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Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Bob Mould returns to Twin Cities for a pair of intimate solo shows
After playing the Palace Theatre in St. Paul last month, Bob Mould is already plotting a return to the Twin Cities. This time, he's playing more intimate shows with back-to-back nights at Icehouse in Minneapolis and the Turf Club in St. Paul on Oct. 10 and 11. This go-round, the show will look a little different. Instead of a full band concert, Mould will be doing solo electric shows both nights. That's not the only thing that will be different. At the Palace, Mould, who was part of the seminal '80s punk outfit Hüsker Dü, played music recorded since 2012, including tracks from Here We Go Crazy, which was released earlier this year. The set lists for the solo shows will add "deeper cuts from my career songbook," Mould says. "The volume will be a touch quieter than the band shows, but the intensity will remain the same." Before those October shows, Mould will swing through the Twin Cities this weekend when he gives the commencement address at his alma mater, Macalester College. He'll also receive an honorary degree from the school he left to tour with Hüsker Dü whie writing an honors thesis on punk rock as a subculture. "In 1978, Macalester College accepted and welcomed this 17-year-old kid from Malone, NY to St. Paul, Minnesota," Mould says in a statement. "Without that opportunity, my life would be completely different. I never imagined I would be asked back to receive an honorary degree, nor did I foresee delivering the commencement speech to the Macalester College graduating class of 2025. I'll do my best this Saturday." Tickets for the shows at Icehouse and the Turf Club are on sale to the public at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 16. Presales from the venue and The Current will take place on Thursday, May 15.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Bob Mould to receive honorary degree from school he left for Hüsker Dü
Bob Mould, the Minnesota music pioneer who was part of Hüsker Dü and other projects, will give the keynote speech for Macalester College's 2025 commencement, the school announced this week. Mould will also receive an honorary degree from the school, which he attended. "Bob Mould is a rock and punk music legend who not only paved the way for other bands and sounds, but also used his esteemed platform to fiercely advocate for a more just society," says Macalester College President Suzanne M. Rivera. Mould formed Hüsker Dü with Grant Hart and Greg Norton in 1978 during his first year attending the St. Paul college. The group quickly gained momentum in the burgeoning punk scene, and Mould left school to go on tour during his senior year. He never graduated. Now, he'll get the degree that was almost completed while his group was cementing its legacy. "At the time, he was in the process of writing an honors thesis on punk rock as a subculture under the guidance of sociology professor Michal McCall," the school says in its announcement. While Hüsker Dü was gaining popularity at that time, enough that Mould set his studies aside, it was years later when the group's most pivotal albums arrived, including 1984's Zen Arcade, which has long been considered one of the great recordings in punk rock history. "The Minnesota power trio broke all the rules of three-chord hardcore with this double-vinyl concept opus," Rolling Stone writers said, ranking it as the 13th best punk album of all time. "Bob Mould and Grant Hart traded off spit-and-growl vocals in savagely emotional hardcore blasts, but the music expanded into psychedelia, acoustic-folk rage, and the closing 14-minute feedback instrumental, 'Recurring Dreams.'" Mould will give the keynote address at the school's Leonard Center Fieldhouse on May 17.
Yahoo
14-03-2025
- Politics
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St. Paul City Council advocates for a Green New Deal
Spurred on by students from Macalester College and other young people, the St. Paul City Council on Wednesday voted 6-0 to call on Congress to enact a 'Green New Deal.' The resolution, authored with the help of the Sunrise Movement Twin Cities — the Macalester-based chapter of a national youth-led environmental movement — was sponsored by council members Saura Jost, HwaJeong Kim and Nelsie Yang. Progressive politicians from U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., to Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein have called without success for a raft of federal environmental policies aimed at simultaneously combatting economic inequality and rising global temperatures. St. Paul in 2019 adopted a 'Climate Action and Resiliency Plan' with the stated goals of carbon neutrality in city operations by 2030, a 50% reduction in citywide carbon emissions by 2030 and citywide carbon neutrality by 2050. The resolution calls for the city to align its policies — including the 2050 Comprehensive Plan and a renewal of the existing Climate Action plan — with the values of a Green New Deal, in part by allocating future proceeds from utility-related franchise fees toward 'making St. Paul a more climate-resilient city.' The resolution also calls for the city clerk to send copies of the resolution to U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, and U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum. Politics | Downtown St. Paul's historic Commerce Building sold, but apartments will retain 'affordable' designation Politics | St. Paul City Council to hear appeal of FCC Environmental trash truck site on March 19 Politics | Contest for St. Paul City Council's Ward 4 seat draws Cole Hanson, Molly Coleman, Cristen Incitti Politics | St. Paul: Tree preservation ordinance on hold for 6 months Politics | Letters: 'It doesn't cost anything to be nice to someone'
