New exhibit leaves more questions than answers

Meredith Gallagher
March 24, 2010
Filed under A&E, Art Exhibit Reviews, scene featured

For over 2,000 years, the Dead Sea Scrolls had been hidden away from the world. Then, in 1947, a Bedouin shepherd discovered the first scroll preserved within an ancient clay jug in a cave at the abandoned settlement of Qumran, Israel. Since then, the scrolls have thrown the academic world into a whirlwind... Read more »

Twin Cities’ Best – Coffee Shop

Bernardo Vigil
January 11, 2010
Filed under A&E, Restaurant Reviews, scene featured, Top Stories, Twin Cities Hot Spot

Whether it be to help get over a long, sleepless night of homework, to help make a person look more indie than they actually are or to help a genuine coffee lover’s quest for the perfect cup of joe, all coffee shops have their uses. The following coffee shops serve these purposes and more. Coffee... Read more »

Titanic sets sail at the Science Museum of Minnesota

Kathleen Ambre
November 18, 2009
Filed under A&E, Art Exhibit Reviews, scene featured, Top Stories

Transpiring at the Science Museum of Minnesota, Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition features a spectacular collection of more than 250 artifacts recovered from the haunting wreckage of the world-renown ocean liner. Designed to simultaneously invoke emotion and educate, visitors are drawn back to another... Read more »

Faith Healer reveals human nature

Kathleen Ambre
November 6, 2009
Filed under A&E, scene featured, Theater Reviews, Top Stories

There is a rendering action in Brian Friel's Faith Healer--powerful yet discrete monologues, complicated yet fascinating characters--this play pays tribute to a truly talented Irish writer and showcases a just-as-talented cast of three. In the broad scheme of things, Faith Healer is composed of an... Read more »

The Importance of Being Ernest brings laughs to the Guthrie

Emily Beh
October 7, 2009
Filed under A&E, scene featured, Theater Reviews

Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Ernest is the story of two friends, Algernon (Algie) Moncrieff and Jack Worthing, both of whom assume fake identities in order to escape their responsibilities and woo the women they adore. Deemed a trivial comedy for serious people and a literary masterpiece, Wilde's... Read more »

Bellamy’s ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ shines at the Guthrie

kathleen ambre
April 22, 2009
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Transpiring at the McGuire Proscenium Stage at the Guthrie, the award-winning drama "A Raisin in the Sun" reveals the story of a struggling African-American family living on Chicago's south side in the 1950s. Honored as the first black play with a string of all-black principal cast members hitting the... Read more »

Chic boutique in Long Lake

Katie Mcclurg
January 20, 2009
Filed under A&E, Fashion, scene featured

After walking runways in New York, Paris, and Milan, former model Amy Briesemeister took her knowledge of the fashion industry and started her own boutique, Pink Champagne, in Long Lake. After helping a friend at her West Coast boutique, owner Briesemeister came to realize it was something she,... Read more »

Holiday Tradition Parades Through Minneapolis Streets

jen deglemann
December 12, 2008
Filed under scene featured, Twin Cities Hot Spot

No one does Christmas like Minnesota! Enjoy a memorable Christmas parade in downtown Minneapolis between 12th and 4th Streets by Nicollet Mall. Starting at 6:30 p.m., the parade features light up floats, traditional holiday characters, and some good cheerful music. It goes every Thursday through Sunday... Read more »

Now showing: MOA new theaters

Rachel Kaplan
October 28, 2008
Filed under scene featured, Theater Reviews

Six months ago, the movie theaters at Mall of America were filled with ratty, non-stadium seating, surly ushers, and outdated screens and speakers. After a long renovation, these less-than-desirable characteristics have been replaced with brand new features in an exciting attempt to re-attract movie... Read more »

McCormick and Schmicks

Michael Geer
September 25, 2008
Filed under Restaurant Reviews, scene featured

Hawaii Mahi Mahi. Ecuadorian Tilapia. Red King Swordfish. No, this is not a list of fish at the Minnesota Zoo's Aquarium, it is just an example of the wide variety of seafood available at McCormick and Schmick's in Minneapolis. Located on Nicollet Mall right across from the Target Headquarters, M&S... Read more »