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News
City Council President Barb Johnson enjoys perks of office
Fourth-term candidate used campaign funds for haircuts, cell phone, cable TV, and dry-cleaning
By Erin Carlyle
Published: November 4, 2009
If she wins a fourth term to the Minneapolis City Council this week, Barb Johnson may allow herself a moment to breathe a sigh of relief—but only a moment. Because even...
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Feature
Brett Rogers vs. Fedor Emelianenko: The Baddest Man on the Planet
Heavyweight Strikeforce fight to air live on CBS Saturday
By Bradley Campbell
Published: November 4, 2009
SOME UNRULY GOD bestowed Brett "The Grim" Rogers with the physical gifts needed to knock out some of the baddest men on the planet. At 6'5", 265 lbs., he has a chest the size...
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Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to "Porn Free"
Published: November 4, 2009
Putting the X in sex Great idea for a story, CP ("Porn Free," 10/20/09). Emily K. is perfect for this also being that she's kind of a "girl next door" from her segments on...
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Mischke
Confessions of a Sports Fan
The fleeting joy in Mudville
By TD Mischke
Published: November 4, 2009
My name is Bill W. I'm not the founder of AA; that guy's dead. I'm Bill W., the Minnesota sports fan. I'm not addicted to sports. That's not what this is about. I have an...
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Dish
Om Restaurant serves up nirvana on a platter, Indian-style
Vik Uppal has a new spot in the nightclub district
By Rachel Hutton
Published: November 4, 2009
After the young, up-and-coming real-estate developer Vik Uppal bought the old Nate's Clothing Building at First Avenue and Fourth Street in downtown Minneapolis, out went the...
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Movies
The Men Who Stare at Goats is as boring it sounds
George Clooney-fronted film tries for farce but forgets the funny
By J. Hoberman
Published: November 4, 2009
Historical cataclysm produces conspiratorial thinking: Germany's loss in World War I, the JFK assassination, and 9/11 are all naturally understood as the stuff of unimaginable...
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Spotlight
Theater Spotlight: Elijah's Wake
By Quinton Skinner
Published: November 4, 2009
Walking into a performance of the deeply affecting Elijah's Wake is like jitterbugging across some invisible boundary between the mundane and the subconscious. Conceived by...
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A-List
Happy Hours
By Jessica Armbruster
Published: November 4, 2009
This time last year, the area surrounding the corner of Lake Street and Lyndale Avenue was alarming in its increasing vacancy. Victims of the economy included Heavenly Soles,...
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A-List
Crypticon
By Jessica Armbruster
Published: November 4, 2009
Halloween was last week, but fans of horror and special-effects makeup are still going strong. This weekend separates the true fanatics from the fakes with Crypticon, a...
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A-List
PowerPoint Karaoke
By Jessica Armbruster
Published: November 4, 2009
Despite what the event's title may suggest, there will be no singing at this event. However, for those of you who can give a good sales presentation, who can bullshit their way...
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A-List
Art Attack
By Katie Christian
Published: November 4, 2009
If northeast Minneapolis is home to the city's reigning arts community, then the Northrup King Building is its presiding behemoth, a former seed company headquarters that now...
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A-List
Zipp's Beer Tasting
By Jessica Armbruster
Published: November 4, 2009
When you go to a bar, do you always order the same pint without even taking a look at the menu? Are you in a beer rut? Tonight's benefit tasting at the Cedar may be just the...
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A-List
Studio Bricolage: Performance Sculpture: Kinetic Art
By Jessica Armbruster
Published: November 4, 2009
For those unfamiliar with the term, "kinetic art" describes works that utilize movement. Some pieces work as onetime performance art, such as falling dominos or a structure...
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A-List
Sun in the Satellite
By Erin Roof
Published: November 4, 2009
Sun in the Satellite dirtied their boots among local rock and psych acts the Screens, the Idle Hands, and Colfax Abbey. But their current endeavor is a different creature,...
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A-List
Lisa Landry
By P.F. Wilson
Published: November 4, 2009
Though she has a toddler, comedian Lisa Landry doesn't talk a whole lot about motherhood onstage. "I try to talk about other things," she says. "It's awesome to have a kid, but...
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A-List
The Minnesota Eye: Contemporary Photography
By Jessica Armbruster
Published: November 4, 2009
From Wing Young Huie to Alec Soth, from the Walker Art Museum to the Weinstein Gallery, it's no secret that in recent decades Minnesota's influence on photographic work has...
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A-List
Suicide Commandos
By Nate Patrin
Published: November 4, 2009
Should we call this a full-fledged reunion phase for Minneapolis' ur-punk legends? Maybe, since they've had a remarkably active 2009: playing a benefit at Nick & Eddie for the...
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A-List
Old Crow Medicine Show
By Bryan Miller
Published: November 4, 2009
The old-time string band rolls back into town for a show at the State just weeks after their last appearance in the Twin Cities, playing for fan Garrison Keillor, who books...
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A-List
Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Boston Celtics
By Ben Palosaari
Published: November 4, 2009
It's rare for sports teams—especially in Minnesota—to have a single player define a period as much as Kevin Garnett did for the Timberwolves in the '90s and early...
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A-List
Free First Saturday: Rock Out!
By Peter S. Scholtes
Published: November 4, 2009
This daytime family event would be fun even if it didn't feature a rare reunion performance by American punk pioneers the Suicide Commandos, or a maze of mirrored pavilions...
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