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Biography

About me

I received an undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota in 2008. I've been writing for the TC Daily Planet as a freelance writer since the summer of 2011, varying anywhere from public policy, education and housing issues to art gallery openings, local gardening and concerts. I have three middle names total, and two of them you'll only learn if you get me drunk first. I have a soft spot for rabbits, short biographies and abrubt endings.

 

Activities: 
Writing for the Twin Cities Daily Planet and hoping for their continued success and growth.
Interests: 
I'll never tell.
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Powwow for Hope and Pink Shawls: "Changing the story of cancer in Indian Country"

By Kristoffer Tigue, TC Daily Planet

Photo courtesy of Pink Shawl Project

In October of 2008, Michael Dahl learned that his mother had been diagnosed with stage four bone cancer. Within a month it was stage five.

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Straw bale gardening: New technique gives anyone a chance at a garden

By Kristoffer Tigue, TC Daily Planet

When Joel Karsten was just a kid on his father's farm, he began to notice weeds growing out of some of the discarded straw bales.

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Minnesota Reading Corps and Math Corps birth new generation of educators, help tutors obtain teaching licensure

By Kristoffer Tigue, TC Daily Planet

Kris Potter (left) and Elena Schaust (right) (Photos courtesy of tutors)

Sara Jochems didn't know exactly what she wanted to do after she received her master's in English and Literary Studies from the University of Minnesota Duluth, but she knew she most likely wanted to teach. The problem, she said, was that she didn't know the age group in which she was interested teaching. So Jochems took a friend's advice and joined Minnesota Reading Corps (MRC), a statewide Americorps program dedicated to bolstering reading fluency of students pre-kindergarten to 3rd grade.

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MUSIC REVIEW | Zammuto at the 7th Street Entry: A breath of fresh air

By Kristoffer Tigue, TC Daily Planet

Photos by Daniel Patrick Murphy

Next door in First Avenue's mainroom, the constant thumps of 4onthefloor could be heard during the lulls in between songs of the opening act, Snowblink. "Should we play to the tempo of 4onthefloor?" their frontwoman, Daniela Gesundheit, joked to a half-filled crowd. However, by the time headliners Zammuto took stage, the crowd had filled in and all noise in the background became just that — background noise.

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Food truck wars? Minneapolis brick and mortar restaurants ask food trucks to spread out

By Kristoffer Tigue, TC Daily Planet

Food trucks along Marquette Avenue, summer 2012. Photos courtesy of Doug Sams.

Food truck wars, lunch wars, skyway vs.

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Occupy Ward 9: Newcomer and Occupy Homes advocate Ty Moore, incumbents Cam Gordon and Annie Young endorsed by Minneapolis Greens

By Kristoffer Tigue, TC Daily Planet

Cam Gordon, Annie Young and Ty Moore (Photo by Kristoffer Tigue)

The 5th Congressional District Green Party endorsed three candidates February 17, including incumbents Cam Gordon, Ward 2 Councilmember, Annie Young, Minneapolis Park-Commissioner, as well as newcomer and Ward 9 hopeful, Ty Moore.

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Q&A | Joan Vanhala on community engagement with LRT development

By Kristoffer Tigue, TC Daily Planet

Joan Vanhala (center) with Erin Jerabeck, West Broadway Business & Area Coalition, Geoff Maas, MN Center for Environmental Advocacy, and Fred Olson, North Minneapolis resident, looking at a map of the planned regional transit system.

Joan Vanhala has been with the Alliance for Metropolitan Stability for five years — a Twin Cities coalition that focuses on racial, economic and environmental justice issues. Their work varies from closing the digital divide in Minneapolis, to organizing conversations on affordable housing.

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Q&A with Joe Nathan: "Can we assess a broader range of outcomes?"

By Kristoffer Tigue, TC Daily Planet

(Photo courtesy of Joe Nathan)

When it comes to education, Joe Nathan has been around the block. He was a teacher and administrator for St. Paul Public Schools, a PTA president, on the board of the state PTA, and he worked for the National Governors Association, working with several states attempting to pass legislation on education. Now, he's working with the Center for School Change.

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Q&A | Envision Minnesota's Lee Helgen on balancing urban sprawl with conservation

By Kristoffer Tigue, TC Daily Planet

(Photo courtesy of Envision Minnesota)

With a world population of seven billion and counting, the human being is one prolific creature — and in recent history, humans have treated nature mostly as an obstacle to urban sprawl. For years, the people at Envision Minnesota have been working to bring balance back to the equation, focusing on smart ways to redevelop communities while conserving and protecting natural resources.

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Surviving the cold on two wheels: 10 tips to winter biking in Minnesota

By Kristoffer Tigue, TC Daily Planet

(Photo above courtesy of Steve Clark; all other photos by Daniel Murphy)

"Ah, thank god it's winter again," said no Minnesota commuter ever.

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