Bob Collins
Reader Andi Lassiter has responded to our request for pictures of the ways people are calling ‘dibs’ for July 4th parade viewing spots.
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Arts & Culture
Tonight at the Hollywood Bowl, Keillor will step onto the stage as host for the last time. The show is being recorded for broadcast tomorrow night.
It is, a critic says, a more nuanced show than the show’s detractors acknowledge. Read more →
We curmudgeonly types live for those moments when a friend or colleague (sometimes they’re one and the same) tells us that we’re right. [Insert cliched reference to it not happening that often here].
The subject: The transportation backwater that is Minnesota.
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Here’s a reminder that people who don’t get anywhere near enough attention are often the ones who make the biggest difference.
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Hi there, Minneapolis. St. Paul, here.
Say, did you know Adele is coming to this town and not your town?
The Visit St. Paul marketing team did. Read more →
Military bands spend about $437 million on instruments, uniforms and travel expenses each year, according to the Department of Defense. So lawmakers in the House of Representatives think that money could be better spent elsewhere. Read more →
Once A Prairie Home Companion — or at least its Minnesotaness — disappears, what is our image to the bubs in Colorado and elsewhere? Read more →
Gone are the days when a person would get a dog, teach Fido to sit and stay, and, in the suburbs at least, send him out alone, no questions asked, the Boston Globe says. Read more →
Michael Feldman, host of ‘Whad’Ya Know?’ tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he was ‘blindsided’ when Wisconsin Public Radio canceled the program. The last broadcast is Saturday. Read more →
There are more important issues facing today’s politicians than the corruption surrounding purchasing tickets to concerts, sporting events, and theater events. But it would be nice if it could get a little attention from time to time.
Take your pick of issues: Convenience fees, handling fees, reselling policies, and — perhaps the worst of all — the scourge of scalpers.
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There’s a battle brewing over control of the ticket reselling market for the play, the latest in the ongoing struggle between resellers, sports teams and artists.
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The New York Times today hits on a truism: Even as he’s been an icon of Minnesota since the the glaciers helped create Bluff Country, nobody really knows him. Read more →
For the first time since 2009, Clown Camp, which made La Crosse somewhat internationally famous in the clown community, is back in town, the La Crosse Tribune says. Read more →
A Boston restaurant is getting a little attention today for solving the growing question surrounding mens and ladies bathrooms and who should be allowed to enter which one. Read more →
The week is either horse racing with a side show of fashion, or a fashion show with a side show of horse racing. Read more →