June 29, 2007

Kiteboarding Mille Lacs

Who needs the ocean when you've got 10,000 little oceans. Aleshia filmed her peeps kiteboarding on Lake Mille Lacs, and dang if this doesn't look like fun.

RELATED LINKS:

NorthStar Kiteboarding
Lakes Area Kiting and Windsurfing Advisory (LAKAWA)

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June 27, 2007

Columbia Heights Jamboree

You know, you just can't go wrong with jamborees. Or Biffys. Here's a little slice of Columbia Heights by Matt Johnson.

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June 26, 2007

Save Net Radio

The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger. Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on July 15 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!). To protest these rates and encourage the millions of net radio listeners to take action and contact their Congressional representatives, a national Day of Silence will be held June 26.

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June 25, 2007

JAO

Metro Magazine brings us this lovely video capturing local speed-painter Julie Jao, aka JAO.

RELATED LINKS:
Metro Magazine interview
Art Car Parade video featuring JAO in action

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June 22, 2007

Gay Pride Weekend

It's going to be a hot weekend. Because of the temperature, sure, but it's also Twin Cities Pride. That means short shorts, naked men in barrels, and the inherent sexiness of being out and proud.

Here's a fun taste of the 2006 Pride festival to get you warmed up. If you take any video this weekend - or anytime - drop a line to story@mnstories.com.

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June 21, 2007

Time Lapse Sky

Happy summer solstice. Did you get hit with any severe weather? Storms just flirted with Northeast Minneapolis. Here's a cool time lapse of thunderhead clouds around sunset, with bonus secret messages.

Music by Boards of Canada

Previous Time Lapse: Caterpillar-Chrysalis Rave

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June 20, 2007

Let's Go Crazy

How have we gone so long without posting a Purple Rain-era Prince video? If you want to get a little deeper, check out video covers of this song by Ysabella Brave and the very Prince-y Vince Gibbs.

This week we'll have a sweet video from the Northeast Minneapolis parade, so "stay tuned" for that.

Send in your ridiculous summer videos: story@mnstories.com

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June 19, 2007

Alec Soth: Portraits

From artist/filmmaker Mike Dust:

In October of 2004, photographer Alec Soth went on assignment for LIFE magazine to capture weekend soldiers at an Airsoft military simulation in Joelton, Tennessee.

In anticipation of his upcoming Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program exhibition, filmmaker Mike Dust traveled alongside Soth for this three-day excursion, interviewing and shooting alongside him as he worked to capture images for, both the magazine shoot as well as for his personal work.

A number of these photographs (Odessa, Joelton, Tennessee, 2004 and Josh, Joelton, Tennessee, 2004) became part of the exhibition Alec Soth: Portraits at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts the following spring. The video piece created during that shoot was installed in the gallery as an accompaniment to the exhibition.

The video is broken into three segments entitled On Assignment, Portraiture, and The Ground Glass.

Alec Soth: Portraits - Portraiture (2:25, segment 2 of 3), 2005, Video, 8 minutes, produced and directed by Mike Dust, © 2005 National Projects

More videos in this 3-part series: Alec Soth MAEP page
AlecSoth.com

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June 15, 2007

WiFi in Minneapolis

Attention downtown Minneapolis denizens! Officially starting June 19, the streets will be awash in invisible data streams. Wireless Minneapolis has all the info you need. Help shape the regional community portals by attending a neighborhood meeting and/or taking an online survey.

Full video from the presenters:
City of Minneapolis wifi goals
Catherine Settanni talks about community portal needs
US Internet talks about how the wifi works and what you need

Watch this space for LIVE Minnesota Stories reports and experiments. Comment or email if you have any ideas for what we can do. Let's have fun with this.

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June 14, 2007

Caterpillar-Chrysalis Rave

Last night our monarch caterpillar decided it was time for a miraculous transformation. Here it is caught on "film," forward and backward. Dance, chrysalis, dance!

MUSIC: IceSun, "Out of Time"

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June 13, 2007

Dog Rescued from Pipe!

Mark Pierce from LeRoy, MN brings us a scary story with a happy ending:

This is what our dog had to endure for over 24 hours after she went chasing after a bunny. Her head was stuck in an old stove pipe. After figuring out how to get her out, and what tools to use, it took us over 30 minutes to cut her out. The other German Shepherd in the picture (Tommy, her mate) is the one who actually found her and alerted us after we searched for over 24 hours. I took Tommy to her last known spot and he located her and alerted us to where she was within a couple of minutes.

She seems to be fine, except for an abrasion to one of her ears and a superficial cut to her chest. It was a after thought to put music by the Traveling Wilburys song: End of the Line, this pup was at the end of her line. She's one lucky dog.

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June 12, 2007

Art-a-Whirl

Did you miss Art-a-Whirl in Northeast Minneapolis? Chances are, you missed at least some of it. Here's a video from Isaac Johnson with a little taste.

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June 08, 2007

Low: "Breaker"

There's a ton of great music happening this weekend. Saturday night is the NE Minneapolis Block Party, featuring headliners Low, here performing "Breaker" from Drums and Guns.

RELATED VIDEO: Retribution Gospel Choir covers Pink Floyd

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June 06, 2007

The Delilahs

The Delilahs are having a highly-anticipated, one-time-only reunion show at Finnegan's Summerfest this Saturday, June 9 at the Cabooze. If you were on the Minneapolis music scene in the 90's, you'll remember their soaring pop harmonies and mandolin. Here's a 9 minute interview with two members of the band about what brought them together and what the future has in store.

Here are some photos from the pre-reunion show, courtesy of Sara Rubinstein Photography.

RELATED VIDEO: Finnegan's Summerfest

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Finnegan's Summerfest

Here's a sobering fact: 47% of Hennepin County's homeless population is under 18. That was unacceptable to Finnegans founder Jacquie Berglund, who decided to do something about it - have a giant rock show. Finnegan's Summerfest is happening this Saturday, June 9, at the Cabooze. "4 stages, 28 bands, 1 great cause."

All proceeds will benefit Heading Home Hennepin, which plans to end homelessness in Minneapolis by 2016.

The Delilahs are having a highly-anticipated, one-time-only reunion show at Summerfest. If you were on the Minneapolis music scene in the 90's, you'll remember they're soaring pop harmonies and mandolin. Minnesota Stories has an exclusive interview with two of the band members coming up tomorrow.

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June 05, 2007

Impaler trailer

On Friday, January the 13th, 2006 Jonathon Sharkey became a candidate for the Governor of Minnesota. Jonathon is a Satanic Dark Priest, Sanguinarian Vampyre and a Hecate Witch. The announcement of his candidacy marked the beginning of the largest amount of media coverage ever given to an unknown third party candidate for Governor in our nation's history.

More info: Impaler documentary web site

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June 04, 2007

Little Ricky Speaks

Minnesota Timberwolves fans, this one is for you. Thanks to TV Dave from The Moonball Blog.

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June 01, 2007

The Day the Fish Wouldn't Stop Biting

Karina created one of my favorite Minnesota Stories of last year: Midwest Holiday, of course about fishing. And stuff. She's back with more fishy tales - plus "the egg thing"!

RELATED VIDEO:
Aaron's Fishing Adventure

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