city: minneapolis
bryant-lake bowl
from beautiful girls posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Most of the 1996 comedy (at least I think it was supposed to be a comedy) Beautiful Girls was filmed in Stillwater, Minnesota a.k.a. the fictional town of Knights Ridge, Massachusetts. Stillwater is about thirty miles east of Minneapolis on the St. Croix River, but early in the movie Paul (Michael Rapaport) proposes to his girlfriend while she is working at Minneapolis's bowling alley / restaurant Bryant Lake Bowl... she tells him no.
view full location details...jim’s coffee shop & bakery
from untamed heart posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
I attempted to watch Untamed Heart recently because it was filmed in Minneapolis, but I only lasted about forty minutes. Christian Slater plays someone who is possibly autistic (didn't watch long enough to find out if they explained him at all) who works at a diner and falls in love with his coworker Marisa Tomei. The diner, Jim’s Coffee Shop & Bakery, used to be located on Central in northeast Minneapolis near downtown.
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from sculpture, allen christian posted in art and design by prof_improbable
Allen Christian's workshop/living space/gallery is located in the Warehouse District of Minneapolis. Called the House of Balls and open to the public at varying times, the unique art space is a representation of his artistic belief "that the non-living thing acquires soul from contact with the living."
Visitors can check his website to make arrangements for visit, but even if the space is closed you can access the sculptures by pushing buttons and speaking into a recorded audio loop on the exterior.
view full location details...northern lights records (former)
from hüsker dü, husker du posted in music by pete_nice
Greg Norton (bass player for Hüsker Dü) worked at Northern Lights. In an interview he recalled:
"When the band started, I was working at a store called Northern Lights. The owner was kind enough to allow us to practice in the basement after the store closed. For the first year, we practiced every night."
7th street entry
from hüsker dü, the replacements, soul asylum posted in music by pete_nice
Opened in March of 1980, the 7th Street Entry is the smaller venue version of the adjoining First Ave Mainroom. Smaller in capacity (around 250), 7th Street has been a mainstay for up-and-coming band for the better part of three decades.
Hüsker Dü's Land Speed Record was recorded live here on August 15, 1981. It was released on New Alliance Records (Mike Watt and D. Boon of the Minutemen's label).
During the heyday of the Minneapolis punk scene, bands such as Hüsker Dü, the Replacements, and Soul Asylum played here on a regular basis. It's still a great place to nurse a PBR tallboy.
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