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Remember the game ‘Cootie’? It was made in Minnesota

By Mary Laine | 07/22/2019

Herbert W. Schaper was a mailman in Minneapolis and a fisherman who made his own lures. One day, he added six legs to a lure that he had whittled and called it a “Cootie.”

Mental Health & Addiction

Free at last: Opening up about his OCD diagnosis helps KARE 11 anchor Bryan Piatt help others

By Andy Steiner | 07/22/2019

Piatt spent decades keeping his OCD under wraps, but these days he’s taking the opposite approach.

Sports

The Lynx still have time to get it right; whether they do will depend a lot on Sylvia Fowles

By Pat Borzi | 07/19/2019

Now a captain, Fowles has had to be more of a leader than any point in her career.

Artscape

Awards all over; Roderick Cox returns to lead the Minnesota Orchestra

By Pamela Espeland | 07/19/2019

ALSO: Artists, get ready for ‘Foot in the Door’; Catherine Chu at Magers & Quinn; Inatnas Orchestra at Crooners; and more.

Artscape

Robyne Robinson is the M’s new board chair; ‘David Byrne: True Stories’ at the Walker

By Pamela Espeland | 07/18/2019

ALSO: Art Shanty Projects has a new artistic director; Four Ways to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing; and more.

Artscape

The long and short of opera: Mill City Summer Opera does both

By Pamela Espeland | 07/17/2019

Mill City Summer Opera presents Mozart’s “Così Fan Tutte” at the Mill City Museum’s Ruin Courtyard and Pergolesi’s “La Serva Padrona” at Icehouse. Each is sublime in its own ways.

MinnPost Picks

MinnPost Picks: On bad urban renewal, Sikh truckers and the War of the Dots

By MinnPost staff | 07/16/2019

“Did We Learn From the Urban Renewal Era?” WNPR New Haven, Connecticut, is often cited as the best example of the worst of 1960s-70s urban renewal. But my hometown of Tacoma, Washington, could be a close second. In both, neighborhoods in and near downtowns were leveled for developments that tried to mimic suburban malls. Of […]

Artscape

Arboretum sports new sculpture; Cantus offers ‘Unrequited’ at several venues

By Pamela Espeland | 07/16/2019

ALSO: Third Thursday: Bike Night at Mia; National Puppetry Festival; “Being Black” discussion at the Hennepin History Museum; and more.

Sports

The Twins want to give players time to rest. In Major League Baseball, that’s nearly impossible

By Pat Borzi | 07/12/2019

Manager Rocco Baldelli’s efforts are noble. But noble efforts sometimes fail. And in this one, baseball’s unrelenting schedule remains the winner and still champion.