Clouds of steam and raucous ringing coming from the University of Minnesota’s new Main Energy Plant stumped students as they snapped pictures on Washington Avenue Bridge Tuesday.“I don’t know,”...
Machines roar as student-workers sift through paper on a conveyor belt, pulling out misfit items like Pop-Tarts boxes and broken cellphone chargers.Across the warehouse, classic rock blares from a secondhand...
Around 250
demonstrators rallied in support of sexual assault victim-survivors outside TCF Bank
Stadium Saturday, an effort to show solidarity after 10 University of Minnesota football players were...
The University of Minnesota has spent more than $500,000 of state taxpayer and tuition money in legal fees as it battles faculty unionization advocates in court.Records obtained by the Minnesota Public...
The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating a case involving four suspended Gophers football players.Players KiAnte Hardin, Ray Buford, Dior Johnson and Tamarion Johnson are mentioned in an unspecified...
The 19-year-old man who fell from a fifth story FloCo Fusion apartment balcony Saturday night has been identified as Mackenzie John Caron, University of Minnesota student.Caron landed on the concrete about...
About 40 demonstrators lined the sidewalk between the Varsity Theater and the Loring Pasta Bar Saturday, quietly holding signs and talking with passersby. The protest was meant to educate the campus...
A University of Minnesota men’s basketball player was arrested Sunday on suspicion of sexual assault and is being held in Hennepin County Jail.
Reggie Lynch was arrested by officers from the University...
A woman was sexually assaulted Saturday evening after entering a stranger’s car in Dinkytown, according to an email from the University of Minnesota Police Department.
The...
After 24 years at the school, University of Minnesota Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Richard Pfutzenreuter will retire in June, according to an email President Eric Kaler sent to...
After 24 years at the school, University of Minnesota Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Richard Pfutzenreuter will retire in June, according to an email President Eric Kaler sent to...
A weekslong campus-wide cry for University of Missouri leaders to address racism at the school received an official response Monday morning with the resignation of the school’s system president.
Mounting...
Increasing plant diversity might play a key role in combatting climate change, according to a new study conducted in part at the University of Minnesota.
Published earlier this month in the science...
Her oversized maroon bow fluttering, a girl hardly older than 5 hustled down the bleachers at TCF Bank Stadium. At the end of the steps, Goldy Gopher reduced her to fairylike giggles with a tap on the...
For weeks, Ashley Peterson and Bradley Taylor labored until 2 a.m., scraping concrete off the floor and painting walls, preparing to open Dinkytown’s newest shop.
The recent University...
University of Minnesota Vice President and Chief Information Officer Scott Studham resigned Friday.
Studham started in his former position in February 2012, and oversaw the IT department for the...
Weeks after a heart attack, Billy Thompson manually removed bricks from a burned-down church in Milan, Minn.
The 86-year-old saw the bricks as an important addition to his homage to the tiny Minnesotan...
Donning a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles costume, Abe Cass zipped along the Mississippi River on water skis, completing a few back flips along the way.
The stunt was part of the Twin Cities River...
Eat this:
Giordano’s Deep Dish Pizza
The Chicago-based restaurant Giordano’s graced the people of Minneapolis with a location in Uptown this past month. Now that some of the buzz has...
Local artist Jeff Millikan left books outside so bees could create honeycomb in the pages. As with many of his projects, Millikan photographed the results.
“As they eat away at the text,...
Minnesota native Damiian Mario Lang’s childhood home in Dinkytown will serve as the backdrop of his show for this year’s Minnesota Fringe Festival.
Since first performing the show at...
Alightbulb sparked for Michael Rault when his father taught him the opening guitar riff to Van MorrisonâÄôs âÄúBrown Eyed GirlâÄù at age 12. âÄúAfter I figured that out,...
Thursday FLOW Northside Arts Crawl Back for its 10th anniversary, the FLOW Northside Arts Crawl presents three days of art. The festival celebrates variety, showcasing performing and visual art. On Saturday,...
Donning a tall 18th century white wig, Scott Heron teetered on his pointe shoes on a table before sliding off to collapse beneath it. The stunt was one small piece of his latest dance performance with...
Amid the political correctness of âÄúThis American LifeâÄù and âÄúThe Moth,âÄù Kevin Allison set out to create a space where people can tell any kind of story. Allison hosts...
