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Axios
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Twin Cities weekend: International film fest, romance book fair, Dylan concert
The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival is in full swing, with over 200 films showing at venues around the Cities now through April 13. Here are three we're looking out for this weekend. 🤣 " Anxiety Club": Director Wendy Lobel follows top comedians like Marc Maron into their therapy sessions in this intimate, humorous documentary feature examining mental health. Thursday at 7:05pm, Friday at 4:20pm. $19 🏠 " Brooklyn, Minnesota": This warmhearted Minnesota-made film follows teenager Maise and her father Kurt on a trip to rural Minnesota to meet extended family — but while Kurt is eager to return to Brooklyn, Maise wants to stay. Cast and crew will be in attendance. Note: Both screenings are rush only — aka, no presale. Friday at 7:20pm, Saturday at 4:30pm 💓 " Four Mothers": When up-and-coming Irish novelist Edward's friends leave their elderly mothers on his doorstep, he must care for four "eccentric, combative and wildly different" women in this uplifting comedy drama. Friday at 1pm, Sunday at 5:20pm. $19 Bonus: For those in search of familiar favorites, the Parkway Theater's Studio Ghibli month kicks off Saturday afternoon with a screening of "Spirited Away." $8.95 in advance, $10 at the door for ages 13 and up More things to do ... 🎶 Hibbing native Robert Zimmerman (also known as Bob Dylan) will make his sole Minnesota tour stop in Mankato Friday night, and plenty of tickets are still available. Note: It's a "phone-free" show with no electronic devices allowed in the performance space. $152+ 🔮 If you didn't already sense it, the Spring Psychic Fair returns to Linden Hills on Saturday with the Cities' top psychics and mediums offering insights and advice. Additional programming includes aura photographs and free workshops to learn more about your own psychic power. Free entry 🌷 Prepare for spring gardening at the Minnesota Tool Library's Seed Bee on Saturday. The St. Paul branch will host workshops by local horticulturalists and master gardeners, plus share information about all the outdoor tools available to borrow. Free 📚 Find happily-ever-after at Inbound BrewCo's Romance Book Fair on Saturday, featuring local bookstores and crafters, "A Court of Thorns and Roses" trivia, author readings and more.
CBS News
01-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Cookies for a cause: Reg Chapman creates his own cookie at T-Rex Cookie Company
Local News T-Rex cookies have been making an oversized splash with their half pound and five pound cookies for more than a decade. The Minnesota-made treats get national attention, which eventually caught WCCO's Reg Chapman's attention. Reg thought to himself, "If Henry Lake has a cookie, how come there is not a Reg Chapman cookie?" That got the attention of T-Rex Founder and CEO Tina Rexing. She invited Reg Chapman and Adam Del Rosso to her company's kitchen to make a "T-REG" cookie that captures Reg's cookie-loving spirit. Here is what Reg had to say about his experience: From the moment you step out of the car into the parking lot of T-Rex cookie's kitchen in Eagan, you can smell cookie goodness. That smell gets stronger once you are inside. There you can see all the different flavors created by Tina Rexing and her crew. She was in house to help Adam and me create a cookie, made of my favorite ingredients. "Were going to make you dough that you came up with so we have milk chocolate chunks, we have caramel bits and we have your marshmallows we have a raw dough for you to put all this stuff in," said Rexing. But before we start, we must put on gloves and of course hair nets. "Nothing looks better than people in pink hair nets," joked Rexing. We pour in the ingredients and the start the mixer. "And once we make the dough, we will shape them into a half pound cookie," directed Rexing. Now that the dough is ready, its time to make cookies. "[The] team lifts about 80 pounds of dough 80 pounds," said Rexing. Of course Adam and I had to taste the dough and all the ingredients we added, then T-Rex employee, Julie, gets us started by showing us how much the dough should weight and how to roll it into the perfect size for the perfect T-Rex cookie. "We take a little ball and then we weight it out we want it to be between 8.1 and 8.2 ounces and then we shaped it like a hamburger or a hockey puck and we put it right there," said Julie. Once the cookies are made, they are ready to go into the oven, an honor bestowed upon Adam. While we waited, Rexing gave us a tour of her kitchen and the things she uses to make T-Rex cookies special, including freeze-dried Skittles. Rexing ships her cookies world wide. She started her company and ended up on a network morning show, that changed the trajectory of her business. Now whenever fans of her cookies see a T-Rex, it reminds them of Tina's now famous cookies.
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Beets by they: Funding for PFAS alternative considered
The Brief Lawmakers have proposed $10 million in grants to build businesses offering alternatives to the forever chemicals known as PFAS. FOX 9 has investigated the impacts and origins of PFAS for several years and Minnesota lawmakers made it illegal to use in a large number of products, effective this year. A company hopes to start a business in Renville, Minn., making a water-resistant coating -- like those made with PFAS -- using beet waste. They're asking the state for startup funding. ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - An entire industry could grow in Minnesota to replace the dangerous chemicals known as PFAS. Crunching numbers A bipartisan idea would kickstart a business building an alternative, but a budget crunch makes it no sure thing. Lawmakers agree this is probably a worthwhile idea, but they're not sure whether now is the right time for an investment from the state. Minnesota-made The health and environmental consequences from PFAS forever chemicals spread from Minnesota around the globe. A safer alternative may also come out of the state. "I think that we all know that PFAS is something we're dealing with and we definitely want it removed from our packaging," said Sen. Susan Pha, (DFL-Brooklyn Park.) Beets by they Legislators proposed $10 million in grants to companies that can produce safer alternatives, but right now they only know of one making moves in western Minnesota. And they saw it in action during a Senate jobs committee hearing. "It is the plastic-y coating," said the bill's chief author, Sen. Andrew Lang, (R-Olivia). "It's not plastic. They actually told me it's edible. I don't know if it tastes very good." Cellucomp is the company making a water-resistant coating out of beet waste, which is abundant in the Renville area where they'd build a manufacturing facility if they get a $5 million grant. They'd initially create about 20 jobs, but with hopes of expansion. "We'd like to commit to that," said Christian Kemp-Griffin of Cellucomp. "Of course, to scale and to make it really successful, that's, getting the product the cost we need it to sell it at scale, then we need some help." State competitions? Some lawmakers pointed out it's a big taxpayer investment for just a few jobs. But Minnesota will compete with the Dakotas to get the facility started and potentially build an entire industry. And the environmental groups that got PFAS products banned are excited at the prospect. "Minnesota has an opportunity to be a leader in manufacturing safe products for global sale and this also means growth of jobs in multiple sectors," said Avonna Starck of Clean Water Action. All or nothing? The bill got unanimous approval in committee, but it has a few more stops and because of the budget situation, it may end up with less funding or none at all.
