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Minneapolis Voices Publications Brace for 'Reset and Transition'

2 days ago | racketmn.com | Jay Boller

Welcome back to The Flyover, your daily digest of important, overlooked, and/or interesting Minnesota news stories. We'll forgo our typical ironclad shield of objectivity and state outright: bummer. Southwest Voices and Downtown Voices, sister publications launched by Charlie Rybak under the banner of Minneapolis Voices, have jettisoned their founding editors, Melody Hoffmann (SWV) and Brianna Kelly (DTV).
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: MN Man Shares Name With New Pope

5 days ago | racketmn.com | Jay Boller

In this wretched industry known as "the news," a local angle on national—or better yet international—headlines is manna from journalism heaven.
Freeloader Friday: 97 Free Things To Do This Weekend

5 days ago | racketmn.com | Jessica Armbruster

Freeloader Friday is your weekly guide to having fun no matter what your budget looks like. Each week we have a list of 100% free events like gallery parties, music, and films in the park, as well as free admission events like special happy hours, markets, and more. For our picks of the week's best events, price be damned, click here. Mere KatsWith Rebecca Lake Fritz. 6-8 p.m. White Squirrel Bar, 974 W. Seventh St., St. Paul. Sugarcoat, Mishi Mega, Linus10 p.m. 331 Club, 331 13th Ave. NE, Minneapolis.
On the Big Screen This Week: Cybill Shepherd as a Minnesotan, Delphine Seyrig as a Desperate Housewife

6 days ago | racketmn.com | Keith Harris

I've talked up The Heartbreak Kid enough already, and Jeanne Dielman... doesn't need my help. But hey, both are showing multiple times this week, and that's worth mentioning. Also, looks like the Grandview is expanding its rep screenings. Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water (2024)Alamo DrafthouseA mistress and her client have an emotionally intense session. Presented with several other short films and a discussion between filmmakers Ayanna Dozier and Zia Anger about auto-fiction. $12/$15.
More Like Ew, Dog: 'Blue Dog' Senate Dems Vote to Weaken Paid Sick Leave Law

1 week ago | racketmn.com | Em Cassel

Welcome back to The Flyover, your daily digest of important, overlooked, and/or interesting Minnesota news stories. In 2023, Minnesota Democrats passed the Earned Sick and Safe Time law, which gives workers one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours they work (up to 48 hours, or six paid sick days a year).
A Guide to Minneapolis Art Galleries for Beginners

1 week ago | racketmn.com | Jessica Armbruster

Minneapolis is an art gallery town, but unless you have some natural connection to the scene, you might not know this. Galleries can be intimidating for the uninitiated. And that might come down to clichés: Artists are overly academic, these types of spaces are for rich collectors, normal people don’t belong here, etc. Sure, there may be some truths above. But guess what? Most galleries are nothing like that.
St. Paul Restaurateur Rants About 'Out of Control' Crime to Fox News as Crime Rates Fall

1 week ago | racketmn.com | Jay Boller

Welcome back to The Flyover, your daily digest of important, overlooked, and/or interesting Minnesota news stories. "Really kind of the last three, four years crime has spiraled out of control… it keeps exploding," Brian Ingram, owner of St. Paul-based Purpose Restaurants group, said Friday during an appearance on Fox News.
Freeloader Friday: 95 Free Things To Do This Weekend

1 week ago | racketmn.com | Jessica Armbruster

Freeloader Friday is your weekly guide to having fun no matter what your budget looks like. Each week we have a list of 100% free events like gallery parties, music, and films in the park, as well as free admission events like special happy hours, markets, and more. Derby Day WeekendUtepils Brewing is going full corgi this weekend, with corgi races on Friday, followed by corgi fashion shows, corgi kissing booths, and a corgi petting zoo (there will also be tiny ponies, too) on Saturday.
Anthony Edwards Still Loves 'Matilda'

1 week ago | racketmn.com | Keith Harris

Welcome back to The Flyover, your daily digest of important, overlooked, and/or interesting Minnesota news stories. Are you maybe a bit groggy from too little sleep last night? Wanna celebrate the Wolves sweep of the Lakers—and their triumph over their haters in the media? First watch this great video from Timberwolves PR “thanking” everyone who counted them out, tweet by tweet. Beautiful. Next, watch this video of Anthony Edwards, which, like all videos of Anthony Edwards, is a damn treat.
Look at All These Movies You Could Be Watching This Week Instead of 'Thunderbolts*"

1 week ago | racketmn.com | Keith Harris

This is low-key a pretty great week for local rep theaters. Catch up on Kon Ichikawa or Wong Kar-wai or Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich. Mourn David Lynch or Val Kilmer. Born Yesterday? The Umbrellas of Cherbourg? All good stuff. Also this week, Public Functionary begins a three-weekend event called Open Screen: The Forum, a series of screenings and talks from "image-makers."And down below, I've got reviews of two new movies for ya: the great Misericordia and the better-than-you-heard The Shrouds.