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After two years of events being canceled or dramatically scaled back due to the pandemic, Minnesota tourism officials are declaring business as usual for the summer of 2022, as several of the state’s big gatherings celebrating anniversaries of note.

I should have warned you about this column…I am a storyteller. I love to tell stories. My apologies in advance… Until 1997, I was quite uncomfortable with dining in “nice places.” I preferred casual haunts that were affordable with good food.  At that time, I was living in the Washington, D ...

Created: July 16, 2021 05:51 PM The Twin Cities could see some of its biggest crowds in almost two years this weekend. Twin Cities Pride is returning to Loring Park on Saturday after going virtual in 2020. Organizers expect about 200,000 people to attend, which is about half of what they see in an average year. Festivities kicked off at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Friday night with the 9th annual Beer Dabbler, which sold out ahead of time. Twin Cities Pride is known as the larg...