State Fair
Next year in Falcon Heights
So the summer is winding down, kids are back to school, and another Minnesota State Fair has ended. For me, the fair was a true success – 4 visits (2 for work) and lots of new foods enjoyed.MORE »
MUSIC | Maroon 5 and Train: Labor Day sell-out at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand
The row behind me skipped out during the intermission between Maroon 5 and Train at the Minnesota State Fair Labor Day Grandstand concert. It was too bad. They missed the best part of the evening.MORE »
About that State Fair poll
Yesterday, The Big E went over the results of the State Fair poll on the Anti-Family Amendment as it pertains to the task ahead.
Today, I will use the same poll to point out the uncertain nature of the outcome of that task and why organizing will be the key to winning.MORE »
Fairgoers say marriage definition shouldn't be in state constitution, support weakens for photo identification voting requirement
Minnesotans do not appear willing to change the states constitution to define marriage.MORE »
The new carny code at the Minnesota State Fair: Don't cheat
When St. Paul resident Edward Kline popped two balloons at the game booth, he expected to be given a large Scooby Doo stuffed animal—the one his daughter had been asking him to win. Instead, the game booth attendant pulled out a box of smaller toys, squirt guns mostly, from underneath the counter, offering them to Kline.MORE »
Minnesota State Fair: A butterrific reunion honors creator Linda Christensen
Donna Moenning has kept her head in a freezer for 31 years, and Mandi Goplen since 2005. Some heads are divided up as gifts, others are baked into cookie dough, and a few finish up at church pancake breakfasts.MORE »
MUSIC | Weezer at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand
Rivers Cuomo and company were in St. Paul for a concert at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand Saturday night.MORE »
Buying local at the fair
The Great Minnesota Get Together showcases some of the finest products made in Minnesota.MORE »
State Fair becomes first battleground on anti-gay marriage amendment
A poll by the Minnesota House of Representatives at the Minnesota State Fair has become a rally point for both supporters and opponents of a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in the state nearly 17 months before the vote in Nov. 2012.MORE »
Community singing at the Minnesota State Fair
This weekend brings the final days of the 2011 Minnesota State Fair. The familiar and time-honored features are there for just a few more days: the animal barns, Big Fat Bacon, Sweet Martha’s Cookies, Ye Olde Mill and people watching of course.
They’ll all be back next year. But this year marks the first appearance of what is both a new AND old attraction.MORE »
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