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Gran Torino is here!
The new Clint Eastwood movie is full of Minnesota Hmong actors and connections. Get the stories behind the movie here:
Gran Torino connects Hmong Minnesotans with Hollywood
Hmong actors making history: Meet the Gran Torino family
Hmong actors making history: Meet the Gran Torino family
Local Hmong auditions for Eastwood film MORE »
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Choose your school
Saturday is School Choice Day in both Minneapolis and St. Paul. If you’re the parent of a student, you have the opportunity to send your child to either the public school in your neighborhood or a magnet school. You also have the opportunity to send your child to a charter or a private school. Both school districts, and metro-area charter schools, are planning one-stop information fairs where, they say, you can find out all you need to know about schools where you might want to send your child. MORE »
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Weekend What's What 1/8-1/11: Hunt and gather
Way to bounce back! The Twin Cities seem to have easily shaken off their holiday lethargy just in time for a pretty rockin’ weekend. Art exhibits, which have been on holiday hiatus as of late, are back in full effect; while rock shows and dance parties continue to ignite flames all over town. Our suggestion? Go out on the prowl! Meet some new people, see some new sights, and experience some fresh excitement. It is 2009 after all (an excuse we’ll be using throughout January, if not February). MORE »