Paddle this: Lake Harriet Make the most of the sunshine with a recently established pastime âÄî paddleboarding. When picking a paddle paradise, Lake Harriet makes a great contender with its free...
It’s Thursday, which means we’ve already had four days of this miserable week. You’re probably tired, overworked and hungry because you don’t really know how to cook anything besides...
While they were working on their latest EP, Jennie Lawless and Christopher Williams of Warehouse Eyes made it a regular habit to dance in their living room.
A simple glance at the movie title “God...
The self-deprecation in Jen Kirkman’s humor doesn’t seem to match up with her career.
In addition to stand up, the comedian has written a New York Times bestseller titled “I...
A lightbulb sparked for Craig Nordeen when red, white and blue doughnuts arrived at his workplace around this time last year.
Nordeen, who works as a designer at an advertising firm, saw potential...
After forming in 2012, the Twin Cities band gained attention with their 2013 single “Kisser,” which garnered over a million plays on SoundCloud. Since the buzz, the band has released singles...
In the midst of a rain storm Sunday, roughly 30 men and women in neon green T-shirts paused their work at Fred Lawshe Park as Marlyn Anderson shouted, “Fire in the hole!”
On cue,...
We all know Twitter is great for a lot of things, whether it’s skimming headlines, sharing pictures of your cute pet or just plain old lurking. But even if you think you’ve curated the perfect...
A stop at a flea market during a road trip home from a vacation in Myrtle Beach, S.C., sparked Brian Wheat’s musical career as a preteen.
“I think my parents were fed up with my sister...
Eat this:
Eli’s Donut Burgers
Donuts? Burgers? Thanks to Eli’s, you don’t have to choose. The zany pairing is available at Eli’s Donut Burgers food truck. The gluttony...
Since his arrival to Tate Laboratory of Physics in 1959, physics professor William Zimmermann said the building has seen periodic updates to its labs. Now, it’s in for a total makeover.
The...
In high school, Ryan Traster traded his trumpet for a bass guitar and didn’t look back.
Over past decade, the singer-songwriter has lived and played in New York, Portland, Los Angeles and...
As a McNally Smith College of Music 2005 graduate, Alison Scott entered a singer-songwriting competition and unwittingly kicked off the rest of her music career.
Since winning the contest...
Wear this:
Sun gear
As warm summer temperatures move in, it’s important to keep properly and stylishly covered from the sun. Go find sunscreen and that perfect pair of sunglasses that say...
As a coach and behavior specialist at Cedar Riverside Community School, Jennifer Weber witnessed East African girls struggling to handle their skirts or keep their hijabs intact while playing sports
“Teams...
Though artists Krista Franklin and Gloria Talamantes-Data (aka Gloe) both live in Chicago, they first met at Intermedia Arts’ B-Girl Be Festival.
Now the two will collaborate as featured...
Though it may not match the glamour of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts or the Science Museum of Minnesota, there’s yet another source of educational enrichment in town that quietly opens for the...
If you’re a choral connoisseur (or maybe you just like fish tacos), you may want to grab a lawn chair and zip on over to Minnehaha Falls tonight.
Starting at 7 p.m., three vocal ensembles...
In the midst of the ’80s new wave craze, a group of Minneapolis teenagers took a stab at punk rock.
Soul Asylum was born.
“When Soul Asylum started out, we were a real punk rock...
When Jonathan Krentz returned from his six-year service in the National Guard band, he joined the first country band he could find.
When that band fell apart, he and bassist Drew Sherman started...
Friday: Temples
The British rock group will be bringing their psychedelic tunes to the Mainroom during their U.S. tour, which ends at Bonnaroo. They released the album, “Sun Structures,” in...
As a young boy, Cadillac Kolstad’s father snuck him into bars on the West Bank of Minneapolis to give him his first exposure to live music.
Now an established musician, Kolstad brings...
As a college freshman in 2007, Lee Henke tracked down the music resonating through his dorm’s hall and found guitarist Ryan Acker, his future bandmate.
The two have been playing music...
Tame Impala delivered a seamless set of jams to a sold out crowd at First Avenue Wednesday night in Minneapolis.
It was their first show in town since 2013.
The band’s lead vocalist...
When Andy Fritz isn’t laboring away in the library for his computer engineering degree at the University of Minnesota, he plays in the electronic duo Tender Meat with Jon Coe.
