Keepin’ it local and lazy
Compare costs, spring breaker: buying cool stuff = cheaper than going lame places
Making friends with foreign phrases
A&E helps travelers pretend to be polished polyglots.
North American Hopscotch
The continent’s most exciting places to book a spring break trip that won’t break the bank.
The unbearable lightness of break
Spring break can weigh heavy on backs and bank accounts. A&E is working to lighten the load.
Santa and Jesus: Free market capitalists
Economy-boosting goodies for everybody on your list
Max Schollett, Cub Food Bags, 2007.
With pollution and justice for all
“Journey to the Surface of the Earth” presents an artistic display of objects you’d never notice otherwise.
Bolt and Penny are ready for action
Who let the dog out? Disney.
The combination of talking dogs and Miley Cyrus is enough to make any pre-teen spontaneously combust from excessive joy.
Season’s Eatings!
Old St. Nicholas’ helpers/figures of lore from other winter holiday-having religions at the Daily’s A&E department have managed to round up some staggeringly delicious recipes that won’t break the bank or require several laborious hours over a broiling stovetop.
The cities’ best indie labels
(3)The Twin Cities have got more record labels than Angelina Jolie's got orphans!
Brave New Workshop strokes funny bones
The Comedy theater's demi-centennial Christmas show puts the "Ha" back in “Hark the Herald”
Fashion bloggers to know
The medium of showcasing your wardrobe has become an Internet sensation. Why?
Four films you should probably be interested in
With literally no important events or holidays lined up for December, we have created a new "Movie Day" to take place on an arbitrary date: December 25th
What we talk about when we talk about India
MIA’s newest exhibit deals with cultural conceptions of this most complex of nations.
CD Round-up
This week: An arty virtuoso, a group of indie rock drama queens and your white hat-wearing cousin Chad’s favorite rockers.
On the road with Blitzen Trapper
The Oregon rockers trail into St. Paul with a copious amount of twang stuffed securely in their plaid breast pockets.
The art of dropping acid
Brian Mark’s inimitable acid on steel works are powerful portrayals of the human spirit
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Eastwood’s “Changeling” poses as Best Picture
Angelina Jolie plays a distraught late ’20s beauty in this period thriller.
Tournees Festival turns us on ... to films!
Cancel out the last Rob Schneider you film you saw with flicks from the fabled land of fries.
D-list Celebra-Endorsa-Palooza!
A&E racks and stacks the presidential endorsements of the voiceless: minor celebs.
Real life ghost busters
(1)Well, not quite “busting,” but the Twin Cities Paranormal Society is on the case
Not a bowl of cherries
“Happy-Go-Lucky’s” subtle acting and cutesy British accents can’t save it from the dragging direction
Smith and Rogen make a movie
(3)"Zack and Miri Make a Porno" successfully merges the two dominant worlds in comedy today
Heavy chicks, flashy licks and Detroit kicks
Electric Six’s “Flashy” is yet another venture into machismo-charged power rock.
Cultivating Kudo
Tetsumi Kudo’s sculpture exhibit at the Walker Art Center is disturbingly beautiful, grotesquely captivating.
High fashion contends with shallow pockets
(2)The Twin Cities welcomes new boutiques, but will they last in this economy?
Up a Desert Creek
Amy Shearn’s “How Far is the Ocean from Here” explores the characteristics of relationships formed when there is nothing left to grasp for.
Doin’ it Dubya
Oliver Stone’s new movie explores the conundrum that is George Bush’s life.
All About Murs
The L.A. based rapper played The Entry, continues bid for the White House with “Murs for President”
“Little Honey” is sugary, indeed
Lucinda Williams continues to sing satisfying songs, even after a couple handfuls of albums.
Holla Backlash
Oh Holla’s God. Who could help but be totally obsessed with Britney’s “Womanizer” video, which premiered Friday night and pretty much took over our small, small world.
It’s a graveyard smash
Neil Gaiman’s “Graveyard Book” proves that being raised by ghosts is the coolest
Anti-climatic, but a climax nonetheless.
(5)“Sex Drive” isn’t brilliant or inspiring, but it’s hard to ignore the actors’ chemistry.
Una Noche en Babalu
Local Caribbean restaurant Babalu may be on the expensive end of student dining, but the flavor and atmosphere are worth every Euro
Holland Channels the Dirty Thirties
(3)On her third solo album, songstress Jolie Holland mixes country sass with old-timey vigor
