As we do every Friday, we're turning Racket over to you, the readers.
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• Keith Harris
Time for a ‘What Are You Listening to?’ Open Thread
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• Jessica Armbruster
Freeloader Friday: 141 Free Things To Do This Weekend
Porchfest, tons of back-to-school freebies, a pool party for dogs, and an Oktoberfest in August.
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• Em Cassel
Taking Names, Recording Plates: How Feds Spied on MN Protesters, Groups During Metro Surge
Plus Pillsbury goes Hollywood, more Flock backlash, and Minneapolis's excellent transit infrastructure in today's Flyover news roundup.
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• Keith Harris
On the Big Screen This Week: Meta-Slasher Queerness, Dinosaurs in Suburbia, Jeff Daniels as Reagan
Pretty much all the movies you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.
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• Patrick Strait
Pro Wrestler The Freakshow CHO First Fought Social Anxiety. Now He’s Ready for the Ring.
"The more I embraced my comfort with being nonbinary, the more comfortable I felt adding that layer of androgyny into the character.”
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• Racket Staff
Money Journal: 1 Week in Minneapolis’s West Maka Ska Neighborhood on $482 Per Week Unemployment Benefits
How far do the dollars of a laid-off editorial worker go?
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• Jessica Armbruster
MN Democrats Vote Resoundingly to End Angie Craig’s YouTube Ads
Plus Frey's budget proposal, a new queer publication, and MN's new pro volleyball team in today's Flyover news roundup.
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• Kirstie Kimball
How to Spend a Day at Asia Village
Eat, drink, and shop your way through Blaine's new Asian superstore.
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• Jessica Armbruster
21 Hours at the Minnesota Fringe Festival
I’m back from a four-day theater jag to share with you once again what I saw, what I’d see again, and what I wish I hadn’t.
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• Jay Boller
Xcel Energy, Whose CEO Makes $16M, Gets OK to Jack Rates by $211M
Plus Flock opposition, leaked data center audio, primary fever in today's Flyover news roundup.
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• Keith Harris
Guitars by the Lake, Fests on the Porch: Your Complete Concert Calendar: August 11-17
Pretty much all the music you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.
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• Keith Harris
Isn’t Anyone Having the Right Amount of Sex?
The sexual dystopias of 'I Want Your Sex' and 'One Night Only' raise (and duck) questions about How We Fuck Now.
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• Britt Robson
The Engagement of Lynx Coach Cheryl Reeve: Saving the Best for Last?
How will the WNBA's all-time winningest coach transition her charmed team into the playoffs?
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• Keith Harris
Wanna Buy Vintage Music Company?
Plus scooterphobia, Jakeeno's in need, and a loon that wants us all dead in today's Flyover news roundup.
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• Abraham Teuber
The Perfect Minnesota Fringe Festival Lineup Is a Completely Random One
There’s a lot to be gained from devouring inconsistent independent theater.
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• Racket Staff
Uptown Porchfest, India Fest, Augtoberfest: This Week’s Best Events
Plus cool queer happenings, week two of Fringe Fest, and an alleyway party off Loring Park.
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• Em Cassel
Genocide Scholar Denied Genocide Studies Job for Calling out Genocide Gets Settlement from the U
Plus remembering Sue Zelickson, Trump's disdain for U visas, and Hennepin County libraries propose hour cuts in today's Flyover news roundup.
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• Racket Staff
RacketCast, Ep. 58: IRL CSI Feat. Forensic Scientist Melissa Loren
Meet one of the BCA's top crime scene scientists.
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• Clint Combs
The Confusion, Chaos, and Courage I Saw at This Weekend’s Anti-Trans Rally Outside of Target Center
Inside the arena, the Minnesota Lynx squared off against the Indiana Fever. Outside the stadium, local activists took on an array of anti-trans protesters.
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• Keith Harris
For This Week’s Open Thread, Tell Us the Grossest Food/Drink You Love
As we do every Friday, we're turning Racket over to you, the readers.
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• Jessica Armbruster
Freeloader Friday: 141 Free Things To Do This Weekend
Vintage markets, old-school cars, and lots of tunes in the sun.
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• Em Cassel
Soon-to-Be Ghouly-Weds? Evil Noem-Lewandowski Pair Look Awfully Cozy on Lake Minnetonka.
Plus tariff tolls on small biz, remembering a Somali singer, and an update on Racket's fifth birthday in today's Flyover news roundup.
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• Hannah Kovnar
‘The Cat Is My Customer’: Defying the Odds, St. Paul’s 35-Year-Old Cat Furniture Shop to Triple in Size
‘I wanted to have a cat furniture superstore, and I’ve finally achieved it,’ owner Darryl Michaelson beams.
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• Keith Harris
The Movies Have Gone to… the Cats???
Pretty much all the movies you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.
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• Jessica Armbruster
Not Dying, Turns Out: Emmer Alive But Not Kicking (His Bum Foot)
Plus crowdfunding a North Side mall, clearing out the Pig's Eye Park encampment, and people fucking with Flock cameras in today's Flyover news roundup.
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• Jay Boller
FINE! We’ll Review Kwik Trip’s New SPAMwiches.
We need to stop doing this.
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• Em Cassel
Racket’s Year in Review: August 2025-July 2026
Let’s dig into the facts and figures from Racket’s fifth year of operation.
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• Keith Harris
New Month, Same Ol’ Your Complete Concert Calendar: Aug. 4-10
Pretty much all the music you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.
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• Keith Harris
The City of Minneapolis Has a Good Idea?
Plus new concentration camp a-comin', new Her drama, and new DFL volunteers in today's Flyover news roundup.
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• Jessica Armbruster
Weed Weviews: 4 Things I Tried in July
I found a 10 mg gummy that will knock you on your ass.