Senate District 56 Senator Lindsey Port is shepherding a key piece of legislation to ‘Legalize It.’ WORDS BY KATIE DOHMAN • • • When South Dakota-born Minnesota State Senator Lindsey Port (DFL) lost her election for a House seat in 2016, her first reaction was to build a coalition—of other…
Get in the grooves of the local record store scene. WORDS BY MARTIN DEVANEY • • • Typically falling on the third Saturday in April, Record Store Day has had a large hand in the vinyl resurgence over the last decade-plus, as baby boomers hauled dusty vinyl from the basement,…
Let’s Get Hiii- 4/20 Mini-Market EventIn addition to some amazing local vendors who specialize in CBD, THC, and HEMP products, Lakes & Legends will be dropping some specialty brews that fit the grassy theme and releasing an extremely limited new flavor of our Hiii THC Sparkling Water. 4/20, 4 PM.…
It’s been seven years. I’m still OK with not knowing it all. WORDS BY MARY LUCIA • • • April 21, 2016: The day Minneapolis and the world suffered a collective gut punch—when Prince went OUT through the IN door from an accidental Fentanyl overdose. Has it really been seven…
THC-laced seltzers maybe deliver what Wonka had in mind, after all. WORDS BY YOUR TRUSTY ‘EXPERIENCED’ EDITORS • • • Since the change in legislation last year, the Twin Cities have seen a waterfall of hemp-derived THC seltzers and sodas flood the market. While DISPATCH editors haven’t tried them all,…
One cannabis activist’s journey from hobby to vocation. WORDS BY TIFFANY LUKK • • • John Bartee III’s life changed after the murder of Philando Castile: That was the moment that he decided to turn his activism around cannabis from a hobby into a vocation. “[Castile’s murder] was a catalyst,”…
Entrepreneur Allison Vaillancourt is growing a brand that’s seeing green.WORDS BY KATIE DOHMAN • • • Allison Vaillancourt is an empire builder. She founded locally based Ignite Models while still in college and built it into a respected firm, then launched BLNCD as its creative director, working with esthetician Daniela…
Using their artistic skills and connections, community members are working together to reawaken Lake Street.…
WORDS BY ROSS PFUND Ask your grandma about the local wrestling scene and she’ll either tell you all about how she used to watch All-Star Wrestling on Sunday mornings before church—or maybe about the time she took the party bus from Gramma B’s or Tony Jaros in Northeast over to…