Does the Midwest Matter? Notes on the Geography of Greatness By Frank Bures riving north from Des Moines not long ago, I veered off the freeway to a place I knew about but had never had any reason to visit. When I got there, I could see why: Mason City, Iowa was a miserable looking […]
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In Minnesota, public health officials and food freedom fighters are squared off in a battle that neither side is likely to win. Diving into the raw milk underground, Emily Sohn discovers an unlikely alliance of suburban parents, health-conscious foodies and farmers who believe milk is best when served directly from teat to table.
Categories: Winter Issue 2012
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Maybe Minnesota is having a renaissance? Now what? By Maggie Ryan Sandford // Illustration by DC Ice ou may have heard the rumors. In recent months, at least five local and national media sources have entered the argument over whether or not Minnesota is having a cultural renaissance. I prefer to call it a Minnessance. So […]
Categories: Fall Issue 2012
By Katie Eggers hen I entered elementary school in the early nineties, the dominant cultural discourse had declared history a thing of the past—history had, by some accounts, simply ended. Like my peers, I came of age in a world where each fight worth fighting seemed to have already been fought. In school, we learned […]
Categories: Making-Of
Here is to putting the fun back into imagining our city: we feature 22 bold ideas which emerged from a collaborative survey of the best, most visionary and most unorthodox ways to make Minneapolis and St. Paul an even better place to live. Emily Sohn reports from Minnesota’s raw milk underground and the food freedom movement, Frank Bures explores how greatness can again take root in the Midwest, and mini-modern architecture shakes up a neighborhood in St. Paul. Also: the statewide crackdown on food swaps, an interview with The Current’s Barb Abney, and one man’s journey deep into the heart of the Wisconsin Dells.
Categories: Winter Issue 2012
Minnesota’s burgeoning heritage goods industry is bringing rugged authenticity to an audience longing for reliability and simpler times.
Categories: Fall Issue 2012
With nowhere to stay in Williston, North Dakota, Bill Donahue bunks with a band of swashbuckling fortune hunters, who are looking to make a buck while the boom lasts.
Categories: Fall Issue 2012
You can order our current issue online of find it in a store near you! MADE IN MINNESOTA Minnesota’s burgeoning heritage goods industry is bringing rugged authenticity to an audience longing for reliability and simpler times. Preview IN THE LAND OF OIL AND MONEY With nowhere to stay in Williston, North Dakota, Bill Donahue bunks with a […]
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Serial entrepreneur Björgvin Sævarsson on the deplorable state of advertising, honesty and transparency in business and the advantages of eating rotten shark.
Categories: Fall Issue 2012