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Gaylaxicon, ‘Wits’ Returns, Oktoberfests: This Week’s Best Events

Plus fall fests, good reads, and last call for artsy mini golf at the Walker.

September 29, 2025

5 Things to Know About North Star Deli

Sandwiches for 'Slap Shot' fans in southwest Minneapolis.

September 26, 2025

Open Thread: What Activated You Politically?

As we do every week at this time, we're turning Racket over to you, the readers.

September 26, 2025

Freeloader Friday: 123 Free Things To Do This Weekend

Parking lot markets, two Oktoberfests for dogs, all kinds of movies, and more.

September 26, 2025

Harris Slams Walz in (Apparently Bad) New Memoir

Plus drama at Free Geek, step inside Vintage Music Co., and rural paper profiles goth man in today's Flyover news roundup.

September 25, 2025

Belated Summer Jams and a Singer-Songwriter-Palooza Fill This Week’s Best New Music Playlists

5 great new local songs, 5 great new songs from everywhere else, and, as always, a song we shall never speak of again.

September 25, 2025

On the Big Screen This Week: Arab Film Festival, Lots of Spiders-Men, and the Lynx

Pretty much all the movies you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.

September 25, 2025

Local Bike Hero Illuminates Minneapolis’s Midtown Greenway as City Stalls

Plus soybean woes, food news speed round, and, sure, let's talk about the campus pisser trend in today's Flyover news roundup.

September 24, 2025