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'Haim' @ First Avenue

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"I don't give a shit if it's a Monday, let's rage!" declared Este Haim, the enthusiastic bass player of the trio of sisters known has Haim.

The hair band finally arrived in Minneapolis to play a long since sold out show at First Avenue, and it was hard to tell who the bigger fans were -- the audience of the band, or the band of First Avenue. Stopping multiple times to give homage to ...

Minneapolis 'Movies in the Parks' 2014

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With June 2014 just around the corner, Minneapolis has released their annual schedule of Movies in the Parks. Starting Saturday, June 7, movies will be featured at various parks around Minneapolis everyday consecutively until Saturday, August 23rd. That's 11 weeks of films! There will be over 77 films for you to check out and join in on communal fun. Movie nights are scattered around Minneapolis with near...

Google Unveils Their 'Self-Driving Car'

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Self-driving cars are an inevitability as the world of technology continues to advance -- come on, we've all seen a glimpse of the future in all those Sci-fi movies like I, Robot and Minority Report. Even aside from the "foreshadowing" in movies, it's long been known that automobile travel with humans at the controls is both inefficient and dangerous. Everyone knows that computers and machines, once properly tuned, are the model of efficiency and safety. With that in mind, think of the future of travel when you get into a car...

Why Tyler Kolek Matters

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Among the professional sports drafts in America, the Major League Draft is a forgotten stepchild. The MLB Network covers it live, but baseball fans have a difficult time drumming up interest on players they don't know much about and will probably never see on their team. Bryce Harper getting drafted and making it to the major leagues in one year is extremely rare -- in today’s society of instant gratification, patience is a lost art and the MLB Draft is tossed aside as an exercise not worth one’s time.

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Germany: The Midwest of Europe

me in marbugr Close your eyes and picture everything that makes Minnesota home: the rolling green hills of the south, the tree-covered bluffs of the north, the many colors of the changing seasons. Now add over a thousand years of complex history, remains of ruins dating back all the way to the Roman empire, medieval cathedrals, and a distinct affection for beer. Now you’ve got a startlingly accurate image of Western Germany in your mind. When I arrived in Germany late last year, I was startled by how similar it was to home. I felt at home as the landscape was nearly identical to Minnesota. Even the weather and temperature were the same! If it hadn’t been for...

Food Costs Rising -- How Will We Adjust?

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Reports continue to confirm Americans are historically consuming the highest amount of meat consumption in recent years. The report quickly following these headlines is the projected rise in our nation’s food cost. Unfortunately, the greatest price increases will be in our fresh food sector (beef, pork, fruit, and eggs). Currently, this is largely attributed to the significant drought conditions experienced by our western agricultural star, California. Clearly we cannot control the weather. The damage to our nation’s breadbasket of fresh fruits, vegetables, and animal vegetation has...

Whose First Pitch Was Worse — Carly Rae Jepsen's or 50 Cent's?

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While it isn't the most pressing debate taking place on Minnesota Connected right now, there is a bit of chatter going on in the world about which music celebrity's throw is the lousiest of them all. Last year, Carly Ray Jepson threw out what might be the worst ceremonial first pitch Major League Baseball had ever seen. The famed "Call Me Maybe" songstress took the mound in Tampa Bay and unleashed an 8-footer that seemed destined to go down in history as the WOAT (Worst of All-Time). Here is the video: ...

'Soundset' Triumphs Despite Canadian Credit Cards, Overloaded Cell Phone Towers and Texas TSA

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'Orange Is the New Black' Season 2 Coming June

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The addicting, quirky, socially-conscious dramedy Orange Is the New Black will be back for its second season on June 6th! What happens when a sexually confused, waspy, East Coast yuppie goes to prison? The show explores this question and so much more. We follow wide-eyed Piper Chapman, the leading lady played by Taylor Schilling, as she learns to adapt to the dangers and unexpected twists of incarceration. Through Piper, we meet characters from all walks of life: a transgender woman who committed credit card fraud to pay for her surgery, a meth addict who shoots an abortion clinic worker, and even a...