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 […]

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Minnesota’s bur­geon­ing her­itage goods indus­try is bring­ing rugged authen­tic­ity to an audi­ence long­ing for reli­a­bil­ity and sim­pler times.

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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.

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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.

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A writer dis­cov­ers the other edge of Min­nesota Nice, rooted in our Scan­di­na­vian her­itage and the legacy of what some anthro­pol­o­gists call a high con­text culture.

Categories: Fall Issue 2012