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Super Exciting: Kristen Schaal on Wits

We’re going hard on the “hot tickets” today, and let’s kick things off with the freshly announced April Wits lineup. Kristen Schaal(!) will be first to grace us with her presence. You may recognize her from The Daily Show or Flight of The Conchords or,… Continue Reading →

Don’t Forget to Set Your Clocks Back!

We’re getting a little depressed that it’s still dark when we get to work in the morning.

Ding! Dong! The Snow Is Gone!

According to MPR, yesterday’s record heat finally did away with the last remains of Winter ’10-’11 that languished on the Sears parking lot since the first big dump we got back in, oh, what, November?

Site Announcement: Secrets of the City joins Mpls. St. Paul Magazine, MNSpeak moves to Ciceron

Ladies and gentlemen, we have an exciting announcement: Secrets of the City and I are in the process of taking up residence at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine and, as a part of the move, MNSpeak will be transitioning to its own domain… Continue Reading →

Your Morning Coffee

HuffPo: T-Paw has Plans, including Google testing applied to government services. You’d think he was running for President or something. (MinnPost gets into the details.) City Pages:  “Are so!” “Am not!” (And the Poynter Institute offers up some advice: “How… Continue Reading →

‘Minne’ the Lake Creature Returns to Minneapolis

For the past two summers, a Loch Ness Monster look-alike popped its head about the water at Lake Harriet and Lake of the Isles. The creature, a sculpture from artist Cameron Gainer that is nicknamed Minne, is now back for the season… Continue Reading →

Grrrrl Power! 7th-Grade Tennis Phenom Plays Boys’ Varsity

[Strib] Rochester Mayo, helped by seventh-grade girl Ingrid Neel, who is playing boys’ tennis this season, knocked off defending Class 2A champion Eden Prairie in the quarterfinals this morning at the U of M Baseline Tennis Center.