Steve Marsh

2 weeks ago | mspmag.com | Steve Marsh

Occupation: Reality TV star/digital marketing manager  Twin Citian since: 1996 What was your first job here? I worked at Donatelli’s in White Bear Lake as a hostess. What do you consider the highest character trait in a Minnesotan? We are very friendly people. The “Minnesota nice-ness” is alive and well. The lowest character flaw? The long “Minnesota goodbye” is brutal! Which North Loop bar do you go to when you want to see all your castmates? Cuzzy’s is always popular for the cast.

2 weeks ago | mspmag.com | Steve Marsh

Political cartoonist R.O. Sweeney of St. Paul publishes a broadside ridiculing a $5 million state bonding bill for railroad infrastructure. He draws a train pulled by nine human-headed gophers, and Minnesota becomes known as “the Gopher State.”    Red River Lumber Company’s William B. Laughead creates a promotional pamphlet advertising his company’s move from Minnesota to California. The pamphlet includes the first documented image of Paul Bunyan, a character from folklore.

3 weeks ago | mspmag.com | Steve Marsh

Going into Memorial Day weekend, Timberwolves fans all over the city were shell-shocked. After a long, muddy regular season, the Timberwolves surprised everyone by making it all the way back to the Western Conference Finals, only to forget to bring the ability to shoot on their business trip to Oklahoma City. This oversight, paired with some of the most appalling superstar flopping ever committed to tape, resulted in a 114-88 loss, quickly followed by a second one,118-103.

3 weeks ago | mspmag.com | Steve Marsh

Totally Gross National Product, the label that gave us Lizzo, Poliça, and Marijuana Deathsquads, among many others, returns with its annual party this Saturday at Icehouse. After returning from an 8-year hiatus in 2023, TGNP label boss (and Poliça drummer) Drew Christopherson isn’t sure what anniversary his musical family will be celebrating this year. “It’s gotta be our tenth at least,” he says.

1 month ago | mspmag.com | Steve Marsh

With the Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals for the second year in a row, you would think we would know how to act. We were just here, right? And after beating both the Lakers and the Warriors in the first two rounds—in five games each!—you would think we would know how to feel about this team by now.   But Timberwolves trauma is real: The Musselman '90s. Missing out on Shaq for Laettner. The multiple slam dunk contest champions. The multiple three-point contest champions.