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Solstice Film Festival — It's a Killer

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Solstice Film Festival — It's a Killer

Killer Movie, a tongue-in-cheek story of a reality television shoot in a northern border town that goes terrifyingly awry, opens the festival.
by Erik McClanahan
Bikram Blues

Turn Up the Heat

Bikram Blues

Back, back, back, don't stop, no fear, way back, far back ... and release.
by Caroline Burau, photo by Maria González
Living the Dream

Higher Power

Living the Dream

Gentle world athlete Craig Martinson is blessed by the Dalai Lama for his volunteer work.
by Craig Wood
Mikenastics: 50 Years and Tumbling

DAY IN, DAY OUT

Mikenastics: 50 Years and Tumbling

That's a ten right there.
by Brian Voerding
Franco-American Relations, Indeed

ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES

Franco-American Relations, Indeed

French Ambassador Monsieur Pierre Vimont visits the Alliance Française in Minneapolis.
by Jill Schoepf, illustrations by Jill Schoepf
From Devil's Food to the Dark Side

IN OUR MIDST

From Devil's Food to the Dark Side

Susan Marks explores dollhouse murders.
by Anna Dilemna, photo from Our Wildest Dream: A True Crime Blog of Filmmaking
The Art of Coffee

Wake Up Call

The Art of Coffee

Kopplin's reaches for perfection.
by Eric Faust
The Men Who Sold the World

Gene Pool

The Men Who Sold the World

Dan and Mel Jass: Two generations of Minnesota madmen
by John Ervin, photos courtesy of Daniel Jass
Attack on the Border

Letter from Quito

Attack on the Border

Two countries react to the slaying of FARC leader Raul Reyes.
by Jenessa Stark, photo by Jenessa Stark
“We Can’t Really Control it Yet.”

Kids These Days

“We Can’t Really Control it Yet.”

Inner-city students join a national competition in robot-building.
by Jay Gabler, Illustration by Ryan Peltier
Creep Show Couture

Day in, Day out

Creep Show Couture

She helps you get your Klingon.
by Christy DeSmith, illustration by Ulana Zahajkewycz
Simulated Madness

Games people play

Simulated Madness

Hoops junkies get a Final Four fix—without the beer commercials.
by Jeremy Stratton, Illustration by Mark Fischer
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

higher power

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Heeding capitalism’s call from above
by Alyssa Ford
Stupid Is as Stupid Does

Good Intentions

Stupid Is as Stupid Does

When it comes to resources, the Saudis got nothing on us.
by Tom Bartel, image courtesy sony pictures
Discounting the Value of Work

Good Intentions

Discounting the Value of Work

Working a double shift in a political fantasy land
by Tom Bartel
A Taste of Springs to Come

GASTRONOMER

A Taste of Springs to Come

Building a better Blizzard at DQ HQ
by Jay Gabler
“Open-Source Christianity”

HIGHER POWER

“Open-Source Christianity”

Soft-peddling the gospel in Linden Hills
by Jill Schoepf, illustration by Kris Ann Riedmann
Xbox and Body Bags

LETTER FROM SAMARRA

Xbox and Body Bags

A soldier learns the arithmetic of war.
by Eric Horwitz, illustration by Mike Carina
Suffer the Children

Bread & Circuses

Suffer the Children

Pint-sized peaceniks take to the streets.
by Cristina Córdova, illustration by Jeff Peterson
Childhood ... for Grownups

In Our Midst - Ago

Childhood ... for Grownups

Portrait of a phone phreak and true-blue kid-at-heart
by John Ervin
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