Fritz...
The Gear Daddies seized the hearts of Minnesotans in the 1980s.
The Austin-based country-rock band, which features Randy Broughten, Nick Ciola, Billy Dankert and Martin Zellar, parted ways...
Bent over a paint-splattered table, Justin Spooner and Peter Lincoln Rusk weighed whether to paint a space diamond or a DNA helix on their cardboard space computer.
The two University of Minnesota...
Whether it’s helping each other with parallel parking or taking turns fronting the band, Minneapolis band Web of Sunsets maintains a team player attitude.
Sara Bischoff, Chris Rose and...
Whether he’s hand-drawing posters for gigs or cutting hair for his day job, Jake Tousignant is working toward a career as a musician.
The country-folk singer-songwriter moved to Minneapolis...
Around the clock, Jordan Crosser is making people feel amazing. Whether it be with a crown on their head or simple compliment, the University of Minnesota student is giving back.
Of her many jobs, she...
Soon, the concrete in front of Weisman Art Museum will be transformed into a grassy oasis.
Starting Monday, the WAM Collective will present a pop-up park of artificial grass and wooden...
After making a name for himself on the basketball court, Lawrence McKenzie picked up a new name for his hip-hop persona: Mac Irv.
McKenzie graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2008 with a degree...
Photo courtesy of Tina Machina
The Ghost Wolves brought their punk blues to Lee’s Liquor Lounge in Minneapolis on Thursday. After a stop in Madison, the pair made their way to Illinois,...
After receiving applause from a packed audience at Jazz Central, Larry McDonough and his quintet decided to bring their Chet Baker tribute concert to the Dakota Jazz Club. McDonough, an adjunct law professor...
The Counterfactuals are paving their way in the prof rock world. Carleton College professors Daniel Groll, Jason Decker and Andy Flory and St. Olaf College professor Michael Fuerstein comprise the indie...
From scansion to songwriting, sophomores from the University of Minnesota and Guthrie Theater BFA program will show off their Shakespeare studies this weekend.
The students present two Shakespeare productions...
Hunched over the table, Billy Mullaney recited descriptions off the wine menu using poetic rhythm.
Lately, Mullaney said, he’s looked at everyday text for meanings beyond their conventional use.
On...
Bradley Taylor said his doughnuts’ recipes require a cup of sexy and swag.
The recent University of Minnesota graduate started delivering doughnuts in November. And recently, his operation —...
University of Minnesota alumni are repairing a glitch in video game-design infrastructure.
Nicolaas VanMeerten and Evva Kraikul co-founded Glitch, an organization that aims to create a community for video...
Al Church[J1] is claiming a spotlight of his own.
The Minneapolis[J2] bassist, drummer and singer spent the last two years recording his debut album “Next Summer.” [J3] Church...
This Thursday, March 12th, the Trylon will feature two films from Minneapolis filmmaker John Ervin: “Made in Berlin” and “The Tiki War.”
“[The event]...
In keeping with his musical alias Kindness, Adam Bainbridge offers free DJ gigs while he’s on tour.
As Kindness, Bainbridge released “Otherness” in 2014, following his 2012 debut album,...
Two singing pianists face each other, interacting and cracking jokes with audience members, for the Shout House’s featured entertainment event — dueling pianos.
The 10-year-old Minneapolis...
Three actors are reviving the story of raft-fording companions Huck Finn and Jim in director Greg Banks’ adaptation of the classic novel this month.
Banks’ adaptation of Mark Twain’s...
As a mechanical engineering freshman at the University of Minnesota, Davey Steinman wandered into the Rarig Center and found a spiral staircase, beckoning him to explore his first catwalk.
When he was...
As a mechanical engineering freshman at the University of Minnesota, Davey Steinman wandered into the Rarig Center and found a spiral staircase, beckoning him to explore his first catwalk.
When he was...
As an 11-year-old, Sophia Shorai saw jazz-infused musical comedy “Babes in Arms” and was awestruck.
The jazz-pop artist, who’s a University of Minnesota alumna, has been performing throughout...
The play “To Begin With” reimagines the life of Charles Dickens and spotlights one of his lesser-known works.
Written by Jeffrey Hatcher, it will premiere at the Music Box Theatre this weekend....
