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Spring Cleaning Tips By Jamee Larson

Few things usher out the cold, stale doldrums of winter like a healthy dose

Dusting is usually the bane of any cleaner’s existence. Although still a

of spring cleaning. I’m talking about tossing open those shades, throwing

tedious task in many ways, it is possible to save some time when dusting

open the windows, and really getting down and dirty! Before you know it,

by starting high and moving down. This will catch dust as it falls without

your house will smell, look, and feel as fresh as that warm spring breeze.

forcing you to redo anything.

Feeling the urge to spring clean is one thing. Knowing how to do it better and

Dryer sheets work as inexpensive alternatives to pricey dust cloths and

smarter is another. The first thing you should do is get organized. Decide

generally do just as well, if not better. For hard to reach spaces, tie a towel

what needs to be done and make a to-do list that is challenging yet doable.

to the end of a broom and dust ceilings, walls, door frames, etc. Don’t forget

Include the other members of the family -- especially the children. Give

to clean ceiling fans and light fixtures.

everyone several tasks they can complete without much struggle. Reward little successes and celebrate jobs well done. Who says cleaning can’t be fun?

When you get to the bathroom, dryer sheets can also be used to remove buildup on shower doors and even ceramic tile. For toilets, use a can of cola

Now that everyone has received their marching orders, there are several

to get your bowl sparkling clean. (For cola lovers out there, this is likely a

tips you can employ to produce impressive results without breaking your

very disturbing thought.)

back! Consider the following as you begin your quest: In both the bathroom and kitchen, a typical sponge can get dirty very fast. Before you begin, make sure you have all the supplies that you need.

Instead of tossing a used sponge, put it in the microwave for one minute and

Nothing derails a spring cleanup effort faster than a lack of supplies.

it will reappear clean and disinfected.

If you don’t own a window squeegee, get one. Not only do they make

On the topic of microwaves, get rid of baked on food by filling a microwave

window cleaning streak free, they can also be used to remove pet hair from

safe bowl with 1-2 cups of water and 2 tablespoons of white vinegar. Heat

carpets and upholstery.

for five minutes and those stubborn stains will come out in a jiffy.

When cleaning windows, forego the expensive cleaners and make your

Cleaning a stovetop can also give one fits, but it doesn’t have to. After

own solution instead. Equal parts white vinegar and warm water works

cleaning it, rub the top with a small amount of car wax and buff with a

wonders. No vinegar? Use one teaspoon of dish detergent instead.

normal towel. Not only will your stovetop shine, spills will wipe up quickly and easily.

Do not wash windows in the hot sun. The heat will dry out your solution before you have a chance to wipe it away, leaving hard-to-deal-with streaks.

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refrigerators are especially good targets for your cleanup efforts. In the

taken outside, and hosed down. Wooden blinds can be treated with a mild

case of expired medicines, contact your local hospital or police department

combination of wood cleaner and hot water. Check to see if your draperies

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United States Police Canine Association by David Scheller

Shots ring out in the night. A man tumbles out of a bar, frenzied. He

during dangerous situations, but in fact 90 percent of their job is nose

knows the police will come looking for him soon. They tend to frown on

work. Whereas it might take a team of officers hours to find a suspicious

shootings. He runs to a nearby lumberyard to hide.

shell casing, one of our dogs can zero in on it in a matter seconds. We once had to track down a suspect who had an hour’s head start on our

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eon of evolution, 9,000 years of domestication, and a lifetime of training

do, but they owe it all to their amazing sense of smell.”

for the singular pursuit of finding the shooter tonight. He tracks the suspect to the lumberyard, an invisible trail in the dark. His companions

Amazing indeed. Dogs have 50 times more olfactory receptors than we

can’t risk going in. The dog doesn’t mind.

do, and their brains are 40 times more devoted to analyzing smells than ours. Their sense of smell is estimated to be up to 100,000 times more

Our hero divines his way through the maze. The suspect lies there in wait,

powerful than ours. If their sense of sight was analogous to this, then

a 2x4 in hand. He cracks the dog over the head. The dog is momentarily

dogs would be able to tell if someone lit a candle on the moon.

stunned, but reflexively shifts from his tracking instinct to another: tooth and claw.

