Bob Collins
A proposal to name Orchestra Hall after Stanislaw Skrowaczewski brought out an anonymous attack on his reputation. Read more →
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Arts & Culture
Perhaps the Norwegian broadcaster NRK has an answer to the declining quality of comments on the Internet.
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Storm chasers headed to “tornado alley” on Sunday to honor Bill Paxton, the actor who put them on the map when he starred in “Twister.”
So, after hearing of his death, they put him on the map. Read more →
Think of the things you set out to do every day 30 years ago and ask yourself how many of them you actually did.
Karl actually did take a photo of himself every day.
And he has no plans to stop now. Read more →
People of a certain age have some reckoning to do soon: They have to figure out when it’s time to go.
It’s important to get it right. Staying too long in a profession and a job threatens a person’s legacy. Leaving too soon can be personally heartbreaking. Read more →
Tucked in the obituaries in today’s Worthington Daily Globe is the story of John and Beverly Troth, who were both 95 years old when they died eight hours apart on Monday.
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Nick Lutz’s former girlfriend is better off.
The Stetson University student got a letter from his ex, apologizing after their break-up.
So he graded it and sent it back. Read more →
The enemy of the American people is censorship, regardless of where the intimidation of an independent media originates. Read more →
Gino Salomone, of Wisconsin, has a thing for giant fiberglass turtle heads, specifically the one that covered a restaurant he used to know in Milwaukee when he was 12.
He has wondered whatever became of it?
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The Twin Cities online arts and creativity magazine The Line announced today it’s shutting down today. Read more →
Given the characterization of mental illness, it’s safe to say that an enduring ‘Popeye’ Charping’s legacy is that he wasn’t very good at being a spouse and parent. Read more →
I normally don’t post Twitter as a 1,000 Words entry.
But sometimes you just have to let the content make the call. Read more →
If you’ve ever wondered why you can’t get a decent seat for a concert or major sporting event when you pounced onto Ticketmaster — or any other ticket-selling site — seconds after tickets went on sale, you need only talk to Ken Lowson. He’s the guy who bought them. Read more →
The host of the Splendid Table is the latest pioneer of public radio locally to exit the stage. Read more →
It’s been awhile since we’ve had a good screed against Baby Boomers so today Canada’s Maclean’s magazine takes care of that with an essay by ‘former diplomat and social entrepreneur’ Scott Gilmore, who writes that it’s the one group that people should feel OK to revile. Read more →