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TomCrann

  1. Strolled to King Studio, nr. St. Clair & Snelling for Tom Olmscheid opening. Check it out: workingpressphotoagency.com/essays/cuba.ht…
  2. for 35 yrs he raised pix of the legislature to an art form. Now Tom Olmscheid has set his lens on Cuba, w/ great results! Just saw his work.
  3. @KerriMPR Thanks for listening to Droll Things Considered.
  4. Stand by for @MPRweather live from the North Shore tonight. Paul tells me it's gorgeous up there this aft.
  5. closing Wall Street numbers: DOW -275 (2.2%); NAS -80 (2.8%); S&P500 -32 (2.4%)
  6. A tour this AM of a new museum in a great old Minneapolis house: The Mn African American Museum. maamcc.org On Fri Festivals later
  7. Jobs #'s; President in MN talks manufacturing & jobs for vets; Dionne & Brooks (!) @cubecritics and a peek @ MN African AM Museum... ahead
  8. POTUS here in MN today. Will MN be the frequent campaign stop in '12, as in '08. Maybe not. @tomscheck w/ more: minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/20…
  9. The jobs picture and recovery in charts from Planet Money. Not a pretty picture. npr.tumblr.com/post/241932816…
  10. Thanks for the follows @JordanSramek @AmyLembcke, @CallMeUGas @JonTevlin @minnesotabrown Friday's here & almost at 1000. #ff
  11. @DearDara "qwadder" & "wawdder" always give me away.
  12. Frozen Yogurt is HOT again. Stand by as we chill w/ @DearDara at the yogurt bar. on in abt. 1/2 an hour.
  13. (w/ correct handle) apparently this time for real, thankfully. BBC R3's @PetrocTrelawny free to leave Zimbabwe. telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…
  14. apparently this time for real, thankfully. BBC R3's @PetrocTrewlany free to leave Zimbabwe. telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…
  15. As you heard earlier on ATC, 3 presidents at WH today for unveiling of GWBush portrait. Gallery here (fr WaPo) washingtonpost.com/politics/presi…