Lynn Nottage will unveil the first scene from her unreleased work “Sweat” at the University of Minnesota on Wednesday.
Penumbra Theatre actors Carl Atiya Swanson, James Craven and H....
Brandon Boat and Tane Danger are taking the script out of politics.
The duo leads the Theater of Public Policy, an improv group that combines skits and interviews with local leaders and politicians, combining...
University of Minnesota Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature graduate school alum Justin Schell traveled across the globe for his Ph.D. dissertation. When he got back, he found that he couldn’t...
When Justin Schell returned from traveling the world for his dissertation, he realized he couldn’t fit all of the experiences into his paper.
The University of Minnesota cultural studies and comparative...
Robin Kaehler clapped to the music’s beat as her fellow dancers in the Dans Askina Turkish Dance Ensemble rehearsed.
The 11 members of the troupe lit up the studio. And this weekend, they’ll...
The days of simple sandcastle entertainment may be dwindling — Disney has developed the “world’s first autonomous sand art bot,” aptly titled “BeachBot.”
College...
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Thursday, January 29th marks 170 years since the publishing of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven.” To commemorate this occasion, here are 5 notable readings of the famous,...
Once, while Joshua Parlanti was strumming his banjo and belting out a song for a concert at a barn, someone interrupted his band in fear of a fire.
As the smoke-like substance faded around them, members...
The anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation is bringing Minneapolis musicians together.
University of Minnesota landscape architecture professor David Pitt joins other area professionals — from...
A circulating TIME article reports that you can now play “Oregon Trail” online through the Internet Archive, a site that brings back hundreds of retro games you likely played on one of these.
When...
The College of Design’s newest exhibit at the Goldstein Museum on the St. Paul campus takes visitors for a ride through the world of bicycle design.
The museum opens its “Design Cycles: A Bike...
At age 17, Quinn Tsan left her Minneapolis home for Chicago to sing backup vocals for folk singer Joe Pug.
Since then, Tsan has claimed a spotlight of her own, forming a band herself in 2014. The singer-songwriter...
After a wholesome five hours of sleep one morning last week, I tuned in to the Current’s morning show and endured 50 seconds of confusion and hilarity as the audio from this fantastic video played....
Pop-Tart ads have become known over the years for their darkly humorous scenarios in which anthropomorphic pastries unexpectedly meet their fate. They appear in various situations, whether as a closet...
Whether you’re killing time on a boring Sunday afternoon or yearning to find something “before it was cool,” Forgotify and Petit Tube have got you covered.
According to the Forgotify...
Molly Rankin’s carefree attitude toward the persistent mispronunciations of her band’s name, Alvvays, mirrored her friendly, positive persona on the phone.
Alvvays consists of Rankin as lead...
As humans have done for millennia, Bradley Greenwald celebrates the winter solstice in his show “The Longest Night.”
Greenwald curated a mix of songs and poems focusing on various elements...
Megan Culverhouse helps Chives the puppet get in costume. Photo by Liam Doyle
On Tuesday night, I tagged along with one of our photographers, Liam, who was shooting photos for The...
The Ridiculous Puppet Company helps people get up close and personal with puppets.
Jeff Neppl and Megan Culverhouse founded the company in 2012 with the goal of taking puppetry beyond the theater realm....
Amy Herzog’s “4000 Miles” dramatic comedy features a zany pair of roommates.
After 21-year-old protagonist Leo Joseph-Connell completes a 4,000-mile cross-country bike ride, he decides...
The Pines’ haunting strings and vocals have crept across the country.
The Minneapolis-based band has released four full-length albums since 2002. Most recently, the group released “Dark So...
When three playwrights wanted to revamp Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” they turned to the Bard’s other work.
Writers Dominique Serrand, Steven Epp and Nathan...
In 1995, Michael Donley, Bill Arnold and Bob Stromberg met for a cup of coffee.
By the end of the visit, they had decided to create the show that became Triple Espresso, which is opening for its 20th season...
Chatter and the occasional thump of a plastic club hitting the floor filled the annex of Northrop Auditorium as members of the University of Minnesota Juggling Club practiced their craft.
The casual atmosphere...
When Daniel Kessler registered for classes at New York University, he didn’t know he’d meet two future bandmates on campus and later sign a record deal.
Interpol consists of Kessler on guitar,...
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