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Tag“Dream Big”: Engineering Inspires at Science Museum of Minnesota Omnitheater
Thinking back to my ’80s childhood, I’m not quite sure what I expected to be doing when I got to be my dad’s age. As a white middle-class ..
Remember When the St. Thomas Academy Crack Drill Squad Was On Ed Sullivan?
My dad, a graduate of St. Thomas Academy — then called St. Thomas Military Academy, and located on the college campus — sent this video he..
Science Museum of Minnesota’s Omnifest Takes Enlightening Trip to Jerusalem
I’ve never been to Jerusalem, but it’s always been part of my life. Raised Catholic, I grew up hearing daily stories about historical happ..
Ordway’s “Sound of Music” summons old-world charm
Based on a true story, The Sound of Music tells the story of Maria Von Trapp, a young postulate at an Austrian abbey just before World War..
Science Museum of Minnesota Omnitheater: Ten things you need to know about its past and its future
Growing up, I took the Omnitheater at the Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM) for granted. Our science museum has a dome-shaped movie theate..
“Damn Yankees” at the Ordway: A Familiar Tale, Told Well
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts is currently presenting Damn Yankees, which tells the story of Joe Boyd, a life-long Washington ..
“Space Girl” conquers the forces of cardboard at Bedlam Lowertown
As the cast of Space Girl took their bows on Thursday night at Bedlam Lowertown, I did some quick math in my head. First, I compared the p..
Science Museum of Minnesota’s “Space”: Celebrating past triumphs, and crossing fingers for new ones
One of the most striking moments of Journey to Space, the Omnifilm that accompanies the Science Museum of Minnesota’s new exhibit Space: A..
How the Replacements reunion made me feel like I finally belong to my generation
I was raised in a strict, Evangelical Christian home where rock and roll was the Devil’s music and my parents fought over having a televis..
Homecoming, 2014
I usually go back to my high school’s reunions and homecomings—not to relive my glory days (they certainly weren’t), but to remind myself ..