnesota town...
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Franken already has $2 million to take on his TBD opponent
April 12, 2013 in The Blotter
screenshot from Franken's thanks videoAfter his famously close 2008 victory, Al Franken is well on his way to a much easier race in 2014.See Also: - Al Franken already wants you...
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St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's six-month lockout to end
April 10, 2013 in Gimme Noise
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman with Dobson West, the Orchestra Society's interim chair, at left, and Ordway President Patricia Mitchell at right, announcing the end of the lockout on Wednesday.For...
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Star Tribune Guild workers rally outside of the newspaper's headquarters
April 10, 2013 in The Blotter
Guild co-chair and Strib reporter Janet Moore addresses the crowd. Late Tuesday afternoon, about 135 people gathered outside the entrance of the Star Tribune's downtown headquarters.They carried posters proclaiming "Show Us...