Of course, nature isn’t enough to produce great canine detectives. Given their druthers, dogs will generally remain ambivalent about smells that

The police hear snarling and screams. They dash in, caution discarded

don’t indicate food or other dogs. That’s where Jason comes in.

for the good of their friend. They find him fastened to the suspect at the

“All of our dogs are brought over here from Europe,” said

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Jason. “We take dogs as young as eight weeks old, but

suspect. The good boy is rewarded, the bad boy taken away.

also accept them up to a year and a half old. A puppy

Officer Jason Brodt trained the dog who saved the day. Although his father was on the force for 30 years, Jason had gone to school to become a marine biologist. (“There aren’t many marine biology jobs in Minnesota,” Jason noted.) It wasn’t until Jason went on a ride along with an acquaintance

is less expensive because he hasn’t been cared for as long, but riskier than a mature dog because you can’t tell if he has the disposition for police work yet.”

that he decided to become a cop too. He admired the police dogs for

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My job as president is: To get presents

My job as president is: Working for the country and doing good stuff

My new law is: Everyone eats cake

My new law is: We will fight bad guys

My salary is: $2,000

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America now makes: More kinds of chocolate cake

America now makes: All kinds of 3M stuff

My airplane will have: Lots of cake on it

My airplane will have: A race car with a desk to do my work

My punishment for bad guys: Let them go

My punishment for bad guys: Swing them around in the air over my head

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Logan, Age 4 1/2 My job as president is: To whisper in someone’s ear My new law is: Don’t spit on somebody’s face My salary is: $1,000 America now makes: Cheese balls My airplane will have: Lightning bolts My punishment for bad guys: Send in the Stormtroopers My flag:

Jay, Age 5 My job as president is: Run the baseball games My new law is: Kids are boss My salary is: A thousand and a million dollars America now makes: Presentations My airplane will have: A baby kitty My punishment for bad guys: Smack them on the butt My flag:

Geovanni, Age 7 My job as president is: Watching the Vikings My new law is: Stop the bowling alleys My salary is: Money, money, money, one thousand monies! America now makes: New flags My airplane will have: My mom and dad My punishment for bad guys: Punch them My flag:

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House of Balls by David Scheller | photos by Max Haynes

“We should all ask ourselves what the meaning of life is,” Allen told me. “There are as many answers to that question as there are people. For me, the meaning of life is showing people what I do at the House of Balls.” Minneapolis artist Allen Christian was born and raised in north Minneapolis. His father was a postman who moonlighted for Brinks and hauled rubbish on the side. His mother worked for now defunct Ma Bell. They worked hard to support Allen and his eight brothers and sisters, so Allen learned to work hard too. “I liked art and drawing as a kid, but I always leaned more toward the hands-on work in shop class,” Allen reminisced. “I enjoyed crafting, building tables and lamps, making sawdust. That kind of work drew me to the Seabees after school, where I built buildings, bridges, and airstrips for the Navy. I even built a bowling alley, once. That had to have had some significance for my later work. It just had to.” Allen’s service would take him to Sicily, Spain, and Iceland. These old places changed his perspective on what art meant. He no longer saw it as something to be made, sold, and put on a shelf in order to pretty things up around the house. He realized that the ancient marvels of Europe were their creators’ ways of perpetuating their cultures, and by extension themselves. That made Allen love art. Creating art because you want to love it rather than sell it isn’t the most lucrative approach to the practice. Allen’s materials have always been limited to whatever he can find for free, or at least very close to it. This is beneficial. “Working with found materials means I get to learn about our society by studying its detritus,” explained Allen. “I understand what we value by looking at what we do not.” “By studying a found object or breaking down a machine into its component parts, it’s as though I’ve got a collaborator I’ll never meet. I respect other creators’ visions, and their work influences mine by determining how I can incorporate it into a sculpture.” “People relate to my art because they enjoy identifying its components -- a colander here, a mixing bowl there, the shock absorber from a 1991 Subaru Brat in the middle.” Allen only just recently retired from his electrician job, so now he can really get to work at the House of Balls, his workshop and studio. Located on a dead end at 1504 S 7th St and surrounded by city lights and the bees’ hum of highways, it is Allen’s Xanadu. 20

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shopdinelive.net The House of Balls takes its name from Allen’s most popular pieces, bowling balls that he has coaxed into human forms. He describes the process of making these statuettes as revelatory, because bowling balls might contain any number of materials.

