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Love will NOT tear us apart.

Local goths celebrate love, darkness and each other

by Gabriel Brito
Published October 9, 2024

Underneath the deep, dark Minnesota night sky lies a diverse and vibrant community of goths. Whether hosting picnics and flea markets or dancing to the bittersweet beats played by alternative DJs, goths...

“Joker: Folie à Deux” fails to meet the expectations of fans and casual viewers as it dances through musical numbers and a nonexistent plot for nearly three hours.

“Joker: Folie à Deux” drags and disappoints

by Sophia Arndt
Published October 7, 2024

I had never desired to leave a theater in the middle of a film until watching “Joker: Folie à Deux” in a nearly empty AMC theater on Saturday.   Released on Oct. 4, Todd Phillips’ “Joker:...

Al’s Breakfast is worth the effort, but CrunCheese isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

The great Dinkytown food expedition

by Sommer Wagen
Published October 6, 2024

If there’s one thing Dinkytown has, it’s restaurants.  Many restaurants vie to be the late-night fix of a drunken University of Minnesota student. Others are more fitting for dinner dates with...

Most Gen Z try to thrift, but some still spend money on fast fashion.

Fighting fast fashion and shopping sustainably

by Isabella Caswell
Published October 6, 2024

With Halloween quickly approaching, many people may turn to fast fashion, inexpensive clothing produced rapidly using cheap labor, to find costumes. However, many engage in fast fashion all year round.  A...

Recent fantasy adaptations have received backlash, as some fans argue that their diverse interpretations are inaccurate to their white source material.

Fantasy adaptations feature diverse casts despite backlash

by Sophia Arndt
Published October 2, 2024

Early last week, Disney announced Tamara Smart will be playing Thalia Grace in “Percy Jackson and the Olympians,” the Disney+ adaptation of Rick Riordan’s hit book series. The announcement was met...

Copies of Minnesota Manga are available at The Book House in Dinkytown and Source Comics & Games in Roseville.

Minnesota Manga brings creators’ passions to life

by Sommer Wagen
Published October 1, 2024

A new University of Minnesota publication has entered the scene this semester with a unique focus on the art form of manga, or comics and graphic novels from Japan. Minnesota Manga, which is now available...

Thomas Troupe and Gina Christ attempt to record evidence of a spirit in the basement of the Black Forest Inn.

Haunted places near you

by Gabriel Brito
Published September 30, 2024

Minneapolis is home to countless reports of ghosts, ghouls, spirits, specters, phantoms and paranormal activity. From the scornful spirits skulking around a historic skyscraper to the clueless ghost...

Customers move about the booths at Fat Flea on Saturday, shopping through clothing, artwork and more.

Fat Flea offers a community in fashion

by Sophia Arndt
Published September 30, 2024

A line wrapped around the block of the Hollywood Theater on Saturday morning for the second-ever Fat Flea, a flea market focused on body positivity by offering clothing in sizes XL to 6XL. Minneapolis...

Visitors of all backgrounds attended Saturday’s opening day of “Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)” at the Weisman.

WAM and Kara Walker: What is history?

by Sommer Wagen
Published September 30, 2024

This year’s Weisman Art Museum (WAM) fall exhibition peers into the shadows of America’s glorified history and beckons forth what has been disremembered. WAM opened “Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial...

Como Backdoor is the place to head-bang and mosh.

Como Backdoor’s first fall show reveals queer punk hub

by Isabella Caswell
Published September 29, 2024

Off a dimly lit street in Como, you would not be able to tell the difference between one house and the next on a Saturday night. Except for one house with a sign on the front door that says, “It’s...

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