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February 21, 2016

Policy and a Pint: Using Technology to Solve Community Problems asks, what makes Minnesotans connect across an ever-growing virtual space? Host Steve Seel is joined by guest panelists for a lively discussion about tackling systemic challenges like homelessness and creating better public services through technology.

Policy and a Pint®: Using Technology to Solve Community Problems

Policy and a Pint®: Using Technology to Solve Community Problems

Steve Seel, Terri Thao, Kelly Clausen and Bill Bushey • Feb 21, 2016

Policy and a Pint: Using Technology to Solve Community Problems asks, what makes Minnesotans connect across an ever-growing virtual space? Host Steve Seel is joined by guest panelists for a lively discussion about tackling systemic challenges like homelessness and creating better public services through technology.

Music News: Damon Albarn made ‘local king’ in Mali

Music News: Damon Albarn made ‘local king’ in Mali

Staff • Feb 21, 2016

Damon Albarn has been named a “local king” in Mali, where he’s frequently visited to perform and collaborate with Malian musicians. When Albarn performed at the Festival Acoustik Bamako, he was given the honorary status of “local king” and an elementary classroom was named after him. “I’m not used to this sort of thing,” said the Blur…

First Listen: Willie Nelson, 'Summertime'

First Listen: Willie Nelson, 'Summertime'

Chris Willman • Feb 21, 2016

On his new album of George and Ira Gershwin covers, the prolific 82-year-old singer has never sounded more like he belongs on the sunny side of the street. Listen to Willie Nelson's upcoming 'Summertime' before its Feb. 26 release date.

First Listen: Yuck, 'Stranger Things'

First Listen: Yuck, 'Stranger Things'

Doug Mosurock • Feb 20, 2016

The London grunge-pop band may not make the rules, but it knows just how to tweak them for maximum emotional resonance.

Win passes to a live Q&A with Neil Young and 'Human Highway' screening

Win passes to a live Q&A with Neil Young and 'Human Highway' screening

Feb 19, 2016

Enjoy a special, one-night screening of Neil Young's Human Highway and Rust Never Sleeps, plus a live Q&A with the rock 'n' roll legend, courtesy of The Current.

9:30 Coffee Break: Legal tender

9:30 Coffee Break: Legal tender

Anna Reed • Feb 19, 2016

It's $5 Friday at The Current's Member Drive and we want to hear songs that mention legal tender for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

Cube Critic: A War

Cube Critic: A War

Stephanie Curtis • Feb 19, 2016

MPR Cube Critic Stephanie Curtis joins Jade and Sean McPherson to talk about Oscar-nominated "A War", a 2015 Danish film.

Music History Spotlight: Shangoya

Music History Spotlight: Shangoya

Jackie Renzetti • Feb 19, 2016

With legendary bandleader Peter Nelson — who some call a local “godfather of calypso” — Shangoya gave the Twin Cities countless nights of dancing and paved the way for many Minnesota calypso and reggae bands. “There were no calypso bands in Iowa, none in South Dakota, maybe a couple in Wisconsin. But to have steel…

Today in Music History: 'Songs In The Key Of Life' wins Grammy for Album of the Year

Today in Music History: 'Songs In The Key Of Life' wins Grammy for Album of the Year

Feb 19, 2016

Harry Nilsson went to No. 1 with "Without You"; Ozzy Osbourne was arrested in San Antonio, Texas, for urinating on the Alamo; Smokey Robinson was born; and Stevie Wonder won the Grammy for Album Of The Year, Today in Music History.

‘Night Flowers’: Tiny deaths blossom on new EP

‘Night Flowers’: Tiny deaths blossom on new EP

Erik Thompson • Feb 19, 2016

Claire de Lune has experienced a considerable amount of heartbreak over the past year. Rather than floundering unproductively in her sorrow, the lead singer of tiny deaths instead turned that anguish into an inspired, emotional new EP, Night Flowers. De Lune has once again partnered with producer and electronic maestro Grant Cutler for a deeply…

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