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All content by Sarah Harper

The fashionista is in: The best thing you will ever wear

by Sarah Harper
Published October 22, 2013

The fashionista is in: costumes ripped from the headlines

by Sarah Harper
Published October 15, 2013
Protect yourself! From top left: Vaseline Total Moisture, Neutrogena Moisture Wrap and Studio 35 Complete Moisture Lotion. On the scarf, from top: Aquaphor, Burt's Bees and generic Walgreens chapstick.

America’s Test Vanity: Lotions and lips

by Sarah Harper
Published October 8, 2013

Watch the LoLs at BW3s

by Sarah Harper
Published October 4, 2013

Interview: Building a Fraternity House Front

by Sarah Harper
Published October 4, 2013

The fashionista is in: How to be a minimalist

by Sarah Harper
Published October 1, 2013
Bartender Ryan Fuchs sings Monday evening at Otter Saloon.

The first-timer’s guide to karaoke

by Sarah Harper
Published September 26, 2013
Local designer Samantha Rei hosts a party to celebrate the launch of her new label, Samantha Rei, at the You and Me boutique on Thursday, September 19th, 2013.

The fashionista is in: It’s Minneapolis-St. Paul Fashion Week

by Sarah Harper
Published September 24, 2013
Ruckus founder Jon Piepho gestures to the artwork he's selling for his art shop project on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013 in Northeast Minneapolis.

The art world could use a Ruckus

by Sarah Harper
Published September 19, 2013

Culture Compass: Gender, hip-hop and Katy Perry

by Sarah Harper
Published September 19, 2013
Crescent Moon, located off 15th and Como Ave, is home of the "Football Pizza".

The Twin Cities’ best imported pizza

by Sarah Harper
Published September 12, 2013

Buzzfeed honors Mesa Pizza

by Sarah Harper
Published September 5, 2013

Quiz: Your perfect fall TV show

by Sarah Harper
Published September 5, 2013

Culture compass: “Orange is the New Black” and Capture the Flag

by Sarah Harper
Published September 5, 2013
The fashionista is in: Mall of America style

The fashionista is in: Mall of America style

by Sarah Harper
Published September 3, 2013

Passion Pit, Hoodie Allen to perform at U homecoming

by Sarah Harper
Published August 28, 2013

Culture Compass: Bachelorettes and Backstreet Boys

by Sarah Harper
Published July 31, 2013

A&E is on Spotify: What does it all mean?

by Sarah Harper
Published July 2, 2013

You’ve Got Mail

by Sarah Harper
Published May 9, 2013
Founder of the Minnesota School of Botanical Art Marilyn Garber holds one of her own pieces of art in The Bakeen Museum where the museum will have the "Drawn From Nature" exhibit by the Minnesota School of Botanical Art.

Minnesota School of Botanical Art blossoms

by Sarah Harper
Published May 2, 2013
Students and the public attend the Battle of the Bands on Friday, April 20, 2012, in front of Coffman Union.

13 Things to Know About Spring Jam ’13

by Sarah Harper
Published April 25, 2013

Culture Compass: spring breakers and midsummer dreaming

by Sarah Harper
Published April 18, 2013
Electric Fetus customer David Holmes browses the aisles of records on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at their Minneapolis location. Electric Fetus, along with other record stores in the Twin Cities, will be participating in Record Store Day 2013 on Saturday, April 20th.

The Vinyl Frontier: Record Store Day 2013

by Sarah Harper
Published April 18, 2013
Drawing out grief

Drawing out grief

by Sarah Harper
Published December 6, 2012

Culture Compass: Zombies, Ben Affleck and succotash

by Sarah Harper
Published October 11, 2012

Culture Compass: Bad words, fashion week and the Uptown Theatre

by Sarah Harper
Published September 13, 2012

Book Club: Summer reading

by Sarah Harper
Published August 8, 2012

Charmers’ Almanac: Late summer edition

by Sarah Harper
Published August 8, 2012

Review: “Ruby Sparks”

by Sarah Harper
Published August 1, 2012
Charissa Peterson shapes a bulb of molten glass into a bowl Thursday at FOCI Minnesota Center for Glass Arts. FOCI, located in a building complex that used to be a General Mills research and development complex, is the only open studio for glass blowing in Minnesota where hobbyists can take classes and rent studio time.

An arts haven on Hennepin

by Sarah Harper
Published August 1, 2012

Book Club: Olympics edition

by Sarah Harper
Published August 1, 2012
Illustrator John F. Beckmann poses in his studio in north Minneapolis. He and his uncle John collaborated to make the illustrated book titled “38.”

History lessons

by Sarah Harper
Published July 25, 2012

Book Club: “Yes, Chef” by Marcus Samuelsson

by Sarah Harper
Published July 25, 2012

Charmers’ Almanac: Dreamy flicks edition

by Sarah Harper
Published July 25, 2012
Art curator Anna Cerniglia, left, founder of Chicago's Johalla Projects, stands with artists Matthew Hoffman and Andrea Jablonski underneath a balloon installation Saturday in the VIP area of the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago. Jablonski and Hoffman contributed the two art installations at the festival.

