AltWeeklies Wire
Shoot from the Lipnew
Meet Lt. Bob Kroll, the cop accused of calling Congressman Keith Ellison a terrorist.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
G.R. Anderson Jr. |
03-15-2007 |
Politics
A Kinder, Gentler DWInew
Minnesota lawmakers consider making it easier for convicted drunk drivers to get back behind the wheel.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Mike Mosedale |
03-08-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
'Glastonbury' is All a Blurnew
This odd anti-doc crosscuts its stubbornly undated footage of fans and bands with such willful disregard for storytelling that the end result is like one big, acid-tinged blur.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rob Nelson |
03-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Julien Temple, Glastonbury
What Does Your Choice of Grocery Store Say About You?new
The weekly shopping run has become inextricably bound up with the modern shopper's identity -- the choice is about money, certainly, but it's also about tribe.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Hawkins |
03-08-2007 |
Food+Drink
Tags: supermarkets, Whole Foods
Criminalizing Walking While Black?new
A Minneapolis ordinance makes it a crime to "lurk, lie in wait or be concealed" with the intent to commit a crime -- but Guy Gambill, a criminal justice advocate, has a simpler explanation: "It's standing on a corner after ten o'clock at night when you're black."
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Mike Mosedale |
03-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Little Man Singer Chris Perricelli Takes His Shotnew
It took a sense of humor for the five-foot-two Perricelli to call his band of 10 years Little Man.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Peter S. Scholtes |
03-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Little Man
Hussy 'n' Flownew
God-fearing black man tames slutty white girl as Brewer's South rises again.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rob Nelson |
03-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Snake Moan, Craig Brewer
Confronting Katrinanew
Katrina documentaries talk, argue, and ultimately fall silent before disaster.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Peter S. Scholtes |
02-15-2007 |
Movies
Minnesota Majornew
Deepening an idea that clicked in many people's minds the moment Peter Buck's mandolin kicked in on the Replacements' "I Will Dare" 23 years ago, TBT's third album of post-bluegrass feels immense.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Peter S. Scholtes |
02-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Trampled by Turtles, Trouble
In the Mood for Doomnew
The Original Mark Edwards in his basement of lonely loops.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Chuck Terhark |
02-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Smiling Face of Painnew
The "new" Gov. Tim Pawlenty looks a lot like the old one.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Britt Robson |
02-15-2007 |
Politics
The Kennedy Act of 2007new
With Abu Ghraib, RFK's daughter campaigns for American accountability in war.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rob Nelson |
02-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, Rory Kennedy
Identity Theftnew
Why did the state's director of public safety oust the head of the Minnesota Financial Crimes Task Force?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
02-08-2007 |
Politics
The New Twins Parknew
There's a big roadblock at home plate.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
G.R. Anderson Jr. |
02-08-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Dissent for Salenew
Opposition is a commodity in Sundance docs.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rob Nelson |
02-01-2007 |
Movies
