Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) back issues from March 2009:
over/under.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: Kristin Tillotson; Staff Writer Overrated Fashion followers are buzzing about Yves St. Laurent's cage shoes, already the subject of knockoff frenzy. But I object to more than the YSL price tag ($1,200-$1,500 a pair, anyone?). Unlike some bondage-themed accessories, ...
More power to the people; The model of the Lessard Council, with citizens overseeing the spending of public money, is one that should be duplicated.(SPORTS)(DENNIS ANDERSON)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: DENNIS ANDERSON; STAFF WRITER Minnesotans can take comfort in knowing this: The Lessard Outdoor Heritage Council -- which within a month will submit to the Legislature its recommendations for spending $70 million in conservation funds -- is by far the most inclusive, ...
ART REVIEW; Radiant glass; Nordic and American art glass is featured in a handsome show at the American Swedish Institute.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: MARY ABBE; STAFF WRITER Swedish glass is an artistic marvel of the 20th century, part of a flowering of Scandinavian design that also brought international attention to elegant modernist ceramics, textiles, furniture and other utilitarian objects fashioned in Denmark, ...
Basic instincts; Bass prodigy Esperanza Spalding is making a name in jazz, but she wants to add a turntablist to her group.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: BRITT ROBSON Special to the Star Tribune It's going to be fun watching Esperanza Spalding evolve as an artist over the next 40 or 50 years. After all, there are plenty of kids who saw Yo-Yo Ma play the cello on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" at the age of 4 ...
cameo critic: estelle.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: JON BREAM; STAFF WRITER Anyone who has heard the smash single by Estelle, the Grammy-winning British singer/rapper, knows that she digs "American Boys." The rising star, who headlined Friday at First Avene in ...
LEAGUE NOTES; Cruz, sought by Twins, ends up with Kansas City.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: La Velle E. Neal III; Staff Writer STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Hard-throwing free-agent reliever Juan Cruz, a player the Twins made an one-year contract offer to last week, has passed a physical and will sign a two-year, $6 million contract with the Kansas City ...
BOOKMARK; Atwitter over a new info source.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: Laurie Hertzel; Staff Writer BOOKMARK LAURIE HERTZEL So here I am, on Twitter. I was dubious at first -- thought Twitter was just more noise, and who needs that? I already receive information by phone, e-mail, letter, news release, word-of-mouth ...
Cities form partnerships to build top-notch TV studios; In tight budget times, ingenuity and cooperation lead to new facilities for public cable television in Eagan and Burnsville.(NEWS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: JOY POWELL; STAFF WRITER Thanks to an innovative partnership between the city of Eagan and its biggest employer, Thomson Reuters, state-of-the-art television studios for community cable television are now open. Thomson spent less than $150,000 to renovate a ...
CD REVIEWS; POP/ROCK.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: JON BREAM; STAFF WRITER U2, "No Line on the Horizon" (Interscope) There are no anthems and few hooks on U2's 12th studio album (out Tuesday). After scrapping sessions with hot producer Rick Rubin, Bono and the boys finished their first project in nearly five ...
THE RIFF; Don't the Twin Cities deserve their own FACEBOOK 25? Our humble little cities need to get into the spirit of the Web's most bragadocious site.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER; STAFF WRITER Lord knows, if there's one thing the Internet needs, it's more opportunity for people of no particular importance, talent, know-how or photogenicity to promote themselves -- like a lot of kids you knew in high school who can now look ...
c.j. the dish; Hutchinson's hair looks great! Really!(NEWS)(c.j.: the dish)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: CHERYL JOHNSON; STAFF WRITER No teasing: KSTP-TV's Anne Hutchinson looks terrific now that the owner-stylist of Jon Charles Salon is working on her. "We're bringing her into" a new era, said Jon Charles of the weekend sports anchor's improved coif. "She likes ...
