Doin’ Beers: 6 Minnesota Bocks to Drink in April
Celebrate spring with Minnesota’s GOATiest goats.
5 Things to Know About Company Bar, Kingfield’s New Neighborhood Haunt
Hot mortadella and house-made Malört: a match made in heaven.
Is Prince’s Death Overshadowing Prince’s Life?
Plus developments downtown, cookies on campus, and a Quincy Street quarrel in today's Flyover news roundup.
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.
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.
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Enjoy Spring While It Lasts With Your Complete Concert Calendar: April 21-27
Pretty much all the music you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.
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.
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.
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.











