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There’s a New Bud Blooming on Hennepin
The Hennepin Avenue corridor has lost salons, gyms and restaurants. It’s gaining dispensaries.
Back to the Bathhouses: Before AIDS Closed the Doors
Through the memories of Kelly Hayes, a look back at Minneapolis’ bathhouse era, what drove it underground and the renewed debate over bringing regulated spaces back into the light.
Unsheltered in Uptown: Listening First
Voices from Uptown’s streets, and the fuller picture they reveal.
The Salt Cure Fund: Preserving Local Restaurants
A culinary preservation trick, now an emergency lifeline for Minnesota’s restaurants.
Support a Small Business and Get Your Feet Summer-Ready at The Crown Spa Nails
An Uptown nail salon, a Vietnamese fami- ly and five hard years. One regular’s case for showing up.
Planet Earth, You Are a Crew
From lunar orbit to the Pope, reasons not to move to Canada just yet.
A Body (Un)Becoming: An Organic Dance Show Comes to Minneapolis
A dancer-biochemist, a cellist, a blues singer and a pile of eggshells come together onstage at the Center for Performing Arts on May 22 and 23.
Monty Hays
A young actor returns to the Children’s Theatre Company stage where he first performed as a child, this time on his own terms.
The Kenwood
The Kenwood is back with a full bar, new banquettes and the same pistachio butter pancakes. In a rough season for neighborhood restaurants, it makes a strong case for walking over.
Momming
For my May column, I’m reclassifying “Mom” from noun to verb — because raising a good kid takes far more than money.









