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Check out this week's music calendar:

A Finn, a Case, Geese, and No Kings—Your Complete Concert Calendar: Oct. 14-20 - Racket

And what shows are you looking forward to this week? Tuesday, October 14 Open Mic with DJ Cam Jones @ Acadia Carbon Leaf @ Amsterdam B-Sides with Justin Spenner @ Barely Brothers Greatest Jam on…

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Racket @racketmn.com · 4h

Bowling at BLB (including manual scoring) has survived virtually unchanged since Mr. Pinspotter’s arrival. Pinsetter mechanic Jim Quire is doing his damnedest to not only carry the torch but to, in his words, “increase the standards of the bowling experience.”

Sometimes There's a Man for His Time and Place: Meet Jim Quire, Bryant Lake Bowl's New Lead Mechanic - Racket

Quire has big plans for improving bowling at BLB—as soon as he catches up on 'decades of preventative maintenance and side work.'

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Racket @racketmn.com · 6h

This week's music calendar? We got it right here:

A Finn, a Case, Geese, and No Kings—Your Complete Concert Calendar: Oct. 14-20 - Racket

And what shows are you looking forward to this week? Tuesday, October 14 Open Mic with DJ Cam Jones @ Acadia Carbon Leaf @ Amsterdam B-Sides with Justin Spenner @ Barely Brothers Greatest Jam on Earth...

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em cassel @biketrouble.bsky.social · 11h

this was a genuine delight to edit! hope yinz enjoy it!

Sometimes There's a Man for His Time and Place: Meet Jim Quire, Bryant Lake Bowl's New Lead Mechanic - Racket

Quire has big plans for improving bowling at BLB—as soon as he catches up on 'decades of preventative maintenance and side work.'

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“I can tell it’s a weight off everyone’s shoulders, not having to deal with constant breakdowns or pin jams.”

Sometimes There's a Man for His Time and Place: Meet Jim Quire, Bryant Lake Bowl's New Lead Mechanic - Racket

Quire has big plans for improving bowling at BLB—as soon as he catches up on 'decades of preventative maintenance and side work.'

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Plus immigrants make Richfield great, RIP (?) to Holidazzle/Aquatennial, and two very good cats in today's Flyover news roundup:

'It Steals Your Innocence': Rocori Students Reflect on '03 Shooting - Racket

Plus immigrants make Richfield great, RIP (?) to Holidazzle/Aquatennial, and two very good cats in today's Flyover news roundup.

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"Mail art is a utopian practice—it’s people participating, cooperating, and exchanging without worrying about money."

Correspondence Artists Celebrate 'Decades of Mailing It In' at Squirrel Haus Arts - Racket

'Mail art is a utopian practice—it’s people participating, cooperating, and exchanging without worrying about money.'

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Plus spooky brewery parties, film fests, and Native arts:

TC Horror Fest, No Kings, ConFluence: This Week's Best Events - Racket

Plus Twin Cities and Rondo Film Fests, Boo and Brew, and Hari Kondabolu.

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Two-plus decades on, former students say the trauma is still complex and present, bubbling up with the news of other school shootings.

'It Steals Your Innocence': Rocori Students Reflect on '03 Shooting - Racket

Plus immigrants make Richfield great, RIP (?) to Holidazzle/Aquatennial, and two very good cats in today's Flyover news roundup.

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"Mail art was part of the nascent boom in zine culture," local mail artist Musicmaster says. "It predates punk."

Correspondence Artists Celebrate 'Decades of Mailing It In' at Squirrel Haus Arts - Racket

'Mail art is a utopian practice—it’s people participating, cooperating, and exchanging without worrying about money.'

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Plus a few spoOOooOoky brewery events, the TC and Rondo (first inaugural!) Film Fests, Craig Finn & the Band of Forgiveness, and a whole lot more.

TC Horror Fest, No Kings, ConFluence: This Week's Best Events - Racket

Plus Twin Cities and Rondo Film Fests, Boo and Brew, and Hari Kondabolu.

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 3d

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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 3d

I'm at the Freedom Summit in Alexandria MN today. #pray4keith

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It's the freakin' weekend:

Freeloader Friday: 121 Free Things To Do This Weekend - Racket

St. Paul Art Crawl happenings, a THC Oktoberfest, outdoor movie screenings, book parties, and a Trekkie bar crawl.

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Plus someone regrets their 'Precarious State' interview, repainting a painted-over mural, and big plans around Allianz Field in today's Flyover news roundup:

Welcome to St. Paul, Where the Cops… Do Their Jobs - Racket

Plus someone regrets their 'Precarious State' interview, repainting a painted-over mural, and big plans around Allianz Field in today's Flyover news roundup.

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“Most food we have here, it’s Somali food, and I don’t want our kids, born here, to forget their culture and the recipes.”

Albi Kitchen Serves Up Somali Sambusas and Sweets in a Super-Cute Space - Racket

This new Loring Park restaurant is full of happy surprises.

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Happy banned books week!

How One MN School District Killed Its Right-Wing Book Ban - Racket

St. Francis School Board members recently restricted certain books to appease conservative ideologues. But the Trump-voting exurban community isn’t as monolithic as the book banners thought.

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Plus someone regrets their 'Precarious State' interview, repainting a painted-over mural, and big plans around Allianz Field in today's Flyover news roundup:

Welcome to St. Paul, Where the Cops… Do Their Jobs - Racket

Plus someone regrets their 'Precarious State' interview, repainting a painted-over mural, and big plans around Allianz Field in today's Flyover news roundup.

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Spencer White @spencer-white.bsky.social · 4d

It's banned book week, so I will now shamelessly ask you to check out this article I wrote a while back for @racketmn.com about one MN school district reversing its right-wing book ban racketmn.com/st-francis-m...