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Gopher librarian. Minne/apolis/sota. @thecurrent.org once used my “Coffee Break” suggestion.

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snackerü@snackeru.bsky.social · 9h ago

How I imagine Gold Medal Park got its sculptures: Gold Medal Park: Hey, can we have some sculptures? Minneapolis Sculpture Garden: Sure, you can have "Prophecy of the Ancients" but you also have to take "Poop coming out of a pipe." GMP: [reluctantly] [sigh] OK, whatever ...

Prophecy of the Ancients at Gold Medal Park in Minneapolis. It is described by the Mill City Times as "A futuristic dome, composed of thousands of flexible wire polyhedrons, rests atop six mock-Egyptian columns in a blend of ancient and modern architectural styles. Embedded within the structure and seeming to hover in space are an assortment of common objects and abstract forms: a table, a ladder, a chair, a turtle (whose patterned shell recalls the gridded structure of the dome), random letters, numbers, discs, and dashes.""Ordovician Pore" or what I call "Poop coming out of a pipe." It features two cylinders, one of which has what looks like a giant turd coming out of it.
Vince Mpls@vincempls.bsky.social · 2d ago

#OnThisDay Aug 11 1992: Mall of America opens, after expansion in 2022 now the largest mall in the Western Hemisphere. As of 2025, it attracts 32-40 Million visitors annually, more than Disneyland and Disney World's Magic Kingdom combined, generating $3B in economic impact to Minnesota.

aerial view of the mall in 1995 on a postcard with the original logo, the airport and city of minneapolis skyline in the distance. crowds inside the mall on opening day, lining reflective escalators and railings in the main atrium
Chris Steller@chrissteller.bsky.social · 4d ago

Published #OTD Aug. 8, 1987 in the UK music mag Melody Maker, David Fricke’s review of the Replacements’ July 27, 1987 show at the Ritz theater in New York City — posted here IN FULL for the FIRST TIME on Bluesky, thanks to the Minneapolis Public Library and its successor, @hclib.bsky.social.

LIVE! SPIRIT IN THE SKY. MELODY MAKER, August 8, 1987 - Page 19. There is a black and white photo of Tommy Stinson leaning over while playing guitar, wearing some version of formal attire — light colored or white jacket and slacks. THE REPLACEMENTS The Ritz, New York OUTSIDE, fans were begging for tickets, offering 50 dollars and up, all to see a band of drunken punk 'n' roll hooligans who have never even seen the inside of the Top 100, who just four nights earlier at Beacon Theatre had taken the stage pissed out of their gourds and stumbled through a set of half-baked, perversely selected cover versions. Fate, however, is a freaky mistress: A ticket to the show would have been cheap at twice- nay thrice-the price. For once in their lives, The Replacements played their own songs. Correctly! With the power and spirit they deserve. No screwing around! Whipping straight into megaton blasts of "IOU" "Never Mind" , and "l Will Dare" right off the back, Paul Westerberg and his band of merry hellions accelerated into a screaming hellfire "Bastards Of Young" braked for a honky tonkin' "Waitress In The Sky™ and even exhumed the echoing fuzz-and-heartbreak ballad "Gol" from their 1982 hardcore "Stink" EP. They actually played the coversstraight too - doing a blitzkrieg-bop job on "California Sun" in trubute to the Brothers Ramone, Westerberg sitting down like an old blues man for a bullmoose stomp through "Sweet Home Chicago" What made The Replacements give so much of themselves tonight? Who knows? Who cares? It was enough to hear Chris Maris' rifleshot drumming; to catch Slim Dunlop's wry smile as he plucked tough simple leads over the band's Faces-at-78rpm bazooka rock barrage; to see Westerberg tear his insides apart as he sang "The Ledge". A two minute rip through "Alex Chitton" and, all too suddenly, it was over. The replacements were off to another city. another show and probably another evening of alcohoic mischief. But what they left behind at The Ritz was the gig of the year, by America's band of the moment. Next time you see them fumble blind-drunk through Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" or the best of Bachman Turner Overdrive, remember The Replacements are never more than a hair's breadth away from this kind of magnificence. DAVID FRICKE
snackerü@snackeru.bsky.social · 5d ago

If you enjoyed her magnificent exhibit at the Walker last winter, Dyani White Hawk also has an art installation in a river-facing stairwell at the new Fraser Hall addition at the University of Minnesota. Absolutely stunning. I just wish the stairs weren't in the way!

Anna Nelson@anwmo.bsky.social · 6d ago

Like your piece. I wrote one too -- bc if they are insisting on including a data center as part of development, we better hold them to a much higher standard for what else gets put there www.startribune.com/opinion-lets...

Opinion | Let’s dream bigger about these rare redevelopment chances for Minneapolis

The Star Tribune and Graco properties are a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build new Minneapolis neighborhoods at the river’s edge. Let’s not settle for the status quo, Anna Morrison Nelson write...

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snackerü@snackeru.bsky.social · 7d ago

Whoever was born at the M Health Fairview University hospital (formerly St. Mary’s hospital) can say they were “born on the banks of the Mississippi River.” This is especially handy if they grew up to be a blues musician.

Hospital building on the bluffs of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. The river can be seen in the foreground.