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It’s Alive! How Indie Horror Publishers Thrive in the Twin Cities.

Wanna hear a scary story? You’re in the right place.

October 29, 2024

Welcome to Pearl Talk, Racket’s Brand-New Advice Column

Up first: suggestions on how to live single and how to make peace with your partner's passive-aggressive roommates.

October 28, 2024

Wanna Buy ‘Perhaps the Most Unique Home’ in St. Paul?

Fans of unique urban spaces, spectacular views, and huffing up/down stars will find a lot to like.

October 25, 2024

‘The Psychic Center of the U.S.’: When Witches Descended on Minneapolis

The locally rooted Council of American Witches wouldn't last long, but its activities in the 1970s helped establish Minnesota as a neopagan hub.

October 24, 2024

‘It’s the New Meat Raffle’: Inside the Growing World of MN Gun Bingo

Across the state, more and more nonprofits are fundraising with firearms.

October 23, 2024

Better Know a Twin Cities Suburb: Eden Prairie

Neither Eden nor a prairie, Eden Prairie is still a garden of earthly delights.

October 22, 2024

Read an Excerpt From ‘Core Samples: A Climate Scientist’s Experiments in Politics and Motherhood’

Ahead of this Wednesday’s launch event, check out a chapter of a U of M scientist’s brand-new book.

October 21, 2024

‘America’s Electronic Soapbox’: Minneapolis Public Access Television at 40

Looking back at local icons, current offerings, and its future as SPEAK MPLS.

It Was Meant to Be a One-Off Goof. A Decade Later, Cory Cove’s Initials Game Is a Mega-Hit.

The KFAN game segment has expanded to a sold-out home card game and seven different Trivia Mafia nights. So what's next for this unstoppable beast?

‘Oh Yeah, He’s Real’: My Wild Day at the MN Bigfoot Conference

This past Saturday, the fifth annual gathering attracted around 500 cryptozoology enthusiasts to a hotel conference center in Grand Rapids. Our reporter was there to capture the far-out anecdotes, the occasionally persuasive science, and the sense of interconnectedness that comes with being among fellow true believers.

October 9, 2024