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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...

Griffin will perform in Minneapolis on Oct. 11. Courtesy of Jen Rosenstein.

Kathy Griffin is forgiven and touring

by Alexis Letang
Published September 27, 2024

At first glance, she looks like country singer Reba McEntire, but she is Kathy Griffin. In order to jog some memories, Griffin has hosted 20 stand-up comedy specials, holding the Guinness Book of World...

Lillie Della Penna, the lead singer of Babe Haven, performs "Final Girl" at Zhora Darling, on Sept. 20.

Punk concerts for the uninitiated

by Sophia Arndt
Published September 23, 2024

Minneapolis restaurant Zhora Darling hosted four punk bands in their backroom venue on Sept. 20 for a night of genre-bending music featuring local artists whenthedustsettles and Ice Climber, as well as...

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