Washington County: Is it time to add 2 to the board? Growth has made the area eligible for seven commissioners, but board members say they'll wait for 2010 census data.(NEWS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: KEVIN GILES; STAFF WRITER Remodeling plans for government offices in Washington County show a new and improved boardroom with seats for seven commissioners. Adding two more representatives is a vision for a county surging toward a quarter-million residents, but the ...
Senate decision: Are we there yet?(NEWS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: PAT DOYLE; STAFF WRITER If you're not at least a bit confused by the U.S. Senate trial, you haven't been paying attention. After slogging along for five weeks, you're forgiven for feeling bogged down in a swamp of election minutia. Absentee ballots counted and uncounted ....
CD REVIEWS; CLASSICAL.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: William Randall Beard CORRECTION PUBLISHED 03/08/09: This CD review incorrectly listed the venue of the premiere of the oratorio "To Be Certain of the Dawn." It premiered in 2005 at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis. "To Be Certain of the Dawn," ...
curling; Minnesota curlers Olympics-bound; Teams with strong Minnesota connections won the Olympic curling trials in Colorado.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: RACHEL BLOUNT; STAFF WRITER BROOMFIELD, COLO. - In the moments after his playoff loss to Tyler George on Friday, John Shuster realized his Olympic hopes would depend on how he reacted. George had beaten him on the last rock of the game with a fluky shot, putting Shuster ...
the dish.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: Cynthia Dickison; Staff Writer Need a studio, stat Not even Heath Ledger's name might keep Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" from distribution hell. Gilliam, whose "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" famously suffered setback after setback ...
STREAMLINING MINNESOTA: AN OCCASIONAL SERIES; MINNCOR audit provides lessons; Stimulus adds urgency to better policing of state spending.(NEWS)(Opinion Exchange: STREAMLINING MINNESOTA)(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2009 ... One of the most heartening aspects of President Obama's inaugural speech was its emphasis on government performance and accountability. That's precisely the right tone for the months and years ahead as badly needed reforms are weighed in areas critical to the nation's future: health care, ...
Readers Write.(NEWS)(Opinion Exchange)
Mar 01, 2009 ... LETTER OF THE DAY: Minnesota is breaking its promise to its most vulnerable I have written about this before, and there is still no change. There is a population of people in poverty whose voices of need have been muted: those who have developmental disabilities. Formerly they relied on a ...
As times get worse, more kids need a free lunch; The rolls of students taking free and reduced lunch in Elk River grows as more families find themselves in foreclosure.(NEWS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: NORMAN DRAPER; STAFF WRITER Scores more kids are looking for a free lunch from Elk River schools. The north Twin Cities exurban district, which superintendent Mark Bezek describes as "a poster child for this whole mortgage debacle," now has a record-high 18 percent of ...
Estelle: The first name in one-name pop stars; REVIEW: At First Avenue on Friday, she showed she can be just as smart and sassy as her many styles of music.(NEWS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: JON BREAM; STAFF WRITER The parade of mononyms on the pop chart is getting monotonous: Beyonce, Pink, Adele, Rihanna, Duffy, Akon, Usher, Mims, Eminem, Seal, Brandy, Joe et al. Estelle knows how to set herself apart from mononymous pack. She put on a terrific ...
face time: SOCIAL SCENES FROM AROUND TOWN; Secondhand glam.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: SARA GLASSMAN; STAFF WRITER Bargain glam was all the rage on the red carpet of the Arcademy Awards. The night before the Academy Awards last weekend, the second annual gala for Arc Greater Twin Cities brought an elegant and well-dressed crowd to the Hyatt Regency hotel ...
Farmers suddenly find ax poised over their subsidies.(NEWS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: KEVIN DIAZ; STAFF WRITER WASHINGTON - It's not just Wall Street moguls who will feel the wrath of President Obama's budget. Farmers in Minnesota and across the Midwest are headed for a showdown with the Obama administration over subsidy caps intended to limit ...
YOUR MONEY; Green investments don't always produce greenbacks.(BUSINESS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: CHRIS FARRELL Q Given the emphasis on green and alternative energy, can you recommend exchange traded funds (ETFs) or mutual funds that invest in such companies? DEE, PLYMOUTH A President Obama, in his first address to a joint session of Congress, made it ...
