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Week of February 2, 2012
- Skis in the city
- The Crawl: St. Paul library is quiet no more
- Featured events: Vita.mn Hotness Party and Cage Fights
- Alexis on the Sexes: Text me up
- Fashion: New tradition
- Sports: Go big or watch the Super Bowl at home
- Tech: Get some help for your Super Bowl fun
- Restaurants: Dig into Rye Deli
- Restaurants: Fro-yo reborn
- Local music: The Japhies
- @work: Editing a magazine is all work, lots of play, for Andrew Reiner
- Movie review: More doom from Mr. Potter in 'The Woman in Black'
- Local music: Craig Finn takes a break from the Hold Steady for a solo album
- Fashon: 'Diana, A Celebration' at the MOA
- Shopping + fashion: Accept the bright
- Movie spotlights: 'Chronicle' and 'Big Miracle'
- Movie spotlight: 'Bicycle Dreams'
- Movies: Great divides present in 'A Separation'
- Performance spotlights: 'Dial M for Murder' and 'The Princess Bride: A Drinking Game'
- Performance: 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' has tension, heat at Guthrie
- Q&A: Niles Schwartz
- Art spotlight: Drew Peterson, 'A Moment Stays'
Week of January 26, 2012
- Frank's world
- Movie spotlight: 'Norwegian Wood'
- Fashion: Mighty Swell men's sale
- Movies: 'Man on a Ledge' free falls
- @work: A job on skis
- Alexis on the Sexes: Chemical bond
- Movies: Oscar odds
- Fashion: Four coats
- Rusty Quarters is an arcade on fire
- The Crawl: Minnesotans all over Oscars (no, not Diablo)
- Movies: 'The Grey' takes you into the wild
- Movies: 'Albert Nobbs' is an odd one
- Art spotlight: Get Lucky 2012 Fundraising Gala
- Performance: 'Flesh' for fantasy
- Q&A: Hannah Silk Champagne
- Performance spotlights: 'The Past Is a Grotesque Animal'
- Restaurants: That's soup-er
- Shopping + fashion: Seeing stars
- Sports: Twins that got away
- Restaurant review: Curry 'n' Noodles is spicing up Hopkins
- Local music: A not-so-quiet dude
- Movie spotlight: 'From the Back of the Room'
- This weekend: St. Paul Winter Carnival and more!
- Local music: We got the Beak
Week of January 19, 2012
- Best New Bands: Domino Effect
- Local music: Secret Stash Records brings rare albums to collectors worldwide
- Restaurants: Restoring the Lexington, one pot pie at a time
- The Crawl: Howler makes its case at T-Rock
- Movies: 'Extremely Loud' is a 9/11 fairy tale
- Food + drink: Muddy Pig spinoff the Pig & Fiddle cleans up for 50th & France
- Movie review: 'The Divide'
- U.S. Pond Hockey Championships: Kings of the Pond
- Restaurant review: Social House
- This weekend: Monster Jam and Paper Darts vs. the Tangential Smackdown
- Sports + rec: Skate or die!
- Art: Learning curve
- Q&A: Judy Wheaton
- Fashion: Not quite '90s
- Alexis on the Sexes: Lost in you
- Tech: Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the top Droid phone
- Performance spotlights: Natasha Leggero
- @work: Molly McAvoy helps resolve conflicts
- Movies: She's the man in 'Haywire'
- Art: Character & Costume - A Jack Edwards Retrospective
- Fashion: Ship&Shape Valentine's collection
- Movie reviews: 'Pariah' and 'Red Tails'
- Bar and restaurant deals 1/19: Off the beaten path
- Shopping + fashion: I wear MPLS
Week of January 12, 2012
- Dining jackpot!
- Movie spotlights: 'Sleeping Beauty' and 'Joyful Noise'
- Alexis on the Sexes: Hey, baby...