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whichever other refuse Allen has laid his hands on. An enormous polar bear pieced together from pipes and rags stands guard in the parking lot. Giant Woman, standing 24 feet tall and made from wire bits, towers over all of creation. Allen needed a scissor lift to make her. Its outside sets the scene for House of Balls’ miraculous contents. Alluring

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Evenings out in Downtown Minneapolis

by David Scheller

There is a lot to enjoy about living in downtown Minneapolis. You no longer

Song dynasty, the Dutch masters’ very best, and contemporaries like Dali,

have to invent clever invective for the traffic around you during a long

Brâncuși, and even Charles Schulz under one roof. The Walker houses the

commute home. You won’t pale when you realize you forgot that crucial

more modern and experimental, and is free until 9pm on Thursdays. The

dinner ingredient at the store, because the store is just around the corner

Minneapolis Sculpture Garden next door, which reopened in June after a $10

from wherever you are. You won’t have to labor over ways to have fun in

million renovation, makes for one of the most scenic and interesting walks in

the evening, either, because downtown Minneapolis is an embarrassment of

the city. Mind the enormous blue rooster.

riches when it comes to things to do around dusk. Here are some of the best. And we have music. Go to Dakota Jazz Club on Nicollet to drink in the You can enjoy seeing what life is like living in downtown Minneapolis

mellow tradition of Coltrane and Mingus, enjoy a local up-and-coming act

firsthand at Explore Downtown Living on May 19th.

This free event

at any of our many cafes and bars, or see a headliner blow doors down at

offers the chance to tour up to 23 different residential communities in

First Avenue. If you have to dance, head over to The Living Room in the

downtown’s five neighborhoods, all while enjoying promotions and deals

Foshay Tower or Bar Fly on Hennepin for live DJ music that will have your

from local restaurants and bars, shops, fitness centers, and salons. Sign up

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There is a lot to see.

What better way to spend an evening out than rooting for the home team? When you live downtown, you can enjoy a night at a game practically all

Some debate what it means to be cultured. In Minneapolis, nearly every

year long. Go to Target Center -- which reopens in October after a $140

opportunity is within reach. Whether you are a Broadway fanatic or your

million renovation -- to cheer for the Timberwolves and the Lynx, enjoy a

last exposure to the stage was compulsory during elementary school,

brat while watching the Twins cracking bats at Target Field, or experience

Hennepin Theatre Trust’s historic State, Orpheum and Pantages Theatres

the Vikings’ massive new home at U.S. Bank Stadium. Even the WWE stops

are sure to please you. Here you can see great modern performances like

by downtown from time to time, affording us the chance to watch people

The Lion King, All Is Calm, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-

throw one another off of ladders that is so seldom given in most major

Time, or treasured classics like The King and I and The Nutcracker. East

league sports.

Town is home to that shiny blue box perched over the river, the Guthrie, Minnesota’s very best for live drama. It’s not true what Shakespeare said,

All of that fun wouldn’t feel like much on an empty stomach, and downtown

that “all the world’s a stage” -- only theaters have stages, so you ought to go

has every opportunity to dine out. We have a variety of cuisine including

downtown for the true experience.

new American in Union Bar & Grill’s glass enclosed rooftop, classic steaks at institutions like Murray’s, Manny’s, and Seven, and a host of fine ethnic

Two of the Midwest’s biggest art museums are near downtown. The Walker

restaurants as well. Enjoy an after dinner drink at any of our nightclubs or

Art Center neighbors Loring Park, and just south of downtown is the

pubs, and cap off another satisfying evening out in the jewel of the Midwest.

Minneapolis Institute of Art. The Mia, which is open until 9pm on Thursdays

Doesn’t all of that sound more exciting than spending another night in the

and Fridays, is a trove of our highest achievements in art throughout time. It

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Explore Downtown Living Gives Participants an Inside Look at Downtown Life Enjoy a free outing touring the city’s core on May 19 by Mark Remme There has never been a more exciting time to be part of the downtown Minneapolis community. Each year, more people continue to move downtown for different reasons. The short walking commute to work. The incredible food and nightlife. The entertainment options. Sporting events. Endless possibilities. For many, the question isn’t whether or not they want to live downtown. It’s where to live. Explore Downtown Living has helped eliminate that conundrum. On May 19, Explore Downtown Living will return for a fourth year in downtown Minneapolis. The event, a product of the mpls downtown council 2025 Plan’s development committee, aims to help people experience what it’s like to live downtown with no strings attached. It’s free and features more than 20 downtown residential communities. People sign up online on exploredtliving.com, then decide which apartments they want to visit between 10 am-5 pm on the day of the event. The residential communities are located in downtown’s five distinct neighborhoods: East Town, Central Business District, Loring Park, North Loop, and Northeast. People see the apartment buildings -- including the residential units, roof decks, party rooms, and fitness spaces -- and while they’re touring they can get to know what could eventually be their new neighborhoods. They also can enjoy promotions at downtown businesses including food, beverages, retail, fitness, and more. 24

