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James Proescholdt

Minneapolis, MN
Commenter for
5 years 24 weeks

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Posted on 03/27/13 at 02:00 pm in response to Cemeteries in winter: St. Mary's and Temple Israel

For me, the most interesting part of St. Mary's are the rows upon rows of nuns and priests. No big statue to commemorate them. Perhaps they were obscured by the snow when you went.

Posted on 12/18/12 at 03:00 pm in response to 9 worst urban planning moves in Twin Cities history

Ms. Harris,

Your #5 point concerning skyways starts with a reasonable headline -- yes, there should be more of them accessible to the streets! However, the bulk of the text hints more that the entire skyway system itself is a problem, not just lack of access. Can you clarify your stance? (Either way, you're going to get a very vocal group of dissenters, alas.)

Regarding #9: you've visited the idea of a Trader Joe's on Lyndale before in not-well-received piece:...

Posted on 02/08/08 at 12:36 pm in response to Rock of ages: Roes bring new twang to old-timey

I saw them perform at the Art Shanty Project last weekend. Obviously it was a very intimate setting (only about eight people could fit in to hear them at a time), but they were great to hear. They're in the Black Box Shanty:

http://www.artshantyprojects.org/black_box_shanty

Not sure if they'll be back during the rest of the run, though.

Posted on 12/06/07 at 01:44 pm in response to The curious case of Zach Puchtel and no news coverage

The old dictum “know your audience” keeps springing to my mind here. I think most mainstream media groups, when dealing with coming out or gay stories, think that since most readers are straight, they need to shape these stories accordingly, gearing them toward a straight audience. Unfortunately, this usually pigeonholes said stories into one of two categories: the salacious (e.g. Ted Haggard, Larry Craig, same-sex marriage assaulting traditional marriage) or the martyrized (attacks on GLBT...