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Sheila Regan
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Arts columnist at MinnPost and classical music critic at the Pioneer Press. Based in Minneapolis. Profile photo by the late Hector Roberts. linktr.ee/sheilaregan
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Throwback: July 30, 2020
The thing about resorts like Lutsen Resort is that even if they are expensive to stay at, they are way more accessible than actually owning a lakefront property. It would be a shame if the business model became so unsustainable all those places went away.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Oh damn, Pantone can paint a room but can’t read one
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"Can you image if our extra caricular [sic] activities got in the news???" You kind of don't know whether to pity the guy, laugh or just shake your head.
December 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Editor: You get those photos of William H. Macy for the whiskey issue?

Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
“I don’t want to upset the Minnesota boys” — William H Macy’s character in Train Dreams
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Hey all,

The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.

Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.

You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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We didn’t hit it twice

We did hit it twice and that’s legal

The Admiral did it

We didn’t see them

I’m in the fog of war and you’re not even though I am right where you are
December 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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The fog of war defense. If you didn't see survivors from all the fog, how did you know to launch a second strike?
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Give the gift of art and support our work to uplift and celebrate Native artists!

Check out the holiday subscription special: firstamerican.art/product/gift...
December 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
In “Place-Keepers: Latina/x Art, Performance, and Organizing in the Twin Cities,” Jessica Lopez Lyman mixes scholarly rigor and radical politics in a book about artists shaping change and building community through their creative practices. tinyurl.com/7bphvd7e
Art and activism linked for many Twin Cities Latinx artists - MinnPost
A new book and several exhibitions showcase the artistic creativity and social change-making of Latinx artists in Minnesota and beyond.
www.minnpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Gertrude Abercrombie.

The Church.

1938.
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Sometimes it’s not until years later that you recognize a particular event as distinctly transformative. It seemed ordinary at the time, but later you realize it was your one shot to live that moment in that place with whomever you were with.
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Not the first time: Pete Hegseth, in his own book, admitted he told U.S. soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement
Defense secretary shares anecdote in The War on Warriors and rails against ‘rules and regulations’ governing war
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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"4 years ago, St. Paul voters approved rent control by a narrow margin. Some observers say Carter’s last-minute endorsement of the measure put it over the top... Carter’s role in getting rent control approved shadowed him, especially with the business community." www.startribune.com/st-paul-mayo...
How Melvin Carter lost the St. Paul mayoral election
The two-term mayor started too late and had too weak of a ground game. Kaohly Her capitalized.
www.startribune.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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SILVER SNEAKERS UNTIED: Blue Cross Blue Shield dropped senior "Silver Sneakers" gym memberships at Twin Cities YMCAs and Life Time Fitness locations with just days to go before the end of open enrollment, when many seniors had already chosen the insurer www.twincities.com/2025/12/01/s...
Seniors to picket Blue Cross Blue Shield in Eagan after losing gym benefit
Blue Cross Blue Shield blames price hikes from a third-party fitness benefits administrator, Tivity
www.twincities.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Putin said earlier this week that Russia has no plans to invade Europe. I had a deja vu moment when I was listening to his crap:
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Also, this tweet should be a scandal in its own right! The Secretary of Defense, currently under bipartisan scrutiny for potentially committing cold-blooded murder of shipwrecked men, is cracking public jokes about what he did - essentially spitting in the face of his victims AND Congress.
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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We should be deeply skeptical of anyone seeking to erode fundamental civil rights protections. They exist to protect all of us, from targeted personal and collective harm.

While religious liberties are well-established as part of our country's legalistic framework; so, too, are concepts of freedom.
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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“public space and mobility disaster zone” is right
Telling that the indigenous non-profit has now also fenced off their property in the public space and mobility disaster zone that is the Franklin Ave light rail station. It's their private property so the ethics of this are a little clearer than the trickier situation on the street below
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
With climbable sculptures, interactive art stations, a giant jigsaw puzzle and kid-centric films, “Show and Tell: An Exhibition for Kids” emphasizes play and discovery. www.minnpost.com/artscape/202...
Art is playful and play is art at kid-friendly Walker exhibition - MinnPost
“Show and Tell: An Exhibition for Kids" offers a blueprint for exhibitions that activate curiosity and sense of fun.
www.minnpost.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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"This underscores the urgent need for libraries, archives, and information infrastructure providers to include scholarly blogs more systematically in their preservation strategies ... A promising actor in this field is Rogue Scholar."
"While established systems safeguard journal articles, books, and research data, no comparable infrastructures exist for scholarly blogs. As a result, an essential part of academic communication risks slipping out of the historical record..."

The case for preserving scholarly blogs 👇
The case for preserving scholarly blogs - Impact of Social Sciences
Poor preservation threatens the scholarly blogging ecosystem. What makes scholarly blogs sustainable and how can these practices be promoted?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM
My boyfriend got rid of his cds except his own music and one other band: Sisters of Mercy.
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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This a fascinating view of how newspapers functioned nearly 60 years ago. Review a NY play with no #localangle but to inform its readers of what’s happening in the world using language and presenting ideas for an adult, educated audience instead of generating clicks and subscribers.
In 1968 the afternoon newspaper in Minneapolis sent its arts writer to New York to review Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead"
November 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Minnesota is on the front page of Sunday's New York Times print edition. Minneapolis is name-dropped in a couple not quite accurate ways. Feeding out Future was not based in Minneapolis. And the cases Joseph H. Thompson prosecuted were likewise not all in Minneapolis.
November 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM