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Granny G’s Celebrates MN’s Women Athletes With Hot Dogs Fried in Butter

Granny G’s Celebrates MN’s Women Athletes With Hot Dogs Fried in Butter

More like glizSHE.

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Twin Cities Horror Fest, Saturn Video Grand Opening, Inside Out Block Party: This Week’s Best Events

Twin Cities Horror Fest, Saturn Video Grand Opening, Inside Out Block Party: This Week’s Best Events

Plus Twin Cities Film Fest, Saint Paul Art Crawl, and so much more.

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How Does the MN GOP Feel About the President’s Call for Anti-Somali Pogroms?

How Does the MN GOP Feel About the President’s Call for Anti-Somali Pogroms?

Plus the local Ken Bone angle, a real estate roundup, and drunk twine in today's Flyover news roundup.

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Text • Jay Boller

Best Budget Bites: $7.50 Taterito From Blue Door Pub

Best Budget Bites: $7.50 Taterito From Blue Door Pub

Did you know the Jucy Lucy bar has a rotating burrito special?

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Text • Keith Harris

Let’s Talk About Stretching in This Week’s Open Thread

Let’s Talk About Stretching in This Week’s Open Thread

As we do every Friday, we're turning Racket over to you, the readers.

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Text • Jessica Armbruster

Freeloader Friday: 115 Free Things To Do This Weekend

Freeloader Friday: 115 Free Things To Do This Weekend

Street fests, lawn parties, family fun, and more.

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Text • Keith Harris

On the Big Screen This Week: Cine Latino Continues, the Twin Cities Film Fest Begins

On the Big Screen This Week: Cine Latino Continues, the Twin Cities Film Fest Begins

Pretty much all the movies you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.

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‘I’m a Very Pro-Cop Politician’: Watch the Dashcam Footage From Rep. Engen’s March Arrest

‘I’m a Very Pro-Cop Politician’: Watch the Dashcam Footage From Rep. Engen’s March Arrest

Plus the man who protects his encampment, Aldi shopping by bus, and the end of Hourcar in today's Flyover news roundup.

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Text • Jessica Armbruster

Weed Weviews: 4 Things I Tried in September

Weed Weviews: 4 Things I Tried in September

Welp, it's countdown time before all of this stuff becomes illegal again.

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Feds Sell Teen Assault Rifle, Arrest Him for Alleged Plan to Shoot Up MOA

Feds Sell Teen Assault Rifle, Arrest Him for Alleged Plan to Shoot Up MOA

Plus overworked public defenders, a bookstore returns from the dead, and an insider's budget breakdown in today's Flyover newsletter.

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Text • Jay Boller

15 Things I Learned at the Brand-New World’s Longest Car Wash in Brooklyn Park

15 Things I Learned at the Brand-New World’s Longest Car Wash in Brooklyn Park

Reviewing a new global attraction in the Twin Cities suburbs.

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Lonely’s Bar Feels Like It’s Been Around Forever. In a Way, It Kind of Has.

Lonely’s Bar Feels Like It’s Been Around Forever. In a Way, It Kind of Has.

Lonely's predecessor, Pracna, closed in 2015, and the historic space sat empty for more than a decade. Today, it's as lively as it is timeless.

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Text • Deborah Copperud

Kawai Strong Washburn’s New Novel Predicted the Super El Niño

Kawai Strong Washburn’s New Novel Predicted the Super El Niño

So why is the celebrated Minneapolis author so hopeful?

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Text • Jessica Armbruster

Jim Bakker Lived in Minneapolis for a Year, Died Yesterday

Jim Bakker Lived in Minneapolis for a Year, Died Yesterday

Plus U.S. citizens detained by Ice, MN Opera's Orch strikes, and an awesome Nic Cage sighting in today's Flyover news roundup.

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Text • Keith Harris

Queer Indie-Pop, Black Cowboys, Disfavored Wife Guys—It’s Your Complete Concert Calendar: October 6-12

Queer Indie-Pop, Black Cowboys, Disfavored Wife Guys—It’s Your Complete Concert Calendar: October 6-12

Pretty much all the music you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.

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Reexamining the Legacy of Tony Bouza, the In-Your-Face Progressive Reformer Who Once Led MPD

Reexamining the Legacy of Tony Bouza, the In-Your-Face Progressive Reformer Who Once Led MPD

As Minneapolis seeks a new MPD leader, let's revisit the outspoken chief who attempted reform in the 1980s.

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‘They’re Here’: Laura Poitras and Rachel Lauren Mueller’s Documentary Depicts the Terror and Truth of ICE Resistance

‘They’re Here’: Laura Poitras and Rachel Lauren Mueller’s Documentary Depicts the Terror and Truth of ICE Resistance

'Cinema has the potential to communicate a situation like this uniquely,' Poitras says.

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Text • Jay Boller

Do These Homemade Parking Signs Hold Any Real Power?

Do These Homemade Parking Signs Hold Any Real Power?

Plus new immigration bullshit, the annual crime report, and go Gophs in today's Flyover news roundup.

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Posters for Parks, Horrorthon X, Goth Skate: This Week’s Best Events

Posters for Parks, Horrorthon X, Goth Skate: This Week’s Best Events

Plus last call for Oktoberfests.

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RacketCast, Ep. 62: What the Hell’s Going on in Forest Lake? Feat. Educator/Rocker Claire Luger

RacketCast, Ep. 62: What the Hell’s Going on in Forest Lake? Feat. Educator/Rocker Claire Luger

Something's rotten in the boyhood school district of Hegseth.

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Text • Jay Boller

Proposed MPS Closures: ‘An Assault on our Students’ Sense of Security’

Proposed MPS Closures: ‘An Assault on our Students’ Sense of Security’

Plus lead water pipes still common in MN, weird Jesse Ventura gossip, and the Mats and Ducks celebrate anniversaries in today's Flyover news roundup.

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2026 Minnesota Lynx Postmortem: How’d the WNBA’s Best Team Implode in the Playoffs?

2026 Minnesota Lynx Postmortem: How’d the WNBA’s Best Team Implode in the Playoffs?

Making sense of this week's postseason collapse in New York—and what comes next.

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You Must Rank the Seasons in This Week’s Open Thread

You Must Rank the Seasons in This Week’s Open Thread

As we do every Friday, we're turning Racket over to you, the readers.

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Text • Jessica Armbruster

Freeloader Friday: 127 Free Things To Do This Weekend

Freeloader Friday: 127 Free Things To Do This Weekend

Fall fests, Oktoberfests, and a party in Hamline Midway.

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Watch Becca Good Speak Publicly for the First Time About ICE Killing Her Partner Renee Good

Watch Becca Good Speak Publicly for the First Time About ICE Killing Her Partner Renee Good

Plus multiple St. Paul dramas, student test score databases, and new LGBTQ+ mags in today's Flyover news roundup.

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Text • Keith Harris

On the Big Screen This Week: The Heights Turns 100, Spooky Season Begins

On the Big Screen This Week: The Heights Turns 100, Spooky Season Begins

Pretty much all the movies you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.

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Stargazer Becomes Stelline, New Skyway Sushi, and Goodbye to Good Times Pizza and Seward Cafe (for Now)

Stargazer Becomes Stelline, New Skyway Sushi, and Goodbye to Good Times Pizza and Seward Cafe (for Now)

Plus Laune Bread, Stelline Italian Kitchen, and Martiya all open (or reopen) Thursday, October 1. Hey… that’s today! It's the September Racket Restaurant Roundup.

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How I Accidentally Pinpointed the Arrival of Rats in MN Through Environmental Archaeology 

How I Accidentally Pinpointed the Arrival of Rats in MN Through Environmental Archaeology 

Turns out ‘Steamboat Willie’ was actually a documentary.

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Text • Jessica Armbruster

Hell Yeah, Bob! Duluth Movie Theater Saved Just Under the Wire.

Hell Yeah, Bob! Duluth Movie Theater Saved Just Under the Wire.

Plus Xcel's billing is a mess, data crunching U of M numbers, and the Borealis line stays awesome in today's Flyover news roundup.

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In the Fight Against Fascism, Here’s Why Minnesota’s Unions Matter

In the Fight Against Fascism, Here’s Why Minnesota’s Unions Matter

Don't make me tap the graph.