Honor For Cedar Cultural Center Highlights Our Great Music Scene
Winning praise as the nation’s “Best World Music Venue,” the Cedar Avenue mainstay adds another accolade to already robust music scene.
read moreLocal Icon Joins Minnesota Twins Line-Up At Target Field
One of Minnesota’s favorite candy bars, the Salted Nut Roll, makes its debut at Target Field this season.
read moreA Business-Like Prediction
The two juggernauts couldn’t be more different. One relies on experience and wisdom. The other relies on youth and talent. How do you choose?
read moreCelebrity Speed Dial
How low will celebrities go to keep their name in the news and money in their checking account? Pretty low based on the cast of characters who’ve signed on to man the phones at Dial-A-Star.com.
read moreStarving For ‘The Hunger Games’
Savvy marketing helps give birth to a new movie franchise. But even before the publicity, the ‘The Hunger Games’ books had hooked Allison.
read moreBolex Or Bollocks?
Tuesday morning the Internet film-geek community caught on fire due to a new Kickstarter campaign for a digital Bolex camera. Within about eight hours they had already exceeded their $100k goal and have since more than doubled it. The original Bolex cameras, first introduced in the 1930s, were lightweight, spring-wound units that gave many aspiring [...]
read moreThere’s A World Record For That
Yesterday, I was doing research on world records and found myself flabbergasted by the ridiculous feats people submit for recognition. Nowadays, it seems any Tom, Dick or Harry can jump on a pogo stick for 24 hours, pat their head and rub their stomach simultaneously while wearing galoshes – only to wind up in the [...]
read moreAtmosphere’s Latest Music Video A True Collaborative Effort
How a group of local creatives — including our own Tom Okins — and a group of high schoolers produced Atmosphere’s latest music videos.
read moreClear The Track For Choo Choo Bob
There was a time when local TV stations produced their own kiddie-TV shows. With backing from a train enthusiast, a St. Paul filmmaker hopes to make Choo Choo Bob a local star.
read moreA Movie Season To Forget
Sunday’s Oscars prove that an evening on the couch was better than the theater in 2011.
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