This historic Hollywood Theater in Northeast Minneapolis is a gem of bygone movie houses, but it’s fallen into total disrepair. It’s a shame, because the interior has real potential. It last showed a picture in 1987 – and once was a venue for a Husker Du show – but is finally getting sold to Andrew Volna, a media professional, part-time developer and Nordeaster. Check out the full story via MinnPost below.
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It might seem like $159,000 isn’t a huge sticker price to own a piece of design history, but this Mies van der Rohe-designed Detroit townhouse just went on the market for that record-setting number. Check out a full gallery via Curbed Detroit below.
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The Campana brothers, two furniture designers who build chairs out of off-the-wall materials, are setting up shop at Re:View Contemporary Gallery in Detroit. Their exhibit, which opened for previews this past weekend, runs through the end of May.
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The North Dakota Heritage Center hosted some its first tours since being closed for renovations Monday. The museum, which temporarily shuttered in 2012, features some impressive pieces of Peace Garden State history, like this mastodon.
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Library Street Collective, a Detroit art gallery, is showing this engaging octagon panel by REVOK. It’s four feet wide, making it a centerpiece of any wall.
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Sauce Magazine, the St. Louis-based food publication, announced their summer “Food Truck Fridays” series this week. Check out the link below for more details and the schedule.
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The Minnesota Historical Society’s newest exhibit, “Sights, Sounds and Soul: Twin Cities Through the Lens of Charles Chamblis,” opens tonight. It’s a look back at the Midwest soul scene of the ’70s and ’80s, and it’s got thousands of photos to view. Here, Sweet Taste of Sin perform at the Jet-Away Club in Minneapolis.
Willie Willette is a Minneapolis carpenter who turns out some eye-catching work time and again. These bars for the American Craft Council expo are no exception. Eight different kinds of wood went into each, he says.
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There’s a Shinola collection for sale at Paris boutique Colette, and this love letter to the Motor City is in the window. Fun to see some Detroit love half a world away.
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“We’ve poured Schloss Vollrads [here] for years and years,” say the team at Fresco Rooftop Restaurant & Lounge in Madison. So, instead of reading about how the wine is made, they visited the estate in the Rheingau region of Germany. Here, they receive a lesson from managing director and winemaker Rowald Hepp.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune showcased an excellent home-improvement idea this weekend: If you’re looking for more car storage, build up, not out. Sometimes the best way to unlock potential in an old home is to think unconventionally.
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The team at Strand Design in Chicago are moving offices, and they’re getting rid of some of their excellent modern furniture. They’re offering this classy coffee table on their Facebook page; make an offer, they say.
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As the weather warms up, the number of “I (HEART) ____” things we’re seeing keeps going up. Igloo Letterpress of Columbus added their take on it with this catchy, summery print. The heart-in-Ohio logo is just darling.
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The Urban Chestnut Brewing Company in St. Louis recently completed updates on their Bierhalle location in The Grove neighborhood. Stop by and check out their clean, modern facility.
You may know the name Antique Archaeology from TV’s “American Pickers,” our modern version of the treasure hunt. Owner Mike Wolfe scours the country for interesting finds, like this totally gutted Indian motorcycle that he quite literally dug out of the ground. It’s now set up in their LeClaire, Iowa, shop.
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Gary Moore, a furniture builder in St. Paul, recently completed this striking chair for the Arts Center of St. Peter, Minn. Its bold shape is a little different from what we usually see – sharp angles provide a clear form for the camera.
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Students and professors at the University of Michigan’s architecture and design program are finding new ways to use an almost limitless resource in the city: old home materials. Since the city’s transportation system is so fractured, comfortable and engaging bus shelters are a sorely needed commodity.
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Michiganders with an eye for modern furniture, jewelry, accessories, housewares and more – heck, anything modern – can find something at the Michigan Modernism Exposition. The weekend-long swap meet and antique fair meets April 25-27 in Southfield, Mich.
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The St. Louis couture community has been abuzz for weeks now about St. Louis Fashion Week, which kicked off yesterday. Attendees and fans can follow along using the hashtag #STLFW. Designers, boutiques and models will take over the city through Friday.
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The folks at Treanor Architects in Lawrence, Kan., marked Administrative Professionals’ Day yesterday with flowers for their staff. “We absolutely could not survive one day without you,” they said on Facebook.
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The Lewis and Clark branch of the St. Louis County Library system is being considered for demolition, says Dwell. The 1963 modernist building was designed by Frederick Dunn, but county officials want to replace it with a totally new structure. Check out a slideshow of the library at the link below.
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The Museum of Danish America in Elk Horn, Iowa, celebrates the Danish community in the Midwest. This neat Zippo was a gift from The Danish Brotherhood in America. Their interns run a pretty neat Tumblr that gives an inside look at the museum.
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Artcrank, the touring bikes-and-poster-art show, is hitting the road again this year, and they’ve just unveiled their national poster. Designed by Anne Ulku, the poster will be available at Artcrank shows throughout the country. The Midwest will get a taste of Artcrank in Chicago and Minneapolis.
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Heyday, the new restaurant from former Union chef Jim Christiansen and ex-La Belle Vie manager Lorin Zinter, opens tonight in Uptown Minneapolis, and Midwestern foodies are getting ready to chow down.
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BlackBlue, the St. Paul boutique and lifestyle destination, is no stranger to beautiful aesthetics. The store always has some eye-catching displays, but this lineup of Red Wings is a consistent crowd-pleaser.
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