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Great Gully Boys and Sucky Smurfs in This Week’s New Music Playlists

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

Rage & Reset at Pilllar, ‘Love Is Blind’ Parties, Ukrainian Fish Fry: This Week’s Best Events

Plus a new season of brewery 5Ks, Morgan Wade, and last call for 'Paul Shambroom’s American Photographs.'

March 3, 2025

A Heck of a New Deal: 8 Amusing MN Stories from the WPA’s Federal Art Project

From post office art to unloved sculptures to disappearing murals, these MN works have their roots in the WPA.

Amy Klobuchar’s Egg Obsession

Plus bongwater laws, cutting green energy red tape, and big labor news in today's Flyover news roundup.

February 28, 2025

Khue’s Kitchen Finds a New Home, Travail’s Takeover Continues, and More February Food News

Plus Dark Horse rides off into the sunset, The Market at Malcolm Yards looks to expand, and more.

February 28, 2025

Wanna Talk About the Oscars in Today’s Open Thread?

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

February 28, 2025

Freeloader Friday: 64 Free Things To Do This Weekend

An Oscars party, 'The Room,' a beach party, and more.

Let’s Raise the Cost of Cancer Research!

Plus a 'significant disruption' in Red Wing, Dean Phillips speaks, and the 19 Bar is back in today's Flyover news roundup.

February 27, 2025

Meet the One-Woman Team Overseeing MN’s Online Encyclopedia

Lizzie Ehrenhalt is alone at the helm of a Minnesota Historical Society website that has produced 1,000+ articles about our state.

February 27, 2025

How Did Minneapolis Metal Band Powermad End up in David Lynch’s ‘Wild at Heart’?

The director had a fascination with Powermad's song 'Slaughterhouse.'

February 27, 2025