How Did Black Music Take Over the World? Ask Melvin Gibbs.
The avant-garde jazz bassist, now a part-time Minneapolis resident, combines memoir, history, and musicology in his first book.
Weed Weviews Wewards 2026
The best things I tried this year, from the odd to the obvious.
Baaska’s Pop-Up Omakase Dinners Have Changed the Sushi Game in MN. Now All He Needs Is a Restaurant.
Nobody in town is making sushi like Baaska right now.
Floral Masterpieces, Free History, and Celebrating Cornbread Harris’s Last Year as a Nonagenarian: The Week’s Best Happenings
Plus Grace Ives, Jaboukie Young-White, burger competitions, Arbor Day events, and more.
After Annunciation, Inaction
Plus Duluth library is cool as hell, homes for LGBTQ+ youth, and X marks the Wild fan in today's Flyover news roundup.
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Popping Bubbly or Bubble Popping? NA Bottle Shop Movement Falters.
Plus mega late-fees for Mpls Public Schools, bad City Council opinions abound, and Rep. Omar on 'The Adam Friedland Show' in today's Flyover news roundup.
RacketCast, Ep. 50: 2026 Timberwolves Playoffs Explainer for Dummies Feat. Podcaster Dane Moore
We're playing bas-ket-baaaaaaal / We're playing bas-ket-baaaaaal.
For This Week’s Open Thread, Tell Us the First Album You Bought With Your Own Damn Money?
As we do every Friday, we're turning Racket over to you, the readers.
Freeloader Friday: 117 Free Things To Do This Weekend
Record Store Day, pop-up markets, beer parties, movie nights, Earth Day happenings, and more!
On the Big Screen This Week: MSPIFF Ends, Soderbergh’s Back, Hitchcock Keeps on Hitchin’
Pretty much all the movies you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.
After QR Code Fiasco, Walker Cuts Ties With Daniel del Prado’s Cardamom
Plus Boundary Waters mining ban overturned, Georgia Fort speaks out after arrest, and national accolades for Le Burger in today's Flyover news roundup.
Dear Strib: Tired of Minneapolis City Hall Drama? Focus on Something Else.
The Star Tribune's obsession with a supposedly dysfunctional Minneapolis City Council overplays minor issues, lets the mayor off the hook, and obscures what the city has accomplished.
