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Jamie Thomas (jethomas319@gmail.com) is a freelance journalist living in South Minneapolis.


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STYLE | Beautiful, gentle, and fair: Birch Clothing, Minneapolis's most eco-conscious boutique

By Jamie Thomas, TC Daily Planet

Four years ago Marti Markus and Ellen Gavin were fed up with buying clothes made in sweatshops and decided to open a fair trade boutique. But when the friends began to research the garment industry, they discovered it was one of the dirtiest polluters on the planet.MORE »

DESIGN | Fresh blood in Fresh Traditions: Third annual Hmong fashion show will include a male designer for the first time

By Jamie Thomas, TC Daily Planet

Tradition and contemporary design mix on the runway this Saturday, as a group of up-and-coming Hmong designers take the stage at Epic in Minneapolis for the third annual Fresh Traditions fashion show.

The show is produced by the Center for Hmong Arts and Talent, a nonprofit dedicated to the promotion of Hmong artists, and will feature six Hmong designers. This year five of the designers hail from the Twin Cities, including the first male designer to participate in the event. MORE »

The Atlantis Exhibition: The under-the-sea erotic art party Minneapolis has been waiting for

By Jamie Thomas, TC Daily Planet

The mythical Lost City of Atlantis is the inspiration for an evening of art and music set to take place at Gallery 13 in downtown Minneapolis this Saturday, September 26.MORE »

ExtraVaaKhanga brings African-inspired fashion to downtown Minneapolis

By Jamie Thomas, TC Daily Planet
This weekend downtown Minneapolis will welcome an international showcase of multicolored design when it hosts the 2009 ExtraVaaKhanga fashion show, a three-day celebration of African influence on international fashion. The headlining event is a multi-designer runway show on Friday at 8:00 p.m. at the Graves 601 Hotel.MORE »

The incredible Fulk: Minnesota Fashion Week 2009

By Jamie Thomas, TC Daily Planet
With spring in the air and the Twin Cities’ premier fashion event just weeks away, it was crunch time for local designer Laura Fulk on a recent afternoon, but you wouldn’t have known it from the looks of her studio space.

The studio, one half of a room in her South Minneapolis apartment, seemed organized down to the last pin—in sharp contraMORE »

Live nude art

By Jamie Thomas, TC Daily Planet
The first time local artist Jacob Figueroa attempted body painting he performed live at an art show, using improvised designs and technique to decorate several topless female friends in vibrant colors.MORE »

Home for the holidays—and the family conflicts

By Jamie Thomas, TC Daily Planet
Shopping, cleaning, cooking, and plenty of shoveling—the holidays are hard enough without the stress of family conflict.MORE »

FREE Twin Cities holiday activities

By Jamie Thomas, TC Daily Planet
Money is tight this holiday season. Whether simply cutting back on gifts or thinking about shaping your dreidel out of those leftover Thanksgiving potatoes, most Twin Cities residents are scoping out ways to save.MORE »

Minneapolitans spend $180K to convince themselves—and their neighbors—to drink tap water

By Jamie Thomas, TC Daily Planet
Residents of the City of Lakes have always enjoyed the swells, the shores, and the sights of the area’s liquid resources. But soon, they will become even more aware of the water at their disposal.MORE »
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