Closing-night vehicular accident and shootings notwithstanding, the Minnesota State Fair soared to new heights in 2019. Fairgoers walked through the gates some 2,126,551 times – 3.9 percent more than 2018, which itself set records. Six of the twelve fair days set records for those days. While there was less buzz about new
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WEEKEND PICKS: Space Eggs, Play Readings, Hobbits, and Sunken Pharoahs
A man steps into the giant space egg sauna at the American Swedish Institute. Photo by Basil Considine. Looking for things to do this weekend? Here are our top picks: Thursday Gun control's on the mind and theatre is the battleground. Code Red Playwrights presents a series of short (1-5 minute) play readings
FEATURE: Ed Jenkins on Lalo’s Lunchbox, Cooking, and Food Education
Lalo (Ed Jenkins) and Daisy (Boo Segersin) on the set of Lalo's Lunchbox. The Slow Food movement is now 30 years old. In 1986, Carlo Petrini rallied the citizens of Rome against a proposed McDonalds near the Spanish steps, promoting traditional cuisine, local sourcing, and enjoying the art of preparing and sedately
INTERVIEW: Ilima Considine as the Sexbots on SXSW, Summertime, and More
Ilima Considine with PDX Dance Collective. Photo by Micah Goldstein. Two weeks after the 2017 installment of South by Southwest closed its doors, it's still the post-recovery (and/or hangover) period for festival attendees. Since its founding in 1987, this Austin, Texas-based festival has grown from a small new music festival to one
NEWS: Walker Art Center Transforms into Giant Robot, Stops Monster Menace (April Fools)
The W.A.L.K.E.R. giant robot prepares to deal a finishing blow to the monster that menaced Minneapolis this morning. The Minneapolis Monster Menace has come to an end. In a stunning development, the Walker Art Center transformed into a giant robot and defeated the monster menacing Uptown in a climactic battle on
BREAKING NEWS: Giant Monster Menaces Uptown (April Fools)
Citizen reporter Johnny Pommegraine's iPhone picture of the monster after it emerged from the Walker Art Center's Sculpture Garden. A giant monster has hatched from an egg discovered during I-94 construction and is menacing Uptown Minneapolis. The egg was discovered by an MnDOT construction crew working on the Lowry Hill Tunnel. The crew broke
BREAKING NEWS: I-94 Construction Uncovers Monstrous Egg (April Fools)
A construction worker's photo of the egg discovered during work on the Lowry Hill Tunnel. A monstrous, crystalline egg was discovered this evening by MnDOT construction crews working on repairs to I-94 in Minneapolis. The giant orb was uncovered during scheduled work on the Lowry Hill Tunnel near the Walker Art
TRAVEL: Lines, Precheck, and Global Entry
An advertising banner on the TSA website. Even before recent political events, US air travel had some problems with lines. TSA lines. They're not likely to get better while the federal government is in the middle of a hiring freeze. Almost a year after chronic understaffing and 2+ hour screening lines at
NEWS: The Changing of the Iveys – Scott Mayer Steps Down
FEATURE: Anti-Women’s Suffrage Cartoons
Today is Election Day in the United States, when Americans cast votes for presidential, congressional, state, and local elections. Art and politics are rarely separated for long; one form of art, editorial cartoons, feature a long history of engagement with politics. One of the fallacies often said of art is that