Saving butterflies with a buzz: The Butterfly Brew is back
Cou better way to save local species of butterfly than to drink a beer?
Fair State Brewing Co-op has again joined with The Minnesota Zoo to release a limited-edition brew: The Dakota Skipper Endangered Reserve....
Mental health hotline saved… for now
We reported a week ago (July 11th) the pending closure of the Crisis Connection hotline that would be occurring July 14th (original article can be found here). This line is a branch of the...
Cutting the cord: How to get free HDTV in the Twin Cities
More and more people these days are cutting the cord and getting rid of their expensive $150+ a month cable packages for extremely cost-effective alternatives. With so many services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and more...
About Us: Ta-coumba T. Aiken
"I do my work as a human being. It just so happens that I'm good at art."
Ta-coumba Tyrone Aiken: painter, drawer, muralist, public artist. Guinness World Record-holder. Unofficial Mayor of Lowertown, St. Paul.
When I...
Halima Aden and the beauty of Minnesota
On the one hand, Halima Aden's story is one of lore, a classic tale of the American Dream: Born into a Kenyan refugee camp, before moving with her family to the unfamiliar culture of St. Cloud, Minnesota at the age...
Unicorn Riot, and why it matters
Unicorn Riot is a media collective that works out of Denver, Boston, New York City, and, quite prominently, right here in Minneapolis.
As a decentralized, nonpartisan, and volunteer-run organization, Unicorn Riot offers a live-streamed look...
Meet Merlin, the latest development in healthcare A.I.
With ever-growing speed, technology is developing; evolving into something we could never have foreseen. This is especially true in healthcare. And, as Minnesota's healthcare sector is one of the most robust in the country,...
Tinder: Good or bad for Twin Cities’ singles?
Is Tinder helping or hurting our unattached locals? I guess it depends on what you're looking for.
...Or maybe it doesn't: For the percentage of single Minnesotans looking to simply to meet people, is there...
Crisis Connection Hotline is closing
It is safe to say that most people have felt overwhelmed at some point in their life. This often leads, far to often, to dark thoughts of self-harm, relapsing back into addictions or addictive...
The 10 Most Influential Minnesotans
Influential is sometimes tough to define. Influence can be subjective. We decided to look at the Minnesotans who have had the greatest impact; the people born in the North Star State that...