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Since 2015, over the course of eight event

All of the elements of The 2025 Plan work

days, Explore Downtown Living has facilitated

together to help form a community we can

approximately 17,000 free apartment views.

all enjoy. See it for yourself up close when you

There is no solicitation involved -- only the

attend Explore Downtown Living on May 19.

chance to see which apartments you want to Discover what life is like in the heart of the

visit and see firsthand.

city. Sign up for Explore Downtown Living and The 2025 Plan is focused on adding several

experience downtown in a whole new way.

elements to downtown to help enhance its vibrancy. Adding residential population is one, because a busy and active space is a safe and thriving space. Adding to the downtown experience is another aspect of creating an extraordinary place to spend your time, so adding fun and free activities that converge with

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downtown council’s website (mplsdowntown. com) has a community calendar that is allinclusive and offers great opportunities to see what is going on downtown. It also focuses on enhancing greening and the public realm, transportation, ending street homelessness, and adding innovation through a festival of ideas called the Minneapolis Idea eXchange. Through six 2025 Plan committees, more than 350 volunteers work to enhance the downtown community. Explore Downtown Living is a byproduct of that vision, and through this shared belief in downtown’s vibrancy and vitality these volunteers are helping keep our city’s core vibrant and thriving. Now is the time to consider living downtown,

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shopdinelive.net Hosting the Super Bowl just brought a lot of well-deserved attention to downtown Minneapolis. Approximately 70,000 were fortunate enough to come to The Big Game in person, among whom were visitors from 130 countries. Over one hundred million people joined the festivities by watching our massive new stadium on TV as well. Our guests are still clamoring about how visiting downtown Minneapolis is the greatest, but they’re only right to some degree -- because living here is even greater still. People interested in living downtown can see it in a whole new way during Explore Downtown Living on May 19. This free event highlights approximately two dozen residential properties in downtown’s five neighborhoods. Sign up at exploredtliving. com and enjoy and discover the heart of the city. Downtown Minneapolis’ most striking feature for visitors and locals alike is our new Nicollet. This stripe of culture and commerce has always been our defining characteristic, but with its recently completed updates it’s now better than ever. Freshly planted shade trees, enhanced sidewalk spaces, and improved lighting along the promenade make it a pedestrian destination year round. Go to either end of Nicollet for wooded refuge, or stop anywhere along it for something that’s bound to entice you. The Commons, our 4.2 acre public park in East Town, is another new emerald in our

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Like all great writers, I watch a lot of TV, so when I say American Ninja Warrior is a good show you can take my word for it. Imagining what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like pouncing around on the zany obstacles, cheering on the contestants you arbitrarily decide to root for, and laughing when someone who has only just been introduced to the show during a heartwarming and inspirational vignette falls off the first hurdle is sound fun. You never get to see anyone fall down on Wheel of Fortune, except for the banned 1989 episode in which Pat Sajak tumbled headfirst off of the catwalk. Jaysen Saly of Roseville shares my enthusiasm for American Ninja Warrior, albeit in a far more personal way. He was on season nine and made it to the top 40. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would have made top 30 if I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fall off the crank it up obstacle,â&#x20AC;? lamented Jaysen. Jaysenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s build up to his television appearance was the culmination of his longtime devotion to personal fitness. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I used to work in the corporate world as a sales manager.

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like walking around, but I hate freezing to death. Fortunately we live in the land of 10,000 shopping malls, and you can

find me strutting around in one of them pretty often this time of year. Now, don’t get me wrong -- I couldn’t do without my friends at Macy’s, Barnes & Noble, and Claire’s, but sometimes I like my indoor walks with a little more culture. That’s when one of the more than 50 museums in the Twin Cities come to the rescue. Here are two very good ones.

The Bakken Museum Medtronic founder Earl Bakken has always loved medical contraptions, and not just the ones he created.

