Nominations Open for Community Awards Dinner
Corcoran News Since 2003, Corcoran neighborhood has a tradition of celebrating the leadership of neighborhood residents. Community leaders are folks that undertake large or small-scale efforts,...
View ArticleGodson Sowah named chair of African Awards Judges Panel
Mshale The African Awards which are presented by Mshale Newspaper has named a distinguished panel of judges to oversee the selection of finalists for the 5th African Awards which will be held in...
View Article2014's lesson: Take action. Lives depend on it.
Deepinder Mayell, Robin Phillips, Jennifer Prestholdt, and Susan Banovetz December has been a terrible month for human rights—from the U.S. Senate’s report confirming the use of torture, to the...
View ArticleMinnesota Republicans solve education
Dan BurnsI’ve written before about the challenges that Minnesota Republicans face, politically. I am pleased to report that they are being triumphantly met, via the MNGOP Solution Center. I’m sure I’ll...
View ArticleMinnesota's hidden intercity bus network
Aaron Isaacs There was a time when buses and trains connected the Twin Cities with every corner of Greater Minnesota. The trains are gone except for Amtrak’s Empire Builder, which has become quite...
View Article'Get into your neighbors' business': Lt. Kim Lund advocates for victims and...
Minnesota Women’s Press In 1984, when Kim Lund became the first licensed female police officer in Virginia, Minn., domestic abuse calls in the state often ended without an arrest."Thirty years ago, we...
View ArticleFour popes and fourteen presidents*
Dick BernardThose who visit the content of this page frequently come to realize that two of my interests are my Church, the Roman Catholic, and politics as practiced in our American society.So it would...
View ArticleBringing the 'Model Minority Mutiny' home
Insight News This fall, in the wake of the shooting death of Michael Brown, and in the face of the mounting Black body count at the hands of law enforcement, ChangeLab put out a call for a Model...
View ArticleThe Column’s 2014 year in review: Winners and losers
Andy Birkey The Colu.mn 2014 was a year marked by significant advances in equity for the LGBT community, but the news wasn’t all positive. Violence against members of the community was a significant...
View ArticleTrapped in a Room With a Zombie
1410367907-zombie-tickets.jpgp1 Don't just sit in a dark theater and watch a zombie movie on the screen. For this interactive experience, you're trapped in a room -- and an actual hungry zombie is...
View ArticleComedian Tim Lee
tim-lee-920.jpgp1 Described as "what would happen if you crossed your high school chem teacher with George Carlin" (The Boston Phoenix), scientist-turned-comedian Tim Lee headlines this unique stand-up...
View ArticleThe Alley Cats: A Doo-Wop Christmas
1418768477-the_alley_cats_tickets.jpgp1 High-energy doo-wop group the Alley Cats deliver harmonies, humor and good cheer in their new holiday show, A Doo-Wop Christmas. Formed at Fullerton College in...
View ArticleThurgood
1417553594-thrugood_tickets.jpgp1 Meet the man behind one of the most famous supreme court rulings in history as Thurgood Marshall is brought to life on stage, recounting a childhood in the back alleys...
View ArticleBye Bye Liver: The Twin Cities Drinking Play
1408168499-bye_bye_liver_tickets.jpgp1 Drunken friends, overserved basket cases, pushy bouncers and all the other hallmarks of bar culture collide in the hilarious, booze-fueled sketch comedy of Bye...
View ArticleGirl Shorts
1418764069-girl_shorts_tickets.jpgp1 The many facets of female lives are explored in Girl Shorts, a festival of one-act plays written by women and about women. The People's Center Theatre will host...
View ArticleGod Girl
1417551330-god_girl0tickets_temp.jpgp1 In 1975, with the war in Vietnam finally over and the women's liberation movement in full swing, a group of women were admitted into the Master of Divinity...
View Article24:00:00 Xtreme Theatre Smackdown 2015
1416350122-smackdown_tickets.jpgp1 Creative inspiration can be fickle, striking writers when they least expect it. Here's hoping the company members of Theatre Unbound and their guests -- about 40...
View ArticleOutside Mullingar
1420052921-outsidemullingar_tickets.jpgp1"I don't hate you," says Rosemary to Anthony. "I just don't like you." In John Patrick Shanley's (Doubt, Moonstruck) Tony Award-nominated Outside Mullingar, two...
View ArticleThe Last (Potluck) Supper
1418846701-church_basement_ladies_tickets.jpgp1 It's 1979, and while the rest of the church is outside wrapped up in the Centennial Celebration, the Church Basement Ladies are busy in the kitchen...
View ArticleTwin Cities Jewish Humor Festival
1418161233-twin-cities-jewish-humor-festival-tickets.jpgp1 Novelist Saul Bellow has an idea why Jews are often recognized as comically gifted: "Oppressed people tend to be witty." The sixth annual...
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