Family fun at the orchestra this October 27th and 28th

For all you Harrison Ford fans and movie fans comes a fun treat: The Minnesota Orchestra will be performing the film score for the film Raiders of the Lost Ark live for audiences on...
Participate in a community garden (of solar power)

Participate in a community garden (of solar power)

Early this year, seven new community gardens went up in communities around Minnesota. The interesting part: These weren't the type of gardens producing tomatoes, cucumbers, and other vegetables; these were solar gardens made up...

Weekly Business Roundup, 10/4 – 10/10

Your business week, 10/4 - 10/10 Twin Cities Startup Week (#TCSW) is well underway. The week-long event focuses on startups (obviously) in health tech, data, finance, fitness, arts, food/restaurants, and more. Co-working spaces like Coco...

10 of your highest paid neighbors in the Twin Cities

If you have ever wondered who are the richest amongst us, still out there earning the big bucks, then you’re not alone. We’ve all wondered who could actually afford that downtown luxury high-rise, and...

The state of the Timberwolves

If you have stumbled upon this brilliant commentary hoping to find information about actual Timber Wolves, I regret to inform you that you have been swindled by our possibly misleading title. But if you...

Zombie Pub Crawl 2017

*Cue the quote from the movie Land of the Dead "Dead people... the recently departed... Unburied human corpses are returning to life...           and feeding on the living. Stay inside. Do not try to leave your homes. They seem to...

Like food, zombies, and dinosaurs? So do Apple’s emoji designers

We talked about the new iPhone last month (Get ready, MN: The iPhone 8 to be unveiled September 12). But we didn't talk about emojis. And, as we're using emojis more and more to communicate complex...

Weekly Events: 10/9 – 10/15

Some local happenings for the week: Art - 10/11 Tokyo Type Directors Club Exhibition and Reception, MCAD Gallery MPLS, 6:30pm-9pm 10/11 AIGA Eye on Design Conference, Nicolet Island Pavilion MPLS, 8am-5pm 10/13-10/15 St Paul Art Crawl at...

Seven Years of Oysterfest

Thousands upon thousands of oysters will be shucked and eaten this Sunday. (You can be one of the people eating them, if you so choose. Go here for passes, etc: Oysterfest 2017!) Meritage, the oyster capital of...

Keep an Eye Out for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee

Most people try and avoid anything with a stinger - bees, typically, are at the top of that list. Others however, are of the opposite mindset: Erica Hoaglund, for...