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Is the Open Thread Before Labor Day Gonna Be About Work? Hell Yeah It Is.

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

August 30, 2024

Freeloader Friday: 93 Free Things To Do This Weekend

Welp. Now it's really last call for summer, folks.

Wanna Buy This ‘Near-Perfect’ Midcentury Edina Home?

Plus an ABBA vs. Trump local angle, Deep-Fried Ranch-scapades, and somehow still more Walz debunking in today's Flyover news roundup.

August 29, 2024

On the Big Screen This Week: Gena Rowlands, Student Protests in India, and Topless Clark Gable

Pretty much every movie you can catch in Twin Cities theaters and parks this week.

August 29, 2024

Mad Dog 2020 Beer? Corn Dog Beer? White Russian Beer? These State Fair Drinks Almost Happened.

Developing new MN State Fair beers is a huge challenge and a ‘nuclear launch code level secret.’

Alpha News Warns Vulnerable Readers: ‘Beware of the DFL Donut Stand’

Plus the trials of a wannabe judge, Duluth's tourism ID, and more Walz riot fact checking in today's Flyover news roundup.

August 28, 2024

Motion City Soundtrack Returns and Yung Gravy Goes Country in This Week’s New Music Playlists

10 great new local songs, 10 great new songs from everywhere else, and 1 real stinker.

August 28, 2024

Great MN Spend-Together: A State Fair Money Journal

What will a typical day at the fair set you back? We dispatched a writer, her husband, and their wallets to find out.

August 28, 2024

Meet the Moonies: Inside the Cultish Religious Group Recruiting at the U of M

Diminished but active, the Unification Church officiates mass weddings and recently became entangled in the assassination of a world leader. Its leaders are still hoping to turn Gophers into Moonies.

Why Restaurants Are Unionizing: Unattributed Speculation Edition

Plus anti-choice teens, all about corn sweat, and last night's storm in today's Flyover news roundup.