“Euphoria”
Billed as a bit of a rougher "Skins," "Euphoria," Zendaya’s long-awaited HBO series, follows a high schooler named Rue who just left rehab. She has no plans to stay clean.
Flushed in neon...
Friday: “25 Years Out: MCAD MFA Alumni Exhibit”
This Friday, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design will celebrate 25 years of its master of fine arts program with the coolest college graduation...
Friday: “City Pages 40th Birthday Party”
Don’t the people who for write City Pages seem so fun? Don’t you just want to hang out with them? And also write for them? So so badly? On Friday you (I)...
Friday: AWAKE After Dark
You’ve read all of The Wake Magazine’s band Q&As — now head down 4th Street Southeast or University Avenue Southeast toward Honey on Friday to listen with them!...
It’s a clear image and, due to its repetition, its likelihood contains multitudes:
The art museum visitor stands in front of a canvas, staring longingly. At the last second, they turn around. Click!...
As she implies in her newest memoir, Nora McInerny doesn’t pay loads of attention to positive reviews of her work.
Nora, if you’re reading this, the appraisal is sunny. You’re free to move on to...
Friday: Battle of The Bands Round III
After two rounds of slaps and grooves, Battle of the Bands sounds off for the last round before the final. The winners will move on to meet previous winners and compete...
A group of high-school aged girls sit on a soccer field, stretching. Three simultaneous conversations occur, and one girl throws the word “fuck” around a little more than everyone else.
Surely, this...
Friday: “Glow in the Dark Mini Golf”
Some of us are graduating this semester, and some only have a semester left. You might as well put your status to use and attend some free, student-only events....
The first of its kind at the University of Minnesota, Friday night’s “Wellbeing Experience” filled Northrop’s four floors with bodies — minds and spirits, too.
Presented by the Earl E. Bakken...
CULTURE COMPASS
Friday: Rush “The Book of Mormon”
Remember when “The Book of Mormon” was the biggest thing, and it was impossible to get local tour-stop tickets? The fever has more-or-less passed,...
CULTURE COMPASS
Friday: Free day at The Coven
Women and non-binary folks (over 21) rejoice! On Friday, Minneapolis’s own co-working space, The Coven, is opening its doors to non-members for the day....
Maritza Ramirez, an esthetician at the North Loop’s Haus Salon and proprietor of all things glowy, found her spot in the skincare world in a bit of a roundabout way.
That’s not to say she hasn’t...
About two weeks ago, Kanye West announced that he was writing a philosophy book — “Break the Simulation.”
That same day, West took back to Twitter after a long hiatus. There were a few days of “inspirational”...
Friday: BFA Thesis Show
Come one, come all and celebrate this year’s Department of Art BFA graduating class at their thesis show on Friday. Breaking Dreams: The Disjunction of Progress? Extravagant Ground:...
This Saturday, Northrop Auditorium will be host to one of the biggest university a cappella events nationwide — besides the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella, of course (that’s the...
Last Thursday, The University of Minnesota’s art and literary magazine, The Tower, held its annual release party at the Weisman Museum of Art.
Full of poems, short fiction pieces, photography and art...
One year ago this Wednesday, Gigi Berry officially made her hobby an “actual thing.”
The hobby? Pin collecting. The actual thing that came out of it? Cherry Moon Press — a local Prince-themed enamel...
It’s the summer of 1980, and you’re in the crowd at Wimbledon.
Do you remember the cheers? Björn Borg’s luscious locks and John McEnroe’s ferocity?
Do you remember who won?
Of course you don’t....
Joan Didion once wrote, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” Paper Darts, a literary magazine founded in Minneapolis, took this idea a step further — they added art.
“Stories To Live,”...
Friday: Friday the 13th @ MPLS Tattoo Shop
This Friday, Minneapolis Tattoo Shop will be having discount deals for their flash tattoos. If you're not superstitious, then head down to choose from one of...
Released Friday, Cardi B’s debut album “Invasion of Privacy” is racing to the number one debut slot on Billboard’s 200 chart.
If this happens, she’ll be the first female rap artist to snag the...
When was the last time you did something creative? Doodling in your margins doesn’t count, nor does helping your friend workshop an Instagram caption.