What’s art got to do with it?

by Sarah Harper
Published July 18, 2012
Bradford Cox of Atlas Sound shares conversation with fans Sunday at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago following his set earlier in the day.

Interview: Bradford Cox

by Sarah Harper
Published July 18, 2012
Dirty Beaches, also known by his real name Alex Zhang Huntai, performs the first set Sunday at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago.

Interview: Dirty Beaches

by Sarah Harper
Published July 18, 2012
Parents Bill and Lisa Roe watch Thee Oh Sees with their 3-year-old daughter Ronnie and their 2-month-old son Arthur on Sunday at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago. The Roes own a Chicago-based record label named Trouble in Mind.

Baby boomers

by Sarah Harper
Published July 18, 2012
Gail Baerg from Brooklyn Park reaches the end of “81 Minutes: After the Bridge Collapsed” exhibit Sunday at the Firefighters Hall and Museum in Northeast Minneapolis. The exhibit takes visitors from minute 0 to 81 following the collapse of the I-35W bridge five years ago.

For the fighters

by Sarah Harper
Published July 11, 2012

“Channel Orange” by Frank Ocean is out a week early, is the best

by Sarah Harper
Published July 10, 2012

Four films for the Fourth

by Sarah Harper
Published July 3, 2012

The ABC’s of “Magic Mike”

by Sarah Harper
Published June 29, 2012

State of the arts

by Sarah Harper
Published June 27, 2012
Stuffaboutminneapolis blogger Paul Merill, poses for a portrait at his home on Saturday with his cellphone on which he often uses Instagram.

Tumbling the Twin City

by Sarah Harper
Published June 25, 2012

Review: “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”

by Sarah Harper
Published June 24, 2012

Let’s pour one out for the A.V. Club, Twin Cities

by Sarah Harper
Published June 22, 2012

A visit from the National Endowment for the Arts

by Sarah Harper
Published June 20, 2012

College Kitchen, Martha Stewart style: Asparagus tips

by Sarah Harper
Published June 16, 2012

All off? All off: “Roman Holiday” at the Guthrie

by Sarah Harper
Published June 16, 2012
Illustrator and graphic designer Kelly Abeln holds her cat, Pebbles, on Friday in her home studio in south Minneapolis, where she creates pieces by hand and by computer for the online magazine Rookie.

Kelly Abeln: An illustrator for teenage girls

by Sarah Harper
Published June 13, 2012
The cast of “The Vampire” rehearses Monday night on the Minnesota Centennial Showboat. The show runs June 15 – Aug. 25.

Boats ‘n’ shows

by Sarah Harper
Published June 13, 2012

Pitchfork 2012 schedule announced

by Sarah Harper
Published June 8, 2012

ACME Comedy Company’s new podcast, nolaughtrack

by Sarah Harper
Published June 7, 2012

Five years later, we’ve got a new Jens Lekman album

by Sarah Harper
Published June 7, 2012

“The Glee Project” doesn’t find you interesting

by Sarah Harper
Published June 6, 2012

The Gopher’s Guide to Northern Spark

by Sarah Harper
Published June 6, 2012
Visitors browse the bike art installation during the seventh annual Bike Art on Friday at Altered Esthetics in Northeast Minneapolis.

Like a gallery needs a bicycle

by Sarah Harper
Published June 5, 2012

The Minnesota African American Museum and Cultural Center’s opening day

by Sarah Harper
Published June 2, 2012

CD Review: Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles, “Heat”

by Sarah Harper
Published May 29, 2012

A visit from the Twitter squad: Jennifer Egan’s serialized story

by Sarah Harper
Published May 25, 2012

Say hello to Minneapplesauce, a new multimedia website

by Sarah Harper
Published May 24, 2012

Start packing your car for the Winstock Country Music Festival

by Sarah Harper
Published May 23, 2012
Caroline and the Treats graced the stage at the first night of the Girls Got Rhythm Fest on Friday, May 11 at the Amsterdam Bar in St. Paul.

Girls Got Rhythm Fest: Girls just wanna have rock ‘n’ roll

by Sarah Harper
Published May 15, 2012
Tara Lynne Barr and Joel Murray star in "God Bless America," a new movie written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait.

God bless Bobcat

by Sarah Harper
Published May 3, 2012
Local writer, Rob Callahan, will be releasing his third book, "A Wish Upon a Fallen Sky" on Wednesday, May 2.

