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Lakewood Cemetery offers over 250 acres of tranquility in the heart of South Minneapolis.

Death as life

by Samuel Linder
Published February 23, 2012
Tired of being constantly surrounded by chatter at the U? Take a stroll through the beautiful Lakewood Cemetery to enjoy the chillest company on earth.

Happy VD

by Sarah Harper
Published February 14, 2012
Hey, have you heard it’s Valentine’s Day?
One of Rich Lewis' earlier pipes sits on his workbench.  Lewis says it can take him anywhere between 6 to 20 hours to finish a pipe.

Jolly Good Smoke

by Samuel Linder
Published February 9, 2012
Old-fashioned tobacconists face an uncertain future as the world fights cigarettes and Swisher Sweets.
Anthony Lucia will be featured in The World’s Toughest Rodeo on Friday and Saturday at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

Crashing down to Earth

by Samuel Linder
Published February 3, 2012
The World’s Toughest Rodeo brings the best in no-fringes, no-holds-barred entertainment to the Xcel Energy Center tonight and tomorrow.
Featured artist Atom Pechman poses with his moustache sculpture, from which the show in Northeast Minneapolis takes its name.

The art of the ‘stache

by Griffin Fillipitch
Published February 2, 2012
Northeast art show focuses on humor and fun.
Eric Utne, founder of Utne Reader Magazine, recently published a book titled "Brenda, My Darling: The Love Letters of Fridtjof Nansen to Brenda Ueland." A painting of Brenda Ueland, Utne's step-grandmother, hangs on a wall in his home in South Minneapolis.

Letters will keep us together

by Sarah Harper
Published February 2, 2012
“Brenda, My Darling” is more than the trail left by randy pen pals – it’s a poetic portrait of undying sexual and intellectual infatuation.
A photo/Photos from “Layne Kennedy: The Art of the iPhone”, a new exhibit at the Mpls Photo Center.

Photograph Different

by Tony
Published February 2, 2012
A new exhibit at the Mpls Photo Center let’s you poke through a professional photographer’s iPhone
Participators compete in the music trivia during the Book It event Thursday at the James J. Hill Reference Library in St. Paul.

Party in the stacks

by Sarah Harper
Published February 2, 2012
Every night at the library is a party. But tonight, it’s official.

Don’t Blow Your Cover (Photo)

by Sarah Harper
Published January 31, 2012
In which A&E has a few words for the haters and then shares some ideas for the non-haters.

Book review: “Blood, Bones, and Butter”

by Samuel Linder
Published January 30, 2012
Gabrielle Hamilton’s “Blood, Bones, and Butter” is half Anthony Bourdain, half Tiger Mom, and a satisfyingly full meal for any fan of food writing.

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