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‘Minnesota Hardcore’ Producer David Roth Is the Ken Burns of Twin Cities Punk

David Roth first made his name in the '80s as an underground comics artist. He emerged from the Twin Cities punk scene with ...
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For This Week’s Open Thread, It’s Your Turn to Remember Some Dead Restaurants

Yesterday we published a piece by Pat Borzi about a certain kind of Twin Cities restaurant that he and his wife used to enjoy—and that seems to no longer exist. "The restaurants are closing!" is a ...
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Here’s What We Ate at Aubergine, St. Paul’s New Old-World French Bistro

At a soft open event for Aubergine earlier this week, I surveyed the room and wondered: Am I the only one furtively googling ...
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If This Flag Offends You, We’ll Help You Pack

Then again, if you’re an asshole, it’s possible these events made you dislike the new flag more. Egged on by dead-enders in ...
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On the Big Screen This Week: Arthouse Classics, Anne Hathaway as a Pop Star, and a Sexy Existential (Sexistential?) Adaptation

Pretty much all the movies you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.
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Is Terrorizing/Abducting Children BAD? It Happened at Least 70 Times During Operation Metro Surge.

The Basilica Block Party has had an uncertain stretch of years. The festival was sidelined by Covid in 2020, then returned in ...
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The Affordable, Neighborhood Twin Cities Restaurant Is Dying. Let’s Remember the Dead.

The massive dining room and funky Peacock Lounge made this Nordeast supper-clubby outpost a prime destination to take ...
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Floral Masterpieces, Free History, and Celebrating Cornbread Harris’s Last Year as a Nonagenarian: The Week’s Best Happenings

Welcome to Event Horizon, your weekly roundup of the best events in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and beyond. MONDAY 4.20. Melvin ...