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December 09, 2021

With an entirely rewritten script, Steven Spielberg’s 'West Side Story' highlights both the humanity and the desperation of its tragic young characters.

Movie Review: Steven Spielberg's 'West Side Story' reimagines a classic

Movie Review: Steven Spielberg's 'West Side Story' reimagines a classic

Jay Gabler • Dec 9, 2021

With an entirely rewritten script, Steven Spielberg’s 'West Side Story' highlights both the humanity and the desperation of its tragic young characters.

2021 Remembered: Minnesota artists whose music lives on

2021 Remembered: Minnesota artists whose music lives on

Jay Gabler • Dec 9, 2021

As 2021 comes to a close, we’re looking back to honor the legacies of members of the Minnesota community who died this year.

Raise your hip-hop dancing game with this free at-home course

Raise your hip-hop dancing game with this free at-home course

Jake Riley • Dec 9, 2021

Join Jake Riley from House of Dance Twin Cities for this six-part video series of hip-hop dance lessons to help you add new moves on the dance floor.

20 Years After The End Of The World

20 Years After The End Of The World

Ramtin Arablouei and Rund Abdelfatah • Dec 9, 2021

At the turn of the millennium, Radiohead turned creeping melancholy and desolation into two albums that changed the band's career. Two decades later, maybe we've caught up to their prophetic vision.

Photos: Curtiss A returns to First Avenue for a four-hour John Lennon tribute

Photos: Curtiss A returns to First Avenue for a four-hour John Lennon tribute

Tony Nelson • Dec 9, 2021

An enthusiastic crowd welcomed Curtiss A and his all-star band of friends and fellow rock & rollers back to First Avenue for his 42nd tribute show commemorating the anniversary of John Lennon’s death.

Meet the Bad Bad Hats' holiday character "Sally Sweet Tooth"

Meet the Bad Bad Hats' holiday character "Sally Sweet Tooth"

Jill Riley • Dec 9, 2021

The band has released a holiday song ahead of their headlining Winter Ball show at First Avenue on Friday.

Hear new songs from Thundercat, SZA, The National, H.E.R., The Cactus Blossoms and Tame Impala

Hear new songs from Thundercat, SZA, The National, H.E.R., The Cactus Blossoms and Tame Impala

Jade • Dec 9, 2021

This week, we bring you new songs from SZA, The Cactus Blossoms and Tame Impala, plus new music from Thundercat, The National and H.E.R. that all feature in new soundtracks for films or television.

Songs that feature fictional characters

Songs that feature fictional characters

Anna Weggel and Jill Riley • Dec 9, 2021

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, in honor of Bad Bad Hats’ “Sally Sweet Tooth”, what songs do you want to hear that feature a fictional character?

Book Review: Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen connect as 'Renegades'

Book Review: Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen connect as 'Renegades'

Jay Gabler • Dec 9, 2021

'Renegades: Born in the U.S.A.' is a generously illustrated volume containing the transcripts of the conversations Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen shared in their podcast of the same name.

The Chart Show: Hippo Campus, Big Thief, and Beach Bunny debut

The Chart Show: Hippo Campus, Big Thief, and Beach Bunny debut

Dec 8, 2021

Several new entries to the chart this week: Beach Bunny, Minnesota act Hippo Campus, Foals and Jack White who enters the charts in the top 10 with his rocker “Taking Me Back.”

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