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EXTENDED 1 DAY! Get Racket to 5K Members, Win Killer Prizes.

It's our biggest sale/raffle ever. Deal runs through June 1—that's today!

We're happy to report that, since launching 45 months ago, Racket has grown to 4,462 members. They contribute to the city's best comment section; they regularly score free concert and comedy tickets; they enjoy unlimited articles from Minnesota's only writer-owned, reader-funded, alt-weekly-style media company.

The frustrating news? We've been stuck around that figure for months!

That's why we're excited to announce the biggest Spring Membership Drive yet, which we hope will propel us past the 5,000 mark. We're talkin' 50% off Lookout-tier memberships for your first 12 months—$25 in savings!

Plus, if you join Racket throughout the rest of May, you're automatically entered into a drawing for fabulous prizes, including...

5K isn’t just a nice round number. With that many subscribers, we—Em, Jay, Keith, and Jessica—could afford to pay ourselves what we were making at City Pages in 2020, right before the ol' ax fell. (If that benchmark/sales pitch sounds familiar from last year's Spring Membership Drive, we ended up falling just short in 2024—that's business for ya.)

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You see, we quite literally could not do this without you. Racket doesn't receive any grant money, and it doesn't have any outside investors. Almost every dollar we earn comes from readers. That cash goes directly to us, the four owner/editors, and to a wonderful cast of 100+ local freelance contributors. If you’ve been enjoying and appreciating the award-winning journalism, the goofy journalism, and/or the weekly events coverage, we humbly ask that you come aboard.

OK, enough shop talk. Here's where we're at on our journey to 538 new members—let's fill this cartoon thermometer!

Half-off deal good for new subscribers only. Cancel anytime; subscriptions renew at full price ($50/year or $5/month) after 12 months. Cartoon thermometer updated daily.

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