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Tao Lin edits the independent publisher Muumuu House. His previous novels are Eeeee Eee Eeee and Richard Yates.

Interview with Tao Lin: What happened in “Taipei”

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published June 26, 2013
Tao Lin’s tech-savvy characters in “Taipei” supposedly represent the current generation’s prevailing apathy.
Minneapolis writer and author of Minneapolis Madams, Penny Peterson.

All of the red-lights

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published June 26, 2013
Penny Petersen’s “Minneapolis Madams” aims to uncover the lost history of prostitution in the Mill City.

Culture Compass: Guante, Kanye and 10 Thousand Sounds

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published June 19, 2013
A&E plans your weekend. You’re welcome, Swaghili-speakers.

Q&A with Dan Savage

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published June 19, 2013
A&E spoke to the outspoken sex columnist about doling out constant advice he gives via “Savage Love.”
Augies Bar lies behind the streetcars on Hennepin Avenue in this 1949 photo.

Gangsta’s paradise: “Augie’s Secrets” and Minneapolis mob life

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published June 5, 2013
Neal Karlen spills the secrets of Minneapolis mobsters like “Icepick Willie” and “Kid Cann” who dominated Hennepin Avenue in the 1940s and 50s.

Summer block parties in the Twin Cities

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published May 29, 2013
Festivus for the rest-of-us: Find the best of the local acts and big names outdoors in A&E’s 2013 guide to summer block parties.
Freeman Ryan, Decarlo Jackson, Devante Jackson, and Zosha Warpeha of the PipJazz Youth All-Stars group play together on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at the Dakota Jazz Club. A fundraiser for the Twin Cities Mobile Jazz Project will be hosted at the Dakota Jazz club from 4-7pm Thursday.

Local musicians put jazz on wheels

by Joe Kellen
Published May 9, 2013
Ex-Vice President of MCA Records Andre Fischer seeks to educate and invigorate the metro with the Twin Cities Mobile Jazz Project.

Celebrate the Cinco in the Twin Cities

by Shannon Ryan
Published May 2, 2013
Get your Cinco de Mayo jollies with new tequila cocktails, Cinco de discounts and a lowrider car show.

Culture Compass: Eat your veggies this weekend

by Lucy Nieboer
Published May 1, 2013
A&E plans your weekend. You’re welcome, cool kids.

Culture Compass: Danny Brown, Art in Bloom and Tim & Eric

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published April 25, 2013
A&E plans your weekend. You’re welcome, tree huggers.

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