Jockeying for a pole position.(NEWS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Children prodded their minnows Saturday during a racing competition involving the little bait fish at the fourth annual "Fish Fair" to raise money for the Fishing For Life ministry of New Hope Church in New Hope. The event also included a live trout pond, fishing games and adventure ...
Flannery O'Connor, beneath the surface; NONFICTION: A biography looks at Flannery O'Connor as more than a Gothic recluse.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: STEVE WEINBERG Special to the Star Tribune Before her untimely death in 1964, novelist Flannery O'Connor wrote, "As for biographies, there won't be any biographies of me because, for only one reason, lives spent between the house and the chicken yard do not ...
Tackling achievement gap getting more focus; An increase in student diversity and No Child Left Behind have spurred schools to redouble efforts to close the gap.(NEWS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: SARAH LEMAGIE; STAFF WRITER In the summer of 2007, the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district hired 200 new teachers -- and they were all white. The next year, after a consultant helped the district be more mindful of how it recruited staff members, a group of 120 ...
withering glance; When Sally met Winnie.(VARIETY)(withering glance)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: RICK NELSON; CLAUDE PECK; STAFF WRITERS Rick Nelson and Claude Peck dispense unasked-for advice about clothing, etiquette, culture, relationships, grooming and more. RN: Sally Wingert deserves an Ivey Award for Lifetime Achievement. CP: True that ....
THE MINNESOTA PROFILE: MICHAEL HOLLAND; THE DEFENSE NEVER RESTS; In today's swamped courts, public defender Michael Holland barely has time to take a breath between his cases.(NEWS)(THE MINNESOTA PROFILE)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: CURT BROWN; STAFF WRITER CORRECTION PUBLISHED 03/08/09: The word "Wopila" was incorrectly identified as the Ojibwe word for "thanks" in last Sunday's Minnesota Profile of Michael Holland. The word is from the Lakota language. Michael Holland charges through ...
jerry zgoda's sunday insider; Pooh: `Fans were crazy'; Richardson, the Wolves' first draft pick and first point guard, said that initial season was something special.(SPORTS)(MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES TWENTIETH SEASON)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: JERRY ZGODA; STAFF WRITER The Timberwolves commemorate their 20th season this year. Beat writer Jerry Zgoda covered that first season and on the month's first Sunday from now until April, he'll catch up with a member from that inaugural 1989-90 team. Today: Pooh ...
A workmanlike Liriano is an acceptable one; The Twins might never see the dominant 2006 version of Francisco Liriano ever again -- which is fine, as long as he stays healthy and competitive.(SPORTS)(JIM SOUHAN)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: JIM SOUHAN; STAFF WRITER TAMPA, FLA. Francisco Liriano took the mound for the first time this spring Saturday, and for the first time in a long time, it wasn't a big deal. He wasn't pitching in a pennant race, he wasn't trying to prove his left arm will remain attached ...
Men and misery entwine in this memoir.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: Laurie Hertzel; Staff Writer You know women like Diana Joseph: mouthy, smart, a little depressed. They smoke too much, drink too much, are overly quick to love, overly aware of their faults. They compensate with humor. Joseph seems an unlikely memoirist. She ...
Dealing in Vegas; Sin City may be down on its luck; that means yours could be about to change.(TRAVEL)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: JON TEVLIN; STAFF WRITER To casino owner Steve Wynn, Las Vegas is what God would build if he had money. To journalist Hunter S. Thompson, it's the meanest town on Earth for a loser. Somewhere in between (more toward the God end, we think) is the frugal, ...
Feeling lucky: How to save big in Sin City.(TRAVEL)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: JON TEVLIN; STAFF WRITER Flights from Minnesota to Vegas have been running as low as $99 round-trip in recent months, but a low advertised price for early March is $179. I watched hotel rates for several months, and Tuesdays and Wednesdays were generally cheaper, unless ...
