Featured Stories

An Editor Says Goodbye and Thanks

Jon Spayde Wednesday, October 09, 2013

CogCubed conference, with Kurt Roots (second from left) and Monika Heller

Technology Meets Psychiatry with Local Startup CogCubed

Elizabeth Millard Wednesday, September 25, 2013

A husband-wife team (he's a techie, she's a psychiatrist) are developing fun-to-play (but scientifically sound) game-style apps that can help diagnose ADHD and other psychiatric problems in kids.

Emerging Technology, Entrepreneurship, Healthcare, High Technology, Life Sciences

"Open-Source"--The Next Big Thing in Twin Cities Car- and Bike-Sharing?

Conrad deFiebre Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Sustainability, Transportation

The Line Is Looking for a New Managing Editor

The Line Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Jacie Knight (center) and members of YPC

Youth Performance Company: The Twin Cities' Serious-Minded Starmaker

Julie Kendrick Wednesday, September 18, 2013

What do Black Hawk Down star Josh Hartnett, Tony award nominee Laura Osnes, and Comedy Central writers Charlie Sanders and Colton Dunn have in common? They all once belonged to this stellar Minneapolis youth theater company.

Arts and Culture, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, diversity, Entrepreneurship, Philanthropy, Talent Dividend

University

A Party to Raise Consciousness About the Congo's Suffering

Jon Spayde Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Coordination/Collaboration, Philanthropy

Midway

Anthony Ongaro aboard a familiar green bicycle

Nice Ride's Next Roll: A Conversation with Anthony Ongaro

Jon Spayde Wednesday, September 11, 2013

With new ventures in greater Minnesota, plans for "inspansion" in the Twin Cities, and a bicycle that makes ice cream, the bikeshare program is both growing fast and becoming a (sometimes quirky) part of Minnesota culture. Nice Ride's marketing director fills us in.

Creative Leadership, Regionalism, Sustainability, Transportation

Blue Flag Iris by Shelley Bowman and Marsh Marigold by Gerry Herriges

In a Multi-Year Project, Our Native Flowers Sit for Their Portraits

Meleah Maynard Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Arts and Culture, Creative Economy, Design, Green Jobs, Life Sciences, Sustainability

North Side

The New Thrift Store: from Old and Dusty to Green and Creative

Anna Pratt Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Three shops that are helping to redefine thrift shopping--turning it into an environmentally conscious, art-and-design focused way of celebrating and honoring the past while meeting today's economic challenges.

Arts and Culture, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, Design, Strong Local Economy

Turning Trash into Treasure, Creative Reuse Movement Boosts Urban Economies

Lee Chilcote Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Across America, creative reuse organizations are popping up to "upcycle" and sell stuff that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Artisans and artists are, in turn, turning this would-be detritus into artworks and products.

Arts and Culture, Creative Economy, Design, Entrepreneurship, Green Jobs, Reuse / Rebuild, Strong Local Economy, Sustainability

Summit Hill and Crocus Hill

Digital view of the exterior of the Urban Growler brewery

Brewers and Architects Spark the Next Brewpub Boom--Along the Green Line

Camille LeFevre Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Three about-to-open brewpubs and a new facility for a well established fourth are turning the Central Corridor area in Saint Paul and Minneapolis into the newest brewpub hot zone. And the architecture is as ambitous as the beer.

Central Corridor, Design, Entrepreneurship, Nightlife, Reuse / Rebuild, Strong Local Economy

University, Midway, Saint Anthony Park