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Local sketch comedy group LESTARIL works on an upcoming video on Sunday.

[Photo] Sketch in the city

Published March 22, 2016
Local musician Joey Joey Michaels poses for portraits at Gold Medal Park on Monday. Michaels will be performing at the 331 Club on March 11 alongside Tickle Torture and Swimsuit Area.

[Photo] Getting back to sincerity

Published March 8, 2016
Local band Poolboy runs through songs in their practice space on Tuesday night, ahead of their EP release show at the 7th Street Entry on Feb. 28.

[Photo] Taking a dip

Published February 25, 2016
Local comedian Robert Fones performs at an open mic at the Comedy Corner Underground on West Bank on Friday night.

[Photo] Humor with humility

Published February 23, 2016
Freshman animal science major Danielle Johnson feeds calves at the Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research facilities on the St. Paul Campus. The St. Paul Campus hosted its first Explore Ag Careers Day last Monday, which provided information on agricultural careers to middle schoolers in an effort to encourage more students to pursue careers in agricultue.

[Photo] U debuts Agricultural Career Day

Published February 22, 2016
A reimagined Old Fashioned, deviled eggs and chicken and dumplings sit on display at Citizen Supper Club, located within the InterContiental Hotel in downtown St. Paul. The restaurant will be participating in Mpls St. Paul Magazines Restaurant Week from Feb. 21-26.

[Photo] Restaurant Week dishes deals

Published February 18, 2016
Homemade pizza rolls are a great twist on a classic frozen snack.

[Photo] College Kitchen: Frozen foods

Published February 18, 2016
Crew members work to set up the hockey rink that will be used for the upcoming NHL Stadium Series game between the Minnesota Wild and Chicago Blackhawks inside TCF Bank Stadium on Feb. 21.

[Photo] TCF Bank Stadium turns to ice

Published February 17, 2016
Jug band musicians, left to right, Amanda Standalone Nygard, Kris Garwick and Bob Fyfe play a song together at Eagles Club #34 on Friday, Feb. 5. This weekend marks the 34th annual Battle of the Jug Bands, which will be held at the Cabooze on Feb. 13 and 14.

[Photo] Everything but the kitchen sink

Published February 11, 2016
First Year Experience section leader Lucy Chen meets with freshman Steven King for a one-on-one check in at Goldys Gameroom on Monday. As a freshman, Chen was encouraged by her FYE section leader to get involved with the program to help future incoming freshmen during their first year of college.

[Photo] U adapts first year program

Published February 9, 2016
People gather around the College of Biological Sciences Titan Arum or Corpse Flower, which is expected to bloom very soon. The flower only blooms every 10 years, and when it does it is said to smell like rotting flesh.

[Photo] Corpse flower a late bloomer

Published February 8, 2016
Author, Professor and Director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy Project on the Middle East Peace Process David Makovsky poses for portraits at the University of Minnesota Hillel building on Tuesday before speaking at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs.

[Photo] MN Daily Q&A: David Makovsky

Published February 3, 2016
Tom Loftus poses for portraits in the office of his record label, Modern Radio, on Jan. 20. The label, which includes such bands as Hollow Boys, STNNNG, Fury Things and B.O.Y.F., is celebrating its 16th birthday with two shows this weekend.

[Photo] Modern Radio looks back

Published January 28, 2016
Shanti Pothapragada and Danika Ragnhild work at GLITCH headquarters on Wednesday. GLITCH, a nonprofit that focuses on the significance of digital games in culture and careers, is hosting its second annual Gamecraft event this weekend.

[Photo] Nonstop game development

Published January 28, 2016
Actress Danielle Krivinshuk plays the role of a university student in crisis as UMPD Sgt. Peter Reineke responds to the situation. Crisis Intervention Team training is a popular method for police departments across the country for teaching officers how to respond to mental health calls by finding help and resources for the troubled individual.

