The Weekend Starts Now taped its eighth show at Du Nord Cocktail Room on Thursday, July 23. This episode features the music of Monica LaPlante.
This weekly podcast is a joint project of the Heavy Table and Secrets of the City, and it covers art, music, food, drink, culture, and more in the Upper Midwest. If you’d like to join us for the next taping, we’ll be at the Solar Arts Building this evening (Thursday, August 6), starting at 6 p.m. (tickets available here) and at the Chef Shack Ranch on August 17 (tickets available here).
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Hear the whole eighth episode here …
SEGMENT 1: INTRODUCTION
Taylor and James discuss the seriously booming situation in Lowertown, St. Paul.
SEGMENT 2: SUMMIT BREWER NICK HEMPFER
Nick Hempfer, the creator of Make It So beer (part of Summit’s Unchained series and brewed with Earl Grey tea), drops by and brings a growler.
SEGMENT 3: THE OPPOSITE GAME — MOVIES!
Taylor and James quiz guests about movies … to wit, movies that are the exact opposite of other movies. Prizes are won! Reputations are shattered! Well, no — not really the latter of those two ideas.
SEGMENT 4: KRISTY LYNN ALLEN OF BEEZ KNEEZ AND MILES METZGER
We talk honey, bees, and honey mustard with Kristy Lynn Allen of Beez Kneez and mustard man Miles Metzger.
SEGMENT 5: AMANDA HENKE FROM ANNIE B’S POPCORN AND CARAMELS
Taylor and James check in with Amanda Henke, half of the dynamic team behind show underwriter Annie B’s.
