Obituary

WW II history museum is not recession-proof

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In recessions the casualties pile up fast and span pretty much every facet of society. The Ford plant shutting down for December or a Target shareholder attempting to boost the company's stock value by selling the land under the stores, the economy is hitting everybody. The Traces Center for History and Culture is no different. The museum located in downtown St. Paul's Landmark Center is closing Nov. 9. Their traveling WWII "bus-seum" will continue to visit schools and libraries. Full press release below.

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Posted by Ben Palosaari at October 30, 2008 3:25 PM | Comments (0)

 

Former Leinenkugel president dies at age 87

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A torrential downpour isn't usually considered prime brew-sipping weather unless you are a cooped-up alcoholic, but make a toast to this guy tonight. Bill Leinenkugel, who expanded the markets of the Chippewa Falls brewery his family founded in 1867, died Monday after a struggle with cancer, his family said today. He was 87.

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Posted by Emily Kaiser at September 23, 2008 5:29 PM | Comments (0)

 

David Foster Wallace's suicide reverberates in local literary scene

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Every once in a while the world punches you in the face. And right now the worlds of journalism and literature are still reeling from an uppercut to the jaw. You see, when David Foster Wallace decided to hang himself in California earlier this month, he cut off all the oxygen to his brain, killing not only an absurdly powerful talent, but also removing some happiness from those who followed and read his work.

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Posted by Bradley Campbell at September 22, 2008 12:30 PM | Comments (0)

 

Snot no more

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Sad news: Joe Kudla, better known as the Snot half of Puke & Snot to the legions of fans who watched their often hilarious and occasionally death-defying show at the Renaissance Festival over the last 34 years, died in his Minneapolis home on Monday of an apparent heart attack. He was 58.

More from the Renaissance Festival's press release:

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Posted by Jonathan Kaminsky at August 12, 2008 3:41 PM | Comments (1)

 

RIP Terry Fiedler

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Former CP staff writer Burl Gilyard has written an eloquent tribute to Terry Fiedler, the veteran Star Tribune reporter who died suddenly on Saturday at the age of 47. The piece originally appeared in Finance & Commerce (subscription only), where Gilyard covers the commercial real-estate beat.

F&C has graciously agreed to allow the article to be re-posted here.

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Posted by Paul Demko at August 17, 2006 11:52 AM | Comments (4)

 

August 16: The day the music, the Bambino, and the vampire died

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Beware the ides of August! Famed musicians Robert Johnson and Elvis Presley, Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth, and horror movie legend Bela Lugosi all drew their last breath on August 16. What cosmic truth or transcendent meaning can be derived from this ghoulish convergence? It doesn't have the same significance as political rivals John Adams and Thomas Jefferson dying on the same 4th of July in 1826, but the circumstances surrounding their deaths were as unique as their lives. Except for Bela, he just had a heart attack.

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Posted by Corey Anderson at August 16, 2006 4:21 PM | Comments (0)

 

Goodnight, Papa Bear

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Stan Berenstain of "Berenstain Bears" fame dies at 82; parents everywhere get a little less help embracing their own fallibility

Stan Berenstain, creator of the Berenstain Bears books, died Saturday of complications from cancer. A wildly popular series of thin children's paperbacks, the stories chronicled the misadventures of four bipedal bears named, in childlike fashion, Papa, Mama, Brother, and Sister. There must be hundreds of these books, each revolving around some minor domestic trauma: "The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room"; "The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food"; "The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners," etc.

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Posted by Beth Hawkins at November 30, 2005 10:50 AM | Comments (0)

 

Diana Watters R.I.P.

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Last Friday evening, City Pages lost a great friend and contributor when photographer Diana Watters died suddenly after taking pictures at a wedding party in the Duluth area. Watters began shooting pictures for CP in 1997 and contributed to over 120 stories in the past eight years. She shot many of our Dish articles, but her versatility enabled her to do fine work for many of our arts features and cover stories. We will all miss her work in these pages, but we will also miss her smile, her laugh, and the adventurous spirit that led her to take up flying small planes a couple of years ago. Our thoughts are with her family and her companion, Jerry Thompson. Watters was 43.

Posted by Corey Anderson at October 3, 2005 1:01 PM | Comments (27)

 

Evelyn Eubanks, 1957-2005

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Minneapolis loses a moral compass

A note posted last night on the online Minneapolis Issues forum notes the passing last week of Evelyn Eubanks, a north Minneapolis mother and a tireless advocate of educational rights. Evelyn, who died of cancer at 47, was incapable of not speaking truth to power, and in doing so rattled cages throughout the Twin Cities. She was a pain in the ass--but always right.

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Posted by Beth Hawkins at September 13, 2005 10:02 AM | Comments (1)