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150 best Minnesota books #14, #15, and #16: Histories by women

by Patrick Coleman, Minnesota Historical Society • June 3, 2008 •

As this primary campaign season ends, I no longer know quite what to call myself. Am I a “first wave” or a “second wave” feminist or simply, as a colleague told me, “an old feminist”?

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Dance, delegates, dance!

by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet • September 5, 2008 • There was a lot of booty-shakin’ at the X this week—credit to our West 7th/Fort Road correspondent Ed Johnson for spotting this motley montage assembled by Vanity Fair‘s Ted Travelstead.

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Republicans shamelessly curry the Stray Cat vote

by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet • September 4, 2008 • In what may be a little-noticed ploy to flatter local rockabillies, the last song played before John McCain’s speech at the Republican National Convention was “Rock This Town,” a 1981 hit for the Stray Cats—a band fronted by transplanted Gopher Stater Brian Setzer.

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When the conventioneers leave, what will be left?

by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet • September 4, 2008 •

Downtown St.

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Weekend what's what 9/4-9/7: Cold snappin'

by l’etoile magazine staff • September 3, 2008 •

This weekend the Twin Cities tries to cram in as much fun as it possibly can before the weather turns against us. The past week’s little cold snap hasn’t done much to alleviate our dread concerning the upcoming chilly season (though we do love us some stylish winter-wear).

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Mississippi Watershed group retools grants program, hopes to reach diverse communities

By Paul Purman , TC Daily Planet

A Twin Cities watershed organization has a quarter million dollars of grant money to divvy up over the next few months, and they’re hoping groups that have traditionally not applied for funding will show up for an information meeting on Monday, September 8.

“Look at the demographics of our watershed,” explains Jenny Winkelman, Education & Outreach Coordinator for the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO), which covers portions of the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Lauderdale, and St. Anthony. “We have a huge audience we’re trying to reach, many of them fairly recent immigrant communities, such as the Hmong and Somali communities. Most traditional watershed materials are produced for a literate, English-speaking audience and may miss important populations.” MORE »