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Uptown! What Will Happen With Uptown? I’m So Worried About Uptown! Uptowwwwwwwn!

Plus a new publisher, Russian refugees, and Wisco-sexism in today's Flyover news roundup.

The Twin Cities Improv Festival Is Turning 20?! Yes, and It’s ‘Full of Headliners.’

It’s a milestone year for one of the Midwest’s longest-running improv fests. 

June 11, 2026

Hot Take: The Lake of the Isles Pencil Is Emblematic of Everything Wrong in the Twin Cities 

Plus a local angle to the L.A. mayoral race, Har Mar could get demolished, and a super unique steel home for sale in today's Flyover news roundup.

‘I Felt Like I Was There 90% of the Time’: An Oral History of the Dinkytowner Café

We talked to 56 people about the U of M-adjacent music venue/pool bar/Tex Mex joint that, for one wild decade, imprinted 'fuzzy memories' on a generation of patrons.

May We Interest You in Your Complete Concert Calendar: June 9-15?

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

June 9, 2026

17 Laid-Off Cardamom Workers Fight Back Against Daniel del Prado

Plus happy and sad alcohol news, RIP Steve Almaas, and new life for an old sign in today's Flyover news roundup.