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Florence Brammer lays for a living embalming session in the Southern Theater on Saturday, Oct. 26. Living embalming sessions, brought to the theater for the Twin Cities Horror Festival and put on by "Funerals For Life," are short and interactive dark comedy shows in which the audience pretends to be dead. 

“Bug Girl” brings gore and artistry to Twin Cities Horror Festival

by Ksenia Gorinshteyn
Published October 31, 2019
The Twin Cities Horror Festival will play 13 shows at the Southern Theater from Oct. 24 to Nov. 3.
Hailee Schievelbein

Haunted Twin Cities hotspots with Dangerous Linda

by Norah Kleven
Published October 31, 2019
A guide to the Twin Cities’s supernatural spots
Dr. Date: My boyfriend pays for everything in our relationship ... including his sugar babies

Dr. Date: My boyfriend pays for everything in our relationship … including his sugar babies

by Dr. Date
Published October 31, 2019
“The dude makes like $200k a year, he could pay for my tuition!”
Dr. Date: I stole my ex’s moped keys. Do I have to give them back?

Dr. Date: I stole my ex’s moped keys. Do I have to give them back?

by Dr. Date
Published October 31, 2019

Dear Dr. Date, Look, when your ex breaks up with you because “other girls are pretty hot too,” you start looking for revenge. We were together for six months and he had just met my family before deciding...

The annual BareBones Halloween Puppet Extravaganza, which brings art to the community through movement and puppetry, is performed on Saturday, Oct. 26.

This year’s BareBones Puppets Extravaganza illuminates climate crisis

by Ksenia Gorinshteyn
Published October 31, 2019
The 26th Annual BareBones Puppets Halloween Extravaganza examines humans’ relationship with nature.
Dr. Date: Couples taking fall photos need to stop

Dr. Date: Couples taking fall photos need to stop

by Dr. Date
Published October 27, 2019

Dear Dr. Date,  God, if I see one more f*cking couple at a pumpkin patch, corn maze or haunted house, I am going to scream. I swear, everyone I know is out on cute fall dates with perfect Instagram...

Lizea Harper poses for a portrait outside of the Katherine E. Nash Gallery on Sunday, Oct. 27.

Underground Update: From boom bap to pop rap, Lizea Harper does it all

by Alex Strangman
Published October 27, 2019
Musician Lizea Harper’s music is the “dark remedy” perfect for any occasion.
Connor Simone, a part-time student and full-time trainee at TU Dance, performs at the University Recreation and Wellness Center on Sunday, Oct. 27. 

UMN student Connor Simone is leaping into the professional dance scene

by Norah Kleven
Published October 27, 2019
Simone is a trainee with TU Dance, a nationally renowned modern dance company based in St. Paul.
Dr. Date: My playboy bunny nightmare

Dr. Date: My playboy bunny nightmare

by Dr. Date
Published October 27, 2019

Dear Dr. Date, My boyfriend is a huge Halloween fan and loves to create an elaborate costume every year. Now that we’re dating, he wanted to make a couples costume for the two of us. After running through...

Student artists, from left, Jayson Clune, Axel Santo Domingo, Juan Mantilla and Josh Cachon pose for a portrait outside of Coffman Union on Monday, Oct. 21.  Members of the artists collective, theMARAJ, they have been making music together since they attended Wayzata High School together. 

Student music collective theMARAJ raps for representation of identity, culture

by Ksenia Gorinshteyn
Published October 24, 2019
theMARAJ released its long-awaited project “Dripstars” this past July.

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