- Movies: Lowdown dirty money in 'Contraband'
- Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship
- @work: The ice breaker
- Restaurant review: DiNoko's Pizzeria
- Local music: Little-brother pop/punks the Magnolias are now elder statesmen
- Shopping + fashion: This is pop
- Fashion: Winter sales continue
- Bar and restaurant deals 1/12
- Bars + clubs: New in 2012
- Movies: 'Iron Lady' is prime Streep
- The Defenders #8: Jeremy Messersmith
- The Crawl: New club to open in Warehouse District
- Sports + rec: Indoor climbing comes to the city
- Art spotlights: 'This Is Not a Place' and Art Shanties
- Performance spotlights: Pete Correale
- Q&A: Joe Spencer
- Fashion: Epic new year
- Bars + clubs: Dueling dueling-piano bars
- Movies: Adult antics in 'Carnage'
Week of January 5, 2012
- Out of body
- Sports: Next year is here
- Video games: Jedi warriors in 'Star Wars: The Old Republic'
- Q&A: Bo Hakala
- Local music: We're all doomed
- Smart art in 2011
- Out There: 'Missing Connection' by Rabih Mroue
- The Crawl: Here is your 2012 local-music cheat sheet
- Movie review: 'Khodorkovsky'
- Performance spotlights: Closing night of 'The Underpants Show'
- Movie spotlight: 'The Devil Inside'
- Fashion: Jubilation
- @work: Cliche owners aim to reinvent fashion sense
- Alexis on the Sexes: Whoa, baby
- Movies: 'A Dangerous Method' is all about mind games
- Shopping + fashion: Beat the blues
- Fashion: Post-holiday sales
- Performance: Merce Cunningham/Ernesto Neto
- Bars/clubs: 2011 after dark
- Movies: An Italian crime wave at the Trylon
- Event spotlights: 'The Love of Beer' and International Nights
- Restaurants: All up in my grill
- Music: David Lowery is on tour with both Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven
- 10 dishes to savor
Week of December 22, 2011
- The best (and worst) of 2011
- Fashion: Making a list
- Shopping + fashion: All that glitters
- NYE: Mellow New Year
- 2011's top local fashion moments
- Sports: We are Wolves
- NYE: Funny New Year
- NYE: Clock strikes '12
- Chris Riemenschneider's top albums of 2011
- Restaurants: Biscuits & braises at Sun Street Breads
- Tech: Go-go gadgets
- Movies: 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' does right by Le Carre's classic
- Movies: Talk is cheap in 'The Artist'
- Performance: Finding the fit in 'Cinderella'
- Bar and restaurant deals 12/22: Stealth drinking
- Movies: Spielberg hugs his inner child with 'Tintin'
- Art spotlights: 'Ralph Rapson: Chair Design in the Architect's Studio'
- Performance spotlights: 'Always and Forever'
- Local music: The Bad Plus
- Food + drink: Lucid Brewing
- Event spotlight: Salon Saloon - The 2011 Show
- Movies: A riderless 'War Horse'
- Movies: Cruelty to humans in 'We Bought a Zoo'
- The Crawl: No ninth lives for Il Gatto, Duplex
- @work: Brother of bands
- Movies: 'Dragon Tattoo' girl gone dark
- Alexis on the Sexes: The catch
- Fashion: 'Dragon Tattoo' style
- Q&A: Alicia Zobbe-Hogdal aka @MeatPit
- Restaurants: Our Kitchen
Week of December 15, 2011
- Winter 2011: Why the @#$% do we live here?
- The Crawl: Rolling Stone debuts Howler video
- Tech: Dual-screen smartphones fall short
- Restaurants: Creativity wins at Joan's in the Park
- Alexis on the Sexes: Boy toys
- This weekend: MN Music Holiday Bazaar
- Local music: Hip-hop duo Kill the Vultures is back just in time for Atmosphere tour
- Street fashion: We are MPLS!
- @work: John Noltner puts his heart into his art
- Q&A: Brandon Fry
- Art spotlights: 'Entanglement' and 'Dreams & Effigies'
- Fashion + shopping: Animal collection
- Sports: Most valuable partner?
- Movie review: 'Tomboy'
- Bar and restaurant deals 12/15
- Fashion: Designer sample sale
- Movies: Naked truth in 'Shame'
- Winter 2011: A good winter
- Restaurants: One day in Bangkok
- Movies: Madcap mayhem in 'Sherlock Holmes' sequel
- Performance spotlights: 'Letters to Santa'
- Movie review: 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol'
Week of December 8, 2011
- Naughty holidays
- Performance spotlights: Buckets and Tap Shoes
- Tech: Four favorite headphones in every style
- Fashion + shopping: You got plaid
- Fashion: Joy of fashion
- This weekend: Santa Pub Crawl
- Art spotlight: 'Everybody Wins!'
- Alexis on the Sexes: 18 and up
- Movie reviews: 'Head' and '200 Motels'
- Restaurants: Progressive dinner
- Sports: Could've beens
- Holiday drinks: temptation on the rocks
- Movies: 'New Years Eve' drops the ball
- Music: Ryan Adams vs. Ryan Adams
- Movie review: 'Elite Squad: The Enemy Within' and 'Le Havre'
- Bar and restaurant deals 12/8
- Movies: Grow up with 'Young Adult'
- Q&A: Benjamin McGovern
- The Crawl: Is Diablo's 'Young Adult' semi-autobiographical?
