Em Cassel

Em Cassel (she/they) is a cyclist, a metalcore apologist, and a co-owner and editor of Racket.
After the Closure of Lagniappe and its Cocktail Room, What Comes Next For Du Nord?
First things first: a big-ass party on Lake Street this weekend.
New Details Emerge and New Questions Arise in Hortman/Hoffman Shootings
Plus Juneteenth under Trump, cuts at the U (no, not to tuition, silly), and locally launched Dr. Demento retires in today's Flyover news roundup.
Las Delicias De Frida Is Doing Tremendous Things With Doritos, Tostitos, and Takis
Amazing antojitos have arrived in Lyn-Lake.
How the Twin Cities’ Volunteer-Run Spaces Make it Work
Behind the scenes at Boneshaker Books, KFAI, and the Trylon Cinema.
What We Know About Today’s Federal Raid at Las Cuatro Milpas
Plus an app to protect turtles, the community rallies behind Smitten Kitten, and ranking the 2000s Twins in today's Flyover news roundup.
Best Budget Bites: $3.89 Sausage + Egg + Cheese Breakfast Sandwich From Skyway Wok
A little less golden arches, a little more glowing red neon.
One New Orleans-Themed Restaurant Closes, Another Opens, and Lots More May Restaurant News
In the Racket Restaurant Roundup this month: Egg on a Roll keeps rolling, RIP Chip's, Terzo calls it quits.
Wanna Buy MN’s (Dramatically Discounted!) Most Expensive Home?
Plus rural newspapers shutter, DWI szn, and adios to the 21 in today's Flyover news roundup.
Food Trucks, Craft Markets, Live Music—Tattoos? At Local Events, Pop-Up Flash Tattoos Are the Hot New Item.
Would you like a tattoo with that beer?
‘I’m Gonna Kill Myself (At the Co-op)’: Local Rockers Citric Dummies Explain Their Wildest Song Titles
Where are the Kevin McDonald heads at?