Law students are adapting to a changing job market; Layoffs, lost clients, fewer billable hours: It's a new world for grads, but jobs still exist.(BUSINESS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: DAVID PHELPS; STAFF WRITER As a law student, Kellie Bigham knows she has to be creative to find a job in an economy where law firms are conducting some serious belt-tightening. "You have to set yourself apart from others," said Bigham, a second-year student ...
A bright idea: Minneapolis fee will light up the streets.(NEWS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Byline: jameslileks The new Minneapolis budget is out, and everyone hates it. That's natural; there has never been a mayor who has said, "This budget cuts taxes, raises spending, hires cops, cuts fees, expands inspection, makes Tootsie Rolls shower from the sky on alternate ...
opinion exchange; FROM TODAY'S INTERACTIVE ONLINE LOG ...(NEWS)(Opinion Exchange)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: Lori Sturdevant; Staff Writer LEADERS BUILT TO LAST Were you listening, St. Paul? The panel assembled Thursday night at the Minneapolis Hilton to discuss ethical leadership, sponsored by the business-based Collaborative, focused on leadership in ...
The new optimists; Minnesota business mavericks bet on risky and troubled sectors today in hopes of big payoffs tomorrow.(BUSINESS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: Dee DePass; Staff Writer Last week, 76-year-old Bill Weisberg ditched his cozy retirement for a risky ride in retail. He opened a discount athletic wear shop called Fabulous Buys in St. Louis Park and hired his grandkids to run it on weekends, convinced that his gamble ...
Rev. Don Meisel started Town Hall Forum; The pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church in downtown Minneapolis was a champion for civil rights.(NEWS)(Obituary)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: TIM HARLOW; STAFF WRITER With loving devotion, the Rev. Donald Meisel cared for his ailing wife, Eleanor, who battled various forms of cancer for a quarter century until she died in 1999. Those who knew him say he brought that same devotion to his role as ...
Laughs on a learning curve; Jimmy Fallon, Conan O'Brien need time for new shows to succeed.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: NEAL JUSTIN; STAFF WRITER The most daunting competitor facing Jimmy Fallon, who takes over "Late Night" on Monday with zero hosting experience and loads of public skepticism, isn't Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel or even the ghost of Conan O'Brien. It's ...
Writer's shame on behalf of white race is palpable; PERSONAL ESSAYS: Eula Biss explores the racial divide in this award-winning book from Graywolf Press.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: KATY READ Special to the Star Tribune Racism doesn't disappear with a new set of laws or diversity efforts or, most likely, even with a promising new president. In "Notes From No Man's Land," Eula Biss, winner of the 2008 Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, explores ways ...
remembering.(NEWS)(Obituary)
Mar 01, 2009 ... DeFazio, Sandra A. age 63, formerly of Minnesota, passed away in Dallas on December 30, 2008. Preceded in death by her parents, and her loving and devoted husband of 29 years, Paul Donahue. Survived by 2 sons and 4 daughters and their spouses, 10 grandchildren, 1 great- grandchild, her ...
ALMANAC; Geologist Broberg protests DNR merger.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: DOUG SMITH; STAFF WRITER When the Department of Natural Resources announced last week that it was merging its divisions of Ecological Resources and Waters into a single division, it might not have anticipated much reaction. After all, those divisions generally ...
True hockey fans fill stands for big games.(SPORTS)(PATRICK REUSSE)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: PATRICK REUSSE; STAFF WRITER CORRECTION PUBLISHED 03/02/09: Edina hockey player Michael Sit's name was misspelled in this column. The administrators pushing to reduce high school sports schedules as a cost-saver should have been trying to get inside ...
PAY DIRT; UNTOUCHABLE? If you leave your employer because of a layoff, should your 401(k) follow you? And what if you need access to its money?(BUSINESS)(PAY DIRT)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: KARA MCGUIRE; STAFF WRITER As more and more people lose jobs in this recession, it's natural to focus on shoring up your day-to-day finances. But what about your workplace 401(k)? If you've drunk the retirement planning Big Gulp, your 401(k) may be one of your largest ...
