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With Sunday’s show fast approaching, we were able to talk with Bobby Z., a Minnesota native and the original drummer for The Revolution, about meeting with Prince, recording Purple Rain, and how the current quintet plans to honor their friend and fellow maestro in the coming years.
Ahead of Sunday’s show in Rochester, we talked with Cloud Cult’s lead singer and founder Craig Minowa about his environmental efforts, making music in Minnesota, and what his art means to him.
Rare Earth, a Motown product that spent 10 years on Hitsville, U.S.A.’s roster, headlines Classic Rock Night this weekend, with Ringo Starr tribute artist Ringer Star opening.
It will be country night in Mayo Park on Sunday as Canadian singer and multi-instrumentalist Lindsay Ell takes the stage with support from Rochester country artist Debbie Anthony
After a successful first week at Mayo Park, this week’s headliner for the Think Bank Down By the Riverside free outdoor concert series promises to bring a laid-back, uplifting feeling to Rochester.
The Think Bank Down by the Riverside free outdoor concert series, a staple of summer in Rochester since 1991, is bringing big-time acts to the Med City again this summer.
With salads, tacos, modified lobster sauce, tofu, steak, tater tots, and girl power, the staff at Lettuce Unite and Guerita’s Window in the skyway food court are giving Rochester food for body and mind.
Launched by Destination Medical Center and Mayo Clinic, the Investor & Innovator Forum seeks to foster conversation and collaboration between emerging and experienced entrepreneurs and the investors who support their growth. Participating investors and advisors include Brightstone Ventures, capita3, Medtronic and more.
When the time came for Annette and Akhilesh to relocate to Rochester, they knew they wanted to find a home that would be right for raising their children. For them, that meant a spacious, modern house with a large yard and woods in the back. But after looking at more than 30 homes, they decided the best way to land their dream home was to build one themselves.
As the adage goes, nothing worth having comes easy. And for Executive Chef Justin Schoville and the staff at Porch, that could not be more true of everything that comes out of the kitchen.
Amy has focused her nursing career on caring for underserved populations — specifically people experiencing homelessness. This month, she graduated from WSU-Rochester’s nurse practitioner program, and with her new degree, she plans to further the work she’s been doing since becoming a nurse in 2013.
Alieneagrams and Nanodropper will be among the innovations being featured at the third annual Innovationology, benefiting the Minnesota Children's Museum Rochester.
Adejoke Odeyinka remembers everything about her first experience with an American social worker. The year was 2008, and Adejoke and her family had just arrived in Rochester from their native country of Nigeria.
Running a restaurant, never mind a handful of them, is rigorous work. But for the family behind Championship Dining Group, it’s this labor of love that fuels their creativity — and commitment to satisfying your taste buds.
This year, TSP will celebrate a half-century of finding creative solutions to complex problems in Rochester and surrounding communities. What started as a single engineer in an office on Second Street Southwest has expanded over 50 years with architectural and interior design services.
The City of Rochester recently launched Polco, an innovative engagement platform where residents can directly provide input to the local government decision-making process.
For eight days — March 21-24 and 28-31 — Lanesboro will become a blank canvas for artistic exploration. The first-ever Spring into Art Festival is a collaboration between two civic-minded organizations, Commonweal Theatre and Lanesboro Arts, both of which have spent decades helping cultivate an arts culture in Lanesboro.
This Friday, March 15, Parr will take the stage on the top floor of the Castle, 121 North Broadway, Rochester, for a show hosted by My Town My Music.
Since their debut in 1981, Kodo has performed for over 6,000 audiences in 50 countries. This Friday, February 22, the group will make its way to Rochester for a show at the Mayo Civic Center’s Presentation Hall.
What could be better than drinking quality wine while supporting families, sustainable agriculture, and Fair Trade practices? At the People’s Food Co-op, you can do exactly that with a number of varietals of Fair Trade and cooperatively-produced La Riojana Wines from Argentina.
