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It was 25 years ago this week that the movie Fargo debuted in movie theaters. Minnesota Author Todd Melby has released a book titled A Lot Can Happen in the Middle of Nowhere: The Untold Story of the Making of Fargo.
Nellie Frances was another woman like a lot of women in Minnesota. Quiet and self-effacing, but active in her community and her church, it's not surprising that the story of a Black woman on the front lines of women's suffrage and civil rights issue hasn't been told until now. Listen
MN Reads: How Minnesota Became a Hot Spot for Stand Up Comedy Patrick Strait is the author of " Louie Anderson, Jeff Gerbino started it all in the late 1970s in Minneapolis. At that point, there really wasn't a stand-up comedy scene. People had maybe seen some stand-up on Johnny Carson or Bob Hope, but there really weren't comedy clubs or bars that were doing regular stand-up comedy shows, so seeing a stand-up comedy was really rare. They started telling their jokes at a Minneapolis dive bar called Mickey Finn's before people know what a comedy club was. It wasn't a comedy club, it was a b...
MN Reads: How Minnesota Became a Hot Spot for Stand Up Comedy Patrick Strait is the author of " Louie Anderson, Jeff Gerbino started it all in the late 1970s in Minneapolis. At that point, there really wasn't a stand-up comedy scene. People had maybe seen some stand-up on Johnny Carson or Bob Hope, but there really weren't comedy clubs or bars that were doing regular stand-up comedy shows, so seeing a stand-up comedy was really rare. They started telling their jokes at a Minneapolis dive bar called Mickey Finn's before people know what a comedy club was. It wasn't a comedy club, it was a b...
Author Natalie Warren to discuss her new book Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic at a virtual launch, 7:00 PM CT, Tuesday, February 9, 2021. The evening will include an introduction by polar explorer Ann Bancroft, music, videos, trivia, poetry, storytelling, and a Q&A moderated by environmental activist and canoe expeditioner Lee Vue. The event is co-hosted by the Friends of the Boundary Waters, St. Croix River Association, Friends of the Mississippi River, Voyageurs Conservancy, Magers & Quinn Booksellers, and University of Minnesota Press. Register at: Z...