Among the three couples who are finalists in the ninth season of ABC's Dancing With the Stars are pop star Mya and her professional partner Dmitry Chaplin, a Minnetonka High School graduate. Chaplin, 27, originally from Russia, where he started to dance at twelve [...]
The rate of uninsured residents in Minnesota's eight congressional districts is a good predictor of how U.S. House lawmakers voted on health care reform.MORE »Byline Minnesota Independent By: Andy Birkey Copyright: [...]
When it comes to ash trees, it's not if they are going to disappear, it's when. "Ultimately all of the ash trees are going to die," said Ralph Sievert from the Minneapolis Forestry Department. "I use the analogy of a snowstorm. It's better to" [...]
Dear Katherine Kersten,
I read with a great deal of interest your column on "At U, future teachers may be reeducated," Minneapolis Sunday Star Tribune, November 22, 2009. MORE »Byline
Chris Mato Nunpa [...]
A new initiative sponsored by 40 groups from across the state seeks to improve road safety and accessibility for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians through better planning of construction projects. MORE »Byline The Minnesota Daily By: Raghav [...]
King Khan and BBQ Show are so off the grid, they already seem legendary. The Montreal, Quebec doo-wop punk duo formed back in 2004, having already worked together during the mid-90s in the Spaceshits. That band disbanded shortly after getting blacklisted in their hometown [...]
Resourcefulness, thy name is David Daniels. Has been for quite some time. MORE »Byline Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder By: Dwight Hobbes Copyright: ©2009 Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Image Info Large Thumbnail: Use [...]
Valeria Silva was named the new St. Paul Public School superintendent Monday evening, The board voted unanimously to name her as superintendent, and to begin contract negotiations.
Last week, in interviews, Silva emphasized that her 20+ years in the district have prepared her for [...]
A group of more than 20 people stood at a downtown St. Paul street corner at 12:35 a.m., waiting for the Metro Transit westbound 16 bus to bring them to Minneapolis.
A young, drunk man approached a larger man in his early 40s and threatened [...]
Accountability and transparency are not only desirable, but crucial in all government interactions with the public. A dollar spent on education should result in a dollar's worth of educated citizen. MORE »Byline Minnesota 2020 By: John [...]
It all started at the University of Minnesota's Campus Security. As Rolf Scholtz and his brother Derk used to patrol the Twin Cities Campus, they would notice how unappealing and dysfunctional the bike racks were - as far as they could tell, the market [...]
The city of Minneapolis is planning to make five new bicycle boulevards in the city next year, including 22nd Ave, Fillmore and 5th Streets in Northeast Minneapolis, 18th Avenue South, and Bryant Avenue South.MORE »Byline KFAI Radio By: [...]
Belinda Green was removed as principal of Maxfield Elementary School (380 N. Victoria, St. Paul) on Friday, November 20. According to St. Paul Public Schools, she is on a leave of absence. SPPS Education Executive Director Sharon Freeman was in meetings with staff and [...]
Reviewing Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance at the Guthrie, I wrote that I had "come to understand why some of our most harrowing, essential conversations are soaked in a boozy haze." Playwright Neil LaBute understands that as well—which is why, in Some Girl(s),' [...]
Family memories are entwined with the holiday season. A.R. Gurney's Indian Blood is the playwright's autobiographical remembrance of his teenage rebellion during Christmas 1946 in Buffalo, New York in an upper-class WASP family. Director Lynn Musgrave, a 25-year veteran of Theatre in the Round, [...]
A former inmate at the Ramsey County Workhouse is suing the county and the workhouse medical staff for failing to treat his tuberculosis. After Marchello McCaster was eventually admitted to Regions Hospital and diagnosed with TB, Ramsey County health officials found dozens of fellow [...]
Growing up at the height of the Civil Rights Movement inspired Syd Beane, 68, to become a community organizer/community developer and fight for Native Americans. For nearly 40 years he traversed the country advocating for Indians and others invisible to those in power. In [...]
Religious right leaders announced Friday that they won't abide by laws that support gay marriage or abortion. One hundred and twenty-five members of the religious right and leaders from the Catholic church signed the Manhattan Declaration.MORE »Byline Minnesota Independent' [...]
"How can we have a productive dialogue without being provoked first?" asked journalism student Lolla Mohammed Nur during a discussion on the misrepresentation of minorities in the media at the University of Minnesota's Coffman Union November 16. A panel of journalists, activists and educators [...]
Hunger at home should surprise us. Given just the smallest contemplation, hunger should provoke a simmering, disturbed outrage. Discovering hunger's growing incidence mustn't roll off our conscience as studied indifference, not in Minnesota and not in this day and age.
And yet, it seems, it' [...]
In an ancient home surrounded by the solitude of rural Minnesota, a man sits quietly in his rocking chair downloading episodes of "The Office" and playing World of Warcraft on his laptop.
While this hypothetical situation seems more fitting for a dorm room than a [...]
Have you ever thought about blogging? If you want to get started, or to start over, now is the time and the TC Daily Planet is the place.MORE »
Byline Mary Turck TC [...]As we were heading out the door after the Saturday night performance of A Christmas Carol at the Guthrie, my mom and I passed a woman who was saying that she loves the story so much that she reads the book every year—but when [...]
John Steinbeck's classic tragedy Of Mice and Men is an immortal triumph. It's set in the Depression era but never grows dated: a timeless, poignant portrait of the human condition.MORE »
Byline Dwight Hobbes [...]Though it's a fantasy, Gregory Gregorson and the Magic Pinto Bean may be the truest play I've ever seen. Most of the show takes place in the head of a dozing theater kid, and having been a theater kid myself, I can verify that' [...]
In exhibits opening to the public on Saturday—with a preview at Friday night's After Hours party—the Walker Art Center is not just re-envisioning the way it presents work from its own collection, it's offering provocative new ways of thinking about the display of [...]
The religious right's annual "War on Christmas" is ramping up early this year, and at least one Minnesota-based company is on its hit list. For the past few years, the American Family Association has targeted retail corporations that use the word "holiday" instead [...]