[Photo] U police trained for crises

Published January 28, 2016
Employee of tenKsolar, Dwayne Blakely, moves solar panels onto a module light table for testing. Innovative Power Systems is working to put solar panels on the green line corridor in hopes of making solar energy more readily available.

[Photo] Rays of light to power transit

Published January 26, 2016
Members of local band Treading North pose for portraits on Thursday. The band is hosting a concert with other local bands in support of Bernie Sanders presidential campaign at the Triple Rock Social Club on Jan. 28.

[Photo] ‘A Bernie love-fest’

Published January 26, 2016
Ifrah Mansour performs a piece entitled Somalias Balloon at the Cedar-Riverside community health fair at Mixed Blood Theater on Monday. The event, put on by the local community and HealthPartners, included performances and information on various health-related issues and services.

[Photo] Performance and prevention

Published January 20, 2016
Gary Reuter of the University of Minnesotas Bee Lab looks inside of a box where bees are kept on the St. Paul Campus on Tuesday. Recent research shows that common pesticides found on plants and trees that bees feed off of are entering their nectar and harming bee populations.

[Photo] EPA: Pesticides a buzzkill

Published January 20, 2015
Monica LaPlante poses for portraits at findfurnish in NE Minneapolis on Tuesday. LaPlante is one of the musicians playing at Camaraderie Records A Very Murray Christmas, a Christmas show dedicated to actor Bill Murray. The show is taking place at the Turf Club on Wednesday, Dec. 16.

[Photo] A Very Murray Christmas

Published December 16, 2015
Ariel Linnerson instructs an advanced yoga class at the Recreation and Wellness Center on Tuesday. In Spring of 2016, the University of Minnesota will be offering courses that give students the chance to become certified yoga instructors.

[Photo] Program will license yogis

Published December 2, 2015
Protesters practice forming lines of defense at the 4th Precinct on Monday. Protesters spent the day preparing to be pushed out of the location by police after Mayor Betsy Hodges called for an end to the demonstrations.

[Photo] Shooting suspects charged

Published December 1, 2015
Senior forward Hannah Brandt scores at Ridder Arena on Saturday, where the Gophers defeated Bemidji State 8-3. Brandt scored five goals, including her 100th career goal, and earned the title of Gopher womens hockeys all-time career leading scorer.

[Photo] Gophers beat the Beavers at home

Published November 16, 2015
Minneapolis police officers look on as students enter the Riff Raff concert put on by Sigma Chi fraternity on Friday night. The event was staffed by 8 off-duty police officers, security guards, and members of the fraternity, in an effort to keep the event safe and crime free.

[Photo] U cops try to block brawls

Published November 2, 2015
Dan Hnilicka of the University of Minnesotas Raptor Center gives a treat to Casper the Red-tailed Hawk outside of the Weisman Art Museum on Tuesday. Raptor Center staff answered questions about birds and allowed students to observe and take photos as a part of the University of Minnesotas Nature Heals: 30x30 program.

[Photo] Nature program nurtures

Published October 14, 2015
President of Professional Student Government Kyle Kroll speaks at the first Congress meeting of the year in Coffman Memorial Union on Tuesday. Kroll was recently elected to the position and delivered his first State of the Union address to current members.

[Photo] New student gov. kicks off

Published September 23, 2015
Sophomores Tatiana Lyons and Elayna Shapiro chat in their apartment in the Fourth Street Cooperative on Tuesday.

[Photo] Co-op lets students lead

Published September 16, 2015
The Electric Steel Elevator stands in Prospect Park on September 9. In late August, the Minneapolis City Council denied the Universitys appeal to demolish the grain silos and develop on the plot of land.

[Photo] City denies elevator demolition

Published September 9, 2015
Kristine Stresman and Shön Troth of Enemy Planes sit in their practice space on September 3, 2015. The band recently won an international battle of the bands in Barcelona.

[Photo] High-flying Enemy Planes

Published September 8, 2015
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