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October 24, 2022

There’s Jeremy Messersmith’s All Hallow’s Eve, Haunted Disco, Haunted Basement, Twin Cities Horror Festival, and lots more.

Halloween 2022: Spooky Twin Cities concerts, parties, and more

Halloween 2022: Spooky Twin Cities concerts, parties, and more

Lydia Moran • Oct 24, 2022

There’s Jeremy Messersmith’s All Hallow’s Eve, Haunted Disco, Haunted Basement, Twin Cities Horror Festival, and lots more.

Photos: Dessa delivers songs and poems at First Avenue

Photos: Dessa delivers songs and poems at First Avenue

Oct 24, 2022

Dessa showed off her multidimensional talents at First Avenue on Friday, October 21, 2022.

Halloween Week on The Current: Spooky playlist and programming

Halloween Week on The Current: Spooky playlist and programming

Oct 24, 2022

Find out what’s going on this week on The Current, and listen to our Halloween playlist.

Coffee Break: Live albums

Coffee Break: Live albums

Jill Riley and Rachel Frances • Oct 24, 2022

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from live albums do you want to hear?

Marcus Mumford brings steady acoustics to Palace Theatre

Marcus Mumford brings steady acoustics to Palace Theatre

James Schaak • Oct 24, 2022

Admirers of Mumford’s affecting and listenable croons could find plenty to love during his solo show in St. Paul.

Album of the Week: Arctic Monkeys' "The Car"

Album of the Week: Arctic Monkeys' "The Car"

Jade • Oct 24, 2022

If the band of young Brits that shook the world with their indie sleaze rock debut in 2006 took a listen to Arctic Monkeys’ new album, The Car, they probably wouldn’t believe they made it.

Friday Five: Minnesota music videos to spark your autumn groove

Friday Five: Minnesota music videos to spark your autumn groove

Diane • Oct 21, 2022

Get into the autumn groove with new music videos from Jeremy Messersmith, Miloe, Ber, Colin Bracewell, and Papa Mbye. Do you know a Minnesota music video you’d like to see featured in the Friday Five? E-mail fridayfive@mpr.org.

Where to find perfect pie in the Twin Cities

Where to find perfect pie in the Twin Cities

Ali Elabbady • Oct 21, 2022

Thanks, home-slice: A rundown of where to find the best dessert pies for any autumnal gathering.

Coffee Break: Music documentaries

Coffee Break: Music documentaries

Jill Riley and Rachel Frances • Oct 21, 2022

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, help us put together a set of music from artists whose documentaries you would recommend.

In the haze of 'Midnights,' Taylor Swift softens into an expanded sound

In the haze of 'Midnights,' Taylor Swift softens into an expanded sound

Ann Powers • Oct 21, 2022

On Swift's 10th and most challenging album, she and producer Jack Antonoff push her voice in new directions, rethinking the sonic rhetoric of first-person storytelling and shaking off old habits.

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