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Rain Taxi’s passport acts as both a guide and a coupon book to nearly 40 unique independent bookstores across the Twin Cities.

Independent Bookstore Day passport shows where to celebrate Twin Cities literature

by Sommer Wagen
Published April 17, 2025

Independent Bookstore Day falls on the last Saturday of April each year, but Twin Cities literary organization Rain Taxi is giving local booklovers five whole days to celebrate with their annual Twin Cities...

Visitors move from booth to booth of vintage clothes and accessories at the Disco Death Records event for Record Store Day.

Disco Death Records celebrates Record Store Day a different way

by Sophia Arndt
Published April 14, 2025

With the bustle of customers picking through the collection of vinyls and the swarm of people moving between vintage booths in the parking lot, the team at Disco Death Records celebrated Record Store Day...

Morril co-owns Bodega Car Whiskey. Courtesy of Matthew Salacuse.

Q&A with comedian Sam Morril for his ‘Errors’ tour

by Gabriel Brito
Published April 13, 2025

Comedian Sam Morril is performing at the Pantages Theatre in downtown Minneapolis on Friday, April 18.The New York native’s fifth special, “You’ve Changed,” came out on Amazon Prime last year....

Evan Schwarz (left) and Carissa Wong (right) discuss their upcoming show and bounce jokes off one another.

UMN Comedy Club dumps experiences on stage

by Isabella Caswell
Published April 13, 2025

The University of Minnesota Comedy Club is a space where people can hang out and joke about things that happen to and around them to prepare for the club's April show Thursday at the Comedy Corner Underground...

Multiple events across the Twin Cities are celebrating the centennial anniversary of “The Great Gatsby.” Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society.

100 years of ‘The Great Gatsby’

by Sophia Arndt
Published April 9, 2025

A hundred years after its original publication, places across the Twin Cities are celebrating “The Great Gatsby” and its St. Paul-born author F. Scott Fitzgerald. In honor of its centennial anniversary,...

The fair featured local romance bookstores and shops like Hey Darling Bookstore and Swoonworthy Romance Booksellers. Courtesy of Rachel Silberman.

Spring Fling celebrates romance in literature

by Sophia Arndt
Published April 8, 2025

Celebrating the changing of the seasons, Inbound BrewCo hosted the Spring Fling Romance Book Fair on Saturday. The festivities included trivia, crafts and local booksellers from across the state. Packed...

The Wednesday night lecture was the final in this year’s Insights series, which the Walker and AIGA have been hosting for nearly 40 years. Courtesy of Leslie Bleess.

Inside the wacky world of OddMart

by Sommer Wagen
Published March 28, 2025

Comic artist and owner of OddMart Brad McGinty bears a striking resemblance to “Weird Al” Yankovic, so it's no wonder that his profession deals in the strange.“I’m pretty nervous,” he said...

Seniors and loved ones alike showed pride in the runway designs.

‘Unveil’ showcases diverse designs on the runway

by Isabella Caswell
Published March 25, 2025

Models of all body types walked the runway to show off apparel design seniors’ capstone projects on Saturday for their senior fashion show “Unveil.” Each senior designer displayed three to four...

Following the fan-favorite character Haymitch Abernathy during his Hunger Games, "Sunrise on the Reaping" reveals the true history of Panem and the rebellion.

‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ is a near-perfect prequel

by Sophia Arndt
Published March 23, 2025

Five years after the release of “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” and a decade after the conclusion of the original Hunger Games trilogy, author Suzanne Collins has made her highly anticipated return...

Courtesy of Shay Andrewin.

Noname Book Club comes to the Twin Cities

by Sommer Wagen
Published March 6, 2025

On the last day of Black History Month, more than 30 people gathered in Black Garnet Books for the first meeting of Noname Book Club’s Twin Cities chapter.Founded in 2019 by rapper Noname, aka Fatimah...

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