A message -- perhaps a hard one to hear -- about education funding; There's simply no solid evidence that money buys K-12 results, so is it worth it to spare that budget while cutting higher ed?(NEWS)(Opinion Exchange)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: MITCH PEARLSTEIN Given the academic facts of life cited below, how would you apportion cuts in spending to K-12 and higher education in Minnesota? Big reductions would seem to be inevitable for both systems given the budgetary abyss the state is in. Yet few if any people ...
critic's picks.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: Neal Justin; Staff Writer Sunday Someone pour some extra rum into Hugh Hefner's Diet Pepsi. Mensa candidate Kendra Wilkinson is moving out of the Playboy Mansion, triggering the end of "The Girls Next Door" (9 p.m., E!) as we know it. Don't shed too many ...
Authorities identify man killed by snowplow.(NEWS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: Kara McGuire; Staff Writer The man struck and killed by a snowplow in Minneapolis on Thursday night has been identified. Rural Bonner Jr. was crossing the street against a green light near ...
Twin Cities groups Catchpenny and Quietdrive give new meaning to a rock tour, playing to U.S. troops in Iraq.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER; STAFF WRITER For most Minnesota rock bands heading out on tour, the biggest obstacle between them and the next gig is a flat tire or a missed highway exit. The farthest-off destination is usually New York or Los Angeles. And the best excuse for ...
heard on the prairie; Analysts buoyed by insider buying; Increasingly in recent weeks, officers and directors have picked up shares in their companies. The question is whether a market upturn will follow.(BUSINESS)(ON BUSINESS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: NEAL ST. ANTHONY; STAFF WRITER Stock purchases by company officers and directors, in- cluding recent activity at U.S. Bancorp, Hormel Foods and Zareba Systems, is growing evidence that insiders believe their com- panies have the worst of the recession behind them and ...
GIRLS' HOCKEY FINALS; 1A FINAL: BRECK 4, WARROAD 3; Blake's grit shows; The Bears defense stifled high-flying Warroad throughout the title game, then converged to deny the one last desperate scoring attempt.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: MICHAEL RAND; STAFF WRITER As the final seconds ticked away in Blake's thrilling 4-3 Class 1A girls' hockey championship victory Saturday over Warroad, Alyssa Veil fell to the ice in pain as the perfect symbol of exactly what it took for the Bears to win their third ...
GIRLS' HOCKEY FINALS; GAME RECAP; Battling to the end, Warroad falls just short.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: Michael Rand; Staff Writer The clash of the Class 1A girls' hockey titans didn't materialize until the third period of Saturday's state final. When it did, Blake withstood a wallop from Warroad, countered with a punch of its own and then held on during a frantic final 10 ...
GIRLS' HOCKEY FINALS; GAME RECAP; Stillwater's Salmen ices Hopkins.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: David La Vaque; Staff Writer Something about playing Hopkins brings out the best in Stillwater's Cassandra Salmen. The junior forward beat the Royals with an overtime goal Jan. 1 and scored twice in Saturday's 5-3 victory in the Class 2A girls' hockey state ...
boys' hockey roundup /./ Eden Prairie jumps out to early lead, holds on.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: Aaron Paitich It only took 20 seconds for Eden Prairie to get on the scoreboard Saturday night, but it took a full 51 minutes for the Eagles to pull out a victory. It was playoff hockey at its finest for the Class 2A, Section 6 semifinal at Braemer Arena. The ...
GIRLS' BASKETBALL; South's Hill breaks Ohm's scoring mark ... again?(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: Luke Meyer Through the first nine minutes of the Twin Cities Championship game Saturday, Minneapolis South and St. Paul Central had played to a 10-10 tie. Then, like so many times in her career, Tayler Hill took over. Hill connected on three three-pointers to ...
