Happy Anniversary, ya’ll.
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Happy Anniversary, ya’ll.

I tried avoiding the tweeting temptress for as long as I could. Where Facebook is more like a steady boyfriend, Twitter is the harlequin of online social networking. It is an electronic wild frontier, a place where literally anyone (300 million users send out 1.6 billion search queries per day!) is free to dissect the minutia of their day-to-day lives, craft quirky 140-character observations and blast them out into the ether with zero restrictions. With my alarming lack of self censorship and loose comedic boundaries, the world is simply a better place without me blurting out asinine observations every hour of the day. But then I finally succumbed to Twitter, albeit in the most unlikely place possible: an elementary school yard.
METRO columnist Todd Smith, writing about how he recently joined Twitter.
Stand-up comic Mike Birbiglia is putting a new spin on the term romantic comedy. His show, My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend, chronicles a lifetime of romantic misfortune –  including one particularly off-putting experience involving junk food, a fast-paced carnival ride and, well, a bit of cleanup. Birbiglia will be sharing his misery on stage at the Guthrie Theater’s Wurtele Thrust Stage on Monday, Feb. 13 (how’s that for appropriate timing?). And because we’re such a benevolent bunch, we want you to go. METRO has five pairs of tickets to the show. One grand prize winner will also get a $100 gift card to Sanctuary Restaurant to be used before the show (our take: Sanctuary delights with the fun side of fine dining). Find out how to win tickets here.
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Stand-up comic Mike Birbiglia is putting a new spin on the term romantic comedy. His show, My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend, chronicles a lifetime of romantic misfortune –  including one particularly off-putting experience involving junk food, a fast-paced carnival ride and, well, a bit of cleanup.

Birbiglia will be sharing his misery on stage at the Guthrie Theater’s Wurtele Thrust Stage on Monday, Feb. 13 (how’s that for appropriate timing?). And because we’re such a benevolent bunch, we want you to go. METRO has five pairs of tickets to the show. One grand prize winner will also get a $100 gift card to Sanctuary Restaurant to be used before the show (our take: Sanctuary delights with the fun side of fine dining). Find out how to win tickets here.

Three local presses — Milkweed, Graywolf and Coffee House — are teaming up with Wisconsin group to promote their work, one tiny library at a time. Read how here. 
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Three local presses — Milkweed, Graywolf and Coffee House — are teaming up with Wisconsin group to promote their work, one tiny library at a time. Read how here. 

Bluesman Indigenous broke up the work week with a show at the Hopkins Center for the Arts on Tuesday night. The show was part of Sue McLean & Associate’s “Take Five Tuesdays” concert series, which will bring Colin Hay, Jeremy Messersmith and The Elders to Hopkins in the coming weeks. See the full gallery from the show here.

Photos by Patrick Dunn.

Food editor Mecca Bos rarely misses a meal, especially when that meal is breakfast. Read about some of her favorite new joints in the January issue. Visit them first thing in the morning, or whenever you happen to wake up. They’re as good in the afternoon as they are with dreary eyes. Favorite place not on the list? Tell us about it on twitter @metromag, or on our Facebook page.
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Food editor Mecca Bos rarely misses a meal, especially when that meal is breakfast. Read about some of her favorite new joints in the January issue. Visit them first thing in the morning, or whenever you happen to wake up. They’re as good in the afternoon as they are with dreary eyes.

Favorite place not on the list? Tell us about it on twitter @metromag, or on our Facebook page.

“Comprised of diaries, sleepover parties, purses, menopause and puberty jokes, pantyliner – as well as pink, pink and more pink – Girls Only is a middle-aged suburban woman’s cabaret dream. The only problem is that it’s hard for almost every other demographic to relate to.” - Becki Iverson, writing about Girls Only, at the New Century Theatre through March 18
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“Comprised of diaries, sleepover parties, purses, menopause and puberty jokes, pantyliner – as well as pink, pink and more pink – Girls Only is a middle-aged suburban woman’s cabaret dream. The only problem is that it’s hard for almost every other demographic to relate to.”

- Becki Iverson, writing about Girls Only, at the New Century Theatre through March 18

Keb Mo, touring in support of his new album, The Reflection, visited the Guthrie Theater’s Wurtele Thrust stage on Monday, Jan. 23, playing a two-hour set in front of a sold-out audience.

Though a simple acoustic set may have been expected, Keb Mo instead played with an impressive five-piece band. Highlights included “Perpetual Blues Machine,” “Government Cheese,” “Save Yo’ Legs,” and “The Whole Enchilada,” as well as some material from the new album such as “We Don’t Need It.”

New Orleans-based Anders Osborne opened the show, which was produced by Sue McLean & Associates, which is also putting together a night of jazz featuring Indigenous at the Hopkins Center for the Arts tonight.

See the complete photo gallery from Monday night’s show here.

At first glance, this year’s Keepers are a ragtag bunch. Their mediums run the gamut from good old-fashioned pen and paper to the human body; their habitats are classrooms, venerable theater stages and rock clubs. But here’s where this diverse group converges: Each Keeper has talent to spare, and is an indispensable cog in the wheel of Twin Cities culture. For that, we have presented them with some fancy words, and a pretty picture in an attempt to flatter them into never leaving town.   Today’s featured Keeper is Robert James Algeo, who finds inspiration for his comics in spies, space and Springsteen.
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At first glance, this year’s Keepers are a ragtag bunch. Their mediums run the gamut from good old-fashioned pen and paper to the human body; their habitats are classrooms, venerable theater stages and rock clubs.

But here’s where this diverse group converges: Each Keeper has talent to spare, and is an indispensable cog in the wheel of Twin Cities culture. For that, we have presented them with some fancy words, and a pretty picture in an attempt to flatter them into never leaving town.  

Today’s featured Keeper is Robert James Algeo, who finds inspiration for his comics in spies, space and Springsteen.

At first glance, this year’s Keepers are a ragtag bunch. Their mediums run the gamut from good old-fashioned pen and paper to the human body; their habitats are classrooms, venerable theater stages and rock clubs. But here’s where this diverse group converges: Each Keeper has talent to spare, and is an indispensable cog in the wheel of Twin Cities culture. For that, we have presented them with some fancy words, and a pretty picture in an attempt to flatter them into never leaving town.   Today’s featured Keeper is Amanda Natzel, whose simple, versatile womenswear is making waves across the country.
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At first glance, this year’s Keepers are a ragtag bunch. Their mediums run the gamut from good old-fashioned pen and paper to the human body; their habitats are classrooms, venerable theater stages and rock clubs.

But here’s where this diverse group converges: Each Keeper has talent to spare, and is an indispensable cog in the wheel of Twin Cities culture. For that, we have presented them with some fancy words, and a pretty picture in an attempt to flatter them into never leaving town.  

Today’s featured Keeper is Amanda Natzel, whose simple, versatile womenswear is making waves across the country.