Now, suspend your

disbelief when I tell you Mr. Bakken has made quite a lot of money, and that with it he has managed to amass an astounding collection of antiquated therapeutic machines.

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Bakken’s collection grew so great that he bought a beautifully landscaped Gothic Tudor mansion by Lake Calhoun just to hold it all, and that is The Bakken Museum. Many of the devices date back to when people thought electricity was some potent healing force, best encapsulated by the “Electricity is Life” machine from 1905. This functional coin operated (now gratuitous) cure-all has one metal handle to hold and another to crank. Do it correctly and will receive a healing jolt through your palms and lose the desire to try it again. Other relics like the spatial vector electrocardiograph and the set of lobotomist’s tools will make you appreciate how far medical science has come, largely thanks to the efforts of people like Mr. Bakken himself. Even if you don’t want to electrocute your kids, bring them to The Bakken Museum anyway.

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Ask and you’ll be taken to the ninth floor where you

body size. There’s no better way to teach a kid what

can see the ventilation system which prevented a

a wolf’s heart sounds like other than dropping them

repeat of the devastating 19th century explosion.

off in the woods with a stethoscope and a raw steak.

They say that the millers used to throw the flour sucked out of the air into the Mississippi until

The crown jewel of The Bakken Museum is their

people down river started catching massive, dough-

Frankenstein exhibit. There you may sit in a recreation

fattened carp. After that they sold it as fish bait. The

of the doctor’s workshop for a synopsis of the story

observation deck up there gives the best view of the

as told through excerpts read from Shelley’s great

city, all waterfalls and old mills and buildings.

novel. The gory operating table moves, silhouettes of the monster materialize in the background, and the

The Flour Tower multimedia show is a must-see. You

attraction crescendos with a great surprise. This is

sit in a grain elevator, and each floor you stop on tells

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a piece of the mill’s history. Recordings of the voices of people who had worked there play, machines chug along

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Mill City Museum is built into the ruins of the

like a little time machine.

Washburn A Mill, once the largest mill in the world.

Even though they’re for kids, I liked the interactive

It was leveled in 1874 by a deadly flour dust explosion

displays teaching how water works. Just as any other

that destroyed half of the riverfront business area,

great journalist will put himself in grave danger in

shut down in 1965 thanks to the decline in home

the pursuit of truth, I beared it while I got my shirt

baking, and nearly destroyed by a fire in 1991, but

cuffs wet playing with the model river display. My

the Minnesota Historical Society wouldn’t let such

wrists were cold until I got to the electric dryer.

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Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall: A Rock Ballet’ Presented By Twin Cities Ballet Of Minnesota

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“Parades, Palaces, and People: St. Paul Celebrates Winter” Exhibit

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Taylor Bennett - Restoration of an American Idol Tour

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Marlon Williams 9pm, 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis

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Charles Lloyd & the Marvels & Lucinda Williams feat Bill Frisell Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis

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Bold North Flower Show Various Times, Como Park Zoo & Conservatory, St. Paul

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K.D. Lang 7:30pm, State Theatre, Minneapolis

Jose James Celebrates Bill Withers Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis

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Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis

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Bold North Flower Show Various Times, Como Park Zoo & Conservatory, St. Paul

Minneapolis WinterSkate Various Times, Loring Park, Minneapolis

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JazzMN Orchestra’s Commission Project 7:30pm, Hopkins High School Auditorium

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“Parades, Palaces, and People: St. Paul Celebrates Winter” Exhibit

Bold North Flower Show

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Various Times, Como Park Zoo & Conservatory

Bahamas with The Weather Station

Prince From Minneapolis

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New Quartet feat Jason Moran, Ruben Rogers, & Eric Harland

Various Times, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis

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Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra

Charles Lloyd- Sangam w/Zakir Hussain & Eric Harland

Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes

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Bold North Flower Show

Various Times, James J. Hill House, St. Paul

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9pm, Fine Line Music Café, Minneapolis

Various Times, Como Park Zoo & Conservatory, St. Paul

“Parades, Palaces, and People: St. Paul Celebrates Winter” Exhibit

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11am, Hastings Armory

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Music Under Glass

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Charles Lloyd & the Marvels & Lucinda Williams feat Bill Frisell Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis

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MAR 31

Randolph Railroad Days 2018 (13th Annual)

The Dinner Detective Interactive Murder Mystery Show

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Power Rangers Live!