GIRLS' HOCKEY NOTES; Reber records hat trick, helps Hornets take third.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: MICHAEL RAND; DAVID LA VAQUE; STAFF WRITERS Sami Reber's hat trick helped Edina beat Elk River-Zimmerman 8-1 in the Class 2A third-place game on Saturday. Reber's first goal helped the Hornets build a 3-0 first-period lead. Elk River-Zimmerman's Hillary ...
GIRLS' HOCKEY FINALS; 2A FINAL: STILLWATER 5, HOPKINS 3; Ready to shine, on ice and off; Always making a big difference, Stillwater's Amanda Cartony showed nice guys (and girls) don't have to finish last.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: DEAN SPIROS; STAFF WRITER Amanda Cartony's name can be found in the fine print on page 23 of the official program of the girls' hockey state tournament. The Stillwater junior forward is among the approximately 100 players who received the 2009 High School Character Award ...
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING; Fulda wrestler is first girl to reach state; Elissa Reinsma finished second in her 103-pound weight class to become the first female qualifier in the 72-year history of the tournament.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: JOHN MILLEA; STAFF WRITER LUVERNE, MINN. - Saturday was a big day for high school wrestling across Minnesota, as section tournaments determined the 672 individuals who will compete at this week's state tournament. For 671 of them, advancing to state is a major ...
Startribune.com: Your new guide to travel, tips and more.(TRAVEL)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: Kerri Westenberg; Staff Writer Do you need links to regional visitors' bureaus to help plan your next trip, ideas for great Midwest destinations or information on getting a passport? Find it all at startribune.com/travel. The Star Tribune's enhanced online travel page ...
michael russo's sunday insider; Always a trading frenzy; Even with salary cap pressures, many players will be switching teams during the usual trade deadline flurry.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: MICHAEL RUSSO; STAFF WRITER Every year before the trade-deadline rumor frenzy, teams are labeled "buyers or sellers." Reality, however, dictates this is as outdated as the hockey mullet. With more than half the NHL within $2 million of the salary-cap ceiling ...
Bat death verdicts: Not guilty; After 30 hours, a jury acquitted a Dakota County man of four murder counts in the fatal beating of his friend.(NEWS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: KARA McGUIRE; KATIE HUMPHREY; STAFF WRITERS Even though Charlie Reynolds admitted that he killed his longtime friend Joshua Skare with a baseball bat during an altercation, a jury on Friday found Reynolds not guilty on four counts of murder. The jury deliberated for ...
ROADGUY; When the white stuff falls, snow-removal love may be obscured.(NEWS)(ROADGUY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: JIM FOTI; STAFF WRITER You've just shoveled your driveway to a state of snow-free perfection. You're ready to step inside and kick back with hot chocolate or something stronger, but just as you're about to walk in the door, it happens: The plow comes by and barricades ...
Saints 4, Windchill 0; Some hardy fans and some hardier players warmed up for the baseball season at a Midway Stadium charity game.(NEWS)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: BILL WARD; STAFF WRITER It was tailgating time at St. Paul's Midway Stadium, with all the attendant sights, smells and sounds: the sweet bouquet of grilled brats, a band playing `80s rock anthems, kids flinging balls hither and yon. Snowballs, that is. ...
DANCE; SOLO IN A CROWD.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: Caroline Palmer Friday-Saturday: In "Skin," performer Mary Easter blends movement and text to reveal the various identities we don each day, including our tough and tender sides, exposing the variety of personal and shared experiences that shape our ...
SPECIAL EVENTS; VIVA EL VINO.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: Melissa Walker; Staff Writer Today: What could make a Sunday more relaxing than tasting fine vintages from around the world? Pair a wide variety of reds and whites with tempting food samples from local restaurants at the Minnesota Monthly ...
He fits all the Ireland he can in 393 pages.(VARIETY)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Byline: Laurie Hertzel; Staff Writer Robert Shannon, an Irish-American priest, is suffering from shell shock after serving as a chaplain in World War I. To help him heal, his cardinal in Boston sends him to Ireland to walk the countryside along the Shannon River, to search for ...