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Heiruspecs, Ren Fest, Green Day: This Week’s Best Events

And pretty much every kind of fest imaginable all weekend long.

August 12, 2024

Kitty Cat Klub Has Fallen

Plus overpaid bosses, Don Samuels's GOP backers, and Racket's third birthday plans in today's Flyover news roundup.

Cosmic Coffee Is the Neighborhood Coffee Shop Every Neighborhood Deserves

Cute patio? Check. Four-dollar breakfast sandwiches? Check. Occasional outdoor hot dog service? Also check!

August 9, 2024

We Want to Know If You Believe in God for This Week’s (Second!) Open Thread

As we do every Friday, we're turning Racket over to you, the readers.

Freeloader Friday: 98 Free Things To Do This Weekend

Festivals! Vans! Beer! Movies! Music! More!

August 9, 2024

Tim Walz: The Wrong Kind of Lutheran?

Plus Royce White talks thermonuclear dynamics, a good day for voting rights, and a creepy Uptown trumpeter in today's Flyover news roundup.

August 8, 2024

What’s the Deal With the Met Council Anyway?

An abbreviated history—and peek at possible futures—of the unelected, mostly unprecedented, and often troubled Twin Cities regional governance body.

Juggalo Drama, a Screwball Sleeper, and Panavision Imperialism on the Big Screen This Week

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

August 8, 2024

The ‘Minnesota Model’ Making Big Labor Waves

Plus a cannabis catch-22, the latest Metro Transit numbers, and Saturday Dumpling Co. on the nuts and bolts of opening a restaurant in today's Flyover news roundup.

August 7, 2024

Wanna Buy a Floating Lakeside Cabin for $170K?

We've heard of 'Flagpole Sitta,' but this is ridiculous!

August 7, 2024