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April 17, 2009 • 2:27 pm
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- "Sex and Sugar"...and art, and writing May 17, 2013aminaharper The Art House I took a break from the column last week because I really just needed a little time off. Such a thing probably won’t happen often, but I expect that it will happen from time to time. I’ve been making up for my lack of writing by painting and drawing whenever I get the chance. The work for my upcoming solo show is coming along nicely […]
- THEATER REVIEW | "An Illiad" at the Guthrie Theater: Homer, up close and personal May 17, 2013Dan Reiva TC Daily Planet In Athens, Greece, circa 450 BCE, the blind poet Homer was bigger than the Beatles. His The Iliad and The Odyssey put him on the level of John, Paul, Luke, and Matthew in terms of laying the literary foundation of a civilization’s religious beliefs. Dramatizations of Homer’s work are always a challenge in the modern day and I can on […]
- COMMUNITY VOICES | Brave young woman fights for cure May 17, 2013Take Steps Twin... Community Voices Aria Simone Love is in a lot of ways your typical seven year old. She loves to play with her friends, she loves to color, and she loves to match outfits with her American Girl doll. Unfortunately, unlike many seven year olds, Aria has ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease are bowel afflictions that aff […]
- Cathy Heying creates affordable auto repair opportunity for low-income Minnesotans May 17, 2013Ibrahim Hirsi TC Daily Planet When Cathy Heying served on the pastoral staff at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church several years ago, she took note of the common issue facing those who came to the church for assistance: they needed running vehicles.Heying learned that people are in need of cars to get to work on time. Because most of them live each week from payc […]
- What to do about moldy strawberries and slimy lettuce May 16, 2013Mary Turck News Day I hate throwing away food, but sometimes ... I bought the lettuce and strawberries with the best intentions in the world, but we didn't get a salad made and they migrated to the bottom of the produce drawer and now — YUCK!So I pick through the rest of the produce drawer contents, wash what's salvageable, and disinfect the drawer […]
- Fun food stuff to do this weekend: Fiesta Fantastica, farmers' markets, and more May 16, 2013Jeremy Iggers Iggers Digest Lots of food fun this weekend. Weather permitting, I'm going to jump on my bike on Saturday and do a gastronomic circuit, starting with the Mill City Farmers' Market, where May 18 has been proclaimed Backyard Bee Keeping Day. Lots of spring produce and bedding plants for sale, plus a cooking demo by market chef Heather H […]
- OUR STORIES | Sheeko: Documenting Somali youth diaspora stories May 16, 2013Lolla Mohammed Nur TC Daily Planet Fartun Abdi is passionate about preserving her generation's oral histories. Abdi is a member of and researcher with the Sheeko Project, which started in 2011 to document and digitize oral stories of Somali diaspora youth. The project is a collaboration between the University of Minnesota's Immigration History Rese […]
- University of Minnesota gets funds to further its fight against Aquatic Invasive Species May 16, 2013Jonathan Mohr Session Weekly/Session Daily The University of Minnesota’s Aquatic Invasive Species Center will receive $8.7 million to develop new techniques for fighting the spread of AIS after a new law was signed by Gov. Mark Dayton May 9.That appropriation is the largest recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources. The 17-memb […]
- House passes first omnibus budget bill May 16, 2013Session Weekly/Session Daily A large tax cut for businesses, particularly small ones, is one of the many highlights supporters point to in the first omnibus budget bill to receive approval from the House.Containing provisions relating to jobs and economic development, commerce, housing and energy, HF729 was passed 73-59 by the House late Wednesday. If approv […]
- House OK's technical changes to campaign finance law May 16, 2013Sarah Lemagie Session Weekly/Session Daily In a 126-5 vote on Wednesday, the House passed a bill that would tweak laws related to campaign finance.The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Carolyn Laine (DFL-Columbia Heights), noted two items of interest in what she described as a technical bill.Among other changes, HF664 would revise the list of groups and people from which […]