Was it a long time ago? Maybe even middle school?...
It was around 1 p.m. on Friday afternoon — the day of TEDxUMN: A Tale of Twin Cities. The stage was set, the goodie bag filling process was underway and University of Minnesota School of Nursing associate...
The Coven, a co-working space for women and non-binary individuals in the North Loop, officially opened March 8 (that’s International Women’s Day, mind you).
Membership based, the space welcomes individuals...
Sometimes you really want to go out to eat. But most of the time you shouldn’t — whether the reason be money or about-to-expire-ingredients sitting in your kitchen. However, you can’t stop cravings.
There...
Norwegian director Roar Uthaug’s “Tomb Raider” ends with a cliffhanger.
That doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty sprinkled throughout it, as vintage video game hottie turned action film hero Lara...
When she was an undergrad, a classmate told Meghan Murphy her work reminded him of middle school. She’d painted a bunch of Tim Burton-esque dolls floating in yellow and wearing lingerie — a study in...
Local artist Nancy Waller started watching “Twin Peaks” when it came out in 1990. In early December, she unveiled a pop-up inspired by the show in her south Minneapolis storefront — the “Black...
Remember that time freshman year when you and your friends made a pact to go to Cabo in 2018?
It’s not happening anymore.
So instead of waiting to see if someone will get the flu and offer up their ticket...
Friday: MGMT
I don’t think I’ve heard from MGMT since my “Skins U.K.” phase in 2011. So where the heck did this come from? While the band put out a brand new album this year, it’s top three songs...
The program for the Guthrie Theater’s “Indecent” is millennial pink. It features a take on the Star of David, with the downward pointing triangle transformed into a heart.
My copy is tear stained.
Like,...
Local rapper Dessa is double-jointed and a triple threat. At least that’s how she labels herself in the first bar of her new song, “5 out of 6.”
And yes, Dessa has the talent — and the flexible...
Yeah, Valentine’s day is super sweet. But the pops of color seen around campus on the first nice day after a couple weeks of raw winter are sweeter.
Last Wednesday, A&E took to the streets (biking...
Roses and chocolates are all well and good, but this Valentine’s Day there has to be something more.
Something more to look forward to than the convenience store clearance section on Feb. 15. Something...
Sophia Vilensky
I was, at one point, intrigued by the Fifty Shades trilogy. I read the books (on a Kindle so as not to worry my mom), and giggled through the first movie with my girlfriends. I’ve listened...
As a 20 year old, I don’t have any first-hand experience with Saturday night’s 21+ Maxim Super Bowl Party. But I heard it was insane.
That’s the word Lana Truong and Elizabeth West used to describe...
Friday: Varsity Theater Re-Opening Party
REJOICE! THE VARSITY IS BACK! Featuring Dirt Train, Chris Koza, Kiss the Tiger and DJ Jake Rudh, we can at last enjoy the beautiful venue without sacrificing our...
How do you imagine a red carpet atmosphere? We think of a street in Hollywood right at peak golden-hour, covered in the kind of plushy fabric heels sink into.
Enter the NFL Honors 2018 awards on Saturday...
Dark stairwells with no traffic policy, high-school-reminiscent bathroom graffiti and the permeating smell of basement Subway. There’s just something about Blegen Hall.
Then there’s the array...
I still remember a time before everything was Migos, but only slightly. (Slightly!)
Sometime in the past … maybe year and a half (?) ago, the Lawrenceville, Georgia-based group slipped into our consciousness.
With...
You know how sometimes you're shopping in the University of Minnesota bookstore and you see a book that looks fabulous, but you know you'll never be able to fit that class into your schedule? We have you...
“Mania,” “Mania”… what can I say? Britney Spears is covered in the second verse of the album’s first song, and that’s potentially the most exciting part of it.
Fall Out Boy’s newest album,...
Cameron (22), Colin (21), and Evan (17) Campbell, otherwise known as The Shackletons, met as children. Notice how they all have the same last name? That’s because they’re brothers. They met as babies.
The...
Sometimes a piece of art just speaks to you. Entrants of “ArtWords,” an annual contest put on by the Weisman Art Museum, are encouraged to transcribe whatever it is they hear.
Established in 1998,...
