Month: April 2011

Pianist Omar Sosa will be performing at the Dakota April 27-28. -Photo courtesy of www.melodia.com Check out this link: watch?v=ZJsu3pCVkVc ...

Cabooze 917 Cedar Ave., Mpls., 612-338-6425 or www.cabooze.com Sat., Apr. 30, 9 pm: Rocky Diamonds a.k.a. Young Rocky and Toussaint Morrison ...

Charl Schwartzel of South Africa shot a final round 66, the best of the day, and birdied the last four ...

When you have the top overall pick in any draft, especially a draft that clearly has the best player in ...

COLUMBUS SALLEY, an accomplished historian and author, ranks the most influential 100 Black people in America in his book The ...

Marquette University point guard ANGEL ROBINSON (St. Paul Central) and University of Iowa shooting guard KACHINE ALEXANDER (Benilde-St. Margaret’s) were ...

By Charles Hallman Staff Writer and Onika Nicole Craven MSR Intern Two former Twin Cities prep stars were the only ...

I just couldn’t figure out why my dishes have been coming out so dirty lately. My answer came in an ...

By Charles Hallman Staff Writer -Photos by Charles Hallman Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton told African American leaders last week that ...

By Christina Wessel Contributing Writer The health and human services omnibus bill recently released by the state Senate cuts $1.6 ...

AND A HARD PLACE by Dwight Hobbes To look at Lucas Wynn standing outside his South Minneapolis residence, he could ...

By Stephani Maari Booker Community Editor The 12th Annual White Privilege Conference (WPC) will be held April 13-16 in Bloomington. ...

By Charles Hallman Staff Writer A single father of five children, Jerron Riley also finds time to volunteer in his ...

VOICES OF THE VILLAGE by Lissa Jones “After I was placed in the cell, I began to hear sounds of ...

THROUGH MY EYES by Ron Edwards During his address to the nation on Libya on Monday, March 28, 2011, at ...

SOMETHING I SAID by Dwight Hobbes After careful consideration, this column might, on occasion, be, shall we say, a bit ...

Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant 1010 Nicollet Mall, Mpls., 612-332-1010 or www.dakotacooks.com Thurs., Apr. 7, 7 pm: Foodie Night feat. ...

A play review By Stephani Maari Booker Community Editor Avenue Q, the 2007 Best Musical Tony winner, premiered at Mixed ...

By Bernadeia Johnson Late in the month of March, both the State House and Senate education committees approved legislation that ...

Not since the heyday of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in the late 1990s has the NBA had a ...