Rob Callahan: A new kind of sci-fi

by Sarah Harper
Published May 1, 2012

Presents for your Sitcom Moms and Drama Mamas

by Sarah Harper
Published May 1, 2012

Fred Willard, animal lover and “Wits” guest

by Sarah Harper
Published April 26, 2012

Summer lovin’

by Sarah Harper
Published April 24, 2012
Muja Messiah and Maria Isa collaborate as the rap duo Villa Rosa. "It’s not about the local scene. It’s about representing what we know here, what we learn here and who we are, and taking that to other borders and boundaries, and getting stamps on the passport," Messiah said.

Villa Rosa: It takes two

by Sarah Harper
Published April 19, 2012
Cutline: Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling star in "The Lucky One," a movie based on a Nicholas Sparks novel. Sparks also wrote "The Notebook," "A Walk to Remember," and scores of other love stories.

Round Table Interview: Nicholas Sparks

by Sarah Harper
Published April 19, 2012

Make your necklaces

by Sarah Harper
Published April 17, 2012
R&B singer Van Hunt will perform at the Fine Line Music Cafe this Sunday. He released his third album, "What Were You Hoping For?" on his own label, Godless Hotspot. "I’m going to do what I want to do. And people who like it are going to support it, because I’m going to find them and I’m going to get the music in front of them," Hunt said.

Let it Be Naked: Van Hunt

by Sarah Harper
Published April 12, 2012
"The Cabin in the Woods" comes out on April 13. Young stars like Chris Hemsworth and Kristen Connolly share the screen with old favorites like Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins in this surprising horror-comedy.

Movie Review: The Cabin in the Woods

by Sarah Harper
Published April 12, 2012

A Denis Johnson Primer

by Sarah Harper
Published April 11, 2012
FrozBroz Erik Powers, left, and Ben Solberg hang out in one of the kitchens where they currently make their uniquely flavored ice cream. After they create a new flavor, the FrozBroz blog about the process and give away two pints of it.

FrozBroz Just Trying to Chill

by Sarah Harper
Published April 5, 2012

Make Your Bed

by Sarah Harper
Published April 3, 2012
Éireann Lorsung met Laressa Dickey at the University of Minnesota. Lorsung is publishing Dickey’ chapbook, “Companions, Corps of Discovery,” through her new U.K.-based micropress, MIEL.

Just Like MIEL

by Sarah Harper
Published March 29, 2012

Round-Table Interview: “The Hunger Games“ actors

by Sarah Harper
Published March 22, 2012
University of Minnesota alumna Becky Olstad photographs Circle of Discipline member 21-year-old Puol Both Tuesday evening at ringside. Both is a youth mentor at Circle of Discipline and has made it into the 2012 Olympic trials.

Becky Olstad’s Sweet Science

by Sarah Harper
Published March 22, 2012

Rock ‘n’ Roll ‘n’ Race Relations

by Sarah Harper
Published March 22, 2012

On The Marc

by Sarah Harper
Published March 8, 2012

How To Write A Novel

by Sarah Harper
Published March 8, 2012

Edit your party photos like a pro

by Sarah Harper
Published March 6, 2012

Dan “Savage Love” Savage to Come Hither

by Sarah Harper
Published March 5, 2012

The Princess Diaries

by Sarah Harper
Published March 1, 2012

Culture compass — KE$HA style

by Sarah Harper
Published March 1, 2012
Savannah Ricard plays a concerned church-goer in the second vignette of “Tea Party.” “Tea Party,” a four-part politically based play, will run at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday in the Xperimental Theatre at the Rarig Center.

Toeing the Tea Party line

by Sarah Harper
Published March 1, 2012

Rock And Roll

by Sarah Harper
Published February 28, 2012

Book Review: “Hilarity Ensues” by Tucker Max

by Sarah Harper
Published February 23, 2012

Project MNfashion Week

by Sarah Harper
Published February 22, 2012

College Studio: Feet

by Sarah Harper
Published February 21, 2012

CD Review: “Maraqopa” by Damien Jurado

by Sarah Harper
Published February 21, 2012

Can a person be a work of art? Regarding Scott Seekins

by Sarah Harper
Published February 20, 2012

Tech Spotlight: Costume Design for “The Birds“

by Sarah Harper
Published February 16, 2012
Design senior Kari Kachelmacher displays two of her pieces in the final stages of preparation on Tuesday in McNeal Hall. The class's show, "Twelve," will take place saturday evening at Rapson Hall.

Seniors revamp the runway

by Sarah Harper
Published February 16, 2012

Happy VD

by Sarah Harper
Published February 14, 2012

CD Roundup — Paul McCartney and Silver Swans

by Sarah Harper
Published February 9, 2012

Weekend Recap: In Case You Missed It

by Sarah Harper
Published February 6, 2012
Review: The Cass McCombs Band at the 7th Street Entry

Review: The Cass McCombs Band at the 7th Street Entry

by Sarah Harper
Published February 2, 2012
Participators compete in the music trivia during the Book It event Thursday at the James J. Hill Reference Library in St. Paul.

Party in the stacks

by Sarah Harper
Published February 2, 2012
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