The term streetwear is not easily definable. It’s not hip-hop fashion, but it is inspired by the music. It’s not luxury wear, but it pushes the prices and exclusiveness of luxury brands. Its shoes of choice are Nikes, yet most of the clothing companies are independently owned. Whatever the definition, the streetwear scene in the Twin Cities is about to see some major changes.
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Wading waist deep in a chilly northern Minnesota lake, a shirtless James Snapko moved forward with only camera in hand. His crew stood by and watched his patience in catching the sun glare off the moving water, his patience in becoming a full-time director.
On April 3, Tony Blackwell, 23, was shot and killed in Minneapolis. At his funeral a eulogist described two influences that shaped Blackwell’s life: his family and his education at the Southside Family Charter School .
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In 2007 the University of Minnesota Boynton Health Service issued a report stating that 38.4 percent of Minnesota college students are overweight or obese; now schools are trying to find new ways to combat the problem.
When St. Paul-based Graywolf Press started business in 1974 its first book was hand-set and hand-printed on treadle-operated machines. The process took six months. Within four months, all 1,500 copies of Tess Gallagher’s Instructions to the Double were sold.
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