- Fashion: World Craft Fair
Week of December 1, 2011
- Winter fashion 2011: Holiday sparkle
- Alexis on the Sexes: Ho ho ho-bag
- Fashion: No Coast craft fest
- @work: Hot pizzas at Palumbo's
- Restaurants: Tickled pink at Rosa Mexicano
- Music: Doomtree takes over First Ave and Entry for seven crazy nights
- Fashion: V is for vivid
- The Crawl: Replacements tribute is tightest yet
- Movies: God save the (British television) ads
- Movie reviews: 'The Women on the 6th Floor' and 'Sidewalls'
- Fashion + shopping: Out of the woods
- Performance: Art of infidelity in 'How to Cheat'
- Tech: Sound of a bargain
- Art: Going erewhon
- Q&A: Missy Heitz
- Art spotlights: Art by Amelia Biewald
- Movies: Minneapolis Underground Film Festival
- Event spotlights: I Am MPLS! and Celebrate Women in Music
- Performance spotlights: T.J. Miller
- Sports: Wild gone wild
- Restaurants: Midway mystery
- Bar and restaurant deals 12/1
- Winter fashion 2011: Sparkle and fade
- Winter fashion 2011: Lap of luxury
- Winter fashion 2011: In the heights
- Winter fashion 2011: Tuxedo junction
- Winter fashion 2011: Animal attraction
- Winter fashion 2011: Shanghai express
- Winter fashion 2011: Where to buy + credits
Week of November 24, 2011
- Holiday gift guide 2011
- Fashion: Edina reality
- The Crawl: Hold Steady, P.O.S. triumph at Vth party
- Movies: World of pain in 'Melancholia'
- Movie reviews: Sigur Ros presents 'INNI'
- Art spotlights: 'Polarities: Black and White in Design' and Black Friday Sale
- Tech: The Hottest hotspots
- Alexis on the Sexes: Check it out
- Movie spotlights: 'Hugo' and 'Young Goethe in Love'
- Music: Hammerin' Hank III
- Performance spotlights: Chroegraphers' Evening, Roy Wood Jr. and 'Charley's Aunt'
- Food + drink: Show me the whey
- Fashion + shopping: No jacket required
- Local music: Classic 'Trash'
- Movies: More Marilyn than Marilyn
- Movie spotlights: 'The Muppets,' 'Arthur Christmas' and 'The Other F Word'
- Bars/clubs: LA Nik at night
- Food + drink: Leftovers to die for
- Sports + rec: Depression with Numbers!
- This weekend: Holidazzle Parade and International Christmas Festival
- Holiday gift guide 2011: For your bestie
- Q&A: Corey Tenold
- Holiday gift guide 2011: For your loveryboy
- Fashion: Black Friday starts 'early'
- Holiday gift guide 2011: For the oenophile
- Holiday gift guide 2011: For your drinking buddy
- Holiday gift guide 2011: For the aesthete
- Holiday gift guide 2011: For the idealist
Week of November 17, 2011
- Vth anniversary issue: Vita.mn's 5 most influential 2006-2011
- Sports: Soundtrack to a letdown
- Tech: Droid Razr: Thin is in
- Q&A: Hal Lovemelt
- Bars + clubs: No fun for fun bar Drink
- Where to dine out on Thanksgiving Day
- Alexis on the Sexes: Don't shoot
- Movies: 'Twi' harder
- Movies: Paradise lost in 'The Descendants'
- Fashion + shopping: Mod, mod, mod world
- Music: An epic first for the Hold Steady
- The Crawl: News and notes from the scene
- Event spotlights: MCAD art sale and Salon Saloon: The Fakes Show
- Performance: Singular staging
- Fashion: All-star style
- Performance spotlights: 'Bang-Bang, Miss American Pie'
- Art spotlight: 'The work of 123 Klan'
- Vita.mn's 5 most influential 2006-2011: Isaac Becker
- Vita.mn's 5 most influential 2006-2011: 89.3 The Current
- Vita.mn's 5 most influential 2006-2011: Emma Berg
- Vita.mn's 5 most influential 2006-2011: P.O.S.
- Fashion: MNartists to market
- Vita.mn's 5 most influential 2006-2011: Omar Ansari & Todd Haug of Surly
- Restaurants: Spice demystified
- Movie spotlight: The Swell Season
