MNHS opening Mexican-American veterans photography exhibit

St. Paul is a diverse city, with a long and complicated history. A piece of that history will be on full display when the Minnesota Historical Society opens a new photography exhibit on September 23rd...

Minnesota has officially, formally, rejected Trump’s request for voter data

It was already clear back in June that that Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon wasn't going to play ball with President Trump's Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. Now it's official. Steve Simon sent a...

The U of M is not PETA-approved

The University of Minnesota has a large and robust research facility. And, in the spirit of bettering humanity, non-human animals are often used for testing there. According to PETA, these animals are being mistreated. Well, mice...

Cocktails you can make at home, vol. 4

We’re over halfway through August. Summer is moving too fast. But that doesn't mean we can’t enjoy what we have: There’s still plenty of summer sunshine left, which means more time to enjoy some...
Minnesota DNR offers outdoor skills workshop for women

Minnesota DNR offers outdoor skills workshop for women

The Minnesota DNR has a program called Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW). The premise is simple: Get more women involved in outdoor activities. The workshops are for women of all ages and skill levels,...

Is your child’s backpack too heavy?

As summer winds down and you have your last hoorahs at the State Fair or one last jump in the pool, fall slowly encroaches and with that comes ‘back to school.’ You want your...

Pig Ate My Pizza makes Food & Wine’s best pizza list

Food & Wine magazine traveled the country to find the best pizza. Which is probably a pretty sweet gig for whoever got to do the flying/eating/etc. Unless they just spent time going through Yelp...

Weekly Events: 8/21-8/27

Some local haps for the week: Art - 8/22 Curator-Led Cocktail Tours - View Still Life: Karin Broos @ FIKA, MPLS, 5:30pm-8pm 8/24 The Warriors - 35mm screening! @ The Parkway Theater, MPLS 8pm 8/24 Artist Talks...

31 New Food Attractions at the Minnesota State Fair

Only a few days until The Great Minnesota Eat Together and you’re going to want to be prepared. I have fallen into the unfortunate state of ‘fair food envy’ where I see a fellow...

Sorry, MSP: You’re going to have to share Sun Country

Big changes are coming for one of the most popular airlines in the skies. Sun Country named Jude Bricker, former COO Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air, CEO on July 10. It didn't take long for him to...