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Breast Cancer 3-Day bake & rummage sale
Submitted by Melissa Gilman on July 23, 2008 - 3:33pm.Fundraiser for the Breast Cancer 3-Day includes bake and rummage sale, silent auction, raffle, children's carnival and refreshments 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday, July 26.
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Top Five
5 Free Music Events
Submitted by Melissa Gilman on July 23, 2008 - 5:01pm.1. RIVER CITY DAYS
Enjoy live music Saturday, July 26 during Chaska River City Days. Saturday events include karaoke 3 – 4 p.m.; Chaska Middle School Jazz Ensemble and Garage Band 4 - 4:45 p.m.; Keith Benson 5 - 6 p.m.; Blue Steel 6 - 8 p.m.; teen dance 7:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.; and Brittany Lee 8 p.m. – midnight.
Cost: Free
Location: Downtown Chaska
Info: www.chaskarivercitydays.com
2. JAZZ ON THE PRAIRIE
Enjoy big band music in the park.
Time: 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3
Cost: Free
Location: Purgatory Creek Park, 13001 Technology Dr., Eden Prairie
Info: 952-949-8449
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Hollywood Ending
Wanted
Submitted by Jeffrey Ray on July 20, 2008 - 5:58pm.four stars
“Wanted” is the most entertaining action movie so far this year. James McAvoy (“Atonement”) plays an accountant who escapes the daily grind to join a fraternity of assassins (who weave cloth). They weave, not as cover, rather to determine the name of their next target deciphered from microscopic blemishes in the weave as has been the tradition for thousands of years. If you can run with this and I urge you to try you’re in for a rare treat: an innovative, slick, invigorating, sucker-punch of a movie that’ll leave you wanting more with glee by the end.
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Wall-E
Submitted by Jeffrey Ray on July 20, 2008 - 5:56pm.five stars
“Wall-E” is the movie Pixar Animation Studios has been working toward ever since “Toy Story” first tested the boundaries of computer animation. It’s without a doubt one of the best Pixar movies, if not one of the best computer animated features ever made, and it ranks with the rest of Disney’s classics.
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Spotlight
Juggling workshop for beginners
Submitted by Melissa Gilman on July 22, 2008 - 4:01pm.Take a crash course in juggling at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 23 at the Savage Library.
Books & Authors
'I Was Told There’d Be Cake' by Sloane Crosley
Submitted by Melissa Gilman on July 11, 2008 - 3:53pm.Reviewed by Andrea Sisco
Reading Sloane Crosley’s essays titled "I Was Told There’d Be Cake" disrupted my family on more than one evening. After continually disturbing my husband by laughing out loud and for long periods of time, he asked me to read in my office. When I finished the book, he picked it up and now I’ve requested that he read it elsewhere as his guffaws are disturbing my peace and quiet.
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Featured Story
Armchair Interviews: 'We had no idea how big this would become'
Submitted by Rob Lawson on July 14, 2008 - 11:23am.By Rob Lawson
Nearly four years ago Andrea Sisco Pike and Connie Anderson created a book review and author interview site called Armchair Interviews. It was a side project for both women, a Web site devoted to great books with little emphasis on turning a profit. But its reputation and reach has expanded, and Sisco Pike recently sold her first mystery manuscript to a publisher. She agreed to answer a few questions about the business of books with Southwest Newspapers’ intern Rob Lawson.
Q: How has Armchair Interviews been going?
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Intern's Post
A new AP?
Submitted by Rob Lawson on July 14, 2008 - 4:22pm.The new head of the Associated Press' Washington Bureau is apparently trying to make a change to the way AP writes their stories.
Ron Fournier recently replaced Sandy Johnson as Bureau head. But Sandy said she hopes that he doesn't destroy it. AP has long been the trusted wire that delivered fast, balanced content. Now that Fournier has taken over, he is changing up the rules a bit, promoting a first-person style of reporting. It is definitely being criticized for crossing the opinion line that divides formal news writing with opinionated editorial writing.
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Discuss!
Any American Girl fans in the house?
Submitted by Melissa Gilman on July 23, 2008 - 5:07pm.Has anyone seen the movie "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl?" I'm curious about it. Can you enjoy it even if you don't own an American Girl doll or haven't read the fictional story about the Depression-era girl who helps save her family?
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What makes Chaska great?
Submitted by Melissa Gilman on July 20, 2008 - 12:47pm.Golf, trails, restaurants, schools, people or something else?
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Recent blog posts
BakerBlog
Sound Off: The Wedding Singers
Submitted by BakerBlog on July 11, 2008 - 3:34pm.My husband and I have performed at a lot of weddings over the years. In fact we just sang in a wedding over the 4th of July weekend at the Lutsen Ski Resort. On the way to the wedding, we discussed the many different songs we’ve sung for wedding ceremonies, either together or apart, throughout our lives. The range of musical tastes for weddings is amazing. We’ve sung songs from Stryper to Madonna and everything in between. We shared a few memories from our solo wedding singing days and compiled a list of songs that we’ve sung together and/or apart.
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Latest Poll
Which charity should benefit from the sale of Brangelina twins' photo?
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Talkin' About TV
Episode 26 - It's All About the Sauerkraut!
Submitted by brian on July 1, 2008 - 9:31am.Sauerkraut. Just that one word sends noses wrinkling and the strongest iron guts wrenching in pure agony. Of course, some choose to celebrate it and fortunately for us, the city of Henderson, Minnesota celebrates the vile cabbage product each year over the last weekend of June. I make it a point to witness the hilarious and disgusting sauerkraut eating contest each year and remembered my camera this time.
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Adam Bomb
The Greatest Bestest Movie Possibly Ever
Submitted by Adam Pulchinski on July 15, 2008 - 6:53pm.
I was going to start posting every Tuesday and Friday and I was on a roll. Then... I moved. I was without internet (gasp!) and when it returned I was preoccupied with other things.
Now, I'm going to be going on vacation (yes!) and won't be able to post Friday. That does not matter though. There is nothing I could write about that eclipses the experience being unleashed upon the movie going public, nay, the culture, this Friday.
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Melissa's Blog
Seeking multimedia sports intern
Submitted by Melissa Gilman on July 22, 2008 - 4:55pm.Southwest Newspapers has a really cool opportunity for a college student: Help create a vibrant, interactive Web site devoted to covering high school sports and adult and youth recreational sports in a fast and engaging manner. The intern will assist in obtaining scores, stats, quotes, photos, videos and user-submitted content and posting it to the site. The intern will also participate in telling sports and recreation stories via writing, photography, and audio and video recording.
Southwest Newspapers is a group of weekly community newspapers, Web sites and other news and information products in the southwest suburbs of Minneapolis.
Requirements:
• Valid driver’s license and current auto insurance.
• Intern must earn academic credit for the internship. Registration and payment is the intern’s responsibility.
• Experience with shooting photos, videos and creating multimedia projects.
• Work 15 – 20 hours per week.
Pay: $500 stipend.
To apply: Submit résumé, cover letter and work samples (including print and multimedia) to mgilman@swpub.com.
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