Weekly Events: 10/30 – 11/05

Some local happenings for the week: Art - 11/3 The Minneapolis Pancakes & Booze Art Show, The Caboose MPLS, 8pm-2am 11/4 Ilana Glazer & Phoebe Robinson: YQY Comedy Tour, The Fitzgerald Theater STP, 7pm 11/4 Singed Nipples...

Upcoming events to look forward to this winter

This seems like too good of an opportunity to pass up, so I’ll just go ahead and say it; winter is coming. Now that I got that out of my system, let’s get onto...

Around the world: An Underwater Restaurant in Norway

We've long enjoyed SEA LIFE Minnesota Aquarium at the Mall of America (though it will always be Underwater World to us - why does MOA insist on changing the names of all its greatest...

Recipe of the Week: Boo’s Grilled Pork Loin

I've been trying to pull this one together now for a few months. This is an old recipe from a restaurant in Minneapolis called Chez Bananas, where a friend of mine was one of...

Weekly Business Roundup, 10/18 – 10/25

Your business week, 10/18 - 10/25 CNBC ranks Minnesota the 3rd best state in the nation for business, receiving 1,615 out of a possible 2,500 possible points. The rankings are based on Minnesota's high quality of life,...

Oct. 25 is officially Wellstone Remembrance Day

Paul Wellstone, the popular US Senator from Eveleth, Minnesota, died fifteen years ago, today. His loss is still felt across the state. As of this morning, October 25 will forever be known in Minnesota...

Twin Cities Halloween Parties

The spookiest time of year is almost here, and, as it’s on a Tuesday, we'll have to have most of our spooky fun the weekend before. Since I’m too old now to Trick-or-Treat, I...

5 Lessons for success from the Darwin Awards

Twin Cities Startup Week wrapped up another successful week-long festival of events and speaker panels celebrating the growing entrepreneur community in Minnesota. Though I am not an entrepreneur or startup guru, I found myself...

The Film Fatales of Minnesota

About fifty of us crowded into Cooper’s Screening Room at the West End, grabbing a pastry and some coffee before we settled in to hear the speakers. Between the vintage decor of the dimly...

Weekly Events: 10/23 – 10/29

Some local happenings for the week: Music - 10/25 Bob Dylan, Xcel Energy Center, STP 7:30pm 10/25 Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, Palace Theatre STP, 6:30pm-12am 10/28 Transmission Presents: Halloween 1984, Psycho Suzie's, NE MPLS, 9pm-2am 10/29 Arcade...