Debbie Duncan- ‘Full Circle’ Album Release

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Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives 8pm, Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts

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Science and Sociability in 1700s England

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Little Big Town, Kacey Musgraves & Midland in Minneapolis

Graham Nash-An Intimate Evening of Songs & Stories

“Parades, Palaces, and People: St. Paul Celebrates Winter” Exhibit

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“Parades, Palaces, and People: St. Paul Celebrates Winter” Exhibit

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Patricia Barber

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“Parades, Palaces, and People: St. Paul Celebrates Winter” Exhibit

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8pm, Medina Entertainment Center

Bon Jovi

Joey Molland

7:30pm, Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

8pm, Medina Entertainment Center

The Dinner Detective Interactive Murder Mystery Show

Cradle of Filth 7:30pm, Music Hall, Minneapolis

Twin Cities Comedy Jam 8pm, Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis

Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis

3rd Annual Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute Show

APR 10

9pm, Cabooze, Minneapolis

Paris Chansons

Just Imported: Global Trade in 1700S New England

Lojo Russo

Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis

APR 22

Fortunate Youth

Various Times, Minneapolis Institute of Art

11am, The Icehouse Restaurant & Bar, Minneapolis

Prince From Minneapolis

Jo Koy

APR 23

Various Times, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis

7pm, Pantages Theatre, Minneapolis

Al Stewart

7pm, Barfly, Minneapolis

6pm & 9:15pm, Courtyard Marriott Minneapolis Downtown

Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis

Kamelot - Delain, Battle Beast 7pm, Cabooze, Minneapolis

APR 29 Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis

APR 15

Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis

12pm, Landmark Center, St. Paul

Just Imported: Global Trade In 1700S New England

Calexico 7pm, Fine Line Music Café, Minneapolis

The Mn Twins: Bly And Rowan Pope

APR 11

Various Times, Minneapolis Institute of Art

Frigg

Various Times, Minneapolis Institute of Art

Ballet Tuesdays

The Many Voices of Colonial America

Lindi Ortega

7:30pm, The Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis

Various Times, Minneapolis Institute of Art

Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis

Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Denver Nuggets

Science and Sociability in 1700s England

APR 24

7pm, Target Center, Minneapolis

The Many Voices of Colonial America

APR 12

Various Times, Minneapolis Institute of Art

Just Imported: Global Trade in 1700S New England

APR 16

Various Times, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis

Matt And Kim

Al Stewart

Various Times, Minneapolis Institute of Art

8pm, First Avenue, Minneapolis

Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis

APR 17

APR 25

Bettye LaVette Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis

Tonic Sol-fa and Shaun Johnson Big Band Experience 7:30pm, Burnsville Performing Arts Center

APR 13 Stand-Up Comedian Jamie Blanchard Various Times, Royal Comedy Theatre

An Acoustic Evening w/ Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness + Friends 6pm, Varsity Theater, Minneapolis

Science and Sociability in 1700s England Various Times, Minneapolis Institute of Art

MercyMe & Tenth Avenue North 7pm, Target Center, Minneapolis

Echosmith 7pm, First Avenue, Minneapolis

Wyclef Jean 7:30pm, The Pourhouse, Minneapolis

APR 14 The Sweetest Race In Town! Minneapolis Hot Chocolate 15K & 5K 8am, Boom Island Park, Minneapolis

Various Times, Minneapolis Institute of Art

The MN Twins: Bly And Rowan Pope Various Times, Minneapolis Institute of Art

Prince From Minneapolis

Brian Fallon

Robyn Hitchcock

9pm, Music Hall, Minneapolis

8pm, Turf Club, St. Paul

The MN Twins: Bly And Rowan Pope

Gao Hong and Issam Rafea

Various Times, Minneapolis Institute of Art

7:30pm, The Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis

James Hinter Six

Carpenter Brut – Leather Patrol Tour

Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis

7pm, Fine Line Music Café, Minneapolis

Prince From Minneapolis

APR 26

Various Times, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis

In the Park After Dark

Lights - We Were Here Tour 8pm, Music Hall Minneapolis

APR 19

APR 30

David Lindley Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis

Kid Koala, Adira Amram and the Experience, DJ Jester 8pm, The Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis

7:30pm-9:00pm, Silverwood Park White Oak Classroom, St. Anthony

Robyn Hitchcock 8pm, Turf Club, St. Paul

Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen

The MN Twins: Bly And Rowan Pope

Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis

Various Times, Minneapolis Institute of Art

APR 20

Red Molly

The Mn Twins: Bly And Rowan Pope

Dakota Jazz club, Minneapolis

Various Times, Minneapolis Institute of Art

APR 27

Tanya Tagaq

Salsa Fusion

7:30pm, The Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis

7pm, Cinema Ballroom, St. Paul

Boombox Cartel - Rogue Tour 8pm, Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis

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Oakdale Village Located just east of Saint Paul, Oakdale Village is ideal for residents who commute to the city. The apartment community is walking distance to several parks and lakes, and only a short drive away from Battle Creek Regional Park on the river. There are plenty of restaurants and shopping nearby, and it’s near Tartan High School as well. Oakdale Village’s grounds are like a park in their own right, replete with trees, patios, picnic tables, and grilling areas. Here residents may enjoy the volleyball court and playground with slides and monkey bars. Dogs are well-accommodated with their own fenced in area and obstacles to master within. The apartments in Oakdale Village’s five buildings are available in studio, one bedroom, and two bedroom sizes. An apartment at Oakdale Village has everything needed to stay cozy with ceiling fans, air conditioning, natural decor, lots of natural light, and updated flooring throughout. A full and modern laundry is on the premises, relegating trips to the laundromat to the past. Oakdale Village features free surface lot parking. Single car garages, those much needed things in the winter, are also available.

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“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.” -Terry Pratchett

Bastet (also known as B’sst) was an ancient Egyptian feline deity. Originally revered as a ferocious lioness warrior, Bastet’s image gradually softened until she became the goddess of perfume and house cats.

A study conducted by the University of Tokyo in 2013 revealed that

It was once rumored that Tibbles, a lighthouse keeper’s cat,

cats recognize their owners’ voices but choose to ignore them.

exterminated an entire species of bird on a New Zealand island back in 1894. Although Tibbles certainly did no favors for the flightless Lyall’s wren, experts now attribute their ultimate downfall to additional, non-Tibbles related factors.

The British Post Office formally hired cats to keep mice in check from

1868 until 1984. The most legendary among them is Tibs the Great,

one cat,” Tibs the Great weighed 23 pounds at the time of his death. This was more likely due to him living in a staff dining room rather than his hunting proficiency.

A cross between a male lion and a female tiger is known as a liger.

We imagine Félicette was in a poor mood upon her return.

Cats can vocalize about 100 different sounds, but they do not meow

Faith the cat moved into Saint Augustine’s Church in London in 1936.

to each other.

For whatever reason, Faith felt something was amiss on September

Ligers are the biggest cats on earth and can weigh over 900 pounds.

6th, 1940, so she moved her only kitten, Panda, from the comfort of

If you meet a liger, be nice to it.

the church’s upper floors down to the basement. The next day the church was pulverized by the very first wave of bombings during the

The smallest cat on record is a male blue point Himalayan-Persian.

Blitz. Faith and Panda were saved from the rubble, and Faith received

Tinker Toy of Taylorville, Illinois stood 2.75 inches tall and weighed a whopping one pound and six ounces. He was born in 1990 and lived to be six years old.

She was launched 130 miles above the ground on a French Véronique AG1 rocket, and she survived her 15 minute voyage completely intact.

who kept the post office’s headquarters completely free of mice during his 14 year career. Billed as the British Post Office’s “number

On October 24th, 1963, Félicette became the first cat ever to enter space.

a special medal for her bravery.

Cheshire Cat Chess is played like normal chess but with two additional rules: Once a space has been used, it may never be used again, and a king may move like a queen during its first move.

Cats have made their own mark in history. Accidental cat prints have been found on a 1st century Roman roof tile, the pages of a 15th century Croatian manuscript, and a 16th century Japanese plate.

In 2012, Sugar the cat of Boston, Massachusetts fell 200 feet from her owner’s 19th story window. She landed on a patch of mulch and walked away from the ordeal unscathed. Sugar hit the ground at approximately 77 miles per hour.

Voice actor Mel Blanc once explained that Sylvester the Cat’s voice is identical to Daffy Duck’s except that it has an even more exaggerated lisp and is not sped up in post-production.

President Jimmy Carter lived in the White House with his pet Siamese cat named Misty Malarkey Ying-Yang. Contrary to what most people think, it was public opinion of President Carter’s cat’s name that cost him the reelection, not the failure of Operation Eagle Claw.

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