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How Red Wing—Yes, Red Wing—Became a Minnesota Music Hotbed

Local festivals have built up the city's music community, and now the Twin Cities is starting to notice.

February 14, 2025

It’s a Very Special Valentine’s Day Open Thread

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

February 14, 2025

Meet the Local Man Who Invented a Bike/Rollerblade/Ice Skate Hybrid

'I just thought it would be funny!' the inventor says of his creation. 'Figured it would give my friends and I a good laugh, and it did.'

February 14, 2025

Freeloader Friday: 88 Free Things To Do This Weekend

V-Day parties, book sales, tons of movies, music, and more.

‘Well Shit’: Let’s Run Down the Tidal Wave of Rumored Candidates to Replace Sen. Tina Smith

Plus curious Wolves coverage, 'Love Is Blind' drama, and locally angling 'SNL' at 50 in today's Flyover news roundup.

February 13, 2025

What’s It Like Living With the World’s Largest Mouth Gape?

As a teen in 2019, Minnesotan Isaac Johnson broke a Guinness World Record with his cavernous maw. What's (normal-ish) college life like with that big yapper? We asked him.

February 13, 2025

On the Big Screen This Week: Archival Finds, Palestinian Displacement, and Paddington

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

February 13, 2025

The Weedeater: Chocolate-Dipped Strawberry Dipped Chocolate Strawberries

They’re kind of like the 'Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo' of edibles.

February 13, 2025

UnitedHealth Seeks PR Boost by Suing Online Critics

Plus Musk's freeze threatens St. Paul nonprofits, lawyer accused of drug-smuggling, and Valentine's Day bugs in today's Flyover news roundup.

February 12, 2025

This Week’s Best New Songs Are About Pussy, Priests, Mud, and Nosebleeds

5 great new local songs, 5 new songs from everywhere else, and 1 piece of irredeemable trash.

February 12, 2025